Research advances of microbial enhanced oil recovery [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR), characterized with the virtues of low cost and environmental protection, reflects the prevalent belief in environmental protection, and is attracting the attention of more researchers.
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Mineral-Targeted Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery [PDF]
MicroorganismsIn the fluid (comprising oil and nutrient solution)–microbe–mineral ternary system of oil reservoirs, current microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) technology lacks investigation into the interactions between the latter two components and their ...
Lei Li, Chunhui Zhang, Peidong Su
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Exploring the use of microbial enhanced oil recovery in Kazakhstan: a review [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyMicrobial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) is a promising method for improving oil recovery from challenging reservoirs such as those found in Kazakhstan.
Aliya Yernazarova +8 more
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One Biosurfactant-Producing Bacteria Achromobacter sp. A-8 and Its Potential Use in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery and Bioremediation [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Biosurfactant plays an important role in bioremediation of crude oil contamination and microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR). In the present study, a salt-tolerant, biosurfactant-producing bacterium, designated A-8, was isolated from wastewater ...
Zhenshan Deng +6 more
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Isolating, identifying and evaluating of oil degradation strains for the air-assisted microbial enhanced oil recovery process. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Due to the inefficient reproduction of microorganisms in oxygen-deprived environments of the reservoir, the applications of microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) are restricted.
Mingming Cheng +4 more
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An exogenous surfactant-producing Bacillus subtilis facilitates indigenous microbial enhanced oil recovery [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 This study used an exogenous lipopeptide-producing Bacillus subtilis to strengthen the indigenous microbial enhanced oil recovery (IMEOR) process in a water-flooded reservoir in the laboratory.
Peike eGao +7 more
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Appropriate characterization of reservoir properties and investigation of their effect on microbial enhanced oil recovery through simulated laboratory studies [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAppropriate characterization of reservoir properties and investigation of the effect of these properties on microbial metabolism and oil recovery under simulated reservoir conditions can aid in development of a sustainable microbial enhanced oil recovery
Neelam Kapse +2 more
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Microbes facilitate crude oil production in plateau oilfields [PDF]
Engineering MicrobiologyCrude oil production has been enhanced using microbial-enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) in many oilfields. After over six years of MEOR test and field application in high-salt environments and unconventional oil reservoirs of plateau oilfields, MEOR ...
Peiyao Sun +5 more
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Production, characterization, and application of Pseudoxanthomonas taiwanensis biosurfactant: a green chemical for microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBiosurfactants, as microbial bioproducts, have significant potential in the field of microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR). Biosurfactants are microbial bioproducts with the potential to reduce the interfacial tension (IFT) between crude oil and water ...
Isty Adhitya Purwasena +4 more
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Study on the Performance of a Novel Microbial-Assisted Chemical Viscosity Reduction Technology for Enhancing Heavy Oil Displacement Efficiency [PDF]
MoleculesHigh-viscosity reservoirs are widely distributed across various countries with abundant reserves. However, their high resin and asphaltene content leads to elevated oil viscosity and low recovery rates.
Fan Zhang +9 more
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