UND Getting Federal Funding For CO2 Oil Production Study

(Grand Forks, ND) — The Federal Energy Department is giving U-N-D millions of dollars to study the possibility of using captured CO2 gas to pump more oil out of the Bakken Formation. A lot of the oil there is tough to recover since the pressure in the reservoir is decreasing. State leaders are encouraging the practice of injecting carbon dioxide into the ground to loosen the oil. The university’s Energy and Environment Research Center will use the grant to conduct field and lab research over the next 18 months.