Instigation of indigenous thermophilic bacterial consortia for enhanced oil recovery from high temperature oil reservoirs.

The purpose of the study involves the development of an anaerobic, thermophilic microbial consortium TERIK from the high temperature reservoir of Gujarat for enhance oil recovery. To isolate indigenous microbial consortia, anaerobic baltch media were prepared and inoculated with the formation water;...

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Main Authors: Neha Sharma, Meeta Lavania, Vipin Kukreti, Banwari Lal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229889