Patent Publication Number: US-10788212-B2

Title: System and method for an oxidant passageway in a gas turbine system with exhaust gas recirculation

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority to and benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/102,388, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN OXIDANT PASSAGEWAY IN A GAS TURBINE SYSTEM WITH EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION,” filed on Jan. 12, 2015, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety for all purposes. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     The subject matter disclosed herein relates to gas turbine systems and, more specifically, to gas turbine systems with exhaust gas recirculation. 
     Gas turbine engines are used in a wide variety of applications, such as power generation, aircraft, and various machinery. Gas turbine engine generally combust a fuel with an oxidant (e.g., air) in a combustor section to generate hot combustion products, which then drive one or more turbine stages of a turbine section. In turn, the turbine section drives one or more compressor stages of a compressor section, thereby compressing oxidant for intake into the combustor section along with the fuel. Again, the fuel and oxidant mix in the combustor section, and then combust to produce the hot combustion products. These combustion products may include unburnt fuel, residual oxidant, and various emissions (e.g., nitrogen oxides) depending on the conditions of combustion. Furthermore, gas turbine engines typically consume a vast amount of air as the oxidant, and output a considerable amount of exhaust gas into the atmosphere. In other words, the exhaust gas is typically wasted as a byproduct of the gas turbine operation. 
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
     Certain embodiments commensurate in scope with the originally claimed invention are summarized below. These embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the claimed invention, but rather these embodiments are intended only to provide a brief summary of possible forms of the invention. Indeed, the invention may encompass a variety of forms that may be similar to or different from the embodiments set forth below. 
     In an embodiment, a system having a turbine combustor is provided. The turbine combustor has a combustor liner disposed about a combustion chamber, a flow sleeve, and a radial passageway. The flow sleeve disposed at an offset about the combustor liner to define a passage, wherein the passage is configured to direct an exhaust gas flow toward a head end of the turbine combustor. The radial passageway extends between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner, and the radial passageway is configured to isolate an oxidant flow through the radial passageway from the exhaust gas flow through the passage for a first operating condition and a second operating condition of the turbine combustor. The offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the first operating condition is greater than the offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the second operating condition. 
     In another embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a thimble system configured to mount in a passage between a combustor liner and a flow sleeve of a turbine combustor of a gas turbine engine. The thimble system comprises at least one sleeve having an oxidant passage, and the at least one sleeve is configured to move between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve to block fluid communication between the oxidant passage and the passage. 
     In another embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes adjustably routing an oxidant through an oxidant passage in a thimble system disposed in a passage between a combustor liner and a flow sleeve of a turbine combustor of a gas turbine engine. Adjustably routing comprises selectively moving at least one sleeve of the thimble system between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve while blocking fluid communication between the oxidant passage and the passage. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood when the following detailed description is read with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like characters represent like parts throughout the drawings, wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram of an embodiment of a system having a turbine-based service system coupled to a hydrocarbon production system; 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram of an embodiment of the system of  FIG. 1 , further illustrating a control system and a combined cycle system; 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram of an embodiment of the system of  FIGS. 1 and 2 , further illustrating details of a gas turbine engine, exhaust gas supply system, and exhaust gas processing system; 
         FIG. 4  is a flow chart of an embodiment of a process for operating the system of  FIGS. 1-3 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a combustor portion of a gas turbine engine with exhaust gas recirculation and a flexible thimble system disposed between a flow sleeve and a liner; 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a combustion portion of the gas turbine engine of  FIG. 5 , illustrating the flexible thimble system in alignment with one or more mixing holes; 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the flexible thimble system of  FIG. 5 , where the flexible thimble system is a spring-loaded thimble system; and 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the flexible thimble system of  FIG. 5 , where the flexible thimble system is a mechanically-retained thimble system. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     One or more specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In an effort to provide a concise description of these embodiments, all features of an actual implementation may not be described in the specification. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in an engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions are made to achieve the specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and/or business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such effort might be complex and time consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure. 
     Detailed example embodiments are disclosed herein. However, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are merely representative for purposes of describing example embodiments. Embodiments of the present invention may, however, be embodied in many alternate forms, and should not be construed as limited to only the embodiments set forth herein. 
     Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are illustrated by way of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit example embodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but to the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the present invention. 
     The terminology used herein is for describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, “includes” and/or “including”, when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. 
     Although the terms first, second, primary, secondary, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, but not limiting to, a first element could be termed a second element, and, similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of example embodiments. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any, and all, combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. 
     Certain terminology may be used herein for the convenience of the reader only and is not to be taken as a limitation on the scope of the invention. For example, words such as “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, “front”, “rear”, “top”, “bottom”, “horizontal”, “vertical”, “upstream”, “downstream”, “fore”, “aft”, and the like; merely describe the configuration shown in the FIGS. Indeed, the element or elements of an embodiment of the present invention may be oriented in any direction and the terminology, therefore, should be understood as encompassing such variations unless specified otherwise. 
     As discussed in detail below, the disclosed embodiments relate generally to gas turbine systems with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and particularly stoichiometric operation of the gas turbine systems using EGR. For example, the gas turbine systems may be configured to recirculate the exhaust gas along an exhaust recirculation path, stoichiometrically combust fuel and oxidant along with at least some of the recirculated exhaust gas, and capture the exhaust gas for use in various target systems. The recirculation of the exhaust gas along with stoichiometric combustion may help to increase the concentration level of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the exhaust gas, which can then be post treated to separate and purify the CO 2  and nitrogen (N 2 ) for use in various target systems. The gas turbine systems also may employ various exhaust gas processing (e.g., heat recovery, catalyst reactions, etc.) along the exhaust recirculation path, thereby increasing the concentration level of CO 2 , reducing concentration levels of other emissions (e.g., carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and unburnt hydrocarbons), and increasing energy recovery (e.g., with heat recovery units). Furthermore, the gas turbine engines may be configured to combust the fuel and oxidant with one or more diffusion flames (e.g., using diffusion fuel nozzles), premix flames (e.g., using premix fuel nozzles), or any combination thereof. In certain embodiments, the diffusion flames may help to maintain stability and operation within certain limits for stoichiometric combustion, which in turn helps to increase production of CO 2 . For example, a gas turbine system operating with diffusion flames may enable a greater quantity of EGR, as compared to a gas turbine system operating with premix flames. In turn, the increased quantity of EGR helps to increase CO 2  production. Possible target systems include pipelines, storage tanks, carbon sequestration systems, and hydrocarbon production systems, such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR) systems. 
     Some embodiments of a stoichiometric exhaust gas recirculation (SEGR) gas turbine system, as described below, may supply the oxidant and the fuel into a combustion chamber from a head end portion of a combustor. Further, the SEGR gas turbine system may separately supply an inert gas (e.g., exhaust gas) to the combustor at an opposite turbine end portion of the combustor to cool the combustor liner and combustion gases within the combustion chamber. For example, a flow sleeve (e.g., intermediate wall) forms a passage about a combustor liner that enables the inert gas (e.g., the exhaust gas) to flow along the outside of the combustion chamber. The passage may be open to the head end portion. In some embodiments, a portion of the oxidant enters an oxidant section in the downstream direction relative to the combustion gases from the head end portion. The oxidant section may be disposed at least partially about (e.g., radially outside) the combustor liner and the passage with the inert gas. The inert gas (e.g., exhaust gas) enters a cooling section of the passage in an upstream direction relative to the combustion gases from the turbine end portion of the combustor. Generally, it may be beneficial to reduce the amount of mixing and interaction between the opposing flows (e.g., oxidant in the downstream direction of the oxidant section, inert gas in the upstream direction of the passage) to maintain the reduced oxidant composition of the inert gas. 
     Accordingly, in certain SEGR gas turbine systems, one or more thimble systems may be provided to direct and route the oxidant flowing in the downstream direction from the oxidant section and into the combustion chamber of the combustor. In particular, the thimble system may include an oxidant passageway that directs the oxidant from the oxidant section, through the inert gas passage and the combustor liner, and into the combustion chamber of the combustor. However, in certain embodiments, the thimble system may include a gap within the oxidant section open to the passage (e.g., intermediate space) for the inert gas that is between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve. The gap may facilitate the installation between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner. However, without the disclosed embodiments, the gap within the thimble system may allow undesirable mixing between a portion of the oxidant and the inert gas within the passage. Accordingly, features of the present disclosure provide embodiments of a thimble system to eliminate a gap between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner that is open to the passage with the inert gas. In certain embodiments, the thimble system is a spring-loaded thimble system that may be installed between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve via one or more ramps, as further described below with respect to  FIG. 7 . In certain embodiments, the thimble system is a mechanically-loaded thimble system that may be installed between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve via a floating collar system, as further described with respect to  FIG. 8 . 
     In some embodiments, the combustor may have differentially supplied and controlled sets of fuel nozzles to inject the oxidant and one or more fuels into the combustion chamber. In some embodiments, the oxidant is concentrated near the flame zone to increase the efficiency of combustion, thereby affecting the equivalence ratio. Adjusting the equivalence ratio to approximately 1.0 (e.g., between 0.95 and 1.05) may reduce the concentrations of oxidant, fuel, and/or other components (e.g., nitrogen oxides, water) within the exhaust gases of the SEGR gas turbine system. However, the combustion temperature also may be greater at an equivalence ratio at or near 1.0 (e.g., substantially stoichiometric combustion). The greater combustion temperature may create greater emissions, such as nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions. The inert gas (e.g., exhaust gas) may be a heat sink for the combustor and/or combustion gases. In other words, the inert gas (e.g., exhaust gas) may help to reduce the temperature of combustion gases, thereby reducing the NO emissions without introducing more oxidant (e.g., oxygen) into the combustion gases. In some embodiments, adjusting the equivalence ratio to approximately 1.0 may increase the concentration of carbon dioxide that may be utilized in an enhanced oil recovery system, while the use of exhaust gas as the diluent maintains low levels of NOR, oxygen, and fuel in the combustion gases. The exhaust gas, or the carbon dioxide extracted from the exhaust gas, may be utilized by a fluid injection system for enhanced oil recovery. 
       FIG. 1  is a diagram of an embodiment of a system  10  having a hydrocarbon production system  12  associated with a turbine-based service system  14 . As discussed in further detail below, various embodiments of the turbine-based service system  14  are configured to provide various services, such as electrical power, mechanical power, and fluids (e.g., exhaust gas), to the hydrocarbon production system  12  to facilitate the production or retrieval of oil and/or gas. In the illustrated embodiment, the hydrocarbon production system  12  includes an oil/gas extraction system  16  and an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) system  18 , which are coupled to a subterranean reservoir  20  (e.g., an oil, gas, or hydrocarbon reservoir). The oil/gas extraction system  16  includes a variety of surface equipment  22 , such as a Christmas tree or production tree  24 , coupled to an oil/gas well  26 . Furthermore, the well  26  may include one or more tubulars  28  extending through a drilled bore  30  in the earth  32  to the subterranean reservoir  20 . The tree  24  includes one or more valves, chokes, isolation sleeves, blowout preventers, and various flow control devices, which regulate pressures and control flows to and from the subterranean reservoir  20 . While the tree  24  is generally used to control the flow of the production fluid (e.g., oil or gas) out of the subterranean reservoir  20 , the EOR system  18  may increase the production of oil or gas by injecting one or more fluids into the subterranean reservoir  20 . 
     Accordingly, the EOR system  18  may include a fluid injection system  34 , which has one or more tubulars  36  extending through a bore  38  in the earth  32  to the subterranean reservoir  20 . For example, the EOR system  18  may route one or more fluids  40 , such as gas, steam, water, chemicals, or any combination thereof, into the fluid injection system  34 . For example, as discussed in further detail below, the EOR system  18  may be coupled to the turbine-based service system  14 , such that the system  14  routes an exhaust gas  42  (e.g., substantially or entirely free of oxygen) to the EOR system  18  for use as the injection fluid  40 . The fluid injection system  34  routes the fluid  40  (e.g., the exhaust gas  42 ) through the one or more tubulars  36  into the subterranean reservoir  20 , as indicated by arrows  44 . The injection fluid  40  enters the subterranean reservoir  20  through the tubular  36  at an offset distance  46  away from the tubular  28  of the oil/gas well  26 . Accordingly, the injection fluid  40  displaces the oil/gas  48  disposed in the subterranean reservoir  20 , and drives the oil/gas  48  up through the one or more tubulars  28  of the hydrocarbon production system  12 , as indicated by arrows  50 . As discussed in further detail below, the injection fluid  40  may include the exhaust gas  42  originating from the turbine-based service system  14 , which is able to generate the exhaust gas  42  on-site as needed by the hydrocarbon production system  12 . In other words, the turbine-based system  14  may simultaneously generate one or more services (e.g., electrical power, mechanical power, steam, water (e.g., desalinated water), and exhaust gas (e.g., substantially free of oxygen)) for use by the hydrocarbon production system  12 , thereby reducing or eliminating the reliance on external sources of such services. 
