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Estimation of the Potential of an Oil-Viscosity-Reducing Bacteria, Petrotoga sp., Isolated from an Oilfield for MEOR
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, IPTC 2009: International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dec 2009, cp-151-00268
Abstract
One thermophilic anaerobic oil-degrading bacterium was successfully isolated from reservoir brine of Yabase oilfield,<br>INPEX Corp., Akita, Japan. The potential of the isolated bacterium as a candidate for Microbial EOR (MEOR) was estimated<br>in this study.