GLOBAL PIPELINE MONTHLY (GPM)

GPM Volume 4, issue #07 - August/September 2008

Anaerobes convert hydrocarbons to natural gas

WHEN A GROUP of University of Oklahoma researchers began studying the environmental fate of spilt petroleum, a problem that has plagued the energy industry for decades, they did not expect to eventually isolate a community of microorganisms capable of converting hydrocarbons into natural gas. The researchers found that the groundbreaking process - known as anaerobic hydrocarbon metabolism - can be used to stimulate methane gas production from older, more-mature, oil reservoirs such as those in Oklahoma. The work has now led to the recognition that similar microorganisms may also be involved in problems ranging from the deterioration of fuels to the corrosion of pipelines.

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