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Feeding bacteria inhabiting oil reservoirs may enhance oil production

Par Conseil national de recherches du Canada

Lienhttps://atlasofscience.org/feeding-bacteria-inhabiting-oil-reservoirs-may-enhance-oil-production/
AuteurRechercher : 1; Rechercher : 1
Affiliation
  1. Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Développement des cultures et des ressources aquatiques
FormatTexte, Article
Résumé
Bacteria live in oil reservoirs and eat the oil. Some of them are known to produce surface active molecules (biosurfactants), which act as detergents. Biosurfactants may help produce more oil through breaking globs of oil trapped in rock pores into small droplets, which can be driven out of an oil reservoir with either water flood or gas flood. Not all microbes that live in a reservoir can produce biosurfactants, and the challenge is to find those that can produce them and to stimulate their growth. We analyzed DNA extracted from oil field samples provided by our industrial partner and found that some DNA sequences belonged to Pseudomonas and Bacillus species, which were previously shown to produce biosurfactants.
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Maison d’éditionAtlas of Science
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  • [Atlas of Science: an other view on science].
Langueanglais
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Numéro du CNRCNRC-ACRD-56348
Numéro NPARC23001952
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Identificateur de l’enregistrementd8c4b55d-10c0-4a14-829e-2f4896847148
Enregistrement créé2017-06-27
Enregistrement modifié2020-03-16
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