Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery

1. Introduction (E.C. Donaldson et al.). The need for microbial enhanced oil recovery. Synopsis of the book. Technical constraints of enhanced oil recovery. Microbiological enhanced oil processes. 2. The Subsurface Environment (E.C. Donaldson et al.). Introduction. Subsurface brines. Subsurface temperatures and pressures. Petroleum. Waterflooding. Reservoir rocks. 3. The Potential for In-situ Microbial Applications (G.E. Jenneman). Introduction. Historical review. Field tests. Reservoir limitations. Microbial enhanced oil recovery application. Conclusions. 4. Geobiology and Microbiologically Enhanced Oil Recovery (B. Bubela). Introduction. Geobiology. In-situ microbial enhanced recovery. Microbiology of reservoirs. Biodegradation of oil. Effect of microbiological activity on oil reservoirs. Physicochemical aspects of microbial ecology as related to microbial enhanced oil recovery. Conclusions. 5. Oil Recovery by Bacterial and Polymer Solutions in the Hele-Shaw Model (J.E. Zajic et al.). Introduction. Materials used. Apparatus. Experimental procedure. Conclusions. 6. Oil Displacement by Anaerobic and Facultatively Anaerobic Bacteria (E.A. Grula et al.). Introduction. Oilfield applicatons of microbes. Summary. 7. Microbial Plugging in Enhanced Oil Recovery (T.R. Jack et al.). Introduction. Bacteria in waterflooding injection waters. Previous studies of bacterial plugging. Mechanisms of microbial plugging in the field. Demonstrations of mechanisms of microbial plugging. Implications. 8. Bacterial Migration Through Nutrient-enriched Sandpack Columns for In-situ Recovery of Oil (L.K. Jang et al.). Introduction. Materials and methods. Experimental results. Discussion. 9. Oil Displacement in the Hele-Shaw Model Using Microbes and Synthetic Surfactants (J.E. Zajic et al.). Introduction. Materials used in the experiments. Apparatus. Experimental procedure. Effect of pluronic surfactant solutions. Oil displacement with polymer-surfactant solutions. Effect of bacterial cultures. Correlation groups. Conclusions. 10. Biodegradation of Chemicals Used in Enhanced Oil Recovery (M.M. Grula et al.). Introduction. Fundamentals of biodegradation and biodegradability. Factors affecting biodegradation and rates of degradation. Biodegradability of chemicals used in enhanced oil recovery. 11. Potential Health Hazard of Bacteria to be Used in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (E.A. Grula et al.). Introduction. Health hazard. References Index. Subject Index.