Petroleum microbiology
Title:
Petroleum microbiology
Author:
Ollivier, Bernard, 1957-
ISBN:
9781555817589
9781613442593
9781555813277
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 365 pages) : color illustrations.
Contents:
Oil reservoirs and oil production / Marie Planckaert -- Indigenous microbial communities in oil fields / Michel Magot -- Sulfate-reducing bacteria and archaea / Nils-Kare Birkeland -- Hyperthermophilic and methanogenic archaea in oil fields / Christian Jeanthon [and others] -- The fermentative, iron-reducing, and nitrate-reducing microorganisms / Bernard Ollivier, Jean-Luc Cayol -- Biodegradation of petroleum in subsurface geological reservoirs / Haiping Huang, Steve Larter -- Reservoir souring: mechanisms and prevention / Ian Vance, David R. Thrasher -- Microbial corrosion in the oil industry: a corrosionist's view / Jean-Louis Crolet -- Biofouling in the oil industry / Peter F. Sanders, Paul J. Sturman -- Microbial control of hydrogen sulfide production in oil reservoirs / Egil Sunde, Terje Torsvik -- Microbially enhanced oil recovery: past, present, and future / Michael J. McInerney, David P. Nagle, Roy M. Knapp -- Biotechnological upgrading of petroleum / John J. Kilbane II -- Diversity, function, and biocatalytic applications of alkane oxygenases / Jan B. Van Beilen, Bernard Witholt -- Biodegradation of hydrocarbons under anoxic conditions / Ralf Rabus -- Biodegradation of fuel ethers / Francoise Fayolle, Frederic Monot -- The microbiology of marine oil spill bioremediation / Roger C. Prince -- Metabolic indicators of anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation in petroleum-laden environments / Lisa M. Gieg, Joseph M. Suflita.
Abstract:
Annotation Petroleum Microbiology is a stateoftheart presentation of the specific microbes that inhabit oil reservoirs, with an emphasis on the ecological significance of anaerobic microorganisms. An intriguing introduction to extremophilic microbes, the book considers the various beneficial and detrimental effects of bacteria and archaea indigenous to the oil field environment. Presenting fundamental and applied biological approaches, the book serves as an invaluable reference source for petroleum engineers, remediation professionals, and field researchers.First providing basic, updated material on the microbial ecology of oil fields, Petroleum Microbiology explores the impacts of microbial activities on the composition of crude oil and on petroleum production, as well as examining bacterial mechanisms involved in the biodegradation of hydrocarbons. The editors provide a compilation of relevant information and coverage of recent developments, incorporating chapters on fermentative, ironreducing, and nitratereducing microorganisms; biodegradation of petroleum in subsurface geological reservoirs; microbial enhancement of oil recovery; petroleum upgrade through the use of biotechnology; and the microbiology of marine oil spill bioremediation.
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Electronic Access:
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