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In the search for oil and gas during the past century, other gases (helium, nitrogen, carbon dioxide) have been encountered. These uncommon instances were traditionally classified as failures, i.e., the gases had little or no economic value, and areas known to contain them were commonly avoided during further drilling. However, two factors have made carbon dioxide (CO2) an attractive resource target in some areas. First, research has shown that the injection of CO2 into some “watered-out” reservoirs can substantially increase oil recovery. Second, the increase in the price of oil in the 1970s has made some of these enhanced recovery operations economically viable.
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Studlick, J.R.J., Shew, R.D., Basye, G.L., Ray, J.R. (1990). A Giant Carbon Dioxide Accumulation in the Norphlet Formation, Pisgah Anticline, Mississippi. In: Barwis, J.H., McPherson, J.G., Studlick, J.R.J. (eds) Sandstone Petroleum Reservoirs. Casebooks in Earth Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8988-0_9
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