System and method for preparing near-surface heavy oil for extraction using microbial degradation
Abstract
A system and method for enhancing the recovery of heavy oil in an oil extraction environment by feeding nutrients to a preferred microbial species (bacteria and/or fungi). A method is described that includes the steps of: sampling and identifying microbial species that reside in the oil extraction environment; collecting fluid property data from the oil extraction environment; collecting nutrient data from the oil extraction environment; identifying a preferred microbial species from the oil extraction environment that can transform the heavy oil into a lighter oil; identifying a nutrient from the oil extraction environment that promotes a proliferation of the preferred microbial species; and introducing the nutrient into the oil extraction environment.
- Inventors:
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- Highland Village, TX
- Southlake, TX
- Golden, CO
- West Richland, WA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1016803
- Patent Number(s):
- 7922893
- Application Number:
- US Patent Application 11/350,206
- Assignee:
- International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21B - EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
G - PHYSICS G16 - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS G16B - BIOINFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GENETIC OR PROTEIN-RELATED DATA PROCESSING IN COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RLO1830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
Citation Formats
Busche, Frederick D, Rollins, John B, Noyes, Harold J, and Bush, James G. System and method for preparing near-surface heavy oil for extraction using microbial degradation. United States: N. p., 2011.
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Busche, Frederick D, Rollins, John B, Noyes, Harold J, & Bush, James G. System and method for preparing near-surface heavy oil for extraction using microbial degradation. United States.
Busche, Frederick D, Rollins, John B, Noyes, Harold J, and Bush, James G. Tue .
"System and method for preparing near-surface heavy oil for extraction using microbial degradation". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1016803.
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abstractNote = {A system and method for enhancing the recovery of heavy oil in an oil extraction environment by feeding nutrients to a preferred microbial species (bacteria and/or fungi). A method is described that includes the steps of: sampling and identifying microbial species that reside in the oil extraction environment; collecting fluid property data from the oil extraction environment; collecting nutrient data from the oil extraction environment; identifying a preferred microbial species from the oil extraction environment that can transform the heavy oil into a lighter oil; identifying a nutrient from the oil extraction environment that promotes a proliferation of the preferred microbial species; and introducing the nutrient into the oil extraction environment.},
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