Effects of selected thermophilic microorganisms on crude oils at elevated temperatures and pressures

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6672267· OSTI ID:6672267

Premuzic, E T; Lin, M S

The objective of this program is to determine the chemical and physical effects of thermophilic and thermoadapted organisms on crude oils and cores at elevated temperatures and pressures. Ultimately a data base will be generated which will be used in technical and economic feasibility studies leading to field applications. Progress reports are presented for the following tasks: duration of biotreatment and media effects where comparative studies of microbial effects on different types of heavy oils are discussed; construction of core-flooding systems; and microscopic comparison of reaction mixtures.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6672267
• Report Number(s): BNL-48381; ON: DE93009026
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
BIODEGRADATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COLLOIDS
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRILL CORES
EMULSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
INFORMATION
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MICROBIAL EOR
MICROORGANISMS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL WELLS
PETROLEUM
PROGRESS REPORT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTROSCOPY
THERMOPHILIC CONDITIONS
VISCOSITY
WELLS