An apparatus utilizes a membrane unit to capture components from atmospheric air, including carbon dioxide, enriches the carbon dioxide concentration, and delivers the enriched concentration of carbon dioxide to a sequestering facility. The membrane is configured such that as a first gas containing oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide is drawn through the membrane, a permeate stream is formed where the permeate stream has an oxygen concentration and a carbon dioxide concentration higher than in the first gas and a nitrogen concentration lower than in the first gas. A permeate conduit, having a vacuum applied to it by a vacuum generating device receives the permeate stream and a delivery conduit delivers at least a portion of the enriched carbon dioxide to a sequestering facility. The apparatus may comprise a component of a system where the system may have a flue gas generator and/or a secondary enrichment system disposed between the vacuum generating device and the sequestering facility.

A method of underground storage of an injection gas containing CO.sub.2 gas and enhanced oil recovery includes: supplying injection water through a water flow path; jetting the injection water as a high-pressure water jet which is increased in velocity by narrowing a fluid flow through a fine bubble-generating device placed at a lower end of the water flow path; suctioning an injection gas through a gas flow path by a negative pressure generated by the Venturi effect downstream of the high-pressure water jet; jetting the injection gas as fine bubbles from the fine bubble-generating device placed at a lower end of the gas flow path; and performing underground storage of the injection gas by allowing a gas-liquid mixed fluid containing fine bubbles generated by mixing the injection water with the fine bubbles in the fine bubble-generating device to penetrate into a permeable formation such as an oil reservoir.

A method for increasing CO2 sequestration efficiency in depleted reservoirs by increasing injectivity is provided. This method includes the steps of introducing a surfactant solution into an upper portion of the reservoir through an injection well and introducing CO2 to a lower portion through another injection well such that the CO2 and surfactant solution migrate away from the wells and intimately intermingle to form CO2-based foam in situ. The surfactant solution and CO2 may also be introduced through the same injection well, where the surfactant solution is introduced to an upper portion of the reservoir and the CO2 is introduced into a lower portion. The pressure may be maintained at a value less than the fracture pressure of the reservoir utilizing a pressure relief well.

A method for administering a composition for exploiting natural gas hydrates. The method includes the following steps: injecting the reagent A into the tube A; injecting the reagent B into the tube B; stretching the tube A and the tube B into a hydrate reservoir by using a reagent injection instrument; regulating a flow rate according to a proportion of each component; allowing the reagents to react at a preset reservoir position; and allowing water in the reservoir to participate in the reaction at the same time, wherein a reaction product is used for supporting the reservoir.

A pipe for transporting gas, notably carbon dioxide, includes at least one tubular element, tubular element consisting of a juxtaposition of concentric layers including, from inside to outside, at least one sealing layer, a wall including a prestressed concrete layer and at least one circumferential mechanical reinforcement layer. Furthermore, the concrete making up prestressed concrete layer is selected from among the ultra-high performance fibre-reinforced concretes (UHPFRC).

Disclosed is an integrated method for mineralizing and sequestrating carbon dioxide and filling goaf with fly ash, which relates to the engineering field of combination of fly ash and carbon dioxide recycling. The method includes: S1, selecting an area conducive to sequestration of the carbon dioxide; S2, building a stope overburden pressure calculation model in the selected area, to determine a key stratum of a stope and calculate a limit caving interval of an overlying stratum of the stope; S3, mining a coal seam of the stope, and filling the goaf, manufactured by mining the coal seam, with gangue in the coal seam; S4, fully stirring, by a stirring apparatus, the fly ash to form loose fly ash, outputting the loose fly ash to the goaf for filling, and determining an effective flow radius of the carbon dioxide by means of a built carbon dioxide seepage model; and S5, reasonably setting an interval of a vertical drilling well according to the effective flow radius of the carbon dioxide. The present disclosure provides an excellent environment for stacking waste fly ash and sequestrating carbon dioxide.

The invention is directed to polymers that self-crosslink at acidic pH or can be crosslinked by phenolic agents in brine. Such polymers have lower viscosity and can be pumped deep into reservoirs, where they will cross link in situ, thus increasing their viscosity and/or form a gel and blocking thief zones. Methods of making and using such polymers are also provided.

A threaded connection for large diameter steel pipe exhibits high torque resistance and high sealability and, at the same time, provides a shear resistance that suits the size of the steel pipe to be connected. The threaded connection includes a tubular pin provided on a tip of a steel pipe with large diameter, and a tubular box 20 adapted to be drawn up on the pin as the pin is screwed in. The pin includes a male threadform made with a taper thread. The box includes a female threadform made with a taper thread. Each of the threadforms are wedge threads and have a dovetail-shaped cross section. The male threadform is designed such that the width of the thread in an end region of the male threadform closer to the tip is set to a size corresponding to the size of the pipe body of the steel pipe.

Systems and methods of greenhouse gas removal and subsea sequestration are described herein. Disclosed systems and methods include a direct air capture device capturing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, a transport apparatus fluidly connected to the at least one direct air capture device, an underwater disposal well fluidly connected to the transport apparatus, and an underwater work apparatus operatively connected to the underwater disposal well. The transport apparatus transfers the greenhouse gases to the underwater disposal well, and the underwater disposal well injects the greenhouse gases into an underwater geologic formation. The greenhouse gases may be solidified as mineral deposits and permanently stored in the underwater geologic formation. Disclosed systems may include a loading system configured to be periodically connected to the transport apparatus. The loading system has a plurality of rotatable joint modules connected by independently actuatable joints.

An enhanced oil recovery method in which carbon dioxide is injected into a well to pressure the well or add lift a production flow from the well recaptures the injected carbon dioxide for reinjection into the well for lift or into another well in a group of for pressuring the well or adding lift to the production flow from the well. Geothermal energy in the production stream can be converted to electrical power for use in the recapturing of the carbon dioxide or other operations at the well site.