Practical use of new microbiology tools in oil production

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 180-186

  Skovhus, Torben Lund ^a   Højris, Bo ^a   Saunders, Aaron Marc ^a   Thomsen, Trine Rolighed ^a   Agerbœk, Mikkel ^a   Larsen, Jan ^b  

^a DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MICROBIAL CORROSION; MICROORGANISMS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NITRATES; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION SHIFTS; MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSIONS; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVEILLANCE STRATEGIES; UNDER-DEPOSIT CORROSIONS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DETECTION METHOD; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROORGANISM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 62649168768     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/109104-pa     Document Type: Article

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