     In the illustrated embodiment, the turbine-based service system  14  includes a stoichiometric exhaust gas recirculation (SEGR) gas turbine system  52  and an exhaust gas (EG) processing system  54 . The gas turbine system  52  may be configured to operate in a stoichiometric combustion mode of operation (e.g., a stoichiometric control mode) and a non-stoichiometric combustion mode of operation (e.g., a non-stoichiometric control mode), such as a fuel-lean control mode or a fuel-rich control mode. In the stoichiometric control mode, the combustion generally occurs in a substantially stoichiometric ratio of a fuel and oxidant, thereby resulting in substantially stoichiometric combustion. In particular, stoichiometric combustion generally involves consuming substantially all of the fuel and oxidant in the combustion reaction, such that the products of combustion are substantially or entirely free of unburnt fuel and oxidant. One measure of stoichiometric combustion is the equivalence ratio, or phi (Φ), which is the ratio of the actual fuel/oxidant ratio relative to the stoichiometric fuel/oxidant ratio. An equivalence ratio of greater than 1.0 results in a fuel-rich combustion of the fuel and oxidant, whereas an equivalence ratio of less than 1.0 results in a fuel-lean combustion of the fuel and oxidant. In contrast, an equivalence ratio of 1.0 results in combustion that is neither fuel-rich nor fuel-lean, thereby substantially consuming all of the fuel and oxidant in the combustion reaction. In context of the disclosed embodiments, the term stoichiometric or substantially stoichiometric may refer to an equivalence ratio of approximately 0.95 to approximately 1.05. However, the disclosed embodiments may also include an equivalence ratio of 1.0 plus or minus 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05, or more. Again, the stoichiometric combustion of fuel and oxidant in the turbine-based service system  14  may result in products of combustion or exhaust gas (e.g.,  42 ) with substantially no unburnt fuel or oxidant remaining. For example, the exhaust gas  42  may have less than 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 percent by volume of oxidant (e.g., oxygen), unburnt fuel or hydrocarbons (e.g., HCs), nitrogen oxides (e.g., NO x ), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur oxides (e.g., SO x ), hydrogen, and other products of incomplete combustion. By further example, the exhaust gas  42  may have less than approximately 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, or 5000 parts per million by volume (ppmv) of oxidant (e.g., oxygen), unburnt fuel or hydrocarbons (e.g., HCs), nitrogen oxides (e.g., NO x ), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur oxides (e.g., SO x ), hydrogen, and other products of incomplete combustion. However, the disclosed embodiments also may produce other ranges of residual fuel, oxidant, and other emissions levels in the exhaust gas  42 . As used herein, the terms emissions, emissions levels, and emissions targets may refer to concentration levels of certain products of combustion (e.g., NO x , CO, SO x , O 2 , N 2 , H 2 , HCs, etc.), which may be present in recirculated gas streams, vented gas streams (e.g., exhausted into the atmosphere), and gas streams used in various target systems (e.g., the hydrocarbon production system  12 ). 
     Although the SEGR gas turbine system  52  and the EG processing system  54  may include a variety of components in different embodiments, the illustrated EG processing system  54  includes a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG)  56  and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system  58 , which receive and process an exhaust gas  60  originating from the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . The HRSG  56  may include one or more heat exchangers, condensers, and various heat recovery equipment, which collectively function to transfer heat from the exhaust gas  60  to a stream of water, thereby generating steam  62 . The steam  62  may be used in one or more steam turbines, the EOR system  18 , or any other portion of the hydrocarbon production system  12 . For example, the HRSG  56  may generate low pressure, medium pressure, and/or high pressure steam  62 , which may be selectively applied to low, medium, and high pressure steam turbine stages, or different applications of the EOR system  18 . In addition to the steam  62 , a treated water  64 , such as a desalinated water, may be generated by the HRSG  56 , the EGR system  58 , and/or another portion of the EG processing system  54  or the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . The treated water  64  (e.g., desalinated water) may be particularly useful in areas with water shortages, such as inland or desert regions. The treated water  64  may be generated, at least in part, due to the large volume of air driving combustion of fuel within the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . While the on-site generation of steam  62  and water  64  may be beneficial in many applications (including the hydrocarbon production system  12 ), the on-site generation of exhaust gas  42 ,  60  may be particularly beneficial for the EOR system  18 , due to its low oxygen content, high pressure, and heat derived from the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . Accordingly, the HRSG  56 , the EGR system  58 , and/or another portion of the EG processing system  54  may output or recirculate an exhaust gas  66  into the SEGR gas turbine system  52 , while also routing the exhaust gas  42  to the EOR system  18  for use with the hydrocarbon production system  12 . Likewise, the exhaust gas  42  may be extracted directly from the SEGR gas turbine system  52  (i.e., without passing through the EG processing system  54 ) for use in the EOR system  18  of the hydrocarbon production system  12 . 
     The exhaust gas recirculation is handled by the EGR system  58  of the EG processing system  54 . For example, the EGR system  58  includes one or more conduits, valves, blowers, exhaust gas treatment systems (e.g., filters, particulate removal units, gas separation units, gas purification units, heat exchangers, heat recovery units, moisture removal units, catalyst units, chemical injection units, or any combination thereof), and controls to recirculate the exhaust gas along an exhaust gas circulation path from an output (e.g., discharged exhaust gas  60 ) to an input (e.g., intake exhaust gas  66 ) of the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . In the illustrated embodiment, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  intakes the exhaust gas  66  into a compressor section having one or more compressors, thereby compressing the exhaust gas  66  for use in a combustor section along with an intake of an oxidant  68  and one or more fuels  70 . The oxidant  68  may include ambient air, pure oxygen, oxygen-enriched air, oxygen-reduced air, oxygen-nitrogen mixtures, or any suitable oxidant that facilitates combustion of the fuel  70 . The fuel  70  may include one or more gas fuels, liquid fuels, or any combination thereof. For example, the fuel  70  may include natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), syngas, methane, ethane, propane, butane, naphtha, kerosene, diesel fuel, ethanol, methanol, biofuel, or any combination thereof. 
     The SEGR gas turbine system  52  mixes and combusts the exhaust gas  66 , the oxidant  68 , and the fuel  70  in the combustor section, thereby generating hot combustion gases or exhaust gas  60  to drive one or more turbine stages in a turbine section. In certain embodiments, each combustor in the combustor section includes one or more premix fuel nozzles, one or more diffusion fuel nozzles, or any combination thereof. For example, each premix fuel nozzle may be configured to mix the oxidant  68  and the fuel  70  internally within the fuel nozzle and/or partially upstream of the fuel nozzle, thereby injecting an oxidant-fuel mixture from the fuel nozzle into the combustion zone for a premixed combustion (e.g., a premixed flame). By further example, each diffusion fuel nozzle may be configured to isolate the flows of oxidant  68  and fuel  70  within the fuel nozzle, thereby separately injecting the oxidant  68  and the fuel  70  from the fuel nozzle into the combustion zone for diffusion combustion (e.g., a diffusion flame). In particular, the diffusion combustion provided by the diffusion fuel nozzles delays mixing of the oxidant  68  and the fuel  70  until the point of initial combustion, i.e., the flame region. In embodiments employing the diffusion fuel nozzles, the diffusion flame may provide increased flame stability, because the diffusion flame generally forms at the point of stoichiometry between the separate streams of oxidant  68  and fuel  70  (i.e., as the oxidant  68  and fuel  70  are mixing). In certain embodiments, one or more diluents (e.g., the exhaust gas  60 , steam, nitrogen, or another inert gas) may be pre-mixed with the oxidant  68 , the fuel  70 , or both, in either the diffusion fuel nozzle or the premix fuel nozzle. In addition, one or more diluents (e.g., the exhaust gas  60 , steam, nitrogen, or another inert gas) may be injected into the combustor at or downstream from the point of combustion within each combustor. The use of these diluents may help temper the flame (e.g., premix flame or diffusion flame), thereby helping to reduce NO x  emissions, such as nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ). Regardless of the type of flame, the combustion produces hot combustion gases or exhaust gas  60  to drive one or more turbine stages. As each turbine stage is driven by the exhaust gas  60 , the SEGR gas turbine system  52  generates a mechanical power  72  and/or an electrical power  74  (e.g., via an electrical generator). The system  52  also outputs the exhaust gas  60 , and may further output water  64 . Again, the water  64  may be a treated water, such as a desalinated water, which may be useful in a variety of applications on-site or off-site. 
     Exhaust extraction is also provided by the SEGR gas turbine system  52  using one or more extraction points  76 . For example, the illustrated embodiment includes an exhaust gas (EG) supply system  78  having an exhaust gas (EG) extraction system  80  and an exhaust gas (EG) treatment system  82 , which receive exhaust gas  42  from the extraction points  76 , treat the exhaust gas  42 , and then supply or distribute the exhaust gas  42  to various target systems. The target systems may include the EOR system  18  and/or other systems, such as a pipeline  86 , a storage tank  88 , or a carbon sequestration system  90 . The EG extraction system  80  may include one or more conduits, valves, controls, and flow separations, which facilitate isolation of the exhaust gas  42  from the oxidant  68 , the fuel  70 , and other contaminants, while also controlling the temperature, pressure, and flow rate of the extracted exhaust gas  42 . The EG treatment system  82  may include one or more heat exchangers (e.g., heat recovery units such as heat recovery steam generators, condensers, coolers, or heaters), catalyst systems (e.g., oxidation catalyst systems), particulate and/or water removal systems (e.g., gas dehydration units, inertial separators, coalescing filters, water impermeable filters, and other filters), chemical injection systems, solvent based treatment systems (e.g., absorbers, flash tanks, etc.), carbon capture systems, gas separation systems, gas purification systems, and/or a solvent based treatment system, exhaust gas compressors, any combination thereof. These subsystems of the EG treatment system  82  enable control of the temperature, pressure, flow rate, moisture content (e.g., amount of water removal), particulate content (e.g., amount of particulate removal), and gas composition (e.g., percentage of CO 2 , N 2 , etc.). 
     The extracted exhaust gas  42  is treated by one or more subsystems of the EG treatment system  82 , depending on the target system. For example, the EG treatment system  82  may direct all or part of the exhaust gas  42  through a carbon capture system, a gas separation system, a gas purification system, and/or a solvent based treatment system, which is controlled to separate and purify a carbonaceous gas (e.g., carbon dioxide)  92  and/or nitrogen (N 2 )  94  for use in the various target systems. For example, embodiments of the EG treatment system  82  may perform gas separation and purification to produce a plurality of different streams  95  of exhaust gas  42 , such as a first stream  96 , a second stream  97 , and a third stream  98 . The first stream  96  may have a first composition that is rich in carbon dioxide and/or lean in nitrogen (e.g., a CO 2  rich, N 2  lean stream). The second stream  97  may have a second composition that has intermediate concentration levels of carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen (e.g., intermediate concentration CO 2 , N 2  stream). The third stream  98  may have a third composition that is lean in carbon dioxide and/or rich in nitrogen (e.g., a CO 2  lean, N 2  rich stream). Each stream  95  (e.g.,  96 ,  97 , and  98 ) may include a gas dehydration unit, a filter, a gas compressor, or any combination thereof, to facilitate delivery of the stream  95  to a target system. In certain embodiments, the CO 2  rich, N 2  lean stream  96  may have a CO 2  purity or concentration level of greater than approximately 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98, or 99 percent by volume, and a N 2  purity or concentration level of less than approximately 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 percent by volume. In contrast, the CO 2  lean, N 2  rich stream  98  may have a CO 2  purity or concentration level of less than approximately 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 percent by volume, and an N 2  purity or concentration level of greater than approximately 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98, or 99 percent by volume. The intermediate concentration CO 2 , N 2  stream  97  may have a CO 2  purity or concentration level and/or a N 2  purity or concentration level of between approximately 30 to 70, 35 to 65, 40 to 60, or 45 to 55 percent by volume. Although the foregoing ranges are merely non-limiting examples, the CO 2  rich, N 2  lean stream  96  and the CO 2  lean, N 2  rich stream  98  may be particularly well suited for use with the EOR system  18  and the other systems  84 . However, any of these rich, lean, or intermediate concentration CO 2  streams  95  may be used, alone or in various combinations, with the EOR system  18  and the other systems  84 . For example, the EOR system  18  and the other systems  84  (e.g., the pipeline  86 , storage tank  88 , and the carbon sequestration system  90 ) each may receive one or more CO 2  rich, N 2  lean streams  96 , one or more CO 2  lean, N 2  rich streams  98 , one or more intermediate concentration CO 2 , N 2  streams  97 , and one or more untreated exhaust gas  42  streams (i.e., bypassing the EG treatment system  82 ). 
     The EG extraction system  80  extracts the exhaust gas  42  at one or more extraction points  76  along the compressor section, the combustor section, and/or the turbine section, such that the exhaust gas  42  may be used in the EOR system  18  and other systems  84  at suitable temperatures and pressures. The EG extraction system  80  and/or the EG treatment system  82  also may circulate fluid flows (e.g., exhaust gas  42 ) to and from the EG processing system  54 . For example, a portion of the exhaust gas  42  passing through the EG processing system  54  may be extracted by the EG extraction system  80  for use in the EOR system  18  and the other systems  84 . In certain embodiments, the EG supply system  78  and the EG processing system  54  may be independent or integral with one another, and thus may use independent or common subsystems. For example, the EG treatment system  82  may be used by both the EG supply system  78  and the EG processing system  54 . Exhaust gas  42  extracted from the EG processing system  54  may undergo multiple stages of gas treatment, such as one or more stages of gas treatment in the EG processing system  54  followed by one or more additional stages of gas treatment in the EG treatment system  82 . 
     At each extraction point  76 , the extracted exhaust gas  42  may be substantially free of oxidant  68  and fuel  70  (e.g., unburnt fuel or hydrocarbons) due to substantially stoichiometric combustion and/or gas treatment in the EG processing system  54 . Furthermore, depending on the target system, the extracted exhaust gas  42  may undergo further treatment in the EG treatment system  82  of the EG supply system  78 , thereby further reducing any residual oxidant  68 , fuel  70 , or other undesirable products of combustion. For example, either before or after treatment in the EG treatment system  82 , the extracted exhaust gas  42  may have less than 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 percent by volume of oxidant (e.g., oxygen), unburnt fuel or hydrocarbons (e.g., HCs), nitrogen oxides (e.g., NO x ), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur oxides (e.g., SO x ), hydrogen, and other products of incomplete combustion. By further example, either before or after treatment in the EG treatment system  82 , the extracted exhaust gas  42  may have less than approximately 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, or 5000 parts per million by volume (ppmv) of oxidant (e.g., oxygen), unburnt fuel or hydrocarbons (e.g., HCs), nitrogen oxides (e.g., NO x ), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur oxides (e.g., SO x ), hydrogen, and other products of incomplete combustion. Thus, the exhaust gas  42  is particularly well suited for use with the EOR system  18 . 
