Paper: The Major Sources of CO2 and Their Development-1985 Update

Over the past few years, the oil industry has taken a very active interest in the use of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery.
have been started. Many CO2 injection projects Other fields are being studied for CO2 flooding with future projects being planned. On the other side of the picture, making all this possible, has been the finding and developing of large sources of CO?. Most of the CO2 has been found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs which are capable of producing the quantities needed for oil field application. Although the CO2 sources are often hundreds of miles from the prospective oil fields, major pipelines have already been constructed and others are being planned to transport the CO2 to places where it will be applied. This paper presents an overview of these major sources of CO2 and the
current status of their development.