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Article: Carbon dioxide an often overlooked natural resource.(Energy & Utilities)
- Article from:
- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- May 3, 2004
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In Mississippi, when people think of natural resources, oil and gas come to mind. Few people are aware of another plentiful natural resource.
"The state is blessed with carbon dioxide," according to Kerry Allen, Mississippi operations and production manager of Denbury Resources Inc.
Denbury is Mississippi's largest independent oil and gas producer and its only producer of carbon dioxide. In a process called "through the bit," carbon dioxide is used to enhance oil wells that were abandoned because they were no longer productive. Denbury also produces carbon dioxide as a product itself.
Carbon dioxide production is similar to natural gas ...