Energy R and D: Current and Potential Use of Enhanced Oil Recovery

摘要

The briefing report provides information on (1) crude oil production and consumption in the United States and the role of enhanced oil recovery in production, (2) current enhanced oil recovery activities and future prospects for increased production, (3) the impact of price changes on a major potential enhanced oil recovery resource--stripper wells, and (4) the effects of price changes and the Department of Energy's (DOE) fiscal year 1987 budget proposal on enhanced oil recovery research.