CO₂-EOR Joint Industry Project
The SCCS CO₂-EOR Joint Industry Project (JIP) has published the results from a collaborative programme of work to develop an understanding of CO₂-Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), with the aim of creating a commercial use for CO₂ captured from power plants and industry. The project is led by SCCS partners and funding has been provided by the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, 2Co Energy Limited, Nexen and Shell.
CO₂-EOR technology, which has been used in North America for decades, involves injecting CO₂ into partially depleted oilfields deep beneath the seabed to force out additional volumes of oil, with the majority of the injected CO₂ remaining permanently stored deep underground. Although to date there has been no supply of CO₂ to support implementation of industrial scale CO₂-EOR in the North Sea, the large-scale development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) could change this.
This project has focused on addressing issues, which are of major importance to project developers looking to link CO₂-EOR in the North Sea with CCS projects. It has been undertaken as a series of work packages in two phases.
A total of 17 detailed reports have been produced covering a wide variety of topics. These are divided into six subcategories and are available to download below. The summary report brings all 17 pieces of work together in one publication.
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Work packages and associated reports
CO2-EOR Summary Report: This report features two-page summary reports from each of the JIP work packages. It begins with key findings and a 12-page introduction describing the project and its results.
Economics
CO₂-EOR in the UK - Analysis of fiscal incentives
Techno-economic evaluation of CO₂-EOR in the North Sea
Preliminary Study on Developing Economic Multipliers for CO₂-EOR Activity
Stakeholder perceptions
CO₂-EOR Stakeholder Perceptions and Policy Responses
EOR performance
Techno-Economic Reservoir Modelling
CO2 management and environmental impacts
Carbon Accounting for Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil recovery
A Review of Flaring and Venting at UK Offshore Oilfields
Measurement, monitoring and verification - EOR and CO2 Storage
Environmental Impacts of CO₂-EOR - The Offshore UK Context
Legal
Legal Status of CO₂– Enhanced Oil Recovery
The Use of CO₂ for EOR on the UKCS
Transboundary Chains for CO₂ EOR - Legal Contexts for CO₂ Injection in the North Sea
CO2 Supply
Ship transport of CO₂ for EOR – Literature Survey
Offshore offloading of CO₂ review of single point mooring types and suitability
Transportation and unloading of CO₂ by ship - a comparative assessment