Analysis of methane production by microorganisms indigenous to a depleted oil reservoir for application in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery.

J Biosci Bioeng

Engineering for Sustainable Carbon Cycle (INPEX Corporation) Social Cooperation Program, Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Eng. Bldg. No. 4, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.

Published: January 2012

We examined methane production by microorganisms collected from a depleted oilfield. Our results indicated that microorganisms indigenous to the petroleum reservoir could effectively utilize yeast extract, suggesting that the indigenous microorganisms and proteinaceous nutrients could be recruitable for Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery.

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