Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery

by Erle C. Donaldson

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444428666
• ISBN13: 9780444428660
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.