Evidence for in situ methanogenic oil degradation in the dagang oil field

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-54

  Jiménez, Núria ^a   Morris, Brandon E L ^a,d   Cai, Minmin ^a,b   Gründger, Friederike ^c   Yao, Jun ^b   Richnow, Hans H ^a   Krüger, Martin ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ALKYL BENZENE; ARCHAEA; AROMATIC FRACTION; BIOLOGICAL METHODS; CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; DAGANG OIL FIELD; DEGREE OF DEGRADATION; GAS SAMPLES; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; IN-SITU; IN-VITRO; INJECTION WATER; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOTAS; N-ALKANES; N-HEXADECANE; OIL COMPOSITION; OIL DEGRADATION; OIL-WATER; POLYAROMATICS; RESERVOIR FLUID;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BIODEGRADATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MICROORGANISMS; PARAFFINS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

METHANE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METHANE; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OIL FIELD;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; DAGANG FIELD; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84866565805     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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