Microbial Mineralization of Montmorillonite in Low-Permeability Oil Reservoirs for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2018 Microbial mineralization is ubiquitous in the natural environment. Microbes in low-permeability reservoirs are able to facilitate alteration of the structure and phase of the Fe-poor minerals by reducing Fe(III) and inhibiting clay swelling, which is still poorly studied.
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Microbial Biosurfactants: A Bridge from Aquatic Environments to Subsurface Oil Recovery: Mechanisms, Challenges, Prospects [PDF]
LifeMicrobial biosurfactants, derived from diverse aquatic and extreme ecosystems, offer a sustainable and environmentally compatible strategy for enhanced oil recovery by fundamentally altering subsurface rock wettability.
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Experimental study of microbial enhanced oil recovery in fractured porous media using the halophilic bacterium Haloferax mediterranei [PDF]
Scientific ReportsFractured reservoirs, comprising over 20% of the world’s oil reserves, present significant challenges to enhanced oil recovery (EOR). This study investigates the potential of the halophilic bacterium Haloferax mediterranei in microbial EOR (MEOR) for ...
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Recent Advance of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) in China
Geofluids, 2019 Compared with other enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques like gas flooding, chemical flooding, and thermal production, the prominent advantages of microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) include environment-friendliness and lowest cost.
Haicheng She +4 more
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Surfactants and enhanced oil recovery [PDF]
, 1988 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.A large number of commercial and some novel Brunel synthesised surfactants have been studied with a view to their potential usefulness for enhanced oil ...
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Prospects and challenges regarding biosurfactants in advancing the petroleum industry [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyAs the global population increases, the petroleum industry is experiencing exponential increase in energy demands. However, the petroleum industry faces a myriad of problems concerning production, operation, sustainability, climate change and broader ...
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Engineering, 2023 The microbial conversion of alkanes to methane in hydrocarbon-contaminated environments is an intrinsic bioremediation strategy under anoxic conditions. However, the mechanism of microbial methanogenic alkane degradation is currently unclear.
Yi-Fan Liu +13 more
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Enhanced Oil Recovery in a Co-Culture System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis
MicroorganismsMicrobial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) is a promising technology for oil field extraction. This study investigated a co-culture system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis to increase MEOR efficacy.
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Sophorolipids Production by Candida bombicola ATCC 22214 and its Potential Application in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery. [PDF]
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A mini-investigation on enhanced oil recovery evolution (2007 – 2020) [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2023 Energy plays an important role in sustaining humanity. With rising worldwide energy demand and the great dependence of energy generation on fossil fuels, it is inevitable that enhanced oil recovery must be deployed to recover more possible reserves. This
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