ReviewArchives of microbiology2025
Microbial enhanced oil recovery: process perspectives, challenges, and advanced technologies for its efficient applications and feasibility.
Review in Archives of microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Morphology Evolution and Structural Reorganization of Enzyme-Biosurfactant Systems: Implications for Petroleum Interfacial Engineering.Polymers · 2026Article
- Microbes facilitate crude oil production in plateau oilfields.Engineering microbiology · 2026Article
- Editorial for Special Issue "Biotechnology for Environmental Remediation".Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Microbial Community Distribution in Low Permeability Reservoirs and Their Positive Impact on Enhanced Oil Recovery.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Microbial growth observation and oil displacement characteristics based onFrontiers in chemistry · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
The depletion of crude oil resources, coupled with increasing energy demands, underscores the urgency for innovative recovery strategies. Despite traditional oil recovery operations, a substantial portion of residual oil (~70%) persists within the intricate capillary networks of oil reservoirs' pore spaces. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) is an ecofriendly and cost-effective tertiary oil recovery method that offers a sustainable approach by utilizing microorganisms and their metabolites to extract this residual oil from mature or depleted reservoirs. MEOR is an emerging process gaining global attention, with numerous research studies and field trials underway worldwide. This review explores microbial strategies for modifying reservoir rheological properties, underscores the significance of microbial physiology and diversity, and examines omics technologies for deciphering microbial mechanisms to enhance the efficiency of MEOR. Cutting-edge advancements, including genetically modified microbes, enzyme-based techniques, and nanotechnology, have been discussed as potential enhancers of MEOR efficiency. The economic feasibility and integration of MEOR with Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCUS) are also assessed, emphasizing its role amid declining conventional oil production. Further, the economic and application feasibility along with patents related to MEOR technologies is presented which underscores its commercial viability. By addressing challenges and proposing solutions, this review provides a comprehensive outlook on MEOR's future, aiming to guide research and development for its successful application in sustainable oil recovery.
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Registered trials
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