Extraction of Oil from the Bakken Shales with Supercritical CO2

Authors

Lu Jin, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
Steven B. Hawthorne, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
James A. Sorensen, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
Bethany A. Kurz, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
Steven A. Smith, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
Loreal V. Heebink, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
Nicholas W. Bosshart, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
José A. Torres, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
Chantsalmaa Dalkhaa, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
Charles D. Gorecki, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
Edward N. Steadman, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center
John A. Harju, University of North Dakota. Energy and Environmental Research Center

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Files

Publication Date

7-24-2017

Publication Title

SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference

Keywords

Bakken Formation, Enhanced oil recovery, Oil wells

Abstract

Results from 20 samples showed that supercritical CO₂ enables extraction of a considerable portion (15%–65%) of the hydrocarbons from the Bakken shales within 24 hours. The results may be used to improve modeling and forecasting the effects of CO₂ enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and suggest the possibility for increasing ultimate recovery, and possibly CO₂ storage, in some areas of the Bakken Formation.

Publisher

Society of Petroleum Engineers/American Association of Petroleum Geologists/Society of Exploration Geophysicists

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15530/URTEC-2017-2671596

Extent

17 pages (PDF, 3.2 megabytes)

Repository

University of North Dakota, Energy & Environmental Research Center, Library & Information Services. 15 North 23rd Street, Grand Forks, ND 58202. eerclibrary@undeerc.org.

Identifier

1973752

Notes

URTEC-2671596-MS

Rights

This paper reprinted with permission from Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Austin, Texas, U.S., July 24–26, 2017, Copyright 2017 by Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC). Permission from URTeC is required for further use.

Recommended Citation

Jin, Lu; Hawthorne, Steven B.; Sorensen, James A.; Kurz, Bethany A.; Smith, Steven A.; Heebink, Loreal V.; Bosshart, Nicholas W.; Torres, José A.; Dalkhaa, Chantsalmaa; Gorecki, Charles D.; Steadman, Edward N.; and Harju, John A., "Extraction of Oil from the Bakken Shales with Supercritical CO2" (2017). EERC Publications. 8.
https://commons.und.edu/eerc-publications/8