Petroleum degradation by aerobic microbiota from the Pampo Sul Oil Field, Campos Basin, Brazil

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1204-1209

  da Cruz, Georgiana F ^a   dos Santos Neto, Eugênio V ^b   Marsaioli, Anita J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerobic degradation; Brazilian oils; Campos Basin

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL FIELDS; PARAFFINS;

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; BRAZILIAN OIL; CAMPOS BASIN; DEEP WATER RESERVOIRS; DEGRADATION PARAMETER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES (GC-MS); INDIGENOUS BACTERIA; PETROLEUM DEGRADATIONS;

CRUDE OIL;

CRUDE OIL; DEEP WATER; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL FIELD; OXIC CONDITIONS; PETROLEUM; RESERVOIR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; PAMPO SUL OIL FIELD; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 47849114594     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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