Anaerobic biodegradation of natural gas condensate can be stimulated by the addition of gasoline

Biodegradation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-523

  Prince, Roger C ^a   Suflita, Joseph M ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradation; Hydrocarbons; Metabolic Fate; Methanogenesis; Sulfate Reduction

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; METABOLIC FATE; METHANOGENESIS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

FOSSIL FUEL; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; AQUIFERS; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER POLLUTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATE; DISSOLUTION; NATURAL GAS;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; FOSSIL FUELS; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 34447096707     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-006-9084-4     Document Type: Article

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