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Similar term(s): EOR.
Injection of CO2 into depleting oil reservoirs to recover additional oil beyond what would have been recovered by conventional drilling.
Source: GreenFacts, based on
CSLF glossary
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.
Español: Recuperación Asistida de petróleo (por CO2)
Français: Récupération assistée du pétrole par le CO2
Nederlands: Verbeterde oliewinning (met CO2)
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