Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) has initiated an enhanced oil recovery project that will test the injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) into pilot wells in a carbonate reservoir in the MENA region of Abu Dhabi.
Praxair Gulf Industrial Gases LLC, an Abu Dhabi-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., is supplying the required CO2 and injection operations under a contract with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (MASDAR).
The pilot began operations in the fourth quarter of 2009. A continuous supply of 60 tons per day (1.2 million standard cubic feet per day) of CO2 is being provided to ADCO and is being injected into one of the pilot wells.
“Praxair is very pleased to have been selected by MASDAR for this project,” said Eduardo Menezes, President of Praxair Europe.
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