     The EGR operation of the turbine system  52  specifically enables the exhaust extraction at a multitude of locations  76 . For example, the compressor section of the system  52  may be used to compress the exhaust gas  66  without any oxidant  68  (i.e., only compression of the exhaust gas  66 ), such that a substantially oxygen-free exhaust gas  42  may be extracted from the compressor section and/or the combustor section prior to entry of the oxidant  68  and the fuel  70 . The extraction points  76  may be located at interstage ports between adjacent compressor stages, at ports along the compressor discharge casing, at ports along each combustor in the combustor section, or any combination thereof. In certain embodiments, the exhaust gas  66  may not mix with the oxidant  68  and fuel  70  until it reaches the head end portion of each combustor in the combustor section. Furthermore, one or more flow separators (e.g., walls, dividers, baffles, or the like) may be used to isolate the oxidant  68  and the fuel  70  from the extraction points  76 . With these flow separators, the extraction points  76  may be disposed directly along a wall of each combustor in the combustor section. 
     Once the oxidant  68 , and fuel  70  flow through the head end portion (e.g., through fuel nozzles) into the combustion portion (e.g., combustion chamber) of each combustor and the exhaust gas  66  flows into the same combustion portion of each chamber, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  is controlled to provide a substantially stoichiometric combustion of the exhaust gas  66 , oxidant  68 , and fuel  70 . For example, the system  52  may maintain an equivalence ratio of approximately 0.95 to approximately 1.05. As a result, the products of combustion of the mixture of exhaust gas  66 , oxidant  68 , and fuel  70  in each combustor is substantially free of oxygen and unburnt fuel. Thus, the products of combustion (or exhaust gas) may be extracted from the turbine section of the SEGR gas turbine system  52  for use as the exhaust gas  42  routed to the EOR system  18 . Along the turbine section, the extraction points  76  may be located at any turbine stage, such as interstage ports between adjacent turbine stages. Thus, using any of the foregoing extraction points  76 , the turbine-based service system  14  may generate, extract, and deliver the exhaust gas  42  to the hydrocarbon production system  12  (e.g., the EOR system  18 ) for use in the production of oil/gas  48  from the subterranean reservoir  20 . 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram of an embodiment of the system  10  of  FIG. 1 , illustrating a control system  100  coupled to the turbine-based service system  14  and the hydrocarbon production system  12 . In the illustrated embodiment, the turbine-based service system  14  includes a combined cycle system  102 , which includes the SEGR gas turbine system  52  as a topping cycle, a steam turbine  104  as a bottoming cycle, and the HRSG  56  to recover heat from the exhaust gas  60  to generate the steam  62  for driving the steam turbine  104 . Again, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  receives, mixes, and stoichiometrically combusts the exhaust gas  66 , the oxidant  68 , and the fuel  70  (e.g., premix and/or diffusion flames), thereby producing the exhaust gas  60 , the mechanical power  72 , the electrical power  74 , and/or the water  64 . For example, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  may drive one or more loads or machinery  106 , such as an electrical generator, an oxidant compressor (e.g., a main air compressor), a gear box, a pump, equipment of the hydrocarbon production system  12 , or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the machinery  106  may include other drives, such as electrical motors or steam turbines (e.g., the steam turbine  104 ), in tandem with the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . Accordingly, an output of the machinery  106  driven by the SEGR gas turbines system  52  (and any additional drives) may include the mechanical power  72  and the electrical power  74 . The mechanical power  72  and/or the electrical power  74  may be used on-site for powering the hydrocarbon production system  12 , the electrical power  74  may be distributed to the power grid, or any combination thereof. The output of the machinery  106  also may include a compressed fluid, such as a compressed oxidant  68  (e.g., air or oxygen), for intake into the combustion section of the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . Each of these outputs (e.g., the exhaust gas  60 , the mechanical power  72 , the electrical power  74 , and/or the water  64 ) may be considered a service of the turbine-based service system  14 . 
     The SEGR gas turbine system  52  produces the exhaust gas  42 ,  60 , which may be substantially free of oxygen, and routes this exhaust gas  42 ,  60  to the EG processing system  54  and/or the EG supply system  78 . The EG supply system  78  may treat and delivery the exhaust gas  42  (e.g., streams  95 ) to the hydrocarbon production system  12  and/or the other systems  84 . As discussed above, the EG processing system  54  may include the HRSG  56  and the EGR system  58 . The HRSG  56  may include one or more heat exchangers, condensers, and various heat recovery equipment, which may be used to recover or transfer heat from the exhaust gas  60  to water  108  to generate the steam  62  for driving the steam turbine  104 . Similar to the SEGR gas turbine system  52 , the steam turbine  104  may drive one or more loads or machinery  106 , thereby generating the mechanical power  72  and the electrical power  74 . In the illustrated embodiment, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  and the steam turbine  104  are arranged in tandem to drive the same machinery  106 . However, in other embodiments, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  and the steam turbine  104  may separately drive different machinery  106  to independently generate mechanical power  72  and/or electrical power  74 . As the steam turbine  104  is driven by the steam  62  from the HRSG  56 , the steam  62  gradually decreases in temperature and pressure. Accordingly, the steam turbine  104  recirculates the used steam  62  and/or water  108  back into the HRSG  56  for additional steam generation via heat recovery from the exhaust gas  60 . In addition to steam generation, the HRSG  56 , the EGR system  58 , and/or another portion of the EG processing system  54  may produce the water  64 , the exhaust gas  42  for use with the hydrocarbon production system  12 , and the exhaust gas  66  for use as an input into the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . For example, the water  64  may be a treated water  64 , such as a desalinated water for use in other applications. The desalinated water may be particularly useful in regions of low water availability. Regarding the exhaust gas  60 , embodiments of the EG processing system  54  may be configured to recirculate the exhaust gas  60  through the EGR system  58  with or without passing the exhaust gas  60  through the HRSG  56 . 
     In the illustrated embodiment, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  has an exhaust recirculation path  110 , which extends from an exhaust outlet to an exhaust inlet of the system  52 . Along the path  110 , the exhaust gas  60  passes through the EG processing system  54 , which includes the HRSG  56  and the EGR system  58  in the illustrated embodiment. The EGR system  58  may include one or more conduits, valves, blowers, gas treatment systems (e.g., filters, particulate removal units, gas separation units, gas purification units, heat exchangers, heat recovery units such as heat recovery steam generators, moisture removal units, catalyst units, chemical injection units, or any combination thereof) in series and/or parallel arrangements along the path  110 . In other words, the EGR system  58  may include any flow control components, pressure control components, temperature control components, moisture control components, and gas composition control components along the exhaust recirculation path  110  between the exhaust outlet and the exhaust inlet of the system  52 . Accordingly, in embodiments with the HRSG  56  along the path  110 , the HRSG  56  may be considered a component of the EGR system  58 . However, in certain embodiments, the HRSG  56  may be disposed along an exhaust path independent from the exhaust recirculation path  110 . Regardless of whether the HRSG  56  is along a separate path or a common path with the EGR system  58 , the HRSG  56  and the EGR system  58  intake the exhaust gas  60  and output either the recirculated exhaust gas  66 , the exhaust gas  42  for use with the EG supply system  78  (e.g., for the hydrocarbon production system  12  and/or other systems  84 ), or another output of exhaust gas. Again, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  intakes, mixes, and stoichiometrically combusts the exhaust gas  66 , the oxidant  68 , and the fuel  70  (e.g., premixed and/or diffusion flames) to produce a substantially oxygen-free and fuel-free exhaust gas  60  for distribution to the EG processing system  54 , the hydrocarbon production system  12 , or other systems  84 . 
     As noted above with reference to  FIG. 1 , the hydrocarbon production system  12  may include a variety of equipment to facilitate the recovery or production of oil/gas  48  from a subterranean reservoir  20  through an oil/gas well  26 . For example, the hydrocarbon production system  12  may include the EOR system  18  having the fluid injection system  34 . In the illustrated embodiment, the fluid injection system  34  includes an exhaust gas injection EOR system  112  and a steam injection EOR system  114 . Although the fluid injection system  34  may receive fluids from a variety of sources, the illustrated embodiment may receive the exhaust gas  42  and the steam  62  from the turbine-based service system  14 . The exhaust gas  42  and/or the steam  62  produced by the turbine-based service system  14  also may be routed to the hydrocarbon production system  12  for use in other oil/gas systems  116 . 
     The quantity, quality, and flow of the exhaust gas  42  and/or the steam  62  may be controlled by the control system  100 . The control system  100  may be dedicated entirely to the turbine-based service system  14 , or the control system  100  may optionally also provide control (or at least some data to facilitate control) for the hydrocarbon production system  12  and/or other systems  84 . In the illustrated embodiment, the control system  100  includes a controller  118  having a processor  120 , a memory  122 , a steam turbine control  124 , a SEGR gas turbine system control  126 , and a machinery control  128 . The processor  120  may include a single processor or two or more redundant processors, such as triple redundant processors for control of the turbine-based service system  14 . The memory  122  may include volatile and/or non-volatile memory. For example, the memory  122  may include one or more hard drives, flash memory, read-only memory, random access memory, or any combination thereof. The controls  124 ,  126 , and  128  may include software and/or hardware controls. For example, the controls  124 ,  126 , and  128  may include various instructions or code stored on the memory  122  and executable by the processor  120 . The control  124  is configured to control operation of the steam turbine  104 , the SEGR gas turbine system control  126  is configured to control the system  52 , and the machinery control  128  is configured to control the machinery  106 . Thus, the controller  118  (e.g., controls  124 ,  126 , and  128 ) may be configured to coordinate various sub-systems of the turbine-based service system  14  to provide a suitable stream of the exhaust gas  42  to the hydrocarbon production system  12 . 
     In certain embodiments of the control system  100 , each element (e.g., system, subsystem, and component) illustrated in the drawings or described herein includes (e.g., directly within, upstream, or downstream of such element) one or more industrial control features, such as sensors and control devices, which are communicatively coupled with one another over an industrial control network along with the controller  118 . For example, the control devices associated with each element may include a dedicated device controller (e.g., including a processor, memory, and control instructions), one or more actuators, valves, switches, and industrial control equipment, which enable control based on sensor feedback  130 , control signals from the controller  118 , control signals from a user, or any combination thereof. Thus, any of the control functionality described herein may be implemented with control instructions stored and/or executable by the controller  118 , dedicated device controllers associated with each element, or a combination thereof. 
     In order to facilitate such control functionality, the control system  100  includes one or more sensors distributed throughout the system  10  to obtain the sensor feedback  130  for use in execution of the various controls, e.g., the controls  124 ,  126 , and  128 . For example, the sensor feedback  130  may be obtained from sensors distributed throughout the SEGR gas turbine system  52 , the machinery  106 , the EG processing system  54 , the steam turbine  104 , the hydrocarbon production system  12 , or any other components throughout the turbine-based service system  14  or the hydrocarbon production system  12 . For example, the sensor feedback  130  may include temperature feedback, pressure feedback, flow rate feedback, flame temperature feedback, combustion dynamics feedback, intake oxidant composition feedback, intake fuel composition feedback, exhaust composition feedback, the output level of mechanical power  72 , the output level of electrical power  74 , the output quantity of the exhaust gas  42 ,  60 , the output quantity or quality of the water  64 , or any combination thereof. For example, the sensor feedback  130  may include a composition of the exhaust gas  42 ,  60  to facilitate stoichiometric combustion in the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . For example, the sensor feedback  130  may include feedback from one or more intake oxidant sensors along an oxidant supply path of the oxidant  68 , one or more intake fuel sensors along a fuel supply path of the fuel  70 , and one or more exhaust emissions sensors disposed along the exhaust recirculation path  110  and/or within the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . The intake oxidant sensors, intake fuel sensors, and exhaust emissions sensors may include temperature sensors, pressure sensors, flow rate sensors, and composition sensors. The emissions sensors may includes sensors for nitrogen oxides (e.g., NO x  sensors), carbon oxides (e.g., CO sensors and CO 2  sensors), sulfur oxides (e.g., SO x  sensors), hydrogen (e.g., H 2  sensors), oxygen (e.g.,  02  sensors), unburnt hydrocarbons (e.g., HC sensors), or other products of incomplete combustion, or any combination thereof. 
     Using this feedback  130 , the control system  100  may adjust (e.g., increase, decrease, or maintain) the intake flow of exhaust gas  66 , oxidant  68 , and/or fuel  70  into the SEGR gas turbine system  52  (among other operational parameters) to maintain the equivalence ratio within a suitable range, e.g., between approximately 0.95 to approximately 1.05, between approximately 0.95 to approximately 1.0, between approximately 1.0 to approximately 1.05, or substantially at 1.0. For example, the control system  100  may analyze the feedback  130  to monitor the exhaust emissions (e.g., concentration levels of nitrogen oxides, carbon oxides such as CO and CO 2 , sulfur oxides, hydrogen, oxygen, unburnt hydrocarbons, and other products of incomplete combustion) and/or determine the equivalence ratio, and then control one or more components to adjust the exhaust emissions (e.g., concentration levels in the exhaust gas  42 ) and/or the equivalence ratio. The controlled components may include any of the components illustrated and described with reference to the drawings, including but not limited to, valves along the supply paths for the oxidant  68 , the fuel  70 , and the exhaust gas  66 ; an oxidant compressor, a fuel pump, or any components in the EG processing system  54 ; any components of the SEGR gas turbine system  52 , or any combination thereof. The controlled components may adjust (e.g., increase, decrease, or maintain) the flow rates, temperatures, pressures, or percentages (e.g., equivalence ratio) of the oxidant  68 , the fuel  70 , and the exhaust gas  66  that combust within the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . The controlled components also may include one or more gas treatment systems, such as catalyst units (e.g., oxidation catalyst units), supplies for the catalyst units (e.g., oxidation fuel, heat, electricity, etc.), gas purification and/or separation units (e.g., solvent based separators, absorbers, flash tanks, etc.), and filtration units. The gas treatment systems may help reduce various exhaust emissions along the exhaust recirculation path  110 , a vent path (e.g., exhausted into the atmosphere), or an extraction path to the EG supply system  78 . 
