Prince Abdulaziz Ibn Salman Ibn Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Petroleum Affairs opened in Khobar, the Eastern Province, today a Technical Workshop on 'Specializing the Enhancement of The production of Crude Oil by Injecting Carbon Dioxide.'The opening ceremony was attended by President of Saudi Aramco Company Khalid Al-Faleh. The workshop aims to introduce the basic steps for the successes of projects of separating and storing carbon dioxide, as well as the importance of projects of enhancing the production of crude oil by using carbon dioxide to reduce its emissions. The workshop will also discuss the initiatives of Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Norway and the Netherlands on separating and storing carbon dioxide.
