Occurrence and geochemical activity of microorganisms in high‐temperature, water‐flooded oil fields of Kazakhstan and Western Siberia

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 181-192

  Nazina, Tamara N ^a   Ivanova, Anna E ^a   Borzenkov, Igor A ^a   Belyaev, Sergei S ^a   Ivanov, Michail V ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Methanogenesis; Microbiological processes; Oil fields; Sulfate reduction; Thermophily

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOODED OILFIELD; GEOCHEMISTRY; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; OILFIELD; REDUCTION; SULPHATE; THERMOPHILY; WATER FLOODING;

KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIA;

EID: 0029474439     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490459509378016     Document Type: Article

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