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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Ian Ralph Collins, Middlesex, GB;
Andrew Russell Mason, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Ian Ralph Collins, Middlesex, GB;
Andrew Russell Mason, Aberdeenshire, GB;
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
A method of storing COin a porous and permeable hydrocarbon reservoir having at least one injection well and at least one production well penetrating the reservoir, by recovering a produced fluid stream including produced hydrocarbons, produced water, and produced COfrom the production well; passing the produced fluid stream to a production facility where a produced vapor stream of carbon dioxide and volatile hydrocarbons is separated from the produced fluid stream; compressing the produced vapor stream to above the cricondenbar for the produced vapor stream; cooling the compressed stream to form a cooled stream that in a dense phase state; importing a COstream to an injection facility wherein the imported COis either in a liquid state or a supercritical state; mixing the cooled stream with the imported COstream thereby forming a co-injection stream; and injecting the co-injection stream into the hydrocarbon bearing reservoir from said injection well.