LSU Petroleum Engineering Professor Proposes Plan for Orphan Oil Wells
LSU Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering Professor Dandina Rao has a plan that will not only create less carbon dioxide during oil production but will also make use of the millions of orphan wells that are scattered throughout the United States.
- LSU Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering Professor Dandina Rao has a plan that will not only create less carbon dioxide during oil production but will also make use of the millions of orphan wells that are scattered throughout the United States.
- His LIFT2 project would initially convert orphan wells to carbon-neutral production wells through GAGD-process adaptation.
- This LIFT2 project proposes to test the GAGD process in the field using orphan wells, which are oil wells that have been abandoned by companies for one reason or another.
- “Louisiana only caps 40-50 orphan wells each year because it’s costly, and there’s no budget for it,” Rao said.