     In certain embodiments, the control system  100  may analyze the feedback  130  and control one or more components to maintain or reduce emissions levels (e.g., concentration levels in the exhaust gas  42 ,  60 ,  95 ) to a target range, such as less than approximately 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, or 10000 parts per million by volume (ppmv). These target ranges may be the same or different for each of the exhaust emissions, e.g., concentration levels of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, hydrogen, oxygen, unburnt hydrocarbons, and other products of incomplete combustion. For example, depending on the equivalence ratio, the control system  100  may selectively control exhaust emissions (e.g., concentration levels) of oxidant (e.g., oxygen) within a target range of less than approximately 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 250, 500, 750, or 1000 ppmv; carbon monoxide (CO) within a target range of less than approximately 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2500, or 5000 ppmv; and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) within a target range of less than approximately 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, or 500 ppmv. In certain embodiments operating with a substantially stoichiometric equivalence ratio, the control system  100  may selectively control exhaust emissions (e.g., concentration levels) of oxidant (e.g., oxygen) within a target range of less than approximately 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, or 100 ppmv; and carbon monoxide (CO) within a target range of less than approximately 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, or 5000 ppmv. In certain embodiments operating with a fuel-lean equivalence ratio (e.g., between approximately 0.95 to 1.0), the control system  100  may selectively control exhaust emissions (e.g., concentration levels) of oxidant (e.g., oxygen) within a target range of less than approximately 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, or 1500 ppmv; carbon monoxide (CO) within a target range of less than approximately 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, or 200 ppmv; and nitrogen oxides (e.g., NO x ) within a target range of less than approximately 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, or 400 ppmv. The foregoing target ranges are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosed embodiments. 
     The control system  100  also may be coupled to a local interface  132  and a remote interface  134 . For example, the local interface  132  may include a computer workstation disposed on-site at the turbine-based service system  14  and/or the hydrocarbon production system  12 . In contrast, the remote interface  134  may include a computer workstation disposed off-site from the turbine-based service system  14  and the hydrocarbon production system  12 , such as through an internet connection. These interfaces  132  and  134  facilitate monitoring and control of the turbine-based service system  14 , such as through one or more graphical displays of sensor feedback  130 , operational parameters, and so forth. 
     Again, as noted above, the controller  118  includes a variety of controls  124 ,  126 , and  128  to facilitate control of the turbine-based service system  14 . The steam turbine control  124  may receive the sensor feedback  130  and output control commands to facilitate operation of the steam turbine  104 . For example, the steam turbine control  124  may receive the sensor feedback  130  from the HRSG  56 , the machinery  106 , temperature and pressure sensors along a path of the steam  62 , temperature and pressure sensors along a path of the water  108 , and various sensors indicative of the mechanical power  72  and the electrical power  74 . Likewise, the SEGR gas turbine system control  126  may receive sensor feedback  130  from one or more sensors disposed along the SEGR gas turbine system  52 , the machinery  106 , the EG processing system  54 , or any combination thereof. For example, the sensor feedback  130  may be obtained from temperature sensors, pressure sensors, clearance sensors, vibration sensors, flame sensors, fuel composition sensors, exhaust gas composition sensors, or any combination thereof, disposed within or external to the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . Finally, the machinery control  128  may receive sensor feedback  130  from various sensors associated with the mechanical power  72  and the electrical power  74 , as well as sensors disposed within the machinery  106 . Each of these controls  124 ,  126 , and  128  uses the sensor feedback  130  to improve operation of the turbine-based service system  14 . 
     In the illustrated embodiment, the SEGR gas turbine system control  126  may execute instructions to control the quantity and quality of the exhaust gas  42 ,  60 ,  95  in the EG processing system  54 , the EG supply system  78 , the hydrocarbon production system  12 , and/or the other systems  84 . For example, the SEGR gas turbine system control  126  may maintain a level of oxidant (e.g., oxygen) and/or unburnt fuel in the exhaust gas  60  below a threshold suitable for use with the exhaust gas injection EOR system  112 . In certain embodiments, the threshold levels may be less than 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 percent of oxidant (e.g., oxygen) and/or unburnt fuel by volume of the exhaust gas  42 ,  60 ; or the threshold levels of oxidant (e.g., oxygen) and/or unburnt fuel (and other exhaust emissions) may be less than approximately 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, or 5000 parts per million by volume (ppmv) in the exhaust gas  42 ,  60 . By further example, in order to achieve these low levels of oxidant (e.g., oxygen) and/or unburnt fuel, the SEGR gas turbine system control  126  may maintain an equivalence ratio for combustion in the SEGR gas turbine system  52  between approximately 0.95 and approximately 1.05. The SEGR gas turbine system control  126  also may control the EG extraction system  80  and the EG treatment system  82  to maintain the temperature, pressure, flow rate, and gas composition of the exhaust gas  42 ,  60 ,  95  within suitable ranges for the exhaust gas injection EOR system  112 , the pipeline  86 , the storage tank  88 , and the carbon sequestration system  90 . As discussed above, the EG treatment system  82  may be controlled to purify and/or separate the exhaust gas  42  into one or more gas streams  95 , such as the CO 2  rich, N 2  lean stream  96 , the intermediate concentration CO 2 , N 2  stream  97 , and the CO 2  lean, N 2  rich stream  98 . In addition to controls for the exhaust gas  42 ,  60 , and  95 , the controls  124 ,  126 , and  128  may execute one or more instructions to maintain the mechanical power  72  within a suitable power range, or maintain the electrical power  74  within a suitable frequency and power range. 
       FIG. 3  is a diagram of embodiment of the system  10 , further illustrating details of the SEGR gas turbine system  52  for use with the hydrocarbon production system  12  and/or other systems  84 . In the illustrated embodiment, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  includes a gas turbine engine  150  coupled to the EG processing system  54 . The illustrated gas turbine engine  150  includes a compressor section  152 , a combustor section  154 , and an expander section or turbine section  156 . The compressor section  152  includes one or more exhaust gas compressors or compressor stages  158 , such as 1 to 20 stages of rotary compressor blades disposed in a series arrangement. Likewise, the combustor section  154  includes one or more combustors  160 , such as 1 to 20 combustors  160  distributed circumferentially about a rotational axis  162  of the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . Furthermore, each combustor  160  may include one or more fuel nozzles  164  configured to inject the exhaust gas  66 , the oxidant  68 , and/or the fuel  70 . For example, a head end portion  166  of each combustor  160  may house 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or more fuel nozzles  164 , which may inject streams or mixtures of the exhaust gas  66 , the oxidant  68 , and/or the fuel  70  into a combustion portion  168  (e.g., combustion chamber) of the combustor  160 . 
     The fuel nozzles  164  may include any combination of premix fuel nozzles  164  (e.g., configured to premix the oxidant  68  and fuel  70  for generation of an oxidant/fuel premix flame) and/or diffusion fuel nozzles  164  (e.g., configured to inject separate flows of the oxidant  68  and fuel  70  for generation of an oxidant/fuel diffusion flame). Embodiments of the premix fuel nozzles  164  may include swirl vanes, mixing chambers, or other features to internally mix the oxidant  68  and fuel  70  within the nozzles  164 , prior to injection and combustion in the combustion chamber  168 . The premix fuel nozzles  164  also may receive at least some partially mixed oxidant  68  and fuel  70 . In certain embodiments, each diffusion fuel nozzle  164  may isolate flows of the oxidant  68  and the fuel  70  until the point of injection, while also isolating flows of one or more diluents (e.g., the exhaust gas  66 , steam, nitrogen, or another inert gas) until the point of injection. In other embodiments, each diffusion fuel nozzle  164  may isolate flows of the oxidant  68  and the fuel  70  until the point of injection, while partially mixing one or more diluents (e.g., the exhaust gas  66 , steam, nitrogen, or another inert gas) with the oxidant  68  and/or the fuel  70  prior to the point of injection. In addition, one or more diluents (e.g., the exhaust gas  66 , steam, nitrogen, or another inert gas) may be injected into the combustor (e.g., into the hot products of combustion) either at or downstream from the combustion zone, thereby helping to reduce the temperature of the hot products of combustion and reduce emissions of NO x  (e.g., NO and NO 2 ). Regardless of the type of fuel nozzle  164 , the SEGR gas turbine system  52  may be controlled to provide substantially stoichiometric combustion of the oxidant  68  and fuel  70 . 
     In diffusion combustion embodiments using the diffusion fuel nozzles  164 , the fuel  70  and oxidant  68  generally do not mix upstream from the diffusion flame, but rather the fuel  70  and oxidant  68  mix and react directly at the flame surface and/or the flame surface exists at the location of mixing between the fuel  70  and oxidant  68 . In particular, the fuel  70  and oxidant  68  separately approach the flame surface (or diffusion boundary/interface), and then diffuse (e.g., via molecular and viscous diffusion) along the flame surface (or diffusion boundary/interface) to generate the diffusion flame. It is noteworthy that the fuel  70  and oxidant  68  may be at a substantially stoichiometric ratio along this flame surface (or diffusion boundary/interface), which may result in a greater flame temperature (e.g., a peak flame temperature) along this flame surface. The stoichiometric fuel/oxidant ratio generally results in a greater flame temperature (e.g., a peak flame temperature), as compared with a fuel-lean or fuel-rich fuel/oxidant ratio. As a result, the diffusion flame may be substantially more stable than a premix flame, because the diffusion of fuel  70  and oxidant  68  helps to maintain a stoichiometric ratio (and greater temperature) along the flame surface. Although greater flame temperatures can also lead to greater exhaust emissions, such as NO x  emissions, the disclosed embodiments use one or more diluents to help control the temperature and emissions while still avoiding any premixing of the fuel  70  and oxidant  68 . For example, the disclosed embodiments may introduce one or more diluents separate from the fuel  70  and oxidant  68  (e.g., after the point of combustion and/or downstream from the diffusion flame), thereby helping to reduce the temperature and reduce the emissions (e.g., NO x  emissions) produced by the diffusion flame. 
     In operation, as illustrated, the compressor section  152  receives and compresses the exhaust gas  66  from the EG processing system  54 , and outputs a compressed exhaust gas  170  to each of the combustors  160  in the combustor section  154 . Upon combustion of the fuel  60 , oxidant  68 , and exhaust gas  170  within each combustor  160 , additional exhaust gas or products of combustion  172  (i.e., combustion gas) is routed into the turbine section  156 . Similar to the compressor section  152 , the turbine section  156  includes one or more turbines or turbine stages  174 , which may include a series of rotary turbine blades. These turbine blades are then driven by the products of combustion  172  generated in the combustor section  154 , thereby driving rotation of a shaft  176  coupled to the machinery  106 . Again, the machinery  106  may include a variety of equipment coupled to either end of the SEGR gas turbine system  52 , such as machinery  106 ,  178  coupled to the turbine section  156  and/or machinery  106 ,  180  coupled to the compressor section  152 . In certain embodiments, the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180  may include one or more electrical generators, oxidant compressors for the oxidant  68 , fuel pumps for the fuel  70 , gear boxes, or additional drives (e.g. steam turbine  104 , electrical motor, etc.) coupled to the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . Non-limiting examples are discussed in further detail below with reference to TABLE 1. As illustrated, the turbine section  156  outputs the exhaust gas  60  to recirculate along the exhaust recirculation path  110  from an exhaust outlet  182  of the turbine section  156  to an exhaust inlet  184  into the compressor section  152 . Along the exhaust recirculation path  110 , the exhaust gas  60  passes through the EG processing system  54  (e.g., the HRSG  56  and/or the EGR system  58 ) as discussed in detail above. 
     Again, each combustor  160  in the combustor section  154  receives, mixes, and stoichiometrically combusts the compressed exhaust gas  170 , the oxidant  68 , and the fuel  70  to produce the additional exhaust gas or products of combustion  172  to drive the turbine section  156 . In certain embodiments, the oxidant  68  is compressed by an oxidant compression system  186 , such as a main oxidant compression (MOC) system (e.g., a main air compression (MAC) system) having one or more oxidant compressors (MOCs). The oxidant compression system  186  includes an oxidant compressor  188  coupled to a drive  190 . For example, the drive  190  may include an electric motor, a combustion engine, or any combination thereof. In certain embodiments, the drive  190  may be a turbine engine, such as the gas turbine engine  150 . Accordingly, the oxidant compression system  186  may be an integral part of the machinery  106 . In other words, the compressor  188  may be directly or indirectly driven by the mechanical power  72  supplied by the shaft  176  of the gas turbine engine  150 . In such an embodiment, the drive  190  may be excluded, because the compressor  188  relies on the power output from the turbine engine  150 . However, in certain embodiments employing more than one oxidant compressor is employed, a first oxidant compressor (e.g., a low pressure (LP) oxidant compressor) may be driven by the drive  190  while the shaft  176  drives a second oxidant compressor (e.g., a high pressure (HP) oxidant compressor), or vice versa. For example, in another embodiment, the HP MOC is driven by the drive  190  and the LP oxidant compressor is driven by the shaft  176 . In the illustrated embodiment, the oxidant compression system  186  is separate from the machinery  106 . In each of these embodiments, the compression system  186  compresses and supplies the oxidant  68  to the fuel nozzles  164  and the combustors  160 . Accordingly, some or all of the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180  may be configured to increase the operational efficiency of the compression system  186  (e.g., the compressor  188  and/or additional compressors). 
     The variety of components of the machinery  106 , indicated by element numbers  106 A,  106 B,  106 C,  106 D,  106 E, and  106 F, may be disposed along the line of the shaft  176  and/or parallel to the line of the shaft  176  in one or more series arrangements, parallel arrangements, or any combination of series and parallel arrangements. For example, the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180  (e.g.,  106 A through  106 F) may include any series and/or parallel arrangement, in any order, of: one or more gearboxes (e.g., parallel shaft, epicyclic gearboxes), one or more compressors (e.g., oxidant compressors, booster compressors such as EG booster compressors), one or more power generation units (e.g., electrical generators), one or more drives (e.g., steam turbine engines, electrical motors), heat exchange units (e.g., direct or indirect heat exchangers), clutches, or any combination thereof. The compressors may include axial compressors, radial or centrifugal compressors, or any combination thereof, each having one or more compression stages. Regarding the heat exchangers, direct heat exchangers may include spray coolers (e.g., spray intercoolers), which inject a liquid spray into a gas flow (e.g., oxidant flow) for direct cooling of the gas flow. Indirect heat exchangers may include at least one wall (e.g., a shell and tube heat exchanger) separating first and second flows, such as a fluid flow (e.g., oxidant flow) separated from a coolant flow (e.g., water, air, refrigerant, or any other liquid or gas coolant), wherein the coolant flow transfers heat from the fluid flow without any direct contact. Examples of indirect heat exchangers include intercooler heat exchangers and heat recovery units, such as heat recovery steam generators. The heat exchangers also may include heaters. As discussed in further detail below, each of these machinery components may be used in various combinations as indicated by the non-limiting examples set forth in TABLE 1. 
     Generally, the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180  may be configured to increase the efficiency of the compression system  186  by, for example, adjusting operational speeds of one or more oxidant compressors in the system  186 , facilitating compression of the oxidant  68  through cooling, and/or extraction of surplus power. The disclosed embodiments are intended to include any and all permutations of the foregoing components in the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180  in series and parallel arrangements, wherein one, more than one, all, or none of the components derive power from the shaft  176 . As illustrated below, TABLE 1 depicts some non-limiting examples of arrangements of the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180  disposed proximate and/or coupled to the compressor and turbine sections  152 ,  156 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 106A 
                 106B 
                 106C 
                 106D 
                 106E 
                 106F 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 GEN 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 GBX 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 LP 
                 HP 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 MOC 
               
