Core flooding tests to investigate the effects of IFT reduction and wettability alteration on oil recovery during MEOR process in an Iranian oil reservoir

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 5979-5991

  Rabiei, Arash ^a   Sharifinik, Milad ^b   Niazi, Ali ^c   Hashemi, Abdolnabi ^a   Ayatollahi, Shahab ^c,d  

^a PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amott test; Biosurfactant; Core flooding tests; Interfacial tension; Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR); Wettability alteration

Indexed keywords

AMOTT TEST; BIO SURFACTANT; CORE FLOODING TEST; MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (MEOR); WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

BACTERIA; BIOMOLECULES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OIL WELL; SURFACE AREA; WETTABILITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER HORMAECHEI; FLOODING; FUEL AND FUEL RELATED PHENOMENA; IRAN; MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; NONHUMAN; OIL FIELD; OIL SPILL; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTEROBACTER; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; IRAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTABILITY;

IRAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER HORMAECHEI;

EID: 84879419665     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4863-4     Document Type: Article

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