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US08631865B2 Biotechnological process for hydrocarbon recovery in low permeability porous media
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低渗透多孔介质中碳氢化合物回收的生物技术过程
- Patent Title: Biotechnological process for hydrocarbon recovery in low permeability porous media
- Patent Title (中): 低渗透多孔介质中碳氢化合物回收的生物技术过程
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Application No.: US12973258Application Date: 2010-12-20
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Publication No.: US08631865B2Publication Date: 2014-01-21
- Inventor: Patricia Olguín Lora , Gladys Teresa Castorena Cortés , Teresa Guadalupe Roldán Carrillo , Norma Icoquih Zapata Peñasco
- Applicant: Patricia Olguín Lora , Gladys Teresa Castorena Cortés , Teresa Guadalupe Roldán Carrillo , Norma Icoquih Zapata Peñasco
- Applicant Address: MX Mexico City
- Assignee: Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo
- Current Assignee: Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo
- Current Assignee Address: MX Mexico City
- Agency: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.
- Priority: MXMX/a/2009/014146 20091221
- Main IPC: C09K8/582
- IPC: C09K8/582 ; E21B43/16 ; C12R1/00

Abstract:
A biotechnological process for enhancing oil recovery of 14 to 25° API oil contained in carbonate or sandstone rock systems with low permeability utilizes indigenous extremophile microorganisms (first culture) from the oil well, a second culture containing selected microorganisms and its metabolites (gases, acids, solvents and surfactants), to improve oil mobility. Under anaerobic conditions, such microorganisms are able to grow in temperatures from 60 to 95° C., at pressures from 7 to 154.6 kg/cm2 and NaCl content from 5,000 to 45,000 ppm. Injection of indigenous microorganisms and a second culture for metabolites production into the well improves oil recovery after closing the system for periods from 5 to 10 days. The biotechnical process includes biostimulation (indigenous microorganisms) and bioaugmetation (second culture) to increase oil recovery.
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- US20110146973A1 Biotechnological process for hydrocarbon recovery in low permeability porous media Public/Granted day:2011-06-23
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