Abstract
In the early 1980s, while the authors of the original paper were reassessing some old grayel-pack sands from a well, some sludge was noticed in the samples. The sludge had plugged formation and the gravel-pack pores. The permeability was so low that the owner of the oil property considered abandoning the well and consequently stopped all workover measures, concluding that there was no more oil left in the reservoir. The scenario suggested the existence of bacteria in the oil. In the current study, a novel, sensitive technique for bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprinting is implemented.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 76-81 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 1 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Fuel Technology
- Industrial relations
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Strategy and Management