               
                   
                 HP 
                 GBX 
                 LP 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                   
                 MOC 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 GBX 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
               
               
                   
                 HP 
                 GBX 
                 GEN 
                 LP 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                   
                   
                 MOC 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 GBX 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 GBX 
                 DRV 
               
               
                   
                 DRV 
                 GBX 
                 LP 
                 HP 
                 GBX 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MOC 
                 MOC 
               
               
                   
                 DRV 
                 GBX 
                 HP 
                 LP 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 MOC 
                 MOC 
               
               
                   
                 HP 
                 GBX 
                 LP 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 CLR 
                 MOC 
               
               
                   
                 HP 
                 GBX 
                 LP 
                 GBX 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 CLR 
                 MOC 
               
               
                   
                 HP 
                 GBX 
                 LP 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 HTR 
                 MOC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 STGN 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 GEN 
                 DRV 
               
               
                   
                 MOC 
                 DRV 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 DRV 
                 MOC 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 DRV 
                 CLU 
                 MOC 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                 DRV 
                 CLU 
                 MOC 
                 GBX 
                 GEN 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As illustrated above in TABLE 1, a cooling unit is represented as CLR, a clutch is represented as CLU, a drive is represented by DRV, a gearbox is represented as GBX, a generator is represented by GEN, a heating unit is represented by HTR, a main oxidant compressor unit is represented by MOC, with low pressure and high pressure variants being represented as LP MOC and HP MOC, respectively, and a steam generator unit is represented as STGN. Although TABLE 1 illustrates the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180  in sequence toward the compressor section  152  or the turbine section  156 , TABLE 1 is also intended to cover the reverse sequence of the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180 . In TABLE 1, any cell including two or more components is intended to cover a parallel arrangement of the components. TABLE 1 is not intended to exclude any non-illustrated permutations of the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180 . These components of the machinery  106 ,  178 ,  180  may enable feedback control of temperature, pressure, and flow rate of the oxidant  68  sent to the gas turbine engine  150 . As discussed in further detail below, the oxidant  68  and the fuel  70  may be supplied to the gas turbine engine  150  at locations specifically selected to facilitate isolation and extraction of the compressed exhaust gas  170  without any oxidant  68  or fuel  70  degrading the quality of the exhaust gas  170 . 
     The EG supply system  78 , as illustrated in  FIG. 3 , is disposed between the gas turbine engine  150  and the target systems (e.g., the hydrocarbon production system  12  and the other systems  84 ). In particular, the EG supply system  78 , e.g., the EG extraction system (EGES)  80 ), may be coupled to the gas turbine engine  150  at one or more extraction points  76  along the compressor section  152 , the combustor section  154 , and/or the turbine section  156 . For example, the extraction points  76  may be located between adjacent compressor stages, such as 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 interstage extraction points  76  between compressor stages. Each of these interstage extraction points  76  provides a different temperature and pressure of the extracted exhaust gas  42 . Similarly, the extraction points  76  may be located between adjacent turbine stages, such as 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 interstage extraction points  76  between turbine stages. Each of these interstage extraction points  76  provides a different temperature and pressure of the extracted exhaust gas  42 . By further example, the extraction points  76  may be located at a multitude of locations throughout the combustor section  154 , which may provide different temperatures, pressures, flow rates, and gas compositions. Each of these extraction points  76  may include an EG extraction conduit, one or more valves, sensors, and controls, which may be used to selectively control the flow of the extracted exhaust gas  42  to the EG supply system  78 . 
     The extracted exhaust gas  42 , which is distributed by the EG supply system  78 , has a controlled composition suitable for the target systems (e.g., the hydrocarbon production system  12  and the other systems  84 ). For example, at each of these extraction points  76 , the exhaust gas  170  may be substantially isolated from injection points (or flows) of the oxidant  68  and the fuel  70 . In other words, the EG supply system  78  may be specifically designed to extract the exhaust gas  170  from the gas turbine engine  150  without any added oxidant  68  or fuel  70 . Furthermore, in view of the stoichiometric combustion in each of the combustors  160 , the extracted exhaust gas  42  may be substantially free of oxygen and fuel. The EG supply system  78  may route the extracted exhaust gas  42  directly or indirectly to the hydrocarbon production system  12  and/or other systems  84  for use in various processes, such as enhanced oil recovery, carbon sequestration, storage, or transport to an offsite location. However, in certain embodiments, the EG supply system  78  includes the EG treatment system (EGTS)  82  for further treatment of the exhaust gas  42 , prior to use with the target systems. For example, the EG treatment system  82  may purify and/or separate the exhaust gas  42  into one or more streams  95 , such as the CO 2  rich, N 2  lean stream  96 , the intermediate concentration CO 2 , N 2  stream  97 , and the CO 2  lean, N 2  rich stream  98 . These treated exhaust gas streams  95  may be used individually, or in any combination, with the hydrocarbon production system  12  and the other systems  84  (e.g., the pipeline  86 , the storage tank  88 , and the carbon sequestration system  90 ). 
     Similar to the exhaust gas treatments performed in the EG supply system  78 , the EG processing system  54  may include a plurality of exhaust gas (EG) treatment components  192 , such as indicated by element numbers  194 ,  196 ,  198 ,  200 ,  202 ,  204 ,  206 ,  208 , and  210 . These EG treatment components  192  (e.g.,  194  through  210 ) may be disposed along the exhaust recirculation path  110  in one or more series arrangements, parallel arrangements, or any combination of series and parallel arrangements. For example, the EG treatment components  192  (e.g.,  194  through  210 ) may include any series and/or parallel arrangement, in any order, of: one or more heat exchangers (e.g., heat recovery units such as heat recovery steam generators, condensers, coolers, or heaters), catalyst systems (e.g., oxidation catalyst systems), particulate and/or water removal systems (e.g., inertial separators, coalescing filters, water impermeable filters, and other filters), chemical injection systems, solvent based treatment systems (e.g., absorbers, flash tanks, etc.), carbon capture systems, gas separation systems, gas purification systems, and/or a solvent based treatment system, or any combination thereof. In certain embodiments, the catalyst systems may include an oxidation catalyst, a carbon monoxide reduction catalyst, a nitrogen oxides reduction catalyst, an aluminum oxide, a zirconium oxide, a silicone oxide, a titanium oxide, a platinum oxide, a palladium oxide, a cobalt oxide, or a mixed metal oxide, or a combination thereof. The disclosed embodiments are intended to include any and all permutations of the foregoing components  192  in series and parallel arrangements. As illustrated below, TABLE 2 depicts some non-limiting examples of arrangements of the components  192  along the exhaust recirculation path  110 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
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                 196 
                 198 
                 200 
                 202 
                 204 
                 206 
                 208 
                 210 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 CU 
                 HRU 
                 BB 
                 MRU 
                 PRU 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 CU 
                 HRU 
                 HRU 
                 BB 
                 MRU 
                 PRU 
                 DIL 
               
               
                 CU 
                 HRSG 
                 HRSG 
                 BB 
                 MRU 
                 PRU 
               
               
                 OCU 
                 HRU 
                 OCU 
                 HRU 
                 OCU 
                 BB 
                 MRU 
                 PRU 
               
               
                 HRU 
                 HRU 
                 BB 
                 MRU 
                 PRU 
               
               
                 CU 
                 CU 
               
               
                 HRSG 
                 HRSG 
                 BB 
                 MRU 
                 PRU 
                 DIL 
               
               
                 OCU 
                 OCU 
               
               
                 OCU 
                 HRSG 
                 OCU 
                 HRSG 
                 OCU 
                 BB 
                 MRU 
                 PRU 
                 DIL 
               
               
                   
                 OCU 
                   
                 OCU 
               
               
                 OCU 
                 HRSG 
                 HRSG 
                 BB 
                 COND 
                 INER 
                 WFIL 
                 CFIL 
                 DIL 
               
               
                   
                 ST 
                 ST 
               
               
                 OCU 
                 OCU 
                 BB 
                 COND 
                 INER 
                 FIL 
                 DIL 
               
               
                 HRSG 
                 HRSG 
               
               
                 ST 
                 ST 
               
               
                 OCU 
                 HRSG 
                 HRSG 
                 OCU 
                 BB 
                 MRU 
                 MRU 
                 PRU 
                 PRU 
               
               
                   
                 ST 
                 ST 
                   
                   
                 HE 
                 WFIL 
                 INER 
                 FIL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 COND 
                   
                   
                 CFIL 
               
               
                 CU 
                 HRU 
                 HRU 
                 HRU 
                 BB 
                 MRU 
                 PRU 
                 PRU 
                 DIL 
               
               
                   
                 COND 
                 COND 
                 COND 
                   
                 HE 
                 INER 
                 FIL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 COND 
                   
