Mineral-Targeted Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery.

ABSTRACT: In the fluid (comprising oil and nutrient solution)-microbe-mineral ternary system of oil reservoirs, current microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) technology lacks investigation into the interactions between the latter two components and their application potential in petroleum production. This may explain why MEOR has achieved only partial success while failing to meet full expectations. This review systematically synthesizes the existing fragmented research on reservoirs regarding rock minerals as direct/indirect microbial substrates in MEOR applications. Currently, microbe-mineral interactions enhance oil recovery primarily through the following mechanisms: clay swelling inhibition, induced mineral precipitation, silicate dissolution, wettability alteration, microbial acids etching, a

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12735141 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature