Understanding and Addressing Reservoir Souring: Costs, Challenges, and Solutions

Understanding and Addressing Reservoir Souring: Costs, Challenges, and Solutions Reservoir souring is a common and costly challenge in the oil and gas industry, especially during secondary recovery processes. This phenomenon is primarily caused by the activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and sulfate-reducing archaea (SRA), which metabolize sulfate ions in water to produce hydrogen sulfide (H₂S).…

NGS Characterizing Microbial Communities and Assessing MIC Threats

Unveiling Microbial Insights: The Power of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)

Unveiling Microbial Insights: The Power of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Today, we’re diving into the realm of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), a cutting-edge technique that has revolutionized our understanding of microbial communities. NGS is transforming the field of microbiology and shedding light on intricate processes like Environmental Remediation (ER) and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC). NGS…

Novel MIC Biomarker Correlated to Severe Corrosion

  Discovery and Assay Development of the micH Gene, a Novel MIC Biomarker Despite the long-standing association between methanogens and microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of oil and gas pipelines, neither the type nor abundance of the detected methanogens was correlated with the perceived severity of corrosion. Recent combined efforts have resulted in the discovery and assay…