The utilization of the microflora indigenous to and present in oil-bearing formations to selectively plug the more porous zones thereby increasing oil recovery during waterflooding, Class 1.
The objectives of this project were (1) to demonstrate the in situ microbial population in a fluvial dominated deltaic reservoir could be induced to proliferate to such an extent that they will selectively restrict flow in the more porous zones in the reservoir thereby forcing injection water to flo...
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United States. Office of Fossil Energy United States. National Petroleum Technology Office United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information |
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Language: | English |
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Tulsa, Okla. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. National Petroleum Technology Office ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
2000.
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Physical Description: | 95 pages. |
Format: | Electronic eBook |