                 CFIL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 WFIL 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As illustrated above in TABLE 2, a catalyst unit is represented by CU, an oxidation catalyst unit is represented by OCU, a booster blower is represented by BB, a heat exchanger is represented by HX, a heat recovery unit is represented by HRU, a heat recovery steam generator is represented by HRSG, a condenser is represented by COND, a steam turbine is represented by ST, a particulate removal unit is represented by PRU, a moisture removal unit is represented by MRU, a filter is represented by FIL, a coalescing filter is represented by CFIL, a water impermeable filter is represented by WFIL, an inertial separator is represented by INER, and a diluent supply system (e.g., steam, nitrogen, or other inert gas) is represented by DIL. Although TABLE 2 illustrates the components  192  in sequence from the exhaust outlet  182  of the turbine section  156  toward the exhaust inlet  184  of the compressor section  152 , TABLE 2 is also intended to cover the reverse sequence of the illustrated components  192 . In TABLE 2, any cell including two or more components is intended to cover an integrated unit with the components, a parallel arrangement of the components, or any combination thereof. Furthermore, in context of TABLE 2, the HRU, the HRSG, and the COND are examples of the HE; the HRSG is an example of the HRU; the COND, WFIL, and CFIL are examples of the WRU; the INER, FIL, WFIL, and CFIL are examples of the PRU; and the WFIL and CFIL are examples of the FIL. Again, TABLE 2 is not intended to exclude any non-illustrated permutations of the components  192 . In certain embodiments, the illustrated components  192  (e.g.,  194  through  210 ) may be partially or completed integrated within the HRSG  56 , the EGR system  58 , or any combination thereof. These EG treatment components  192  may enable feedback control of temperature, pressure, flow rate, and gas composition, while also removing moisture and particulates from the exhaust gas  60 . Furthermore, the treated exhaust gas  60  may be extracted at one or more extraction points  76  for use in the EG supply system  78  and/or recirculated to the exhaust inlet  184  of the compressor section  152 . 
     As the treated, recirculated exhaust gas  66  passes through the compressor section  152 , the SEGR gas turbine system  52  may bleed off a portion of the compressed exhaust gas along one or more lines  212  (e.g., bleed conduits or bypass conduits). Each line  212  may route the exhaust gas into one or more heat exchangers  214  (e.g., cooling units), thereby cooling the exhaust gas for recirculation back into the SEGR gas turbine system  52 . For example, after passing through the heat exchanger  214 , a portion of the cooled exhaust gas may be routed to the turbine section  156  along line  212  for cooling and/or sealing of the turbine casing, turbine shrouds, bearings, and other components. In such an embodiment, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  does not route any oxidant  68  (or other potential contaminants) through the turbine section  156  for cooling and/or sealing purposes, and thus any leakage of the cooled exhaust gas will not contaminate the hot products of combustion (e.g., working exhaust gas) flowing through and driving the turbine stages of the turbine section  156 . By further example, after passing through the heat exchanger  214 , a portion of the cooled exhaust gas may be routed along line  216  (e.g., return conduit) to an upstream compressor stage of the compressor section  152 , thereby improving the efficiency of compression by the compressor section  152 . In such an embodiment, the heat exchanger  214  may be configured as an interstage cooling unit for the compressor section  152 . In this manner, the cooled exhaust gas helps to increase the operational efficiency of the SEGR gas turbine system  52 , while simultaneously helping to maintain the purity of the exhaust gas (e.g., substantially free of oxidant and fuel). 
       FIG. 4  is a flow chart of an embodiment of an operational process  220  of the system  10  illustrated in  FIGS. 1-3 . In certain embodiments, the process  220  may be a computer implemented process, which accesses one or more instructions stored on the memory  122  and executes the instructions on the processor  120  of the controller  118  shown in  FIG. 2 . For example, each step in the process  220  may include instructions executable by the controller  118  of the control system  100  described with reference to  FIG. 2 . 
     The process  220  may begin by initiating a startup mode of the SEGR gas turbine system  52  of  FIGS. 1-3 , as indicated by block  222 . For example, the startup mode may involve a gradual ramp up of the SEGR gas turbine system  52  to maintain thermal gradients, vibration, and clearance (e.g., between rotating and stationary parts) within acceptable thresholds. For example, during the startup mode  222 , the process  220  may begin to supply a compressed oxidant  68  to the combustors  160  and the fuel nozzles  164  of the combustor section  154 , as indicated by block  224 . In certain embodiments, the compressed oxidant may include a compressed air, oxygen, oxygen-enriched air, oxygen-reduced air, oxygen-nitrogen mixtures, or any combination thereof. For example, the oxidant  68  may be compressed by the oxidant compression system  186  illustrated in  FIG. 3 . The process  220  also may begin to supply fuel to the combustors  160  and the fuel nozzles  164  during the startup mode  222 , as indicated by block  226 . During the startup mode  222 , the process  220  also may begin to supply exhaust gas (as available) to the combustors  160  and the fuel nozzles  164 , as indicated by block  228 . For example, the fuel nozzles  164  may produce one or more diffusion flames, premix flames, or a combination of diffusion and premix flames. During the startup mode  222 , the exhaust gas  60  being generated by the gas turbine engine  156  may be insufficient or unstable in quantity and/or quality. Accordingly, during the startup mode, the process  220  may supply the exhaust gas  66  from one or more storage units (e.g., storage tank  88 ), the pipeline  86 , other SEGR gas turbine systems  52 , or other exhaust gas sources. 
     The process  220  may then combust a mixture of the compressed oxidant, fuel, and exhaust gas in the combustors  160  to produce hot combustion gas  172 , as indicated by block  230  by the one or more diffusion flames, premix flames, or a combination of diffusion and premix flames. In particular, the process  220  may be controlled by the control system  100  of  FIG. 2  to facilitate stoichiometric combustion (e.g., stoichiometric diffusion combustion, premix combustion, or both) of the mixture in the combustors  160  of the combustor section  154 . However, during the startup mode  222 , it may be particularly difficult to maintain stoichiometric combustion of the mixture (and thus low levels of oxidant and unburnt fuel may be present in the hot combustion gas  172 ). As a result, in the startup mode  222 , the hot combustion gas  172  may have greater amounts of residual oxidant  68  and/or fuel  70  than during a steady state mode as discussed in further detail below. For this reason, the process  220  may execute one or more control instructions to reduce or eliminate the residual oxidant  68  and/or fuel  70  in the hot combustion gas  172  during the startup mode. 
     The process  220  then drives the turbine section  156  with the hot combustion gas  172 , as indicated by block  232 . For example, the hot combustion gas  172  may drive one or more turbine stages  174  disposed within the turbine section  156 . Downstream of the turbine section  156 , the process  220  may treat the exhaust gas  60  from the final turbine stage  174 , as indicated by block  234 . For example, the exhaust gas treatment  234  may include filtration, catalytic reaction of any residual oxidant  68  and/or fuel  70 , chemical treatment, heat recovery with the HRSG  56 , and so forth. The process  220  may also recirculate at least some of the exhaust gas  60  back to the compressor section  152  of the SEGR gas turbine system  52 , as indicated by block  236 . For example, the exhaust gas recirculation  236  may involve passage through the exhaust recirculation path  110  having the EG processing system  54  as illustrated in  FIGS. 1-3 . 
     In turn, the recirculated exhaust gas  66  may be compressed in the compressor section  152 , as indicated by block  238 . For example, the SEGR gas turbine system  52  may sequentially compress the recirculated exhaust gas  66  in one or more compressor stages  158  of the compressor section  152 . Subsequently, the compressed exhaust gas  170  may be supplied to the combustors  160  and fuel nozzles  164 , as indicated by block  228 . Steps  230 ,  232 ,  234 ,  236 , and  238  may then repeat, until the process  220  eventually transitions to a steady state mode, as indicated by block  240 . Upon the transition  240 , the process  220  may continue to perform the steps  224  through  238 , but may also begin to extract the exhaust gas  42  via the EG supply system  78 , as indicated by block  242 . For example, the exhaust gas  42  may be extracted from one or more extraction points  76  along the compressor section  152 , the combustor section  154 , and the turbine section  156  as indicated in  FIG. 3 . In turn, the process  220  may supply the extracted exhaust gas  42  from the EG supply system  78  to the hydrocarbon production system  12 , as indicated by block  244 . The hydrocarbon production system  12  may then inject the exhaust gas  42  into the earth  32  for enhanced oil recovery, as indicated by block  246 . For example, the extracted exhaust gas  42  may be used by the exhaust gas injection EOR system  112  of the EOR system  18  illustrated in  FIGS. 1-3 . 
     In some embodiments of the SEGR gas turbine system  52 , the exhaust gas  42  is recirculated and used to cool the combustor section  154  of the gas turbine engine  150 .  FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram of the combustor section  154  that includes various features that are shown in detail in  FIG. 6-8 . Elements in  FIG. 5  in common with those shown in previous figures are labeled with the same reference numerals. The axial direction of the combustor  160  is indicated by arrow  294 , the radial direction is indicated by arrow  296 , and the circumferential direction is indicated by arrow  298 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the oxidant compression system  186  generates a compressed oxidant  300  that may be provided to various locations at a head end portion  302  of the combustor  160 . Fuel  70  is provided to the one or more fuel nozzles  164  in the head end portion  302  of the turbine combustor  160 . As discussed above, the oxidant  300  and fuel  70  may be mixed prior to injection into the combustor  160  via one or more premix fuel nozzles, mixed in the combustion chamber  160  via one or more diffusion flame nozzles, or any combination thereof. Thus, the fuel nozzles  164  may be diffusion nozzles, pre-mix fuel nozzles, or any combination thereof. The compressed oxidant  300  may include air, oxygen, oxygen-enriched air, oxygen-reduced air, or oxygen nitrogen mixtures. In some embodiments, the compressed oxidant  300  may have a concentration of the exhaust gas  42  of less than approximately 10 percent, 5 percent, or 1 percent by volume. 
     As discussed above, a SEGR gas turbine system  52  may recirculate a portion of the exhaust gas  42  (e.g., compressed exhaust gas  170 ) through the compressor section  152  and at least part of the combustor section  154  (e.g., one or more combustors  160 ). In some of the embodiments discussed below, an inert gas or substantially inert gas  304  (e.g., exhaust gas  42 ) do not recirculate through the head end portion  302  of the combustor  160 . The compressed exhaust gas  170  and/or the relatively inert gas  304  from the compressor section  152  may be supplied to a turbine end portion  310  of the combustor  160  rather than directly to the head end portion  302 , thus helping to maintain isolation between the oxidant  300  and the inert gas  304 . In some embodiments, the inert gas  304  (e.g., exhaust gas  42 ) may have less than approximately 10 percent, 5 percent, or 1 percent or less by volume of oxidant  300  (e.g., oxygen ( 02 )). One or more fuels  70  may be supplied to the fuel nozzles  164 . For example, the fuel  70  may include, but is not limited to, a gaseous fuel (e.g., natural gas, process gas, methane, hydrogen, carbon monoxide), a liquid fuel (e.g., light distillates, kerosene, heating oil), or any combination thereof. 
     The compressor section  152  supplies the inert gas  304  (e.g., exhaust gas  42 ) to a compressor discharge casing  305 , which encloses at least part of the combustor  160  of the combustor section  154  (e.g., the combustion chamber  168 ). The inert gas  304  may be substantially inert (e.g., unreactive) relative to the oxidant  300 . The combustion chamber  168  is partially enclosed by a combustor cap  306  of the head end portion  302 , and a combustor liner  308  (e.g., inner wall) along the axis  294  of the combustor  160 . The combustor liner  308  extends in the circumferential direction  298  around the combustion chamber  168 . The turbine end portion  310  of the combustor  160  guides the combustion gases  172  from combustion of the oxidant  300  and the fuel  70  in the downstream direction  312  to the turbine section  156 . In some embodiments, the combustion gases  172  that exit the combustor  160  may be substantially free of oxidant  300  and fuel  70 , with a concentration of less than approximately 10, 5, 3, 2, or 1 percent by volume of oxidant  300  and fuel  70 . A flow sleeve  314  (e.g., intermediate wall) forms a passage  316  about the combustor liner  308  that enables a fluid (e.g., inert gas  304  such as exhaust gas  170 ) to flow along the outside of the combustion chamber  168 . The passage  316  extends in the circumferential direction  298  around the combustor liner  308 , and the flow sleeve  314  extends in the circumferential direction  298  around the passage  316 . In some embodiments, the inert gas  304  is a primary cooling media for the combustion chamber  168  and/or a heat sink for the combustion gases  172 . 
     In some embodiments, an extraction sleeve  326  extends circumferentially  298  around at least part of the flow sleeve  314  and combustor liner  308 . The extraction sleeve  326  is in fluid communication with the flow sleeve  314 , thereby enabling some of the inert gas  304  (e.g., compressed exhaust gas  170 ) in the flow sleeve  314  to be extracted to an exhaust extraction system  80 . The inert gas  304  may be bled into the extraction sleeve  326  to control the flow rate of the inert gas  304  within the passage  316 . As described in some embodiments above, the compressed exhaust gas  170  may be recirculated through the SEGR gas turbine system  52  and/or may be utilized by a fluid injection system  36  for enhanced oil recovery. 
