1st Edition

Petroleum Microbiology The Role of Microorganisms in the Transition to Net Zero Energy

256 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

256 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

In the oil and gas industry, technologies have been developed to address microbial-related issues such as oil field souring, microbiologically influenced corrosion, biofouling, and targeted measures for risk assessment and mitigation. Microorganisms have also benefited the oil sector through microbial-enhanced oil recovery and bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated environments. However, during... Read more

Section 1- Introduction

Chapter 1. Petroleum microbiology’s metamorphosis: expert insights on the energy transition
Biwen Annie An Stepec, Ken Wunch, Torben Lund Skovhus, Julia R. de Rezende, Markus Pichler, Susmitha Purnima Kotu, Sarah Gasda, & Nicole Dopffel

Section 2- Microbial Ecology of Energy Systems

Chapter 2. Impact of Microbial Biofilms on Subsurface Energy Systems: From Oil and Gas to Renewable Energy
Na Liu, Nicole Dopffel, & Biwen Annie An Stepec

Chapter 3. Microbial Control and Sustainability: Can Managing Microorganisms Improve the Environmental Footprint of Oil and Gas Operations?
Renato M. De Paula, Charles D. Armstrong, & Carla N. Thomas

Section 3- Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) and Souring

Chapter 4. Effects of High Salinity PWRI Practice on Sulfidogenesis and Microbially-Influenced Corrosion
Mohammed Sindi, Xiangyang Zhu, Beate Christgen, Angela Sherry, Neil Gray, & Ian Head

Chapter 5. Metagenomic and Metabolomic Analysis of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Carbon Steel in Produced Water
Susmitha Purnima Kotu, Fang Yang, Cory Klemashevich, M. Sam Mannan & Arul Jayaraman

Section 4 - Subsurface Reservoir Microbiome and Hydrocarbon Degradation

Chapter 6. The Ecological Interactions of Microbial Co-occurrence in Oil Degradation: The Intra- and Interspecies Relationships in Hydrocarbon Metabolism
Luciano Procópio

Section 5 - Microbial Based Emerging Technologies in Energy Systems

Chapter 7. Improved MIC Management Using Multiple Lines of Evidence Drives Movement toward Sustainability: A Case Study in Heavy Oil Production
Susmitha Purnima Kotu, Richard B. Eckert, Clara Di Iorio, & Mary Eid

Chapter 8. Halophyte-based Biocides for Mitigation of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) in Industrial Water Systems
Jakob Lykke Stein, Tanmay Chaturvedi, Torben L. Skovhus, & Mette H. Thomsen

Chapter 9. Response of a Model Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Community to Biocide Challenge
Damon Brown & Raymond J. Turner

Section 6 - Future Perspectives on Microorganisms in the Energy Transition

Chapter 10. Future Perspectives: Where Do We Go from Here?
Andrea Koerdt, Jerzy Samojluk, & Biwen Annie An Stepec

Biography

Biwen Annie An Stepec (formerly An), PhD, holds the position of Senior Researcher at Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE) in Bergen, Norway.

Ken Wunch, PhD, holds the position of Energy Technology Fellow at Lanxess in Houston responsible for business development, technology transfer, and shaping the innovation pipeline and strategy for global oil and gas applications.

Torben Lund Skovhus, PhD, is Docent and Project Manager at VIA University College in the Research Centre for Built Environment, Climate, Water Technology and Digitalisation.