A critical assessment of the efficacy of biocides used during the hydraulic fracturing process in shale natural gas wells

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-21

  Struchtemeyer, Christopher G ^a   Morrison, Michael D ^a   Elshahed, Mostafa S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocide; Corrosion; Natural gas; Sulfate; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

BARNETT SHALE; BIOFILM FORMATION; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GAS FORMATION; GLUTARALDEHYDES; HUMIC ACID; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PROCESS; INFORMATION CONCERNING; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; ORGANIC LOADINGS; PLANKTONIC CELLS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; SULFATE; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFIDE; TETRAKIS;

ALDEHYDES; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELL CULTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOADING; METHANOL; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SHALE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOCIDES;

BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORROSION; CORROSION CONTROL; GAS WELL; GROWTH REGULATOR; HUMIC ACID; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INHIBITOR; NATURAL GAS; PESTICIDE; PLANKTON; SHALE; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 84861701971     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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