Investigating the efficiency of MEOR processes using Enterobacter cloacae and Bacillus stearothermophilus SUCPM#14 (biosurfactant-producing strains) in carbonated reservoirs

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-53

  Sarafzadeh, Pegah ^a   Niazi, Ali ^a   Oboodi, Vahid ^a   Ravanbakhsh, Moosa ^a   Hezave, Ali Zeinolabedini ^b   Ayatollahi, S Shahab ^a,c   Raeissi, Sona ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacillus stearothermophilus SUCPM 14; Biosurfactant; Core flooding; Enterobacter cloacae; IFT reduction; MEOR; Operational time

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BIO SURFACTANT; CORE FLOODING; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; MEOR; OPERATIONAL TIME;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; EFFICIENCY; FLOODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TERTIARY RECOVERY; WATER INJECTION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROORGANISM; SURFACTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84893815329     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2013.11.029     Document Type: Article

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