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Microbial enhanced oil recovery

Book ·
OSTI ID:5668418
Contents include: Physical simulation of microbiologically enhanced oil recovery; The effect of microorganisms on the permeability and porosity of petroleum reservoir rock; Biosurfactants in bitumen separation from tar sands; Production and chemical characterization of surfactants from Rhodoccoccus erythropolis and Pseudomonas sp. MUB grown on hydrocarbons; Some characteristics of the bacterial inoculum used for oil release from reservoirs; Microbial desulfurization and denitrogenation of hydrocarbons; Behavior of a microbial polysaccharide (emulsan) at oil-water interfaces; Bacterial adherence to hydrocarbons.
OSTI ID:
5668418
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English