Microbes-oilfield enemies or allies?

Oilfield Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 4-17

  Augustinovic, Zdenko ^a   Birketveit, øystein ^b   Clements, Kayli ^b   Freeman, Mike ^b   Gopi, Santosh ^b   Ishoey, Thomas ^c   Jackson, Graham ^d   Kubala, Gregory ^e   Larsen, Jan ^f   Marcotte, Brian W G ^g   Scheie, Jan ^b   Skovhus, Torben Lund ^h   Sunde, Egil ⁱ  

^a DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

^b M I SWACO   (United States)

^c Glori Energy Inc   (United States)

^d HUSKY ENERGY   (Canada)

^e Maersk Oil ^*

^f MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

^g Titan Oil Recovery Inc   (United States)

^h DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

ⁱ STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSIONS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; RESERVOIR DAMAGE;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GAS INDUSTRY; OIL FIELDS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84866726109     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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