     In some embodiments, the compressed oxidant  300  is provided at the head end portion  302  of the combustor  160 , routed through the combustion cap  306 , and directed into the combustor liner  308 . Additionally, or in the alternative, a portion of the oxidant  300  is routed outside of the combustion cap  306  and into a region around the flow sleeve  314 . This portion of the oxidant  300  may be configured to enter the combustion chamber  168  via one or more mixing holes  332 , as further described with respect to  FIG. 6 . In particular, the oxidant  300  routed around the flow sleeve  314  may enter an oxidant section  318  around the flow sleeve  314 , and flow into a fuel-oxidant mixing region  319  of the combustion chamber  168  downstream of the fuel nozzles  164 . The oxidant  300  directed into the combustion chamber  168  may flow in the downstream direction  312  with the combustion gases  172  from the head end portion  302  toward the turbine section  156 . The inert gas  304  (e.g., exhaust gas  170 ) enters a cooling section  320  of the passage  316  in an upstream direction  322 . A portion of the inert gas  304  in the passage may enter the combustion chamber  168  in the cooling section  320 , thereby cooling the combustor liner  308  and the combustion gases  172  flowing in the downstream direction  312 . The passage  316  and the inert gas  304  may terminate at the combustor cap  306 . In certain embodiments, a thimble system  330  may be disposed between the flow sleeve  314  and the combustor liner  308  proximate to the oxidant section  318 . In particular, the thimble system  330  may be configured to route and direct the oxidant  300  from the oxidant section  318  to the oxidant mixing region  319  of the combustion chamber  168  (e.g., through the flow sleeve  314  and through the combustor liner  308 ). In particular, the oxidant  300  may be routed through the oxidant passageway  334  (e.g., conduit), and the oxidant passageway  334  may block exposure and mixing between the oxidant  300  and inert gas  304  in the passage  316  (e.g., intermediate space between the flow sleeve  314  and the combustor liner  308 ). That is, the oxidant passageway  334  may not be in fluid communication with the inert gas  304  of the passage  316 . In this manner, the thimble system  330  may be configured to reduce mixing between the oxidant  300  and the inert gas  304  within the passage  316 . In particular, the thimble system  330  may not have any radial gaps within the oxidant passageway  334  (e.g., conduit) that are opened to the passage  316 . Instead, the thimble system  330  may provide a continuous oxidant passageway  334  for the oxidant  300  to be routed into the combustion chamber  168  without any mixing and/or interaction between the oxidant  300  and the inert gas  304  within the passage  316 . 
     In certain embodiments, the thimble system  330  may be a flexible system (e.g., flexible, resilient, expandable, and/or contractible conduit) that allows some movement and flexibility along the axial direction  294  and the radial direction  296 . In particular, an offset distance  301  between the flow sleeve  314  and the combustor liner  308  may define the radial length of the passage  316 . For example, the offset distance  301  is the distance between the interior surface  303  of the flow sleeve  314  and the outer surface  307  of the combustor liner  308 . Specifically, the offset distance  301  may facilitate the installation of the combustor liner  308  into the flow sleeve  314  when the combustor  160  is assembled. Further, during operation of the combustor  160 , high temperatures and pressures within the combustion chamber  168  may expand portions of the flow sleeve  314  and combustor liner  308  in the radial direction  296 , thereby causing slight radial adjustments in the offset distance  301  between the combustor liner  308  and the flow sleeve  314 . For example, the variations in the offset distance  301  between the combustor liner  308  and the flow sleeve  314  may vary between approximately 5% to 15% of the total offset distance  301 . In certain embodiments, the variations in the offset distance  301  may vary between approximately 1% to 20% of the offset distance  301 . Accordingly, the thimble system  330  may be flexible (e.g., expand and/or contract) enough to move in the radial direction  296  along with the expanded portions of the flow sleeve  314  and/or the combustor liner  308 , if necessary. In some situations, vibrations of the combustion chamber  168  during operation of the combustor  160  may also cause movement in the axial direction  294  and/or the radial direction  296 . In these situations, the thimble system  330  may be flexible enough to move (e.g., laterally bend, flex, or geometrically adjust) in the axial direction  294  along with components of the combustor  160  (e.g., the flow sleeve  314  and/or the combustor liner  308 ). Accordingly, features of the thimble system  330  may allow for some movement in the axial direction  294  or the radial direction  296  during operation of the combustor  160  without mixing the oxidant  300  and the inert gas  304  within the passage  316 , as further described with respect to  FIGS. 7 and 8 . In certain embodiments, features of the thimble system  330  may additionally allow for some movement in the circumferential direction  298 . 
       FIG. 6  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a combustion portion  168  of the gas turbine engine of  FIG. 5 , illustrating one or more thimble systems  330  in alignment with one or more mixing holes  332 . As noted above, the oxidant  300  and fuel  70  are supplied to the head end portion  302  and fuel nozzles  164 . Further, a portion of the oxidant  300  may be routed from the head end portion  302 , to the oxidant section  318  of the combustor  160 , and through one or more mixing holes  332 . As noted above, the oxidant section  318  may be disposed around the flow sleeve  314  downstream of the combustion cap  306 . 
     In certain embodiments, one or more mixing holes  332  may direct the oxidant  300  from the oxidant section  318  into the combustion chamber  168  to mix and/or combust (e.g., uniformly mix) the oxidant  300  and fuel  70  from the fuel nozzles  164 , to stabilize a flame (e.g., diffusion flame and/or premix flame) from the one or more fuel nozzles  164 , and/or to shape the flame  348  within the combustion chamber  168 . In some embodiments, the combustor liner  308  may have one or more rows of mixing holes  332  proximate to the head end portion  302 . In particular, each mixing hole  332  may be associated with a particular fuel nozzle  164 , such that the oxidant  300  is aligned with that particular fuel nozzle  164 . For example, in certain embodiments, the combustor liner  308  may have a single row of M mixing holes  332  that are each associated with one of M fuel nozzles  164 , wherein M is greater than or equal to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or more. As a further example, the combustor liner  308  may include R rows of mixing holes  332 , with M mixing holes  332  in each row, wherein R is greater than or equal to 2, 3, 4, 5, or more. 
     It should be noted that the combustor  160  may include any number of mixing holes  332  (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more) within any number of rows (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or more) in the oxidant mixing region  319 . The mixing holes  332  may be staggered or aligned in the axial direction  298 . As a further example, in certain embodiments, the combustor liner  308  may have approximately 1 to 1000, 1 to 500, 1 to 100, 1 to 10, or any other number of rows of mixing holes  332  about the combustor liner  308 , wherein each row may include approximately 1 to 1000 or more holes  332 . In some embodiments, the mixing holes  332  are symmetrically spaced about the combustor liner  308 . In some embodiments, the position, shape, and/or size of the mixing holes  332  may differ based at least in part on spacing from the combustor cap  306 . The shape of the mixing holes  332  may include, but is not limited to, circles, slots, or chevrons, or any combination thereof. 
     In certain embodiments, each mixing hole  332  may be associated with a particular thimble system  330 . For example, each thimble system  330  may be aligned with a particular mixing hole  332 . The mixing hole  332  may be configured to route the oxidant  300  through the flow sleeve  314 , through the passage  316 , through the combustor liner  308 , and into the combustion chamber  168 . As noted above, each of the one or more thimble systems  330  (disposed between the flow sleeve  314  and the combustor liner  308 ) may be aligned and/or disposed within a particular mixing hole  332 . The thimble system  330  may include a continuous oxidant passageway  334  (e.g., flexible conduit) that routes the oxidant  300  from the oxidant section  318  and through the passage  316  without interacting and/or mixing with the inert gas  304 . Indeed, it may be beneficial for each mixing hole  332  associated with the fuel nozzle  164  and configured to receive the oxidant  300  from the oxidant section  318  to include the thimble system  330 , such that the oxidant  300  has the oxidant passageway  334  that is configured to route the oxidant  300  through the passage  316  without mixing with the inert gas  304  within the passage  316 . 
       FIG. 7  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the thimble system  330  of  FIG. 5 , where the thimble system is a spring-loaded thimble system  350 . In the illustrated embodiment, the spring-loaded thimble system  350  includes a spring-loaded thimble  351 , the oxidant passageway  334 , a spring system  352 , an installation ramp  354  (e.g., tapered, curved, and/or angled guide or can), a support wall  356  (e.g., annular wall), a securing plate  358  (e.g., annular plate), and a retaining feature  361 . In particular, the spring-loaded thimble system  350  (and more particularly the spring system  352  of the spring-loaded thimble system  350 ) provides flexibility and allows for a certain degree of movement along the axial direction  294  and/or the radial direction  296 , as further described below. Further, the oxidant passageway  334  of the spring-loaded thimble system  350  is configured to provide a continuous and gap-less passageway (e.g., channel or conduit) for the oxidant  300  routed from the oxidant section  318  and into the oxidant mixing region  319  of the combustor chamber  168 . In particular, the spring-loaded thimble  350  may not include any gaps that open to the passage  316 . For example, the opposite ends (e.g., a first end  313  and a second end  315 ) of the oxidant passageway  334  may be fixed or sealed with the liner  308  and the flow sleeve  314 , such that the passageway  334  is completely closed and sealed relative to the passage  316 . In this manner, the spring-loaded thimble system  350  is configured to continuously route the oxidant  300  into the combustion chamber  168 , while minimizing the amount of mixing and/or interaction between the oxidant  300  and the inert gas  304  in the passage  316 . It should be noted that the arrangements described may be configured in the manner depicted and described, or in a reverse manner from what is depicted, such that the components coupled to the combustor liner  308  may be instead coupled to the flow sleeve  314  (and vise versa). 
     In certain embodiments, the installation ramp  354  of the spring-loaded thimble system  350  may be utilized when the combustor liner  308  is inserted into the flow sleeve  314  during installation. Specifically, the installation ramp  354  may allow the spring-loaded thimble system  350  to be installed within the combustor  160  even without any radial or axial gaps within the oxidant passageway  334  that may otherwise divide the thimble system  330 . For example, in certain embodiments, the thimble system  330  does not include an axial gap to separate the thimble system  330  into a first half that is coupled to the flow sleeve  314  and a second half coupled to the combustor liner  308 . Indeed, in the illustrated embodiment, the thimble system  330  is configured to provide a continuous oxidant passageway  334  that routes the oxidant  300  into the combustion chamber  168  from the oxidant section  318  without any interaction or mixing with the inert gas  304  in the passage  316 . Furthermore, the installation ramp  354  may be utilized during the installation process when the combustor liner  308  is inserted in an axial direction  294  into the flow sleeve  314 , as further described below. 
     In certain embodiments, the spring-loaded thimble  351  may include the oxidant passageway  334 , which may be a cylindrical volume of space, an inner wall  360  (e.g., annular wall), and an outer wall  362 . During installation of the spring-loaded thimble  351 , the oxidant passageway  334 , the inner wall  360 , and the outer wall  362  may be disposed within the support wall  356 . Specifically, in certain embodiments, the outer wall  362  may include a supporting protrusion  364  (e.g., annular protrusion or flange) that is configured to secure the outer wall  362  against the support wall  356 . In particular, the support wall  356 , the inner wall  360 , the outer wall  362 , and the supporting protrusion  364  may be configured to provide support for the spring-loaded thimble system  350  without restricting movement or flexibility. For example, in certain situations, the supporting protrusion  364  may enable small amounts of movement in the radial direction  296  against the support wall  356  due to various operating parameters of the combustion chamber  168 . For example, the supporting protrusion  364  may move in the radial direction  296  to increase or decrease the offset distance  301  of the passage  316  between the combustor liner  308  and the flow sleeve  314 . Further, the spring system  352  may be configured to provide the restoring force to bring the supporting protrusion  364 , and thereby the spring-loaded thimble system  350 , back to the original offset distance  301 , such as the offset distance  301  between the flow sleeve  314  and the combustor liner  308  when the combustor  160  is assembled. 
     In certain embodiments, the support wall  356 , the inner wall  360 , the outer wall  362 , and the spring system  352  may be disposed coaxially or concentrically with respect to one another, such that some movement and flexibility is provided. Further, in certain embodiments, one or more sleeves  363  are provided in a telescoping sleeve assembly, where each sleeve comprises the inner wall  360  and the outer wall  362 . Specifically, the one or more sleeves  363  may be concentrically arranged to overlap, seal, extend, retract, and generally engage in telescopic movement relative to one another. The telescoping sleeve assembly may be disposed against the support wall  356  and the spring system  352  in the manner described above. In some embodiments, the spring loaded thimble  351  may have one sleeve  363  that extends from a second end  315  of the oxidant passageway  334  to the installation ramp  354 , as illustrated by the phantom lines in  FIG. 7 . 
     Further, one or more components of the spring-loaded thimble system  350 , such as the spring system  352 , the securing plate  358 , and the retaining feature  361 , may also be arranged within the support wall  356 . In particular, the securing plate  358  may be configured to secure the arrangement of the spring-loaded thimble system  350 . For example, the securing plate  358  may be configured to axially secure the spring system  352  between the outer wall  362  and the support wall  356 . Likewise, the retaining feature  361  may be configured to radially retain the spring-loaded thimble system  350  within the support wall  356  and within the flow sleeve  314 . In should be noted that in certain embodiments, the retaining feature  361  may be disposed between the flow sleeve  314  and the combustor liner  308  and within the support wall  356 . Further, in certain embodiments, the retaining feature  361  may be disposed on top of the flow sleeve  314  and the spring-loaded thimble system  350 , and may be configured to radially retain the spring-loaded thimble system  350  within the flow sleeve  314 . For example, in situations where the supporting protrusion  364  may engage in small amounts of movement in the radial direction  296  against the support wall  356 , the retaining feature  361  may be configured to block the spring-loaded thimble system  350  from movement in the radial direction  296  past the flow sleeve  314 . The retaining features may be any type of fasteners such as threaded fasteners, bolts, snap rings, support structures, welds, etc. that retain the arrangement and position of the spring-loaded thimble system  350 . 
