Environmental Assessment of Geologic Storage of Co
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Efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change have led research and industry groups to explore ways of applying existing technologies and practices to the challenge of reducing CO2 emissions. The storage of CO2 in underground geologic reservoirs is one such idea that employs techniques developed for oil and gas production and transmission. For example, CO2 has been injected into petroleum reservoirs for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) since the 1970’s. By 2000, there were a total of 84 operations worldwide (72 in US) involving enhanced oil recovery using CO2 floods (Kinder Morgan, 2001). CO2 has also been injected and stored in underground formations for the purpose of acid gas (H2S, CO2 and other impurities from gas separation plants) disposal. These experiences, as well as others, have helped to make geologic storage of CO2 a viable strategy for CO2 reduction.
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