what happens to spent oil wells?

[Firestar_3x]

Depends on the well and stream composition, loads of stuff can be pumped in to help stimulate the flow.

We've just won a contract for UK offshore CO2 storage, don't think i'm going to be working on the project but it's going to be interesting to hear about it.

 

[Jokester]

I worked on the first UK CO2 storage project 5 years ago until the government pulled the plug on it.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

Too costly ?

 

[Brynn]

I worked on the first UK CO2 storage project 5 years ago until the government pulled the plug on it.

The BP one? My mum worked on that.

I have a feeling I would probably know you. Given we are both instrument guys.

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

This video may give you a better idea of the actual process.

 

[Jokester]

Too costly ?

Yeah, the government wasn't willing to treat it as green power generation so there was no incentives to companies to actually dispose of CO2 as the cost of doing it wasn't covered by the increased oil production.

The BP one? My mum worked on that.

I have a feeling I would probably know you. Given we are both instrument guys.

Aye, BP DF1.

 

[House]

As well as water pumped down you can also pump down CO2 to recover oil. Though it's not as common and is a tertiary phase technique. I mainly work in downstream stuff but in a few months I'm moving to a company that does more upstream and field development work. Carbon capture and sequestion is a very expensive tech and inherently reduces effecency, frankly IMO it's only practical when the carbon tariffs get a serious bump, and I think nuclear is a better tech right now to solve co2 emissions.

 

[LeeUK]

Never mind oil, what about coal mining. We have swaths of land all over the county propped up with 100 year old wooden props in old mining seams.

Sometimes they do collapse and this happens...

 

[cainer]

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