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Carbon Capture Projects Store 10M Metric Tons CO2

April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A group of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects supported by the US Department of Energy have safely captured 10 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the department says. In a number of CCS projects, the captured CO2 is utilized to enhance oil recovery from mature wells. One DOE-supported project ... Read more »

Enhanced Oil Recovery Market to ‘More than Triple by 2020’

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 by Jennifer Hermes

Although enhanced oil recovery (EOR) currently accounts for merely 7.5 percent of total crude oil production in North America, the market is expected to grow rapidly — from revenues of $20.10 billion in 2014 to an estimated $70.60 billion in 2020 — as oil fields deplete and oil extraction becomes more complex, according to new analysis from ... Read more »

Compact Membrane Deaeration for Oil, Gas Industry

November 10, 2014November 9, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Water Standard has launched a compact membrane deaeration (MDA) product line for use in waterflooding, improved oil recovery and enhanced oil recovery applications. Water Standard partnered with Membrana as an original equipment manufacturer for Liqui-Cel membrane contactors and successfully piloted the technology in continuous seawater trials resulting in a proprietary ... Read more »

HECLOT Achieves CO2 Capture Rate up to 90%, ITRI Says

October 24, 2014October 23, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan’s largest high-tech applied research institutions, says its high efficiency calcium looping technology (HECLOT), a calcium looping technology, can achieve a carbon capture rate of up to 90 percent. ITRI says this is an industry first. The technology reduces energy consumption using a cycling of calcination ... Read more »

‘First-of-a-Kind’ Clean Power Plant Moves Forward

October 16, 2014October 15, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

NET Power says it has secured funding and agreements for its $140 million demonstration power plant, which it says produces no greenhouse gas emissions and includes full carbon capture without requiring expensive, efficiency-reducing carbon capture equipment. The company says the 50 MWt natural gas generation system is the first of ... Read more »

CO2 Solutions, Neumann Systems Demonstrate Carbon Capture Pilot

June 18, 2014June 18, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

CO2 Solutions has partnered with emissions control provider Neumann Systems Group for a carbon capture pilot demonstration. The companies expect the combination of their two proprietary technologies will result in a significantly lower cost process for the capture of CO2 from industrial effluent gases. Following this pilot, the companies anticipate ... Read more »

Shell Joins Carbon Capture Project

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Shell has joined a research project exploring CO2-driven enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) in the North Sea. CO2-EOR has the potential to bring benefits for the UK offshore industry by improving recovery from depleted oil fields using CO2 captured from power plants and industry, says project leader Scottish Carbon Capture & ... Read more »

CO2 Capture Offers Promise for Enhanced Oil Recovery

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Enhanced oil recovery is a promising market for CO2 captured from electric power generation as EOR’s demand for the gas exceeds available supplies, according to analysts Visiongain. Visiongain calculates that spending in the CO2 EOR market totaled $5.3 billion at the start of 2014. This includes spending on geological studies ... Read more »

BP, Denbury Onshore Sign Contracts with Lake Charles Clean Energy’s Gasification Project

October 30, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Lake Charles Clean Energy (LCCE) yesterday said it has secured long-term commercial offtake contracts with BP Products North America, Air Products and Chemicals and Denbury Onshore for its $2.5 billion gasification project. The renewable power plant, to be located at the Port of Lake Charles, La. (pictured), will use gasification ... Read more »

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