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Microbial Plugging

Microbial Plugging is a biological recovery mechanism in enhanced oil recovery processes wherein selectively stimulated indigenous microorganisms produce biomass and extracellular polymeric substances that selectively occlude high-permeability zones in the reservoir, thereby improving sweep efficiency by redirecting water flow to unswept oil-rich regions.

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Variants

Microbial Profile Modification

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Publications

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Bacteriogenic Mineral Plugging

F. G. Ferris, L.G. Stehmeier, Apostolos Kantzas et al. · Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology · 1996 · 205 citations

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Microbially mediated plugging of porous media and the impact of differing injection strategies

Dominique J. Tobler, Erica MacLachlan, Vernon R. Phoenix · Ecological Engineering · 2012 · 149 citations

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Biomass plug development and propagation in porous media

Terri L. Stewart, H. Scott Fogler · Biotechnology and Bioengineering · 2000 · 130 citations · Full text

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A Novel Method of Sand Consolidation Through Bacteriogenic Mineral Plugging

Apostolos Kantzas, L.G. Stehmeier, D.F. Marentette et al. · Annual Technical Meeting · 1992 · 96 citations

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Microbial selective plugging and enhanced oil recovery

R. A. Raiders, Roy M. Knapp, Michael J. McInerney · Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology · 1989 · 93 citations · Full text

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Authors

171

  1. FG
    F. G. Ferris

    University of Toronto, Canada

    4 publications · 427 citations

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  2. GE
    G. E. Jenneman

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    4 publications · 136 citations

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  3. FC
    F. Cusack

    University of Calgary, Canada

    4 publications · 122 citations

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  4. KN
    Keiji Nagase

    Tohoku University, Japan

    3 publications · 45 citations

    3

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  5. JW
    J. W. Costerton

    University of Calgary, Canada

    3 publications · 63 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. KRI

    Kyoto, Japan

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    55 citations

  2. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    366 citations

  3. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    4 h-index

    17 publications

    787 citations

  4. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    101 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    365 citations

  6. China National Petroleum Corporation (China)

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    127 citations

  7. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    Rapid City, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    122 citations

  8. Chevron (Netherlands)

    Rotterdam, Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    111 citations

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Venues

  1. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

    Conference · 5 publications · 131 citations

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  2. Geomicrobiology Journal

    4 publications · 121 citations

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  3. Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

    Conference · 3 publications · 50 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

    JCPT · 3 publications · 289 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. SPE Asia Pacific Improved Oil Recovery Conference

    Conference · 1 publications · 13 citations

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