Practical Synergies for Increasing Domestic Oil Production and Geological Sequestration of Anthropogenic CO2: An Example from the Michigan Basin

As oil imports in the United States approach 60% of total daily consumption, more efforts are being expended to maximize recovery from known domestic oil fields. As part of this effort, CO2 flooding of reservoirs has been proven to be an effective means to increase the recovery of oil bypassed during primary production, albeit commonly at significant cost because of capture, compression, and transportation of adequate CO2. At the same time,...