阅读说明：本技术 微生物产物及其用于提高石油采收率的用途 (Microbial product and its purposes for improving oil recovery ) 是由 肖恩·法默 肯·阿里贝克 夏米萨·马赞德 肯特·安达姆 泰勒·迪克森 陈雅婕 玛雅·米洛 于 2018-04-09 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及使用产生生化物的微生物的、微生物增强石油采收的组合物和方法。在具体的实施方式中,本发明的方法包括将产生生物表面活性剂的细菌和/或其生长副产物施用至石油生产地点。在优选的实施方式中,细菌是孢子形式的芽孢杆菌菌株。在一些实施方式中,该方法进一步包括将细菌与酵母发酵产物、碱性化合物、聚合物、非生物表面活性剂和/或一种或多种螯合剂一起施用。有利地,本发明可用于促进来自井的油的流动,以及使存在于含油地层中的积垢溶解。(The present invention relates to the compositions and method that use microorganism enhancing oil recovery that is generating the microorganism of biological.In a particular embodiment, the method for the present invention includes the bacterium and/or its growth by-product that generate biosurfactant are applied to Petroleum Production place.In a preferred embodiment, bacterium is the Bacillus strain of spore form.In some embodiments, this method further comprises applying bacterium together with yeast tunning, alkali compounds, polymer, inanimate surfaces activating agent and/or one or more chelating agents.Advantageously, the present invention can be used for promoting to come the flowing of the oil of artesian well, and dissolve the incrustation being present in oil bearing bed.)

1. it is a kind of for increasing the method for the oil amount that can be harvested from oil bearing bed, wherein the method includes generating biology The bacterium of surfactant and/or its nutrients for growing by-product and growing for microorganism are administered to stratum.

2. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein the bacterium is the Bacillus strain of spore form.

3. according to the method described in claim 2, wherein the Bacillus strain is selected from bacillus subtilis, solution starch gemma Bacillus and Bacillus licheniformis strain.

4. according to the method described in claim 2, wherein the Bacillus strain be bacillus subtilis strain B1, B2 or B3。

5. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein the growth by-product is the life selected from active extract and iraq subtilis actinomycin A Object surfactant.

6. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein the microorganism grows in stratum and generates biological surface wherein Activating agent.

7. according to the method described in claim 1, it further comprises being applied to one or more alkali compounds describedly Layer.

8. according to the method described in claim 7, wherein the alkali compounds is ammonium hydroxide.

9. according to the method described in claim 1, its further comprise one or more polymer compounds are applied to it is described Stratum.

10. according to the method described in claim 9, wherein one or more polymer compounds are selected from xanthan gum, Guar Glue, hydrogel, polysaccharide and cellulosic polymer.

11. according to the method described in claim 1, it further comprises being applied to one or more inanimate surfaces activating agents The stratum.

12. according to the method for claim 11, wherein one or more surfactants are living selected from anionic surface Property agent, laruyl alcohol amine sulfate, sldium lauryl sulfate, lauric acid sodium alkylether sulphate, myristyl alcohol polyethers sodium sulphate；More library esters, Sodium sulfosuccinate dioctyl ester, perfluoro octane sulfonate (PFOS), perflurobutane sulfonate, linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) (LABs), alkylaryl ether phosphate, alkyl ether phosphate；Carboxylate, alkyl carboxylate's (soap), odium stearate, lauroyl flesh Propylhomoserin sodium, carboxylate group fluorine-containing surfactant, perfluoro-pelargonic acid salt, perfluorooctanoic acid salt；Cationic surfactant, pH dependence Primary, secondary or tertiary amine, Octenidine dihydrochloride, the quaternary ammonium cation of permanently charged lotus, alkyl trimethyl ammonium salt, cetyl Base trimethyl ammonium (CTAB) (also known as cetyl trimethylammonium bromide), hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC), chlorination ten Six alkyl pyridines (CPC), benzalkonium chloride (BAC), benzethonium chloride (BZT), the bromo- 5- nitro -1,3- dioxanes of 5-, chlorodimethyl The double octadecyldimethyl ammoniums (DODAB) of double octadecyl ammoniums, cetrimonium bromide, bromination；Amphoteric ion (facultative) surface-active Agent, sulfobetaines CHAPS (3- [(3- gallbladder cocamidopropyl) dimethylamino] -1- propane sulfonic acid salt), cocamidopropyl propyl amide hydroxyl Base sulfobetaines, glycine betaine, Cocoamidopropyl betaine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidyl-ethanolamine, phosphatidyl choline, Sphingomyelins, ethoxylate, long-chain alcohol, fatty alcohol, cetanol, stearyl alcohol, cetostearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, polyoxyethylene glycol alkyl Ether (Brij): CH3- (CH2) 10-16- (O-C2H4) 1-25-OH (eight glycol monododecyl ethers, five glycol list dodecyls Ether), oxide glycols alkyl ether: CH3- (CH2) 10-16- (O-C3H6) 1-25-OH, glucosides alkyl ether: CH3- (CH2) 10-16- (O- glucoside) 1-3-OH (Plantacare 818, Dodecyl Polyglucosides, octyl glucoside), polyoxygenated are sub- Glycol octylphenol ether: C8H17- (C6H4)-(O-C2H4) 1-25-OH (Triton X-100), polyoxyethylene glycol Alkyl phenol ether: C9H19- (C6H4)-(O-C2H4) 1-25-OH (Nonoxynol-9), alkyl esters of glycerol (glyceryl laurate ester), gather Oxy ethylene diol dehydratase D-sorbite Arrcostab (polysorbate), sorbitan alkyl esters (spans), cocounut oil acyl Amine MEA, coconut oleoyl amine DEA, dodecyldimethylamine oxide, polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol copolymer (poloxamer), With polyethylene glycol oxide tallow amine (POEA) and any other can reduce the compound and a combination thereof of solution surface tension.

