Effect of wettability and interfacial tension on microbial improved oil recovery with Rhodococcus sp 094

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 506-515

  Shabani Afrapoli, M ^a   Alipour, S ^a   Torsaeter, O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MECHANISM; AEROBIC PROCESS; COMPLEX MECHANISMS; CONSTANT FLOW; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DYNAMIC CONDITION; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; IN-CORE; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION PERIOD; OIL RECOVERIES; PENDANT DROP; QUARTZ PLATES; REDUCTION MECHANISMS; REFINED HYDROCARBONS; RHODOCOCCUS SP; STATIC CONDITIONS; STATIC SYSTEMS;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROCARBONS; METAL RECOVERY; NUTRIENTS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM REFINING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUARTZ; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 77954306937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

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