Applications of microbial-enhanced oil recovery technology in the past decade

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 972-989

  Gao, C H ^a   Zekri, A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

bacteria; microbe; oil recovery; petroleum; review

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FIELD APPLICATION; FIELD DATA; FIELD EXPERIENCE; GAS PRODUCTIONS; HIGH WATER-CUT; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW WATER; MALAYSIA; METABOLIC PRODUCTS; MICROBE; OIL RECOVERIES; PETROLEUM; PRODUCTION RATES; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; RESIDUAL OIL; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RECOVERY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 79952580167     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030903330793     Document Type: Article

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