13. according to the method described in claim 1, it further comprises the training that addition is generated comprising the fermentation of one or more yeast The yeast tunning of nutrient solution.

14. according to the method for claim 13, wherein the barms are selected from abnormal Brunswick Durham yeast and the quasi- vacation of ball Silk yeast.

15. according to the method for claim 13, wherein the culture solution of the yeast tunning includes glycolipid biological surface Activating agent.

16. according to the method for claim 15, wherein the biosurfactant is sophorolipid.

17. according to the method for claim 13, wherein the yeast tunning is the glycolipid Bio-surface active of purifying Agent.

18. according to the method for claim 17, wherein the biosurfactant is sophorolipid.

19. according to the method described in claim 1, one or more chelating agents are wherein added to the stratum.

20. according to the method for claim 19, wherein the chelating agent is selected from citric acid, sodium citrate and EDTA.

Presence is synchronously dissolved while 21. according to the method for claim 20, wherein the method increases oil recovery Incrustation deposit in stratum.

Technical field

This application claims the equity for obtaining the U.S.Provisional Serial 62/483,425 submitted on April 9th, 2017, should U.S. Provisional Application is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

Background technique

Efficient Petroleum Production is needed to the high demand of fossil fuel.With the maturation of oil well, with economically feasible speed Rate, which continues pumping oil, becomes more difficult and expensive.Therefore, it is necessary to develop improved oil recovery method.A kind of such mechanism Utilize microorganism and its by-product.

Oil is present in the intracorporal fine pore of reservoir rock and narrow fissure under earth surface.The natural pressure of reservoir makes oil Ground is flowed to, to provide Primary Production；However, reservoir pressure is depleted to such stage with the progress of Petroleum Production: Artificial lift or pumping is needed to maintain economic Oil Generation yield.

When needing to provide external energy for reservoir to realize additional oil recovery (secondary harvesting), injection can be passed through Gas (gas injection) and/or water (water drive (water flooding)) introduce additional energy.After oilfield operations several years, The fluid of injection is preferentially flowed along high permeability zone, this causes these fluids around the oily zone of saturation in reservoir.Therefore, with oil Increase, the amount of water (or gas) increases, and by reducing oil for the ratio of water, finally continue the process become without Ji；This oil field must be abandoned at that time.

Primary harvesting typically results in the harvesting of the average level for the only a fraction of crude oil being initially present in oil bearing bed. Secondary harvesting, such as water drive usually harvest 10% when continuing becomes uneconomical again.Even if secondary harvesting reach through After the limit of helping, 60% to 70% oil, which retains, in prime stratum is not uncommon for.In such a case, it is possible to consider the phase III Oil recovery, i.e. so-called three-level production.

In the phase III, the property or reservoir rock properties of reservoir fluid are modified using technologically advanced method.One As for, these methods can be divided into four major class: thermal method, chemical method, miscible object or solvent injection and microbial method.

Microorganism enhancing oil recovery (MEOR) is to merge multi-disciplinary field, especially includes geology, chemistry, microorganism , hydrodynamics, petroleum works, environmental project and chemical engineering.MEOR increases petroleum using microorganism and/or its metabolin Recovery ratio.The microbial process used in MEOR can solve well bore cleaning problem, to remove the mud of blocking oil flow channel Slurry and other clasts；Oil well production increasing (well stimulation) improves the oil stream that well bore is flowed into from drainage area；And it is increased Water drive amount enhances the activity of microorganism by the selected microorganism (and nutritious substance sometimes) of injection.

In MEOR, nutrients and suitable microorganism (it preferably grows under anaerobism reservoir conditions) are by injection reservoir. Microorganism by-product may include such as biosurfactant, biopolymer, acid, solvent, gas and enzyme, microorganism by-product Object can modify the interaction between the property and oil, water and porous media of oil, thus it is possible to vary the permeability of subsurface formations, And finally increase the mobility and recovery ratio of petroleum.

A possibility that due to the diversity of MICROBIAL SURFACTANT, environment friendly, large-scale production, selectivity, pole Performance under the conditions of end and the potential application in terms of environmental protection, it is continuous to the interest of MICROBIAL SURFACTANT in recent years Increase.The surfactant that microorganism generates, i.e. biosurfactant reduce the interfacial tension between water and oil, and because This, needs lower hydrostatic pressure to move the liquid being entrained in hole to overcome capillary effect.Secondly, biological surface is living Property agent facilitate the formation of micella, provide physical mechanism to transfer (mobilize) oil in flowing water phase.

There is a continuing need for improved oil recovery method, the method that can especially maintain for a long time.This includes to improvement The demand of oil recovery method, such as using such as microorganism and/or its method for growing by-product.Biosurfactant increases The strong emulsification of hydrocarbon, it is possible to dissolve hydrocarbon pollution object and increase its to microbial degradation can The property used.These compounds can also be used for increasing oil recovery.

Summary of the invention

In some embodiments, the present invention provides microorganisms, and derived from these microorganisms and generate theirs The substance of fermentation culture (fermentation broth), such as biosurfactant, solvent and/or enzyme.The present invention is also Provide the method for improving oil yield using these microorganisms and its by-product.

Specifically, the present invention provides cost-effective, environmental-friendly methods to increase oil recovery.Advantageously, These methods can be practiced within the scope of very wide temperature, including 20 to 70 DEG C and higher.

In some embodiments, the present invention provides by handling Oil Generation with microorganism and/or its growth by-product The material and method of place of production point (such as oil bearing bed or oil well) Lai Tigao oil yield.In one embodiment, the present invention can For being adopted to increase the petroleum from oil well for example, by dissolving incrustation in stratum while promoting the flowing for the oil for carrying out artesian well Yield.

