Co-optimization of enhanced oil recovery and carbon sequestration

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 893-912

  Leach, Andrew ^a   Mason, Charles F ^b   Veld, Klaas van 't ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Enhanced oil recovery

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON TAXES; CO-OPTIMIZATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; MATURE OIL FIELDS; OIL EXTRACTION; OIL OUTPUT; OIL PRICES; OIL PRODUCERS; OIL PRODUCTION; TERMINATION TIME; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WYOMING;

CAPACITANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OIL FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; RECOVERY; WATER INJECTION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; PRICE DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 80052701479     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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