Oxy Denver Unit CO2 Recovery Plant, Texas

This carbon dioxide recovery plant is one of many in the region operated by Oxy, also known as Occidental Petroleum. Occidental is the largest carbon dioxide flooder in the Permian Basin. CO2 flooding is a technique used to get oil flowing more efficiently, by injecting the gas into the wells. The company injects more than 700 billion cubic feet of CO2 into the Permian every year. The CO2 is generated at gas fields in the area, and is also recovered after injecting it, leading to a large network of pipelines moving gas, oil, water, and CO2 all over the place at high-production areas such as this, around Denver City.