ABC - DEF - GHI - JKL - MNO - PQRS - TUV - WXYZ CO2 Enhanced oil recovery
Similar term(s): EOR.
Definition:
Injection of CO2 into depleting oil reservoirs to recover additional oil beyond what would have been recovered by conventional drilling.
Source & ©:
Based on CSLF glossary
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In the most common CO2 enhanced oil recovery method, miscible CO2 becomes dissolved in the crude oil and both causes the oil to swell and reduces its viscosity - which drives and enables the oil to slip through the rock formation toward the oil recovery well.
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