scholarly journals Geomicrobiology

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Lewis R Brown
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Microbiological Techniques ◽  
Major Energy Source ◽  
Oil Deposits ◽  
Increasing Demand

The ever increasing demand for oil, coupled with the reduction in reserves, is increasing emphasis on finding new oil deposits and recovering more oil from known reserves since half to two thirds of all of the oil discovered to date is still in the ground and not recoverable by present technology. There are, however, microbiological techniques that could be of value in extending the time before alternatives to oil as the major energy source are required. Two will be discussed here ? geomicrobiological prospecting and microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR).

scholarly journals Exploiting Microbes in the Petroleum Field: Analyzing the Credibility of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4684
Author(s):  
Marzuqa Quraishi ◽  
Shashi Kant Bhatia ◽  
Soumya Pandit ◽  
Piyush Kumar Gupta ◽  
Vivek Rangarajan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
Metabolic Products ◽  
Tertiary Oil Recovery ◽  
Major Energy Source ◽  
Microbial System

Crude oil is a major energy source that is exploited globally to achieve economic growth. To meet the growing demands for oil, in an environment of stringent environmental regulations and economic and technical pressure, industries have been required to develop novel oil salvaging techniques. The remaining ~70% of the world’s conventional oil (one-third of the available total petroleum) is trapped in depleted and marginal reservoirs, and could thus be potentially recovered and used. The only means of extracting this oil is via microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR). This tertiary oil recovery method employs indigenous microorganisms and their metabolic products to enhance oil mobilization. Although a significant amount of research has been undertaken on MEOR, the absence of convincing evidence has contributed to the petroleum industry’s low interest, as evidenced by the issuance of 400+ patents on MEOR that have not been accepted by this sector. The majority of the world’s MEOR field trials are briefly described in this review. However, the presented research fails to provide valid verification that the microbial system has the potential to address the identified constraints. Rather than promising certainty, MEOR will persist as an unverified concept unless further research and investigations are carried out.

A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY IN POROUS MEDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-272
Author(s):  
Jianlong Xiu ◽  
Tianyuan Wang ◽  
Ying Guo ◽  
Qingfeng Cui ◽  
Lixin Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery

Application of Biosurfactants for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Jéssica Correia ◽  
Lígia R. Rodrigues ◽  
José A. Teixeira ◽  
Eduardo J. Gudiña
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
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