Analysis of methane production by microorganisms indigenous to a depleted oil reservoir for application in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-87

  Kobayashi, Hajime ^a   Kawaguchi, Hideo ^a   Endo, Keita ^a   Mayumi, Daisuke ^c   Sakata, Susumu ^c   Ikarashi, Masayuki ^b   Miyagawa, Yoshihiro ^b   Maeda, Haruo ^b   Sato, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INPEX CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Formation water; Methanogen; Microbial enhanced oil recovery; Petroleum reservoir; Subsurface microorganisms

Indexed keywords

DEPLETED OIL RESERVOIRS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FORMATION WATER; METHANE PRODUCTION; YEAST EXTRACTS;

METHANE; METHANOGENS; MICROORGANISMS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

METHANE; PETROLEUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA EXTRACTION; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL FIELD; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YEAST;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METHANE; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YEASTS;

EID: 84855344211     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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