EORI’s Acting Director, Lon Whitman, Contributor to Important Updated U.S. CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Survey

Advanced Resources International has published the U.S. CO₂ Enhanced Oil Recovery Survey for end-of-year 2020.

The Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute’s Acting Director, Lon Whitman, is a contributor to an important and anticipated publication of the U.S. CO₂ Enhanced Oil Recovery Survey.

The purpose of this updated survey is to provide a comprehensive status report of the 142 active CO_2-EOR projects in the U.S., including enhanced production totals, reservoir characteristics, and other project parameters. 

Throughout a challenging year, incremental oil production from CO₂-EOR declined about 8% to 273,000 barrels per day -- this total is on par with the overall decline in U.S. crude oil production in 2020.

Despite a significant decrease in the volumes of CO₂ available for injection and storage the CO₂-EOR industry was able to maintain production by recycling CO₂ rather than having to shut in wells. This strategy shows the resiliency of CO₂-EOR during challenging economic conditions, and further supports the viability of this method as a means of storing CO₂ and producing lower carbon intensity oil in the U.S.

Read and download the survey here.