It studied carbon-dioxide flooding but figured that buying the CO2 and building a pipeline to transport it would eat up profits.

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These two should provide about 3, 600 net oil equivalent barrels per day of natural gas and liquids, which Denbury will tap via carbon dioxide flooding.

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