a bacterial strain (designated as alcaligenes sp. ms-103) isolated from oil sample of the aghajari oilfield in the south of iran, was able to produce an effective extracellular lipopolysaccharide biosurfactant (1.2±0.05 g/l) on molasses as a sole carbon source. the highest surface tension reduction to level 20 mn/m was achieved by biosurfactant produced by cells grown on molasses under optimum ...

in this research the experimental and theoretical studies on different enhanced oil recovery (eor) techniques, i.e. water flooding (wf), gas injection (gi) and water alternating gas process (wag) were performed on specimens taken from an iranian carbonate offshore reservoir at the reservoir condition. the experimental results for each specified techniques were compared with the corresponding re...

Biosurfactant production using Candida bombicola ATCC 22214, its characterization and potential applications in enhancing oil recovery were studied at laboratory scale. The seed media and the production media were standardized for optimal growth and biosurfactant production. The production media were tested with different carbon sources: glucose (2%w/v) and corn oil (10%v/v) added separately or...

Ciênc. Tecnol. Aliment., Campinas, 21(1): 10-13, jan.-abr. 2001 1 Recebido para publicação em 11/09/98. Aceito para publicação em 30/06/00. 2 Jahan Vegetable Oil Co., Research Department. 16 Daman Afshar st., wali-Assr Ave., Above wanak sq. Tehran 19697, Iran. SUMMARY Spent nickel catalyst (SNC) has the potential of insulting the quality of the environment in a number of ways. Its disposal has ...

Understanding mechanisms of oil mobilization of tight matrix during CO2 injection is crucial for CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and sequestration engineering design. In this study exposure behavior between CO2 and tight rock of the Ordos Basin has been studied experimentally by using nuclear magnetic resonance transverse relaxation time (NMR T2) spectrum and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) un...

block heights and capillary continuity between matrix blocks play paramount role in the sensitivity analysis and therefore the history matching of cumulative oil production and production rate of carbonated fractured reservoirs. in this study, the influence of these parameters upon cumulative production and recovery factor of an iranian fractured reservoir were studied by the usage of a simulat...