MEOR SCREENING CRITERIA FIT 27 % OF U.S. OIL RESERVOIRS

Criteria developed by the National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research (Niper) indicate that 27% of reservoirs in the major oil-producing states of the U.S. have potential for microbial-enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) processes. MEOR has been recognized as a potentially cost-effective method, particularly for recovering additional oil from stripper wells. Niper has conducted both laboratory research and field applications in microbial-enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) since 1983. One of the goals of this research is to maintain a data base of field projects using MEOR technology. The data base provides documentation of characteristics of reservoirs used for MEOR field projects and is used to revise published screening criteria for MEOR processes.