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Howell Petroleum to Build CO2 Pipe Across Central Wyoming
Howell Petroleum Corp. on Friday received final approval from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to begin construction on a 16-inch, 125-mile carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline across central Wyoming. BLM’s approval followed completion of an environmental assessment and acceptance of the Anadarko Petroleum Corp. subsidiary’s plan of development.
The new pipeline will transport CO2 recovered from the Shute Creek gas processing plant in southwest Wyoming to Anadarko’s enhanced oil recovery project at the Salt Creek field north of Casper. Anadarko plans to inject about 7,200 tons a day of CO2 into the Salt Creek field to recover more than 150 million additional boe.
Under the multi-phase, continuous development program, Salt Creek oil production is expected to increase over the next several years from 5,300 boe/d to a peak rate of 35,000 boe/d. Completion of the pipeline is expected by January 2004.
“We started a pilot project in June injecting CO2 in the Salt Creek field and, as predicted, have already seen oil production response,” said Mark Pease, Anadarko vice president, U.S. Onshore and Offshore. “Based on these encouraging results, Anadarko expects to book additional proved reserves in the field prior to year end.
“We’re extending the production life of a 100-year-old oil field and sequestering 24 million tons of CO2,” Pease added. “This development and extension of the Salt Creek field is an important part of Anadarko’s portfolio of projects, and it’s good for the state of Wyoming.”
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