     Specifically, in certain embodiments, the installation ramp  354  may be coupled to the combustor liner  308 . Further, the support wall  356  may be coupled to the flow sleeve  314 . In certain embodiments, the installation ramp  354  and the support wall  356  may be coupled via welding, brazing, an adhesive, fasteners, etc. to the combustor liner  308  and the flow sleeve  314 , respectively. In particular, the flow sleeve  314  coupled to the support wall  356  may be arranged first. Further, the spring system  352  and the outer wall  362  may be arranged such that the spring system  352  is disposed coaxial and in between the outer wall  362  and the support wall  356 . As noted above, the securing plate  358  and the one or more retaining features  361  may be arranged within the support wall  356 . In addition, in certain embodiments, the combustor liner  308  coupled to the installation ramp  354  may be inserted into the flow sleeve  314 . In particular, the installation ramp  354  may be coupled to the flow sleeve  314  and oriented toward the turbine end portion  310  of the combustor  160 . Further, the combustor liner  308  may be inserted into the flow sleeve  314  in the downstream direction  312 , such that the installation ramp  354  is inserted into the flow sleeve  314  first. In this manner, the installation ramp  354  engages a bottom end  366  of the spring-loaded thimble system  350  first, and pushes the spring-loaded thimble system  350  in the radial direction  296  to load the spring-loaded thimble system  350 . The spring system  352  may provide a restoring force against the installation ramp  354 , thereby securing contact between the bottom end  366  of the spring-loaded thimble system  350  and the combustor liner  308  during operation of the combustor  160 . 
       FIG. 8  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the thimble system  330  of  FIG. 5 , where the thimble system  330  is a mechanically-retained thimble system  370 . In the illustrated embodiment, the mechanically-retained thimble system  370  includes a mechanically-retained thimble  371 , the oxidant passageway  334 , a floating collar  372  (e.g., annular collar), the support wall  356  coupled to the flow sleeve  314 , one or more retaining features  361 , the inner wall  360 , and the outer wall  362 . In the illustrated embodiment, the floating collar  372  may provide the mechanically-retained thimble system  370  with flexibility and may allow some movement along the axial direction  294  and/or the radial direction  296 , as further described below. Further, the oxidant passageway  334  of the mechanically-retained thimble system  370  is configured to provide a continuous and substantially gap-less passageway (e.g., channel or conduit) for the oxidant  300  routed from the oxidant section  318  and into oxidant mixing region  319  of the combustor chamber  168 . In particular, the mechanically-retained thimble system  370  may not include any gaps that open to the passage  316 . For example, the opposite ends (e.g., a first end  313  and a second end  315 ) of the oxidant passageway  334  may be fixed or sealed with the liner  308  and the flow sleeve  314 , such that the passageway  334  is completely closed and sealed relative to the passage  316 . In this manner, the mechanically-retained thimble system  370  is configured to continuously route the oxidant  300  into the combustion chamber  168  while reducing or eliminating mixing and/or interaction between the oxidant  300  and the inert gas  304  in the passage  316 . It should be noted that the arrangements described may be configured in the manner depicted and described, or in a reverse manner from what is depicted, such that the components coupled to the combustor liner  308  may be instead coupled to the flow sleeve  314  (and vise versa). 
     In certain embodiments, the floating collar  372  of the mechanically-retained thimble system  370  may be utilized during the installation process to assemble the mechanically-retained thimble system  370  between the flow sleeve  314  and the combustor liner  308 . Specifically, the floating collar  372  may include an outer cup  374  that is coupled to the combustor liner  308 . In certain embodiments, the outer cup  374  may be welded or otherwise securely fixed to the combustor liner  308 . Further, a securing collar  378  (e.g., annular collar) may be disposed on the outer cup  374 . In certain embodiments, this arrangement may be secured with a flat plate  380  (e.g., annular plate). In particular, the securing collar  378  may include a protruding portion  382  (e.g., annular flange) configured to engage the flat plate  380 , and the outer cup  374 . Further, the securing collar  378  may include a contact wall  384  (e.g., annular wall) configured to contact the outer wall  362 . Further, a gap  376  may be disposed between the outer cup  372 , the protruding portion  382 , and the outer wall  362 . However, it should be noted that the securing collar  378  may not be fixed or coupled to the outer wall  362 , thereby enabling the mechanically-retained thimble  371  to move in the radial direction  296  relative to the securing collar  378  (e.g., along axis of collar  378 ). 
     Specifically, in certain embodiments, the floating collar  372  may be fixed or coupled to the combustor liner  308 , and the support wall  356  may be fixed or coupled to the flow sleeve  314 . In particular, during the installation process, the mechanically-retained thimble  371  may be inserted into the floating collar  372  in the radial direction  296 . Specifically, the contact wall  384  of the supporting collar  378  may be configured to support the mechanically-retained thimble  371  as it is inserted into the retaining collar  378 . In this manner, the floating collar  372  may be configured to provide support for the mechanically-retained thimble  371  without restricting the movement or flexibility of the mechanically-retained thimble system. 
     In certain embodiments, the support wall  356 , the inner wall  360 , and the outer wall  362  may be disposed coaxially or concentrically with respect to one another, such that some movement and flexibility is provided. Further, in certain embodiments, one or more sleeves are provided in a telescoping sleeve assembly, where each sleeve comprises the inner wall  360  and the outer wall  362 . Specifically, the one or more sleeves may be concentrically arranged to overlap, seal, extend, retract, and generally engage in telescopic movement relative to one another. The telescoping sleeve assembly may be disposed against the support wall  356  and within the floating collar  372  in the manner described above. 
     Technical effects of the present approach include a thimble system  330  configured to direct and route the oxidant  300  flowing in the downstream direction  312  from the oxidant section  318  and into the oxidant mixing region  319  of the combustion chamber  168  of the combustor  160 . In particular, the thimble system  330  may include the oxidant passageway  334  that directs the oxidant  300  from the oxidant section  318 , through the combustor liner  308 , and into the combustion chamber  168  of the combustor  160 . In certain embodiments, the thimble system  330  includes the spring-loaded thimble system  350  that is configured to provide a continuous and substantially gap-less passageway for the oxidant  300  routed from the oxidant section  318  and into the combustor chamber  168 . In certain embodiments, the thimble system  330  includes the mechanically-retained thimble system  370  that is configured to provide a continuous and substantially gap-less passageway for the oxidant  300  routed from the oxidant section  318  and into the combustor chamber  168 . In particular, some embodiments of the spring-loaded thimble system  350  and the mechanically-retained thimble system  370  may not include any gaps that open to the passage  316 . In this manner, the spring-loaded thimble system  350  and the mechanically-restrained thimble system  370  may be configured to continuously route the oxidant  300  into the combustion chamber  168  while reducing or eliminating mixing and/or interaction between the oxidant  300  and the inert gas  304  in the passage  316 . 
     Additional Description 
     Embodiment 1 
     A system having a turbine combustor. The turbine combustor has a combustor liner disposed about a combustion chamber, a flow sleeve, and a radial passageway. The flow sleeve disposed at an offset about the combustor liner to define a passage, wherein the passage is configured to direct an exhaust gas flow toward a head end of the turbine combustor. The radial passageway extends between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner, and the radial passageway is configured to isolate an oxidant flow through the radial passageway from the exhaust gas flow through the passage for a first operating condition and a second operating condition of the turbine combustor. The offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the first operating condition is greater than the offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the second operating condition. 
     Embodiment 2 
     The system of embodiment 1, wherein the turbine combustor comprises a first fuel nozzle configured to direct a first fuel flow into the combustion chamber, and a second fuel nozzle configured to direct a second fuel flow into the combustion chamber, wherein the first fuel nozzle is controlled separately from the second fuel nozzle. 
     Embodiment 3 
     The system of embodiment 1, wherein the exhaust gas comprises less than approximately 5 percent by volume of the oxidant or fuel. 
     Embodiment 4 
     The system of embodiment 1, wherein a temperature of the combustor liner at the first operating condition is less than the temperature of the combustor liner at the second operating condition. 
     Embodiment 5 
     The system of embodiment 1, wherein the radial passageway includes a thimble system coupled to the flow sleeve and the combustor liner. The thimble system includes a thimble and a spring system configured to bias the thimble in a radial direction and enable a radial range of motion during operation of the turbine combustor. 
     Embodiment 6 
     The system of embodiment 5, wherein the combustor liner comprises an installation ramp configured to engage an end of the thimble to load gradually compress the spring system. 
     Embodiment 7 
     The system of embodiment 5, wherein the installation ramp gradually changes in height in an axial direction along the turbine combustor. 
     Embodiment 8 
     The system of embodiment 1, wherein the radial passageway includes a thimble system coupled to the flow sleeve and the combustor liner. The thimble system includes a thimble and a cup disposed about an end portion of the thimble. 
     Embodiment 9 
     The system of embodiment 1, comprising a gas turbine engine having the turbine combustor, a turbine driven by the combustion gases from the turbine combustor and that outputs an exhaust gas, and an exhaust gas compressor driven by the turbine, wherein the exhaust gas compressor is configured to compress and to route the exhaust gas to the turbine combustor. 
     Embodiment 10 
     The system of embodiment 9, wherein the gas turbine engine is a stoichiometric exhaust gas recirculation (SEGR) gas turbine engine. 
     Embodiment 11 
     The system of embodiment 9, comprising an exhaust gas extraction system coupled to the gas turbine engine and a hydrocarbon production system coupled to the exhaust gas extraction system. 
     Embodiment 12 
     A system including a thimble system configured to mount in a passage between a combustor liner and a flow sleeve of a turbine combustor of a gas turbine engine. The thimble system comprises at least one sleeve having an oxidant passage, and the at least one sleeve is configured to move between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve to block fluid communication between the oxidant passage and the passage. 
     Embodiment 13 
     The system of embodiment 12, wherein the thimble system is configured to expand and contract in a radial direction across the passage between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve. 
     Embodiment 14 
     The system of embodiment 12, wherein the at least one sleeve is spring-loaded by a spring. 
     Embodiment 15 
     The system of embodiment 12, wherein the at least one sleeve comprises a floating collar. 
     Embodiment 16 
     The system of embodiment 12, wherein the at least one sleeve comprises first and second sleeves in a nested arrangement. 
     Embodiment 17 
     The system of embodiment 16, wherein the first and second sleeves are configured to move telescopically relative to one another. 
     Embodiment 18 
     The system of embodiment 12, comprising the turbine combustor having the combustor liner, the flow sleeve, and the thimble system disposed in the passage between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve. 
     Embodiment 19 
     The system of embodiment 18, comprising the gas turbine engine having the turbine combustor. 
     Embodiment 20 
     The system of embodiment 19, wherein gas turbine engine comprises a turbine driven by combustion gases from the turbine combustor and that outputs an exhaust gas, and an exhaust gas compressor driven by the turbine, wherein the exhaust gas compressor is configured to compress and to route the exhaust gas to the turbine combustor, and the passage is configured to flow the exhaust gas between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve. 
     Embodiment 21 
     A method including adjustably routing an oxidant through an oxidant passage in a thimble system disposed in a passage between a combustor liner and a flow sleeve of a turbine combustor of a gas turbine engine. Adjustably routing comprises selectively moving at least one sleeve of the thimble system between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve while blocking fluid communication between the oxidant passage and the passage. 
     Embodiment 22 
     The method of embodiment 21, wherein selectively moving comprises expanding or contracting the thimble system in a radial direction across the passage between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve. 
     Embodiment 23 
     The method of embodiment 21, wherein selectively moving comprises spring biasing the at least one sleeve in a radial direction across the passage between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve. 
     Embodiment 24 
     The method of embodiment 21, wherein selectively moving comprises telescopically moving a first sleeve relative to a second sleeve of the at least one sleeve of the thimble system. 
     Embodiment 25 
     The method of embodiment 21 including driving a turbine of the gas turbine engine with combustion gases from the turbine combustor and outputting exhaust gas from the turbine. The method of embodiment 21 including recirculating the exhaust gas to a compressor of the gas turbine engine, compressing the exhaust gas in the compressor to generate compressed exhaust gas, routing the compressed exhaust gas through the passage between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve, and combusting a fuel with oxidant in the turbine combustor. 
     This written description uses examples to disclose the invention, including the best mode, and also to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention, including making and using any devices or systems and performing any incorporated methods. The patentable scope of the invention is defined by the claims, and may include other examples that occur to those skilled in the art. Such other examples are intended to be within the scope of the claims if they have structural elements that do not differ from the literal language of the claims, or if they include equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differences from the literal language of the claims.