Engineering Aspects of Geologic CO2 Storage: Synergy between Enhanced Oil Recovery and Storage

Climate Change and the Petroleum Industry.- Relevance of Geologic CO2 Storage to the Petroleum Industry.- Basic Concepts of CO2 Injection-Based Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes.- Selection of Candidate Sites: Recent Advancements in Selection Methodologies.- Review of Successfully Implemented CO2-EOR Projects: Key Features and Challenges.- Simultaneous CO2-EOR and Storage: An Economically Viable and Environmentally Sensible E&P Business Model in a Low Carbon Economy.- CO2-Oil Miscibility: A Key Design Parameter for CO2-EOR Projects.- Recent Technological Advancements for Maximizing CO2 Storage in EOR Operations.- Dedicated Geologic CO2 Storage: Deep Saline Formations.- Past and Current Geologic CO2 Storage Projects.- Monitoring of Injected CO2: Lessons Learned from Tested Monitoring Technologies in the Field.- Geologic CO2 Storage: A Mean to Extract Water from Deep Saline Formations for Beneficial Reuses.