Conversion of petroleum to methane by the indigenous methanogenic consortia for oil recovery in heavy oil reservoir

[Display omitted] •Heavy oil was degraded by the enriched methanogenic consortia.•Methane production during the biodegradation of heavy oil.•Viscosity of the degraded heavy oil was reduced with the dissolution of methane.•In-situ bioconversion of heavy oil to methane has great potential on EOR. Micr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied energy 2016-06, Vol.171, p.646-655
Hauptverfasser:	Xia, Wenjie, Shen, Weijun, Yu, Li, Zheng, Chenggang, Yu, Weichu, Tang, Yongchun
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biodegradation Consortia Degradation Enhanced oil recovery Enrichment Firmicutes Heavy oil Methane Methanogenics Methanosarcinales Microorganisms Oil recovery Proteobacteria Reservoirs Viscosity
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