The use of naturally occurring selectively isolated bacteria for inhibiting paraffin deposition

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 161-169

  Lazar, I ^a   Voicu, A ^a   Nicolescu, C ^b   Mucenica, D ^b   Dobrota, S ^a   Petrisor, I G ^a   Stefanescu, M ^a   Sandulescu, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^b PETROSTAR Ploiesti   (ROM)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Environmental biotechnology; Microbial degradation of paraffin deposition; Petroleum microbiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSURFACTANT; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; OILFIELD; PARAFFIN; PARAFFINIC OIL; ROMANIA;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; HYDROCARBONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARAFFIN OILS; PARAFFIN PROBLEMS; PARAFFIN SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY;

OIL FIELDS;

DEGRADATION; MICROORGANISM; OIL FIELD; PARAFFIN;

EID: 0033037237     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(98)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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