To: ckilmer
So oil can absorb a lot of gasses like propane and natural gas. If they pump enough CO2 into the well they can extract more oil than is really there. A large proportion of the crude oil will be CO2 dissolved in the oil.
14 posted on
07/20/2014 2:14:37 PM PDT by
mountainlion
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To: mountainlion
If they pump enough CO2 into the well they can extract more oil than is really there. No. It is better to describe it as recovering 30% of the total oil underground instead of only getting 10~15%.
21 posted on
07/20/2014 2:30:06 PM PDT by
thackney
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To: mountainlion
If they pump enough CO2 into the well they can extract more oil than is really there. A large proportion of the crude oil will be CO2 dissolved in the oil. Yeah, yeah..
Sorta like soda pop for your refinery.
32 posted on
07/20/2014 3:49:41 PM PDT by
ROCKLOBSTER
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