Sulfide remediation by pulsed injection of nitrate into a low temperature Canadian heavy oil reservoir

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9512-9518

  Voordouw, Gerrit ^a   Grigoryan, Aleksandr A ^a   Lambo, Adewale ^a   Lin, Shiping ^a   Park, Hyung Soo ^a   Jack, Thomas R ^a   Coombe, Dennis ^b   Clay, Bill ^c   Zhang, Frank ^c   Ertmoed, Ryan ^d   Miner, Kirk ^d   Arensdorf, Joseph J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (Canada)

^c Enerplus Resources Fund   (Canada)

^d BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; BATCH-WISE; CONCENTRATION OF; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; INJECTION WATER; INJECTION WELLS; LONG PULSE; LOW SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NITRATE INJECTION; NITRATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; OIL RESERVOIRS; PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION WELLS; PULSED INJECTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFIDE FORMATION; WATER PLANT; WATER SAMPLES; WELLBORE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BORING; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; NITRATES; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRAIN RELAXATION; WATER INJECTION; WELL STIMULATION;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

NITRATE; NITRITE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; WELL WATER;

LOW TEMPERATURE; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OIL FIELD; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; OIL WELL; PIPELINE; RESERVOIR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANADA; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITRATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; OIL INDUSTRY; WATER SAMPLING;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CANADA; NITRATES; OILS; SULFIDES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 72849153396     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902211j     Document Type: Article

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