Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery in Fractional-Wet Systems: A Pore-Scale Investigation

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 819-835

  Armstrong, Ryan T ^a   Wildenschild, Dorthe ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfacial curvature; Microbial enhanced oil recovery; Multiphase flow; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS; BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION; BLOB SIZE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EX SITU; INTERFACIAL CURVATURE; MATURE OIL; METABOLIC BYPRODUCTS; OIL-WET SYSTEMS; RESIDUAL OIL; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

BACTERIOLOGY; BYPRODUCTS; METABOLISM; MULTIPHASE FLOW; RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

TERTIARY RECOVERY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL;

BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS;

EID: 84857846847     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9934-3     Document Type: Article

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