TEN YEAR COMPARISON OF TOTAL COSTS
(one pump injecting 20 gpd, excluding chemical)
| TYPICAL WELLSITE |
PNEUMATIC PUMP
SOUR GAS |
PNEUMATIC PUMP
SWEET GAS |
POWER POD
SWEET OR SOUR |
| ENERGY USE |
16,300 gal/yr
propane
(pressure energy in pneumatic pump) |
800,000 scf/yr *
natural gas (methane)
(pressure energy in pneumatic pump) |
15 l/yr
methanol and sunlight
(reacted in fuel cell and solar panel) |
| GREENHOUSE IMPACT |
136 tonnes/yr CO2e |
342 tonnes/yr CO2e ** |
0.02 tonnes/yr CO2e |
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COST OF INJECTING
NPV of capital and operating |
$216,200
(includes $9,200 CO2e) |
$62,800
(includes $23,400 CO2e) |
$12,000
(includes $1 CO2e) |
* 800,000 scf/yr of natural gas would heat 6 Canadian homes for 1 year.
** 342 tonnes/yr of CO2 is about the same as emitted by heating 22 Canadian homes with natural gas for 1 year. This same CO2 gas volume would fill up 170 typical hot air balloons per year. |
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