• Rajesh Kanna

Microbiology plays a vital role in Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR), where utilization of microbes is employed to produce various metabolites. Among produced metabolites, biosurfactant has potential to reduced interfacial tension, so that the trapped oil released which are held by high capillary force. Current work was mainly focused on MEOR ex-situ conditions by selective plugging and alteration of rock wettability. In general, biomass is a metabolite produced during fermentation which helps in oil recovery along with biosurfactant. Microbes and its contribution for MEOR application is briefly reviewed.

MEOR, biosurfactant, biomass, wettability, selective plugging

"Review on Approach Towards Reservoir Wettability and Plugging for Microbial EOR using Microbiology", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.295-296, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808339.pdf

"Review on Approach Towards Reservoir Wettability and Plugging for Microbial EOR using Microbiology", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp295-296, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808339.pdf