Oil production is separated into three phases: primary, secondary and tertiary, which is also known as Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Primary oil recovery is limited to hydrocarbons that naturally ...

Additionally, the growing emphasis on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies is supporting the use of CO2-EOR methods, which offer both enhanced recovery and environmental benefits.

The pilot plant has been built in British Columbia and is extracting about a tonne of CO2 every day A Canadian company, backed by Bill Gates, says it has reached an important threshold in ...