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| Laboratory Investigation of Effect of Nanoparticles on the Production of Biosurfacant during Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques |
Nmegbu Chukwuma Godwin Jacob, Chibuzor Chioma Miracle, Okoroma Racheal Nkiruka
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Abstract:
The need for petroleum products in the world is increasing daily, this products can only be gotten from the refining of crude oil a naturally occurring mineral resource which is produced by degradation of organic materials. This crude is gotten from several wells drilled for the sole purpose of the production of this mineral resource but this wells are been shut-down and abandoned because of the decrease in the well's productivity which causes losses to the operators and poor finances for the petroleum industry. Therefore, the need to increase the recovery of a well is been considered, these methods are called enhanced oil recovery method. These methods include Gas injection method, Steam Injection method, Chemical injection method (chemicals such as surfactants, polymers etc) Microbial method and the use of nanoparticles as additives to help increase the recovery process. The type of enhanced oil recovery used in this work is the microbial enhanced oil recovery , this method makes use of biosurfactants which can also be referred to as microbe surfactants. The biosurfactants are gotten from microorganism they act as surfactants which reduces the interfacial tension between the molecules of the substance and the interface, this biosurfactants can be used for many industrial purposes which includes bioremediation, oil recovery etc. Nanoparticles are also another aspect of the recent technology which can increase the recovery of our well providing more crude and finance for the petroleum industry. This work shows how biosurfactants and nanoparticles when used together can increase oil recovery
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