Activation of the geochemical activity of stratal microflora as the basis of a biotechnology for enhancement of oil recovery

Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 708-714

  Belyaev, S S ^a   Borzenkov, I A ^a   Glumov, I F ^b   Ibatullin, R R ^b   Milekhina, E I ^a   Ivanov, M V ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b Tatarstan Research Institute for Petroleum Industry   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biogeotechnology; Enhancement of oil recovery; Hydrocarbon oxidizing bacteria; Methanogens; Microbial processes; Oil; Stratal microflora

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038233181     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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