Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery

Part I: Reservoir Production oil systems

Chapter 1: Physiochemical properties of reservoirs

Chapter 2: Interfacial properties of crude oils

Chapter 3: Oil production mechanisms

Chapter 4: Secondary oil recovery processes

Chapter 5: Tertiary oil recovery processes

 

Part I: In-situ MEOR

Chapter 1: Isolation and characterization of indigenous microbial community

Chapter 2: Screening of extremophiles

Chapter 3: Design of consortium to produce the desired metabolites

Chapter 4: Effect of reservoir environmental conditions and inherent microorganisms

Chapter 5: Recent case studies of In-situ MEOR  

 

Part II: Ex-situ MEOR

Chapter 1: Screening of microbes based on surface active properties

Chapter 2: Identification of various metabolites like gases, biopolymers and biosurfactants

Chapter 3: Optimization of culture conditions for the production of biosurfactants

Chapter 4: Suitability of the produced biosurfactants for EOR applications

Chapter 5: Application of biosurfactants for MEOR applications

Chapter 6: Recent case studies of Ex-situ MEOR  

 

Part III: Integration of Chemical and Microbial EOR

Chapter 1: Optimum formulation of slug using chemicals

Chapter 2: Interfacial properties of chemical surfactants and biosurfactants

Chapter 3: Core flooding studies using alkali-surfactant-polymer systems

Chapter 4: CO2 enhanced oil recovery

Chapter 5: Core flooding studies using biosurfactants systems

Chapter 6: Limitations and Future perspectives