Coreflood assay using extremophile microorganisms for recovery of heavy oil in Mexican oil fields

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 440-445

  Castorena Cortés, Gladys ^a   Roldán Carrillo, Teresa ^a   Reyes Avila, Jesús ^a   Zapata Peñasco, Icoquih ^a   Mayol Castillo, Martha ^a   Olguín Lora, Patricia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Coreflood; Extremophile; Heavy oil; Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR); Thermoanaerobacter

Indexed keywords

COREFLOOD; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXTREMOPHILES; HEAVY OIL; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

BIODEGRADATION; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; MICROORGANISMS; OIL FIELDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; SURFACE TENSION; WELL FLOODING;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

ACID; ALCOHOL; HYDROCARBON; OIL; SOLVENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GAS; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OIL FIELD; SURFACE TENSION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ALKANES; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBONS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMOANAEROBACTER; VISCOSITY;

THERMOANAEROBACTER;

EID: 84865993721     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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