Innovative MIOR Process Utilizing Indigenous Reservoir Constituents

Technical Report · Tue Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/807686· OSTI ID:807686

Hitzman, D O; Bailey, S A; Stepp, A K

This research program was directed at improving the knowledge of reservoir ecology and developing practical microbial solutions for improving oil production. The goal was to identify indigenous microbial populations which can produce beneficial metabolic products and develop a methodology to stimulate those select microbes with inorganic nutrient amendments to increase oil recovery. This microbial technology has the capability of producing multiple oil releasing agents. The potential of the system will be illustrated and demonstrated by the example of biopolymer production on oil recovery.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Tulsa, OK (United States). National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC26-99BC15214
• OSTI ID: 807686
• Report Number(s): DOE/BC/15214-1; TRN: US200305%%975
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 11 Feb 2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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