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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2011
Stuart R Keller, Houston, TX (US);
William B. Maze, Houston, TX (US);
Gary F. Teletzke, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Stuart R Keller, Houston, TX (US);
William B. Maze, Houston, TX (US);
Gary F. Teletzke, Sugar Land, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for producing hydrocarbons from and/or storing C0in an organic-rich rock formation. One embodiment of the method includes the steps of injecting the C0into an injection well in the organic-rich rock formation and producing the hydrocarbons from a production well when a drainage volume of the production well has an average reservoir pressure equal to or less than a predetermined pressure. The hydrocarbons substantially include natural gas and the injection well is in fluid communication with the production well. The embodiment also includes capping the production well and feeding the C0into the injection well when the produced hydrocarbons include a C0mole fraction greater than or equal to a predetermined mole fraction.