In some embodiments, the present invention utilizes yeast growth by-product, such as biosurfactant.Biology Surfactant is in oil and natural gas industry since they enhance the ability of oil recovery to be useful.Biological surface Activating agent can modify the phase interaction between the property and oil, water and porous media (oil and natural gas originates from wherein) of oil With, thus increase oil mobility, and therefore increase oil recovery ratio.Therefore, the compositions and methods of the invention can lead to Crossing significantly reduces both surface tension and interfacial tension in stratum between substance and is increased by the wetability on change stratum Recovery ratio of the Calais from the former oil and gas on the gentle stratum of oil-containing.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides the fermentations of the yeast of the oil recovery for increasing oil bearing bed to produce Object.In one embodiment, by using including from cultivating generation Bio-surface active to large-scale technique on a small scale The yeast of agent, to obtain yeast tunning.Culture process can be such as submergence culture, solid state fermentation (SSF) and/or its group It closes.In one embodiment, using simplified yeast fermentation technique culture yeasts product, the yeast fermentation technique of the simplification will Incubation time reduces 50% and reduces carbon source supplement.

Yeast tunning can be via to the yeast for generating biological --- for example, Pichia anomala (Pichia Anomala) the culture of (abnormal Brunswick Durham yeast (Wickerhamomyces anomalus)) obtains.It is trained at 25-30 DEG C Fermentation culture after supporting 7 days can contain yeast cells suspension, and the glycolipid biosurfactant of such as 4g/L or more.

Yeast tunning can also via generate biosurfactant yeast --- ball intends Candida The culture of (Starmerella bombicola) obtains.Fermentation culture after cultivating 5 days at 25 DEG C can be outstanding containing yeast cells The glycolipid biosurfactant of supernatant liquid and such as 150g/L or more.

Yeast tunning may include the fermentation culture (fermentation broth) separated with yeast cells.One In a embodiment, biosurfactant or other growth by-products in culture solution (broth) further divide with culture solution From and be purified.

In some embodiments, the present invention utilizes bacterium bacterial strain and its by-product.These by-products may include such as generation Thank object, polymer, biosurfactant, enzyme, organic acid and solvent.In some embodiments, bacterium is bacillus bacterium Strain such as those of frequently encounters vigorous growth in environment in oil extract place in hypersaline environment.In some embodiments, Bacterium is bacillus " excess generation surfactant " bacterial strain, it means that compared with wild type Bacillus bacterial strain, This bacterial strain is characterized in that increasing the generation of biosurfactant.In some embodiments, Bacillus strain has Increased production of enzyme.

In one embodiment, microorganism is bacillus subtilis (Bacillus subtilis), bacillus licheniformis The bacterium of (Bacillus licheniformis) and/or bacillus amyloliquefaciens (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) Strain.In a preferred embodiment, bacterium is spore form.

In some embodiments, Bacillus strain can vigorous growth under low oxygen conditions, thus promote in micro- need Growth under oxygen and anaerobic condition.Under anaerobic, nitrate can be added to replace oxygen micro- to support as electron acceptor Aerobic and/or anaerobic respiration.

In one embodiment, bacillus subtilis strain is such as bacillus subtilis site mutation (var.locuses) bacterial strain B1 and B2, they are effective producers of amphipathic lipid peptide activity element.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a kind of by that can generate useful biochemistry pair for one or more The method that the microorganism of product is applied to Petroleum Production place such as oil bearing bed and/or oil well to improve oil recovery.It should Method optionally includes to the place and adds nutrients and/or other reagents.In some embodiments, microorganism is selected from gemma Bacillus strain, including but not limited to bacillus subtilis, bacillus licheniformis and bacillus amyloliquefaciens bacterial strain.Preferred In embodiment, bacterium is spore form.

This method can also include addition yeast tunning, such as by intending Candida or the abnormal Brunswick Chinese to such as ball Nurse yeast carries out cultivating generated fermentation culture.In one embodiment, ferment can be removed from yeast tunning Mother cell, and only apply the culture solution containing biosurfactant He other cell secretas.In one embodiment, The yeast tunning includes the biosurfactant for having separated and having purified with fermentation culture.

This method can also include by microorganism and/or microorganism growth by-product and one or more alkali compounds one Play application.Alkali compounds can be such as ammonium hydroxide.

In some embodiments, this method can also include by microorganism and/or microorganism growth by-product and one kind Or multiple polymers compound is applied together.Polymer compound can be selected from biopolymer, such as hydrogel, polysaccharide, Xanthan gum (xanthan gum), guar gum (guar gum) and cellulosic polymer.

In some embodiments, this method can also include by microorganism and/or microorganism growth by-product and one kind Or a variety of inanimate surfaces activating agents are applied together.Surfactant can be such as anion, cation, nonionic or both sexes Ion.

In one embodiment, microorganism and/or microorganism growth by-product can be with one or more chelating agents one Application is played, for reducing the incrustation that for example dissolution is accumulated in oil bearing bed.Chelating agent can be, for example, citric acid, EDTA, Sodium citrate and/or combination thereof.

In one embodiment, microorganism rudiment and can grow on the spot in oil bearing bed or oil well, and wherein Generate biosurfactant.Therefore, it can be easy and continuously realize the high-concentration raw at processing place (such as oil well) Object surfactant and the microorganism for generating biosurfactant.

In some embodiments, the present invention is based on the products of microorganism and method can be further used for paraffin removal, Gu The water of the liquefaction of body asphalitine and hydrocarbon pollution, soil and other places it is biological prosthetic.For such purposes, this method can To further comprise by solvent, such as isopropanol or ethyl alcohol add together with microorganism and/or microorganism biological by-product.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides through under conditions of being suitable for growth and biosurfactant production Cultivate microbial strains next life biosurfactant production of the invention；And the method for purifying biological surfactant.The present invention It additionally provides by cultivating microbial strains next life of the invention under conditions of being suitable for growth and solvent, enzyme or protein expression Produce solvent, enzyme or other protein；And the method for purification solvent, enzyme or other protein.

