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Re:Supercritical CO2 is heavy like a liquid, with weird and ... by jackfoxy on Friday October 25, 2019 @06:36PM (#21359914)
I assure you, the decision is entirely economic on the production side. CO2 is fungible, no? (in regards to sequestration subsidies)
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Re:Supercritical CO2 is heavy like a liquid, with weird and ... by londons_explore on Friday October 25, 2019 @07:23PM (#21360208)
CO2 is indeed fungible. I simply suspect that a lot of companies are requesting government money to research and develop something that they would choose to research anyway even without government money. (because it increases oil production).

They get away with that because many governments don't have good tech advisers.

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Re:Supercritical CO2 is heavy like a liquid, with weird and ... by jackfoxy on Friday October 25, 2019 @09:08PM (#21360850)
CO2 injection is not R&D, but established operating procedure. Its use can count to what determines recoverable reserves.
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