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States with Recoverable Oil

States with EOR potential

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy has compiled a list of states with technically recoverable oil using CO2-EOR. Estimates indicate Texas has the largest EOR potential by far. However, with oil prices over $120/barrel, several states have recoverable oil deposits potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

States with Technically Recoverable Oil using CO2-EOR

State
Million Barrels
Texas
31,000
Alaska
12,040
Louisiana
7,700
Oklahoma
5,440
California
4,620
New Mexico
2,846
Kansas
1,270
Wyoming
1,090
North Dakota
1,060
Utah
810
Montana
760
Colorado
740
Illinois
490
Mississippi
350
Florida
330
Arkansas
230
Michigan
230
Alabama
170
Indiana
50
Nebraska
50
Kentucky
40
South Dakota
20
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