 of reservoirs.
Areas of MEOR research that merit more investigation are listed here.
1. D.G. Cooper and J.E. Zajic, Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 26, 229-253 (1980).
2. D.G. Cooper, Biosurfactants and Enhanced Oil Recovery, Proc. Int. Conf. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Afton, OK, May 16-21, 1982, DOE Conf-8505140, pp. 112-114.
3. D.G. Cooper, J.E. Zajic, D.F. Gerson, and K.I. Manninen, J. Ferment. Technol. 58, 83-86 (1980).
4. G.E. Jenneman, J.M. McInerney, R.M. Knapp, J.B. Clark, J.M. Feero, D.E. Revus, and D.E. Menzie, Devel. Ind. Microbiol., 24, 485-492 (1983).
5. R.R. Harvey, Oil Recovery in Water Flooding Using Surfactants, U.S. Patent 3,326,286, June 20, 1967.
6. D.O. Hitzman, Hydrocarbon Recovery from a Subterranean Formation Employing an Aqueous Medium Driving Fluid Having Increasing Viscosity, U.S. Patent 3,650,326, Mar. 21, 1972.
7. E.H. Wagner and C.A. Stratton, Oil Recovery Employing Viscosifiers Produced by the Action of Anionic Surfactants on Bacterial Cultures, U.S. Patent 3,598,181, Aug. 10, 1971.
8. Enhanced Recovery Week: Jan. 9, 1984, p. 2.
9. L. Hussain, A.N. Hall, and T.K. Walker, J. Appl. Bacteriol. 23, 1-6 (1960).
10. G.P. Lindblom, D.G. Ortloff, and J.T. Patton, Displacement of Oil from Partially Depleted Reservoirs, U.S. Patent 3,305,016, Feb. 21, 1967.
11. E.I. Sandvik and J.M. Maerken, in P.A. Sandford and A. Laskin, Eds., Extracellular Microbial Polysaccharides, ACS Symposium Series 45, American Chemical Society, Washington, 1976, pp. 242-264.
12. T.R. Jack and B.G. Thompson, in J.E. Zajic, D.G. Cooper, T.R. Jack, and N. Kosaric, Eds., Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, PennWell Publishing Company, Tulsa, OK, 1983, pp 14-25.
13. N. Basta, High Technol. 4, No. 2, 66-70 (1984).
14. N.E. Rogers, in L. Whistler, Ed., Industrial Gums, Academic Press, NY, 1973, pp. 499-511.
15. E.A. Grula, H.H. Russell, D.Bryant, M. Kanaga, and M. Hart, Isolation and Screening of Clostridia for Possible Use in Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery, Proc. Int. Conf. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Afton, OK, May 16-21, 1982, DOE Conf-8205140, pp. 43-47.
16. C.E. Zobell, Bacteriological Process for Treatment of Fluid-Bearing Earth Formations, U.S. Patent 2,413,278, Dec. 24, 1946.
17. D.M. Updegraff and G.B. Wren, Appl. Microbiol. 2, 309-322 (1954).
18. C.E. Zobell, Recovery of Hydrocarbons, U.S. Patent 2,641,566, June 9, 1953.
19. D.O. Hitzman, Microbiological Secondary Recovery of Oil, U.S. Patent 3,032,472, May 1, 1962.
20. Enhanced Recovery Week: Aug. 13, 1984, p. 4.
21. R.M. Knapp, M.J. McInerney, D.E. Menzie, and G.E. Jenneman, The Use of Microorganisms in Enhanced Oil Recovery, First Annual Report to the DOE, Sept. 1983, DOE/BC/10300-34.
22. T.R. Jack, B.G. Thompson, and E. DiBlasio, The Potential for Use of Microbes in the Production of Heavy Oil, Proc. Int. Conf. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Afton, OK, May 16-21, 1982, DOE Conf-8205140, pp. 88-93.
23. H.F. Yarbrough and V.F. Coty, Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery from the Upper Cretaceous Nacatoch Formation, Union County, AK, Proc. Int. Conf. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Afton, OK, May 16-21, 1982, DOE Conf-8205140, pp. 149-153.
24. D.C. Bond, Bacteriological Method of Oil Recovery, U.S. Patent 2,975,835, Mar. 21, 1961.
25. A.C. Johnson, Microbial Oil Release Technique for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Conf. on Microbiological Processes Useful in Enhanced Oil Recovery, San Diego, CA, Aug. 29-Sept. 21, 1979, DOE Conf-79087, pp. 30-34.
26. D.O. Hitzman, Petroleum Microbiology and the History of Its Role in Enhanced Oil Recovery, Proc. Int. Conf. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Afton, OK, May 16-21, 1982, DOE Conf-8205140, pp. 162-218.
27. R. Rountree, Western Oil Reporter, 41, 41 (Feb. 1984).
28. J.E. Zajic, Proc. 1st Int. MEOR Workshop, Apr. 1-3, 1986, U.S. Department of Energy Report No. DOE/BC/10852-1, pp. 241-246.
29. Anon., Oil & Gas J., 85, No. 4, 30 (Jan. 26, 1987).
30. R.S. Bryant and J. Douglas, Evaluation of Microbial Systems in Porous Media for Enhanced Oil Recovery, paper SPE 16284 at the 1987 SPE Int. Symp. on Oilfield Chemistry, San Antonio, Feb. 4-6.
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