Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) is a type of enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
technology, generally employed as a tertiary stage where oil recovery using primary and …

Abstract Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR) techniques include alkaline, surfactant,
and polymer flooding, as well as their binary and ternary combination such as alkali …

The present study describes the production of biosurfactant from isolate B. licheniformis Ali5.
Seven different, previously-reported minimal media were screened for biosurfactant …

With the exploitation of light oil approaching saturation, the exploitation of heavy oil is of
particular importance. Thermal recovery technology is typically used in heavy oil recovery …

Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) is a kind of enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
development, often used as a tertiary stage where oil recovery is no longer possible utilizing …

The inadequacy of worldwide fossil fuel resources, combined with increasing energy
demands, encourages global attention to either using alternative energy resources or …

The dynamic adsorption of the anionic biosurfactant, surfactin, at the air–water interface has
been investigated in this work and compared to those of two synthetic surfactants: the …

Surfactant flooding process is one of the chemical methods widely used for enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) from petroleum reservoirs that utilizes chemically synthesized surfatants …

Crude oil is still a major energy source, and it will continue to play a major role for several
years to come. However, the industry is facing the challenge to cope the ever increasing …

Research on the influence of biosurfactants on the efficiency of in situ bioremediation of
contaminated soil is continuously growing. Despite the constant progress in understanding …