[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 194 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H9800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY

  (Mr. CASSIDY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight a newer technology 
called enhanced oil recovery. When an oil well runs dry, half as much 
oil remains underground, unable to be extracted using traditional 
means. This is where enhanced oil recovery comes in. EOR, as it's 
called, pumps CO2 into the ground, and oil which is trapped 
can be extracted safely and cost effectively.
  Now, enhanced oil recovery is not hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. 
It is a process that displaces oil and allows it to be extracted. The 
Department of Energy states that enhanced oil recovery can yield as 
much as 80 billion barrels of oil, decreasing our needs to import by as 
much as one-third. And for those seeking to reduce atmospheric 
CO2, enhanced oil recovery provides the sequestration of 
carbon capture and sequestration.
  As importantly, enhanced oil recovery employs thousands of Americans 
while generating royalty payments to local, State, and Federal 
governments. Enhanced oil recovery creates jobs, increases energy 
security, and potentially benefits our environment, and is a technology 
to be supported as much as we can.

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