Top Tips for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery

Summary:

This Top Tips bulletin explains how molecular microbiological methods improve the monitoring and optimization of microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) by directly measuring subsurface microbial communities and key functional genes. It highlights how tools such as NGS, CENSUS® qPCR, and QuantArray®‑MIC reduce uncertainty by tracking biosurfactant‑producing microbes, nutrient response, and survival of injected cultures.