Two Ongoing Field Pilots in Texas - CO2 Foam EOR for Mobility Control
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Petroleum as Energy Security in the New Energy Mix Applications of CO2 as CCUS Enabler for Efficient, Cost Saving and More Sustainable Petroleum Production Two Ongoing Field Pilots in Texas - CO2 Foam EOR for Mobility Control Prof. Arne Graue Dept. of Physics and Technology University of Bergen, NORWAY US-Norway Bilateral, Climit Summit, Oslo, March 8th, 2017 EOR Enables CCUS: Integrated EOR (IEOR) for CO2 Sequestration CO2 Foam for Mobility Control for EOR in Two Field Pilots in Texas Collaboration: 11 Universities in 5 countries: France, The Netherlands, UK, USA and Norway 6 oil companies in 4 countries: The Netherlands, France, USA and Norway Coordinator: Arne Graue, Dept. of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, NORWAY Funding: Research Council of Norway’s Climit Program and oil companies Lab to pilot field test MRI of CO2 injection Complementary NTI & MRI facilities Upscaling from Lab to Field: Mobility Control and CO2 EOR in Field Pilots in Texas Collaboration: 11 universities • Rice University, TX, USA • University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA • U. of Houston, TX, USA • Stanford U., CA, USA • Imperial College, London • TREFLE, Bordeaux, France • New Mexico Tech, NM, USA • TU Delft, The Netherlands • NTNU, Trondheim, Norway • University of Stavanger, Norway • University of Bergen, Norway NorTex Partners: 4 Universities in Texas, USA - Rice University, Houston, TX, USA - University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA - University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA 3 Universities in Norway: - University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway - University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway - NTNU, Trondheim, Norway Industry Board Members - Statoil Petroleum ASA, Schlumberger Industry Partners - Denbury, Natl. Oil Well Varco, FMC, Kinder Morgan, Hess, BP, Total, Oxy, Shell, Wintershall, Tabula Rasa, American Res. and Chevron 3rd Biennial NorTex and NFiP Conference, Rice University, Oct. 12th & 13th, 2017: “CO2 for EOR as CCUS” For 2013 & 2015 program and published presentations: http://nortexpetroleum.org/ .