Use of microorganisms in enhanced oil recovery. Second annual report, October 1, 1982-December 31, 1984

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6368650

Knapp, R; McInerney, M; Menzie, D; Civan, F; Jenneman, G

The specific objectives of this research have been to: (1) determine the depth of microbial plugging and its control by altering the injection of nutrients; (2) determine the effect of microbial plugging on the pore throat-size distribution; (3) determine if substantial permeability reductions are obtained in the presence of an oleic phase and to quantitate oil recoveries; (4) develop a one-dimensional mathematical model of the microbial plugging process; (5) determine the kinetics of microbial growth in sandstone and how permeability affects this rate; (6) isolate and characterize bacteria that produce biopolymers anaerobically in the presence of salt and at elevated temperatures; and (7) study the anaerobic production of a biosurfactant by Bacillus licheniformis strain JF-2. The six sections in this report have been processed separately for inclusion in the Energy Data Base.

• Research Organization: Oklahoma Univ., Norman (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AS19-80BC10300
• OSTI ID: 6368650
• Report Number(s): DOE/BC/10300-43; ON: DE85000132
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ABSTRACTS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
BIOSYNTHESIS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
LEADING ABSTRACT
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MICROBIAL EOR
MICROORGANISMS
PERMEABILITY
PETROLEUM
PLUGGING
POLYMERS
RECOVERY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ROCKS
SANDSTONES
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SURFACTANTS
SYNTHESIS