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U.S. OIL PRODUCTION POTENTIAL FROMACCELERATED DEPLOYMENT OF CARBONCAPTURE AND STORAGEWhite Paper
Advanced Resources International, Inc.Arlington, VA USA
March 10, 2010
This report was prepared for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
White Paper: U.S. Oil Production Potential from Accelerated Deploymentof Carbon Capture and StorageAdvanced Resources International, Inc. 1March 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE................................................................................................................................5
CURRENT CO
2
-EOR ACTIVITY....................................................................................................................................6
POTENTIAL DOMESTIC OIL RESOURCES FROM CO
2
-EOR.....................................................................................8
DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC CO
2
-EOR PROSPECTS.........................................................................................13
LIMITS TO AND PLANNED EXPANSION OF CO
2
-EOR IN THE U.S.........................................................................15
POTENTIAL FOR CCS AND CO
2
-EOR BY INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS SOURCES...................................................19
FORECASTS OF POWER SECTOR CCS DEPLOYMENT FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF ACES...........................21
NATIONAL FORECASTS OF OIL PRODUCTION FROM CO
2
-EOR RESULTING FROM PROJECTED CCSDEPLOYMENT UNDER ACES....................................................................................................................................25
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION IMPACTS OF CCS DEPLOYMENT OF CO
2
-EOR POTENTIAL....................................31
CONNECTING CO
2
SUPPLY WITH EOR DEMAND...................................................................................................37
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF INCREASED DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION...............................................................41
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF INCREASED DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION WITH CO
2
-EOR.........................47
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