Enhanced Oil Recovery Can Reduce World’s Carbon Emissions: Western Governors
July 5, 2015
For every 2.5 barrels of oil produced, it is estimated that a typical commercial enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project can safely prevent one metric ton of CO2 from entering the atmosphere As of 2014, approximately 13.6 million metric tons of CO2 was captured that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere has been sequestered as a result of EOR: U.S.