Product based on microorganism of the invention can be used in various unique environment, because for example can efficiently pass It send such as following ability: the fresh fermentation culture of active metabolin；The mixture of cell and fermentation culture；With height The composition of density cells；(short-order) of short-term order is based on the product of microorganism；With remote districts based on micro- life The product of object.

It can be advantageous to using the present invention without can be discharged into environment a large amount of inorganic compounds.Furthermore, it desired to protection Composition and method utilize biodegradable and toxicologically safe component.Therefore, the present invention can be used as environmental-friendly processing For in oil and natural gas production (and other industry).

Specific embodiment

In some embodiments, the present invention provides microorganisms, and derived from these microorganisms and generate theirs The substance of fermentation culture, such as biosurfactant, solvent and/or enzyme.The present invention also provides use these microorganisms And its method that by-product improves oil yield.

Specifically, the present invention provides cost-effective, environmental-friendly methods to increase oil recovery.Advantageously, These methods can the practice in very wide temperature range (including 20 to 70 DEG C and higher).

In some embodiments, the present invention provides by handling Oil Generation with microorganism and/or its growth by-product Place of production point, the material and method of Lai Tigao oil yield.In one embodiment, the present invention can be used for for example, by promoting to come from Incrustation therein is dissolved while the flowing of the oil of stratum or well, to increase the oil recovery from oil bearing bed or oil well Rate.

In some embodiments, the present invention utilizes yeast growth by-product, such as biosurfactant.Biology Surfactant is in oil and natural gas industry since its ability for enhancing oil recovery is thus useful.Biological surface is living Property agent can modify oil property and oil, water and the porous media in oil and natural gas source between interaction, thus Increase the mobility of oil, and therefore increases the recovery ratio of oil.Therefore, the compositions and methods of the invention can be by significantly dropping Both surface tension and interfacial tension in low land layer between substance and the wetability by changing stratum contain to increase to come from The recovery ratio of the former oil and gas on the gentle stratum of oil.

In a particular embodiment, method described herein and composition increase the recovery ratio of oil using microorganism. The quality and quantity of the oil harvested from oily reservoir can be improved in microorganism, is considered as " mature (mature) " including those Oily reservoir.In addition, microorganism can remove noxious material from Petroleum Production place.

In some embodiments, the present invention provides by handling Oil Generation with microorganism and/or its growth by-product Place of production point improves the material and method of oil yield.In one embodiment, the present invention can be used for for example, by promoting to come from The flowing of well or the oil on stratum is to increase the oil recovery from oil bearing bed or oil well.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a kind of by that can generate useful biochemistry pair for one or more The method that the microorganism of product is applied to Petroleum Production place such as oil bearing bed and/or oil well to improve oil recovery.It should Method optionally includes to the place and adds nutrients and/or other reagents.In some embodiments, microorganism is selected from gemma Bacillus strain, including but not limited to bacillus subtilis, bacillus licheniformis and bacillus amyloliquefaciens bacterial strain.Preferred In embodiment, bacterium is spore form.

In some embodiments, bacterium is Bacillus strain, such as frequent in oil extract place in hypersaline environment Those of encounter vigorous growth in environment.In some embodiments, bacterium is bacillus " excessive production surfactant " bacterial strain, it means that compared with wild type Bacillus bacterial strain, this bacterial strain is characterized in that increased Bio-surface active Agent generates.In some embodiments, Bacillus strain has increased production of enzyme.

This method can also include addition yeast tunning, such as by the yeast for generating biological (biochemical-producing yeast) such as ball intends the hair of the culture generation of Candida or abnormal Brunswick Durham yeast Ferment culture solution.In one embodiment, the yeast tunning includes the biological surface of the purifying generated by these yeast Activating agent.

This method may also include microorganism and one or more alkali compounds, polymer, surfactant and/or chela Mixture is applied together.

Selected definition

As used in this article, refer to that " composition based on microorganism " means comprising training as microorganism or other cells Support the composition of component caused by the result of object growth.Therefore, the composition based on microorganism may include microorganism itself And/or the by-product of microorganism growth.Microorganism may be at that nutritional status, spore shape, mycelium morphology, any other is numerous Grow volume morphing or these mixture.Microorganism can be planktonic organism or the mixture of biological form membrane or the two.Growth By-product can be such as metabolin (such as biosurfactant), cell membrane component, expression albumen and/or other are thin Born of the same parents' component.Microorganism can be complete or cracking.Cell may be not present or cell can be combined for example with every milliliter Object 1 × 10⁴、1×10⁵、1×10⁶、1×10⁷、1×10⁸、1×10⁹、1×10¹⁰Or 1 × 10¹¹A or above cell or brood body Concentration exist.As used in this article, brood body is any portion that can form the microorganism of newborn and/or mature organism Divide, including but not limited to cell, conidium, cyst, spore (for example, propagative spore, endospore and exogenous spore), mycelia Body, gemma and seed.

It the present invention further provides " product based on microorganism ", is administered in practice to obtain required knot The product of fruit.Product based on microorganism can be only the composition based on microorganism harvested from microbial cultivation process. Optionally, the product based on microorganism may include added other ingredient.These other ingredients may include example Such as stabilizer, buffer, appropriate carrier (carrier) such as water, salting liquid or any other appropriate carrier, addition Nutrients is to support further microorganism growth, non-nutritive object growth promoter such as plant hormone, and/or is conducive to micro- life Object and/or applied composition in its environment tracking preparation.Product based on microorganism can also be comprising based on micro- The mixture of the composition of biology.Product based on microorganism can also include such as, but not limited to mistake in some way One or more components of the composition based on microorganism of processing such as filter, centrifugation, cracking, dry, purifying.

As used herein, " harvest (harvested) " refers to that some or all are removed from growing container is based on microorganism Composition.

In some embodiments, microorganism used according to the invention is " excess generation surfactant ".For example, Bacterial strain can produce at least 0.1-10g/L, such as 0.5-1g/L surfactant.For example, with other oil recovery microbial strains It compares, which generates at least 10%, 25%, 50%, 100%, 2 times, 5 times, 7.5 times, 10 times, 12 times, 15 times or more Surfactant.Specifically, Bacillus subtillis ATCC 39307 is used herein as reference strain.

As used herein, " (isolated) of separation " or " (purified) of purifying " nucleic acid molecules, polynucleotides, more Peptide, protein or organic compound such as small molecule (for example, those described below) are substantially free of other compounds, such as Relative cell material in itself.Referred in the context of microbial strains " (isolated) of separation " refer to by Bacterial strain is removed from its naturally occurring environment.Therefore, isolated bacterial strain can be used as example in biologically pure culture Object exists, or exists as spore relevant to carrier fluid (or bacterial strain of other forms).Purifying or isolated polynucleotides (ribonucleic acid (RNA) or DNA (DNA)) is not contained in the gene or sequence for being located at its flank under its naturally occurring state Column.Purifying or isolated polypeptide is not contained in the amino acid or sequence for being located at its flank under its naturally occurring state.

In some embodiments, at least 60% (dry weight) of the compound of purifying target compound by weight.It is excellent Selection of land, at least 75%, more preferably at least 90% and most preferably at least the 99% of preparation target compound by weight.Example Such as, the compound of purifying by weight needed for compound at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 98%, The compound of 99% or 100% (w/w).Purity is measured by any suitable standard method, for example, passing through column chromatography, thin layer Chromatography or high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis.

" metabolin (metabolite) " refers to that any substance generated by metabolism or the specific metabolic process institute of participation are required Substance.Metabolin can be organic compound, be starting material (such as glucose), intermediate (such as acetyl-coacetylase) Or the final product (such as n-butanol) of metabolism.The example of metabolin may include but be not limited to enzyme, toxin, acid, solvent, alcohol, albumen Matter, carbohydrate, vitamin, minerals, microelement, amino acid, polymer and surfactant.

" adjusting (modulate) " refers to change (for example, increasing or decreasing).Pass through all those marks as described herein Quasi- technology known method detects this change.

Range provided herein is understood to writing a Chinese character in simplified form for all values within the scope of this.For example, 1 to 50 range is interpreted as Including by 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26, 27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49 or 50, and Such as 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8 and 1.9 groups of the value of all intermediate decimals between above-mentioned integer At group in it is any number, number combination or subrange.About subrange, special consideration should be given to extend from any endpoint of the range " nested subrange (nested sub-range) ".For example, the nested subrange of exemplary range 1 to 50 can be a side Upwards include 1 to 10,1 to 20,1 to 30 and 1 to 40, or in the other directions include 50 to 40,50 to 30,50 to 20 and It is 50 to 10.

" reducing (reduce) " refers to the negative change of at least 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%.

" referring to (reference) " refers to standard or collating condition.

" salt tolerant (salt-tolerant) " is to refer to the life in 1 15 (15%) or higher sodium chloride concentration Long microbial strains.In a particular embodiment, " salt tolerant " refers to the ability grown in the NaCl of 150g/L or more.

As used herein, " biomembrane (biofilm) " is the complicated aggregation of microorganism such as bacterium, and wherein cell is each other Adherency.For cell in biomembrane in the planktonic cells for being physiologically different from same organism, which is can be in culture solution Middle floating or trip are floated unicellular.

As used herein, " surfactant (surfactant) " refer to reduce between two kinds of liquid or liquid and solid it Between surface tension (or interfacial tension) compound.Surfactant be used as detergent, wetting agent, emulsifier, foaming agent and/ Or dispersing agent." biosurfactant (biosurfactant) " is referred to by the surfactant of micro-organisms.

As used herein, " Petroleum Production (oil production) " refers to that extraction hydrocarbon is such as former from stratum Oil or natural gas are used, related any and all operations by its final processing and consumer.Petroleum Production may include but It is not limited to drilling well, pumping, harvesting, transmission, processing, refining, transport and storage hydrocarbon.

" Petroleum Production place (oil-producing site) " refers to any environment or structure, either naturally occurring Or it is artificial, wherein there are the one or more aspects of acquisition hydrocarbon, petroleum and/or natural gas, including but unlimited In subsurface formations, stratum, well and the pit shaft gentle containing oil.

As used herein, " incrustation (scale) " refers to the accumulation formed by the deposit of the mineral salt of such as precipitating, can With due to such as crude oil pressure, form and/or the result of the variation of temperature and generate.Incrustation can be by such as barium sulfate, carbon Sour calcium, strontium sulfate, calcium sulfate, sodium chloride, silica, iron sulfide, iron oxide, ferric carbonate, silicate, phosphate and oxide Sediment or compound that is any not soluble in water or being slightly soluble in water generate.

As used herein, " improve oil recovery (improving oil recovery) " includes enhancing oily and hydrocarbon adopt Receive, and mean for example by promoting the flowing of the oil come artesian well, come increase generation hydrocarbon amount and/or increase their generation Rate.

With " include (including) " or " containing (containing) " synonymous transitional term " including (comprising) " it is inclusive or open, and is not excluded for other, unlisted element or method and step.Phase Instead, transition phrase " by ... form (consisting of) " eliminate unspecified any element, step in claim Or ingredient.Transition phrase " substantially by ... form (consisting essentially of) " is by the model of claim It encloses and is limited to specified material or step " and those will not be to basic and novel features (one or more of claimed invention It is a) generate materially affect material or step ".

Unless stated otherwise or from the context it is clear that otherwise as used herein, term " or (or) " is interpreted as It is included.It is unless stated otherwise or from the context it is clear that otherwise as used herein, term " one (a, an) " and " being somebody's turn to do (the) " is interpreted as singular or plural.

Unless stated otherwise or from the context it is clear that otherwise as used herein, term " about (about) " be should be understood that For in the normal range of tolerable variance of this field, for example, in 2 standard deviations of average value." about " it can be understood as described Within 10%, 9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.1%, 0.05% or the 0.01% of value.

It include herein the variable as any single base to the narration of the chemical group list in any definition of variable The combined definition of group or listed group.It include herein being used as any single implementation to the narration of the embodiment of variable or aspect Mode or the embodiment combined with any other embodiment or part thereof.

Any composition or method provided herein can be with one in any other composition provided herein and method Kind or multiple combinations.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become from the described and claimed below to its preferred embodiment Obviously.All references cited herein is both incorporated herein by reference.

Microorganism according to the present invention grows by-product

In a preferred embodiment, composition is provided for improving and/or increasing the oil recovery in Petroleum Production place Rate, wherein the composition includes one or more microorganisms and/or it grows by-product.In a particular embodiment, micro- life Object can and be used to generate one or more biosurfactants.

Biosurfactant is diversified surface reactive material in the one group of structure generated by microorganism.Biological surface Activating agent is biodegradable, and selected organism can be used and easily and inexpensively produce in renewable matrix. Most of organisms for generating biosurfactants are in response to hydrocarbon source present in growth medium (such as oil, sugar, glycerol Deng) and generate biosurfactant.The concentration of other medium compositions such as iron can also influence biosurfactant significantly Generation.

All biosurfactants are all amphiphiles.They consist of two parts: (hydrophilic) part of polarity and nonpolarity (hydrophobic) group.Due to their amphiphilic structure, biosurfactant increases the surface area of hydrophobic water insoluble substance, The aquatic organism availability of this substance is increased, and changes the property of bacterial cell surface.

Biosurfactant is gathered in interface, therefore is reduced interfacial tension and caused to form aggregation in the solution Microcellular structure.The formation hole of biosurfactant and the ability for keeping biomembrane unstable allow them to be used as antibacterial agent, resist Epiphyte pharmaceutical and hemolytic agent.In conjunction with the feature of hypotoxicity and biological degradability, biosurfactant is conducive in petroleum and natural Various applications are used in gas industry.These applications include but is not limited to increase oil recovery factor；Reduce oil viscosity；From bar, pipeline, Paraffin is removed in casing and pump；Oil equipment anticorrosion；Fracturing fluid；Reduce the H in the crude oil extracted₂S concentration；And tank, go out Oil pipe and pipeline cleaning.

Safe and effective microorganism biological surfactant reduce surface between liquid, solid and the molecule of gas and Interfacial tension.As discussed herein, which can be very advantageously under the background of oil recovery.

Biosurfactant produced by the invention can be used for other non-oil recovery purposes, including for example clean pipe, Reactor and other mechanical or surfaces.

Biosurfactant includes low molecular weight glycolipid (GL), lipopeptid (LP), flavine rouge (flavolipid) (FL), phosphorus Rouge and heavy polymer, such as lipoprotein, lipopolysaccharide-protein matter compound and polysaccharide-protein-fatty acid complexes. The hydrocarbon chain of fatty acid serves as the common lipophilic portion of biosurfactant molecule, and hydrophilic segment is by the ester or alcohol of neutral lipid Group is formed, and is formed by the carboxylic acid group of fatty acid or amino acid (or peptide), and organic acid is in the case where flavine rouge, or in sugar In the case where rouge, formed by carbohydrate.

In one embodiment, microorganism biological surfactant according to the present invention includes glycolipid, such as rhamnose Rouge (RLP), sophorolipid (SLP), seaweed glycolipid or mannosylerythritol lipid (MEL).

In one embodiment, microorganism biological surfactant is lipopeptid, such as active extract or her withered grass bacterium Plain A.

Microorganism biological surfactant is generated by multiple-microorganism, such as bacterium, fungi and yeast.Exemplary generation life The microorganism of object surfactant includes certain kinds of pseudomonas (Pseudomonas species) (Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.aeruginosa), pseudomonas putida (P.putida), Pseudomonas fluorescens (P.florescens), strawberry pseudomonad (P.fragi), pseudomonas syringae (P.syringae))；False yeast category (aphid false yeast (P.aphidis))；Flavobacterium Certain kinds (Flavobacterium spp.)；Certain kinds of pichia (Pichia spp.) (Pichia anomala (P.anomala), Lin Feidiyi Pichia pastoris (P.lynferdii)), Pichia guilliermondii (P.guilliermondii), Racing track prestige Pichia pastoris (P.sydowiorum), certain kinds of bacillus (Bacillus spp.) (bacillus subtilis (B.subtilis), bacillus amyloliquefaciens (B.amyloliquefaciens), bacillus pumilus (B.Pumillus), wax Sample bacillus (B.cereus), bacillus licheniformis (B.licheniformis))；Certain kinds of Brunswick Durham Blastocystis (Wickerhamomyces spp.) (abnormal Brunswick Durham yeast (W.anomalus))；Certain kinds of Torulopsis (Starmerella spp.) (ball intends Candida S.bombicola)；Certain kinds of Mycotoruloides (Candida spp.) (white Candida albicans (C.albicans), Candida rugosa (C.rugosa), Candida tropicalis (C.tropicalis), solution rouge candida albicans (C.lipolytica), ball intends candida albicans (C.torulopsis))；Certain kinds of Rhod (Rhodococcus spp.)；Section Certain kinds of Bacillus (Arthrobacter spp.)；Certain kinds of curved bar Pseudomonas (Campylobacter spp.)；Maize leaves bacillus Belong to certain kinds (Cornybacterium spp.) etc..Biosurfactant can be obtained by fermentation process known in the art .

The growth of microorganism according to the present invention

Other by-products that the present invention is grown using the production of microculture and microbe metabolite and/or microorganism Method.The present invention further utilizes the cultural method for the production for being suitable for microculture and required scale microbe metabolite. Microbial culture system is usually using submergence culture fermentation；It is also possible, however, to use surface culture and hybrid system.Such as this Used in text, " fermentation (fermentation) " refers to the growth of cell under controlled conditions.Growth may be aerobic or anaerobism 's.

In one embodiment, the present invention is provided to produce biomass (for example, live cell material), extracellular metabolism The material of object (such as small molecule and excretion albumen), residual nutrients and/or intracellular members (such as enzyme and other protein) And method.

Microorganism growing container used according to the invention can be anti-for any fermentor of industrial use or culture Answer device.In one embodiment, which can have function control device/sensor or can be connected to function control device/sensing Device to measure the important parameter in incubation, such as pH, oxygen, pressure, temperature, stirring shaft power, humidity, viscosity, and/or Microbe density and/or metabolite concentration.

In further embodiment, the container can also monitor growth (such as the cell number of microorganism in container With the measurement in growth period).It is alternatively possible to take out daily sample from container, and such as dilute by techniques known in the art Coating technique is released to be counted.Dilution spread is a kind of technology for being simply to bacterial number in estimation sample.The technology is also Index to compare varying environment or processing can be provided.

In one embodiment, the method includes giving culture supplement nitrogen source.For example, nitrogen source can be potassium nitrate, nitre Sour ammonium, ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonia, urea and/or ammonium chloride.These nitrogen sources can be used alone, or can two kinds or more groups It closes and uses.

The cultural method can provide oxygenation for grown culture.One embodiment utilizes the microinching of air To remove the air of low oxygen content and introduce oxygen-containing air.Oxygen-containing air can be the surrounding air supplemented daily by machinery, The machinery includes for the impeller of mechanical agitation liquid and for the bubble of gas to be supplied in liquid so that oxygen is molten Air sparger (air sparger) of the solution into liquid.

This method can further comprise giving culture supplementary carbon source.The carbon source be usually carbohydrate such as glucose, Sucrose, lactose, fructose, trehalose, mannose, mannitol and/or maltose；Organic acid, such as acetic acid, fumaric acid, citric acid, Propionic acid, malic acid, malonic acid and/or pyruvic acid；Alcohol such as ethyl alcohol, propyl alcohol, butanol, amylalcohol, hexanol, isobutanol and/or the third three Alcohol；Fat and oils such as soybean oil, rice bran oil, olive oil, rapeseed oil, coconut oil, corn oil, sesame oil and/or linseed Oil.These carbon sources can be used alone or two kinds or combination of the above use.

In one embodiment, culture medium includes the growth factor and trace nutrients of microorganism.When micro- life of growth When object cannot generate their required all vitamins, this is especially preferred.Culture medium can also contain inorganic nutrients object, Trace element including such as iron, zinc, copper, manganese, molybdenum and/or cobalt.In addition, vitamin, essential amino acid and microelement come Source may include, for example, flour or diet, the form of such as corn flour or the form of extract, such as yeast extract, horse Bell potato extract, beef extract, extract of soybean, banana tegument extract etc. or purified form.It can also include amino acid, Such as, it can be used for the amino acid of Protein synthesis, such as l-Alanine.

It in one embodiment, also may include inorganic salts.Potassium dihydrogen phosphate, phosphoric acid hydrogen two can be can be with inorganic salts Potassium, disodium hydrogen phosphate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium chloride, ferric sulfate, iron chloride, manganese sulfate, manganese chloride, zinc sulfate, lead chloride, copper sulphate, Calcium chloride, calcium carbonate and/or sodium carbonate.These inorganic salts can be used alone or are applied in combination with two kinds or more.

In some embodiments, cultural method may further include before incubation and/or in incubation Period adds other acid and/or antibacterial agent in culture solution.Antibacterial agent or antibiotic can be used for protecting culture from pollution. Further, it is also possible to defoaming agent is added, the formation and/or accumulation of foam when preventing from generating gas in the training period.

The pH value of mixture should be suitble to objective microbe.Buffer and pH adjusting agent (such as carbonate and phosphate) are available In by pH stable near preferred value.In the presence of metal ion is with high concentration, it may be necessary to use chelating in culture solution Agent.

For cultivate microorganism and generate microorganism by-product method and apparatus can in batches, it is quasi-continuous or Continuous process carries out.

Microorganism can be in the form of planktonic organism or as biofilm development.In the case where biomembrane, in the container There can be matrix, microorganism can be grown in matrix with biofilm states.The system can also have such as application promoting factor The ability of (such as shear stress) promotes and/or improves biofilm development feature.

In one embodiment, microbial culture method is executed at about 5 DEG C to about 100 DEG C, preferably 15 to 60 It executes at DEG C, is more preferably executed at 25 to 50 DEG C.In further embodiment, culture can be continuous at a constant temperature It executes.In another embodiment, culture can be subjected to the temperature of variation.

In one embodiment, equipment used in this method and incubation is sterile.Such as reactor/vessel Culture device can separate with disinfection unit such as autoclave but be connected with disinfection unit.Culture device can also have to be opened in inoculation The disinfection unit sterilized on the spot before beginning.It can be carried out disinfection by methods known in the art to air.For example, environment can be made Air passes through at least one filter before being introduced into container.In other embodiments, Pasteur can be carried out to culture medium Disinfection, or do not heat completely optionally, to control bacterial growth using low water activity and low pH.

The biomass content of fermentation culture can be such as 5g/L to 180g/L or higher.In one embodiment, The solid content of culture solution is 10g/L to 150g/L.

In one embodiment, invention further provides the methods for producing microbe metabolite, described micro- Biological metabolite such as ethyl alcohol, lactic acid, beta glucan, protein, peptide, Metabolic Intermediate, polyunsaturated fatty acid and lipid.It is logical Cross this method generation metabolite content can be, for example, at least 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90%.

