Microbial Improved Oil Recovery
| Microbes are able to mobilize residual oil from oil reservoirs when stimulated. This oil recovery effect has been claimed as a process based on core floods and field tests.
Typically these studies report of microbial mobilization of the residual oil (0 to 20%), but generally without any results explaining the mechanisms behind the MIOR process.
Our project addresses this problem by focusing on the mechanisms (table 1) and the microbes involved. |
| Results from simple experimental model setups support mathematical models that are necessary for the evaluation and control of the process if used in real off shore operations. Read more |
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