Microbes enhance oil recovery through various mechanisms

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 39-43

  Gao, Chang Hong ^a   Zekri, Abdulrazag ^a   El Tarabily, Khaled ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CRUDE OIL; CRUDE OIL VISCOSITY; ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; ENHANCED MOBILITY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RESERVOIRS; OIL-WATER; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS ROCKS; PRODUCTION RATES; PRODUCTION TUBING; RESIDUAL OIL; WELLBORE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CAPILLARITY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENHANCED RECOVERY; OIL WELLS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

BACTERIUM; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROORGANISM; MOBILIZATION; OIL WELL; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLVENT; SOURCE ROCK; SURFACTANT; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 69249195701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 00301388     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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