The NBMG will also compile available oil and gas field-level and reservoir-level databases and attribute

Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration with Enhanced Oil Recovery in Nevada Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 07-7 Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering College of Science University of Nevada, Reno 2007 Daphne D. LaPointe, Jonathan G. Price, and Ronald H. Hess Abstract This report follows the preliminary assessment of the potential for carbon dioxide sequestration in geological settings in Nevada (Price and others, 2005) by compiling data on the 15 oil fields that have had historical production. Critical factors in assessing the potential for enhanced oil recovery as a means of carbon dioxide sequestration in Nevada include depth, temperature, and cumulative production. Most Nevada oil reservoirs are considerably hotter than ideal conditions for maintaining a dense CO phase underground. Furthermore, none of the Nevada oil fields is 2large enough to accommodate all the CO from a large coal-fired power plant. The cumulative 2 volume of oil and associated water production from all Nevada oil fields is about two orders of magnitude less than what would be needed to sequester a significant amount of CO from a 2power plant. Therefore, there is not much potential in Nevada for CO sequestration through 2enhanced oil recovery. Introduction In recent years, the prospect of using carbon dioxide (CO ) injection as an enhanced oil ...