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Journal of Industrial and Environmental Chemistry | Volume 2
December 06 -07, 2018 | Dubai, UAE
Pet roleum Engineer ing, Oil and Gas
International Conference on
Joint Event
Sustainable oil industry development with carbon-constrained economies: Challenges and opportunities
Hussein Hoteit
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
T
he ongoing accumulation of greenhouse gas (GHG)
concentrations in the atmosphere from various
anthropogenic sources is believed to be the primary cause of
the increase in the global temperature of the Earth’s surface.
Carbon dioxide is the most significant GHG where electricity
generation with other stationary industry sectors powered by
fossil fuels are the top anthropogenic sources of CO
2
emissions.
Among other technologies, CarbonCapture and Storage (CCS) in
geologic formations including hydrocarbon fields is expected to
play a key role in addressing the GHG challenge. In this talk, we
review the current CO
2
-EOR field implementations worldwide
including injectivity rates and oil incremental contributions.
We highlight the potential of the CO
2
-EOR technology in
enhancing oil recovery and in its contribution for CO
2
emission
reduction. The main challenges of the CCS technology are then
discussed where we show some technical challenges related
to CO
2
capture, transportation, injection, and displacement in
hydrocarbon fields. We close with some thoughts regarding the
roleof theOil industry inpromotingCCSasawin-wintechnology.
e:
hussein.hoteit@kaust.edu.saOil & Gas 2018 &
Petroleum Engineering 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4066/2591-7331-C2-006