An experimental investigation of parameters affecting oil recovery efficiency alteration during a microbially aided water flooding process

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2507-2519

  Heidari, P ^a   Kordestany, A ^b   Ghazanfari, M H ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Tehran Petroleum Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

bio surfactant production; enhanced oil recovery; microbial EOR; water flooding; wettability

Indexed keywords

BIOPRODUCTS; BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION; COREFLOOD; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GROWTH MEDIA; MICROBIAL EOR; MICROBIAL RECOVERY; NUTRIENT MEDIA; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMUM VALUE; SALT CONCENTRATION; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

CRUDE OIL; OIL FIELDS; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84857175069     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916461003699200     Document Type: Article

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