Baseline MVA at the Bell Creek CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Project
The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, led by the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), is working with Denbury ResourcesInc. to determine the effect of large-scale injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the lower Cretaceous Muddy Formation (depth, 4500 ft) for the simultaneous purpose of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and to study incidental CO2 storage at the Bell Creek oil field, which is operated by Denbury Onshore LLC. The activities at Bell Creek will inject approximately 1 million tons of CO2 annually. The Bell Creek demonstration project is a unique opportunity to develop a set of cost-effective monitoring, verification, and accounting (MVA) protocols for large-scale (>1 million tons/year) CO2 EOR and to study incidental CO2 storage in a clastic formation. Developing cost-effective approaches to predict and determine the fate of injected CO2 is an important aspect of implementing large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.The goal of the MVA programView/Download Document
Event/Meeting Information
PCOR Partnership 2014 Annual Membership Meeting
9/16/2014
Denver, CO