Innovative MIOR Process Utilizing Indigenous Reservoir Constituents

Technical Report · Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/902628· OSTI ID:902628

Hitzman, D O; Stepp, A K; Dennis, D M; Graumann, L R

This research program is directed at improving the knowledge of reservoir ecology and developing practical microbial solutions for improving oil production. The goal is to identify indigenous microbial populations which can produce beneficial metabolic products and develop a methodology to stimulate those select microbes with nutrient amendments to increase oil recovery. This microbial technology has the capability of producing multiple oil-releasing agents. Experimental laboratory work is underway. Microbial cultures have been isolated from produced water samples. Comparative laboratory studies demonstrating in situ production of microbial products as oil recovery agents were conducted in sand packs with natural field waters with cultures and conditions representative of oil reservoirs. Field pilot studies are underway.

• Research Organization: Geo-Microbial Tech Inc
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC26-99BC15214
• OSTI ID: 902628
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
MICROBIAL EOR
MICROORGANISMS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
NUTRIENTS
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
FIELD TESTS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS