Microbial Bioinformatics in the Oil and Gas Industry

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.

Kenneth Wunch, Marko Stipani?ev, Max Frenzel

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