Microbial Bioinformatics in the Oil and Gas Industry : Applications to Reservoirs and Processes

Title: Microbial Bioinformatics in the Oil and Gas Industry : Applications to Reservoirs and Processes
Author: Kenneth Wunch, Marko Stipanicev, Max Frenzel
ISBN: 0367900939 / 9780367900939
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 292
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2021
Availability: 2 to 3 weeks

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This book brings together contributions from leading scientists, academics, and experts from the oil and gas industry to discuss microbial-related problems faced by the industry and how bioinformatics and an interdisciplinary scientific approach can address these challenges. Microbial Bioinformatics in the Oil and Gas Industry: Applications to Reservoirs and Processes presents the major industrial problems caused by microbes (e.g., souring, biocorrosion) as well as the beneficial activities (e.g., biofuels, bioremediation).

FEATURES

  • Offers a detailed description of how bioinformatics has advanced our understanding of numerous issues in the oil and gas industry
  • Covers cases from geographically diverse oil fields, laboratories, and research groups
  • Contains fundamentals and applied information of relevance to the oil and gas sector
  • Presents contributions from a team of international experts across industry and academia

With its cross-disciplinary approach, this comprehensive book provides microbial ecologists, molecular biologists, operators, engineers, chemists, and academics involved in the sector with an improved understanding of the significance of microbial bioinformatics applications in the oil and gas industry.

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Preface

Chapter 1 : Bioinformatics and Genomics Breakthroughs That Enabled the Microbiome Revolution
Chapter 2 : Unravelling the Oil and Gas Microbiome Using Metagenomics
Chapter 3 : A Case for Molecular Biology : How This Information Can Help in Optimizing Petroleum Top Side Facility Operations
Chapter 4 : Using a Holistic Monitoring Approach to Set Effective Control Strategies : How Data Can Lead to Information and Subsequently to "Wisdom"
Chapter 5 : Influence of Chemical Treatments and Topside Processes on the Dominant Microbial Communities at Conventional Oilfields
Chapter 6 : Microbial Control during Hydraulic Fracking Operations : Challenges, Options, and Outcomes
Chapter 7 : The Application of Bioinformatics as a Diagnostic Tool for Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
Chapter 8 : Methanogens and MIC : Leveraging Bioinformatics to Expose an Underappreciated Corrosive Threat to the Oil and Gas Industry
Chapter 9 : Molecular Methods for Assessing Microbial Corrosion and Souring Potential in Oilfield Operations
Chapter 10 : Microbial Reservoir Souring : Communities Relating to the Initiation, Propagation, and Remediation of Souring
Chapter 11 : Quantitative PCR Approaches for Predicting Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation
Chapter 12 : Leveraging Bioinformatics to Elucidate the Genetic and Physiological Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Hydrocarbon Rich Jet Fuel

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