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Commercial EOR Projects using Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide

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Index of Abbreviations are located at the bottom of the page

USA

Project

Leader

Location

CO2 Source

Size Mt/yr

CO2 Sink

Status

Denver Unit

Occidental Petroleum

Texas

Permian CO2 Pipeline

1.1

EOR

Operational 1983

La Barge

Exxon Mobil

Wyoming

Gas Processing

7

EOR

Operational 1986

Enid

Koch Nitrogen Company

Oklahoma

Fertilizer Production

0.68

EOR

Operational 1982

Val Verde

Multiple operators

Texas

Gas Processing

1.3

EOR

Operational 1998

Weyburn- Midale

Cenovus Energy & Apache Canada

US/Canada

Coal Gasification

1

EOR

Operational November 2000

Century Plant

Occidental Petroleum

Texas

Gas Processing

8.4

EOR

Operational
2010

Coffeyville

CVR Energy

Kansas

Fertilizer Production

0.8

EOR

Operational 2013

Lost Cabin

ConocoPhilips

Wyoming

Gas Processing

0.9

EOR

Operational 2013

Rest of the World

Project

Leader

Location

CO2 Source

Size Mt/yr

CO2 Sink

Status

Uthmaniyah Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia

Gas Processing

0.8

EOR

Operational 2015

Lula

Petrobas

Brazil

Gas Processing

0.7

EOR

Operational 2013

 

Abbreviations used:
EOR = Enhanced Oil Recovery
LNG Processing = Liquid Natural Gas Processing
H2 Production = Hydrogen Gas Production
Depleted Gas = Depleted Gas Reservoir
Saline= Saline Reservoir
Steam-Methane= Steam to Methane Reformers
TBD = To Be Decided