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Feasibility study of carbon dioxide capture from power plants and other major stationary sources and storage in Iranian oil fields for enhanced oil recovery (EOR)

Soltanieh, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2009

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.163
  3. Publisher: 2009
  4. Abstract:
  5. Iran, with a record of over one century of oil production, is currently one of the major oil producing countries of the world. Several of the old fields have been depleted to an uneconomical level of production which requires significant amount of natural gas for re-injection so that currently over 100 million cubic meters of natural gas is reinjected daily to maintain or enhance oil production to an economical level. It is estimated that in order to maintain oil production, over 200 million cubic meters of natural gas will be needed daily by 2015. However, due to the increased level of domestic and export demands for natural gas, EOR with natural gas is prohibitive and therefore portions of this amount of natural gas can be substituted by carbon dioxide. At the same time over 100 million tons of carbon dioxide is emitted from thermal power plants of Iran with annual consumption of approximately 35000 million cubic meters of natural gas among other fuels. The amount of CO2 which is produced in power plants in the vicinity of oil fields with relatively short pipelines for CO2 transport, however, provides only approximately 12.5% of the gas required for injection. It is expected that the power production will have an annual rate of increase of about 11% during the next 10 years which will produce more greenhouse gas and consumes more natural gas. Considering the estimated oil reserves of Iran, even one per cent of EOR is equivalent to approximately 5 billion barrels of enhanced oil recovery. Depending on the oil well structure and the pressure of operation, it is estimated that with one ton of CO2 injection, there will be from 2 to 8 barrels of oil enhance oil recovered. With the increasing price of oil and the possibility of utilizing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, the economy of EOR with CO2 becomes more favourable. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
  6. Keywords:
  7. Carbon dioxide capture and storage ; Enhanced oil recovery ; Power plant ; Annual consumption ; Annual rates ; Carbon dioxide capture ; Carbon dioxide capture and storage ; Clean Development Mechanism ; Enhanced oil recovery ; Export demand ; Feasibility studies ; KYOTO protocol ; Oil producing countries ; Oil production ; Oil reserves ; Old-field ; Power production ; Stationary sources ; Thermal power plants ; Carbon dioxide ; Emission control ; Enhanced recovery ; Gas industry ; Gas plants ; Global warming ; Greenhouse gases ; Natural gas ; Natural gas fields ; Natural gasoline plants ; Oil wells ; Organic polymers ; Petroleum deposits ; Planning ; Power plants ; Resource allocation ; Thermoelectric power plants ; Well stimulation
  8. Source: 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-9, Washington DC, 16 November 2008 through 20 November 2008 ; Volume 1, Issue 1 , 2009 , Pages 3663-3668 ; 18766102 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610209008066