The effects of indigenous and introduced microbes on deeply buried hydrocarbon reservoirs, North Sea

Clay Minerals

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-12

  Spark, I ^a   Patey, I ^a   Duncan, B ^a   Hamilton, A ^a   Devine, C ^a   McGovern Traa, C ^a  

^a Units B1 B3 Airport Industl Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Microbes; North Sea

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OILFIELD; PYRITE; RIBOSOMAL DNA; TEMPERATURE; WATER DEPTH;

DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OIL FIELD;

NORTH SEA;

BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; DRILLING FLUIDS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PYRITES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 0033626672     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/000985500546693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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