Microbial enhanced oil recovery / edited by Erle C. Donaldson, George V. Chilingarian, and Teh Fu Yen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donaldson, Erle C.

Chilingar, George V., 1929-

Yen, Teh Fu, 1927-2010.

Series:

Developments in petroleum science ; 22.

Developments in petroleum science ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbial enhanced oil recovery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The use of microorganisms and their metabolic products to stimulate oil production is currently receiving renewed interest worldwide. This technique involves the injection of selected microorganisms into the reservoir and the subsequent stimulation and transportation of their in situ growth products, in order that their presence will aid in further reduction of residual oil left in the reservoir after secondary recovery is exhausted. Although unlikely to replace conventional microbial enhanced oil recovery, this unique process seems superior in many respects. Self-duplicating units, namely

Contents:

Front Cover; Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Preface; List of Contributors; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; The need for microbial enhanced oil recovery; Synopsis of the book; Technical constraints of enhanced oil recovery; Microbiological enhanced oil processes; References; CHAPTER 2. THE SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; Introduction; Subsurface brines; Subsurface temperatures and pressures; Petroleum; Waterflooding; Reservoir rocks; References; CHAPTER 3. THE POTENTIAL FOR IN-SITU MICROBIAL APPLICATIONS; Introduction; Historical review; Field tests; Reservoir limitations

Microbial enhanced oil recovery applicationConclusions; References; CHAPTER 4. GEOBIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGICALLY ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; Introduction; Geobiology; In-situ microbial enhanced oil recovery; Microbiology of reservoirs; Biodegradation of oil; Effect of microbiological activity on oil reservoirs; Physicochemical aspects of microbial ecology as related to microbial enhanced oil recovery; Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 5. OIL RECOVERY BY BACTERIAL AND POLYMER SOLUTIONS IN THE HELE-SHAW MODEL; Introduction; Materials used; Apparatus; Experimental procedure; Conclusions; References

CHAPTER 6. OIL DISPLACEMENT BY ANAEROBIC AND FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC BACTERIAIntroduction; Oilfield applications of microbes; Summary; References; CHAPTER 7. MICROBIAL PLUGGING IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY.; Introduction; Bacteria in waterflooding injection waters; Previous studies of bacterial plugging; Mechanisms of microbial plugging in the field; Demonstrations of mechanisms of microbial plugging; Implications; References; CHAPTER 8. BACTERIAL MIGRATION THROUGH NUTRIENT-ENRICHED SANDPACK COLUMNS FOR IN-SITU RECOVERY OF OIL; Introduction; Materials and methods; Experimental results; Discussion

ReferencesCHAPTER 9. OIL DISPLACEMENT IN THE HELE-SHAW MODEL USING MICROBES AND SYNTHETIC SURFACTANTS; Introduction; Materials used in the experiments; Apparatus; Experimental procedure; Effect of pluronic surfactant solutions; Oil displacement with polymer-surfactant solutions; Effect of bacterial cultures; Correlation groups; Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 10. BIODEGRADATION OF CHEMICALS USED IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; Introduction; Fundamentals of biodegradation and biodegradability; Factors affecting biodegradation and rates of degradation

Biodegradability of chemicals used in enhanced oil recoveryReferences; CHAPTER 11. POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD OF BACTERIA TO BE USED IN MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; Introduction; Health hazard; References; References Index; Subject lndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-75482-3

9786612754821

0-08-086880-0

OCLC:

700688911