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Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute seeks extension of $1.9M reappropriation, warns of staffing and CO2 supply needs
Summary
The Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute and Commission told lawmakers they need more staff and an extension of a $1.9 million reappropriation (about $900,000 unspent) to support pilots and projects tied to CO2 EOR; directors highlighted growing project pipelines tied to 45Q parity and potential CO2 pipeline work in the Bighorn Basin.
Lon Whitman, director of the Wyoming Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (ERI), told the Joint Appropriations Committee that ERI is managing 23 projects and needs staffing and flexible funds to support field pilots, core analysis and polymer testing.
Whitman said ERI’s mission is to “minimize stranded oil” and that the institute returns significant revenue relative to its state allocation, citing about $56 million in appropriation-to-date and roughly $560 million in project revenue to the state. He noted…
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