[HTML][HTML] Oil reservoirs, an exceptional habitat for microorganisms

M Pannekens, L Kroll, H Müller, FT Mbow… - New …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microorganisms are present in oil reservoirs around the world where they degrade oil and
lead to changes in oil quality. Unfortunately, our knowledge about processes in deep oil …

Biological souring and mitigation in oil reservoirs

LM Gieg, TR Jack, JM Foght - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2011 - Springer
Souring in oilfield systems is most commonly due to the action of sulfate-reducing
prokaryotes, a diverse group of anaerobic microorganisms that respire sulfate and produce …

[HTML][HTML] Underground gas storage as a promising natural methane bioreactor and reservoir?

A Molíková, M Vítězová, T Vítěz, I Buriánková… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Employing deep reservoirs as UGS (underground gas storage) has a long history across
continents. In 2018, 689 underground gas reservoirs with a total volume of 417 bcm were in …

Biogeochemistry of microbial coal-bed methane

D Strąpoć, M Mastalerz, K Dawson… - Annual Review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Microbial methane accumulations have been discovered in multiple coal-bearing basins
over the past two decades. Such discoveries were originally based on unique biogenic …

Syntrophic biodegradation of hydrocarbon contaminants

LM Gieg, SJ Fowler, C Berdugo-Clavijo - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Syntrophic processes are required for hydrocarbon mineralization to CH
4.•Syntrophic hydrocarbon metabolism can occur in the presence of electron acceptors.•SIP …

Metagenomic insights into the mechanisms for biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the oil supply chain

KJ Hidalgo, IN Sierra-Garcia, BM Dellagnezze… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Petroleum is a very complex and diverse organic mixture. Its composition depends on
reservoir location and in situ conditions and changes once crude oil is spilled into the …

Succession in the petroleum reservoir microbiome through an oil field production lifecycle

A Vigneron, EB Alsop, BP Lomans… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Subsurface petroleum reservoirs are an important component of the deep biosphere where
indigenous microorganisms live under extreme conditions and in isolation from the Earth's …

Rethinking biological activation of methane and conversion to liquid fuels

CA Haynes, R Gonzalez - Nature chemical biology, 2014 - nature.com
If methane, the main component of natural gas, can be efficiently converted to liquid fuels,
world reserves of methane could satisfy the demand for transportation fuels in addition to …

The quantitative significance of Syntrophaceae and syntrophic partnerships in methanogenic degradation of crude oil alkanes

ND Gray, A Sherry, RJ Grant, AK Rowan… - Environmental …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Libraries of 16S rRNA genes cloned from methanogenic oil degrading microcosms
amended with North Sea crude oil and inoculated with estuarine sediment indicated that …

Microbial communities involved in anaerobic degradation of alkanes

SM Mbadinga, LY Wang, L Zhou, JF Liu, JD Gu… - International …, 2011 - Elsevier
Saturated hydrocarbons are quantitatively the most abundant fraction among all petroleum
hydrocarbons. Significant advances have been made in the understanding of the anaerobic …