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Proceedings of the 1992 International Conference on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery 40a Asphaltenes and Asphalts, I... 

Microbial-enhanced oil recovery involves injection of carefully chosen microbes. Subsequent injection of a nutrient is sometimes employed to promote bacterial growth. Molasses is the nutrient of choice owing to its low (ca 100/t) cost. The main nutrient source for the microbes is often the cmde oil in the reservoir. A rapidly growing microbe population can reduce the permeabiHty of thief zones improving volumetric sweep efficiency. Microbes, particularly species of Clostridium and Bacillus, have also been used to produce surfactants, alcohols, solvents, and gases in situ (270). These chemicals improve waterflood oil displacement efficiency (see also Bioremediation (Supplement)). 

D. O. Hitzman, Microbial Enhancement of Oil Recover—Recent Mdvances Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1991, pp. 11—20. 

S. Bailey, R. Bryant, and T. Zhu. A microbial trigger for gelled polymers. In Proceerfingi Volume, pages 611-619.5th US DOE et al Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery Relat Biotechnol for Solving Environ Probl Int Conf (Dallas, TX, 9/11-9/14), 1995. 

S. S. Belyaev, I. A. Charakchian, and V. G. Kuznetsova. Strict anaerobic bacteria and their possible contribution to the enhancement of oil recovery. In E. C. Donaldson, editor. Microbial enhancement of oil recovery Recent advances Proceedings of the 1990 International Conference on Microbial Enhancement of Oil Recovery, volume 31 of Developments in Petroleum Science, pages 163-172. Elsevier Science Ltd, 1991. 

R. S. Bryant and T. E. Burchfield. Review of microbial technology for improving oil recovery. In Proceedings Volume. Nat Inst Petrol Energy Res Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery Short Course (Bartlesville, OK, 5/23), 1989. 

J. A. Cruze and D. O. Hitzman. Microbial field sampling techniques for MEOR (microbial enhanced oil recovery) processes. US DOE Fossil-energy RepNIPER-351 CONF-870858, September 1987. 

G. V. Chilingarian, and T. F. Yen, editors, Microbial enhanced oil recovery, volume 22 of Developments in petroleum science, pages 113-123. Elsevier Science Ltd, 1989. 

E. A. Grula, H. H. Russell, and M. M. Grula. Potential health hazard of bacteria to be used in microbial enhanced oil recovery. In E. C. Donaldson, G. V. Chilingarian, and T. F. Yen, editors. Microbial enhanced oil recovery, volume 22 of Developments in petroleum science, pages 209-213. Elsevier Science Ltd, 1989. 

I. Lazar. The microbiology of MEOR (microbial enhanced oil recovery) practical experience in Europe. In Proceedings Volume, volume 2, pages 329-338. Minerals, Metals Mater Soc et al BiohydrometTech-nol Int Symp (Jackson Hole, WY, 8/22-8/25), 1993. 

Y. Li, I. C. Y. Yang, K. I. Lee, and T. F. Yen. Subsurface application of Alcaligenes eutrophus for plugging of porous media. In E. T. Premuzic and A. Woodhead, editors. Microbial enhancement of oil recovery recent advances Proceedings of the 1992 International Conference on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, volume 39 of Developments in Petroleum Science, pages 65-77. Elsevier Science Ltd, 1993. 

D. Momeni, J. R. Chen, and T. F. Yen. MEOR (microbial enhanced oil recovery) studies in a radial flow system— the research outlook. US DOE Fossil Energy Rep NIPER-351CONF-870858, September 1988. 

E. Sunde, J. Beeder, R. K. Nilsen, and T. Torsvik. Aerobic microbial enhanced oil recovery for offshore use. In Proceedings Volume, volume 2, pages 497-502. 8th SPE/DOE Enhanced Oil Recovery Symp (Tulsa, OK, mi-AllA), 1992. 

A. Vadie. Microbial enhanced oil recovery. Internet page http //www. msstate.edu/dept/wrri/meor/ Accessed 2002. 

Finnerty, W. R. Shockley, K. Attaway, H., Microbial desulfurization and denitrogenation of hydrocarbons., in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Zajic, J.E., et al Editors. 1983, Penwell Tulsa, Okla. pp. 83-91. 

In Chapter 1, Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) was defined as the use of microbes in the oil wells, in situ to enhance production of oil and prolong their active life cycle. Most conventional oil recovery processes are able to retrieve only, approximately 50% of the oil at the well. Theoretically, microbes are supposed to act by either ... 

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J.S. D Arrigo, Glycoprotein surfactants stabilize long-lived gas microbubbles in the environment, in J.E. Zajic (Ed.), Microbial-Enhanced Oil Recovery, PennWell Press, Tulsa, 1983, pp. 124-140. 

Westlake, D.W.S. In Proc. 1982 Inti. Conf. on Microbial Enhancement of Oil Recovery. Donaldson E.C. Clark J.B. Eds. Bartlesville Energy Technology Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 1983, p 102-111... 

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