Chapter 6 Microbial Processes in Oil Fields. Culprits, Problems, and Opportunities

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2009, Pages 141-251

  Youssef, Noha ^a   Elshahed, Mostafa S ^a   McInerney, Michael J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosurfactants; Oil recovery; Petroleum microbiology; Plugging; Souring; Sulfate reducers

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PARAFFIN; PETROLEUM; SURFACTANT;

BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EURYARCHAEOTA; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PARAFFIN; PETROLEUM; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 59449110673     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(08)00806-X     Document Type: Review

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