Net Greenhouse Gas Impact of Storing CO2 Through Enhanced Oil Recovery

An analysis of on-site and downstream GHG emissions from CO2-EOR crude oil production in Western Canada

June 21, 2013
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Rich Wong
Former Technical and Policy Analyst
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Matt McCulloch
Former Director
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Adam Goehner
Former Advisor
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ICO2N commissioned the Pembina Institute to analyze the greenhouse gas impact of storing CO2 through the process of enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The analysis looked at five different scenarios for quantifying CO2 emissions — both emissions associated with operating an EOR site as well as those associated with the oil that is produced.

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Rich Wong
Former Technical and Policy Analyst
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Matt McCulloch
Former Director
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Adam Goehner
Former Advisor

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