Exploiting Microbes in the Petroleum Field: Analyzing the Credibility of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) [PDF]
Energies, 2021 Crude oil is a major energy source that is exploited globally to achieve economic growth. To meet the growing demands for oil, in an environment of stringent environmental regulations and economic and technical pressure, industries have been required to ...
Marzuqa Quraishi +8 more
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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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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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Application of rhamnolipid biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in microbial-enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) [PDF]
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 2019 In this study, the biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa was evaluated in view of its ability to be used in Microbial-Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR).
J. M. D. A. Câmara +3 more
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Research advances of microbial enhanced oil recovery
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.
Bo Wu +5 more
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Microbial Community Distribution in Low Permeability Reservoirs and Their Positive Impact on Enhanced Oil Recovery [PDF]
MicroorganismsLow permeability oil reservoirs hold an important position in the global oil resource reserves. They boast abundant reserves and serve as one of the crucial sources for crude oil reserve replacement in China and even the world.
Jin Pang +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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Effects of nutrient injection on the Xinjiang oil field microbial community studied in a long core flooding simulation device [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) is an option for recovering oil from depleted reservoirs. Numerous field trials of MEOR have confirmed distinct microbial community structure in diverse production wells within the same block.
Wei Cheng +10 more
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Lab-Scale Experimental Study of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery on Low-Permeability Cores Using the Silicate Bacterium Paenibacillus mucilaginosus [PDF]
MicroorganismsSilicate bacteria, capable of decomposing silicate minerals that are widely distributed in oil reservoirs, have never been applied in microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR).
Lei Li +3 more
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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.
Jing Chang +7 more
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