Paper: Equiptment Considerations in Carbon Dioxide Flooding

The intended functions of wellbore equipment in injection or producing wells are to provide well control and safety. It is only in a situation where both of these are provided that efficient, trouble free operations can be depended on. Enhanced oil recovery places unique demands on wellbore equipment which must be planned for during completion design. This paper discusses techniques and equipment which can be utilized to provide the necessary well control and safety in carbon dioxide flooding operations. A complete treating of the subject discussing exhaustively the aspects of possible design combinations would require voluminous material not possible in a paper such as this. Therefore it is the authors' intent to discuss what we believe to be very important considerations within the subject and give enough case history information to help the reader set the tone for a comprehensive study of his individual situation.