The microorganism growth by-product generated by objective microbe can be retained in microorganism or be secreted into culture solution.In In another embodiment, the method for generating microorganism growth by-product may further include concentration and purification of target is micro- The step of biological growth by-product.In further embodiment, culture solution can be living containing stabilised microorganism growth by-product The compound of property.

In one embodiment, (such as required cell density or specific generation in reaching culture solution after the completion of culture After thanking to object density) all microculture ingredients of removal.In the batch procedure, start one completely newly after harvesting first product Batch.

In another embodiment, in any primary a part for only removing tunning.In the present embodiment, have There is the biomass of living cells to keep in a reservoir as the Inoculant of new culture batch.The ingredient of removal can be cell-free culture Liquid contains cell.It is formed a quasi-continuous system in this way.

Advantageously, this method does not need complicated equipment or high energy consumption.Objective microbe can be with small-scale or extensive It cultivates and is utilized at the scene in ground, it might even be possible to be mixed with their culture medium.Similarly, microbe metabolite can also need The place mass production wanted.

The product for being advantageously based on microorganism can be produced in remote districts.Microorganism growth facility can pass through utilization Such as solar energy, wind energy and/or hydroelectric generation and run outside power grid.

The useful microorganism of system and a method according to the invention can be such as bacterium, yeast and/or fungi.This is slightly Biology can be natural or genetic engineering microorganism.For example, microorganism can be converted with specific gene to show specific spy Sign.Microorganism is also possible to the mutant of required bacterial strain.As used herein, " mutant (mutant) " means with reference to microorganism Bacterial strain, genetic variation or hypotype, wherein the mutant and with reference to microbial ratio have one or more hereditary variations (for example, Point mutation, missense mutation, nonsense mutation, missing, duplication, frameshift mutation or repetitive extension (repeat expansion)).Preparation The method of mutant is well-known in microbiological art.For example, ultraviolet mutation effect (UV is widely used for this purpose ) and nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis.

In one embodiment, microorganism is the bacterium for including Gram-positive and gramnegative bacterium.Bacterium can To be that endospore or exogenous spore form bacterium.Bacterium can be such as agrobacterium radiobacter (Agrobacterium Radiobacter), the island Bo Ku alkane eating bacteria (Alcanivora borkumensis), nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Azobacter) (azobacter (A.vinelandii), aztobacter sp (A.chroococcum)), Azospirillum brasilense (Azospirillum Brasiliensis), bacillus (for example, bacillus subtilis, bacillus licheniformis, bacillus firmus (B.firmus), Bacillus laterosporus (B.laterosporus), bacillus megaterium (B.megaterium), bacillus amyloliquefaciens), clostridium (Clostridium) (clostridium butyricum (C.butyricum), clostridium tyrobutyricum (C.tyrobutyricum), vinegar bacillus amylobacter (C.acetobutyricum), clostridium NIPER 7 and Clostridium beijerinckii (C.beijerinckii)), lactobacillus fermenti (Lactobacillus fermentum), slave block some kind (the Norcardia sp.), pseudomonad (Pseudomonas) of bacterium (golden Pseudomonas chlororaphis subspecies (gram Lyu Wall Bordetella) (P.chlororaphis subsp.aureofaciens (Kluyver), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.aeruginosa)), rhizobium (Rhizobium), Rhodospirillum rubrum (Rhodospirillum rubrum), Sphingol single-cell (Sphingomonas paucimobilis), true oxygen production alkali are moved less Some of bacillus (Ralstonia eulropha), serratia marcesens (Serratia marcescens) and/or tomb village Bordetella Kind (Tsukamurella sp.).

In a preferred embodiment, microorganism is selected from bacillus subtilis, bacillus amyloliquefaciens and lichens gemma The Bacillus strain of bacillus.Even further preferably, Bacillus strain is spore form.

In some embodiments, compared with wild-type B. subtilis and with other are micro- used in oil recovery Biofacies ratio, the present invention utilize the bacillus subtilis strain of the biosurfactant production capacity with enhancing.Certain In embodiment, the generation increase of the biopolymer, solvent and/or enzyme of bacillus subtilis strain.Such bacillus subtilis Bacterium has been referred to as B series member, including but not limited to B1, B2 and B3.

In one embodiment, microorganism is bacillus subtilis site B1 or B2 mutation, they are such as active extracts With effective producer of other biological surfactant and biopolymer.In the degree consistent with introduction disclosed herein On, which is incorporated by reference into International Publication sequence number WO 2017/044953A1.

The culture of bacillus subtilis B1 microorganism has been deposited in American Type Culture Collection (ATCC),10801University Blvd.,Manassas,Va.20110-2209USA.The collection has been that the preservation refers to Registration number ATCC sequence number PTA-123459 is determined, and in the preservation on the 30th of August in 2016.

The vegetative cell of bacillus subtilis strain B1 be it is rod-shaped, width be 0.7 to 0.9 μm, a length of 1.6 to 3.3 μm, and Individually occur.It is active, gram-positive, and biology can be generated on nutrient agar and potato dextrose agar Polymer.In the sporangium not expanded, it can also generate the spore of ellipse near center or central point.Mature spore Size be it is 0.8 to 1.0 μm wide, it is 1.6 to 1.9 μm long.On nutrient agar plate after 40 DEG C are placed 16 hours, agar bacterium colony is It is cream-colored/cream-coloured, in protrusion, mucus, it is circular, complete, smooth, shinny, and diameter is 3.0 to 7.0mm. It is facultative aerobe, and growth temperature range is 25-55 DEG C, and optimum growth temp is 35 DEG C.It hydrolyzes starch, in Voges- It is positive in Proskauer test, can use citrate, and can be with 15%NaCl mixed growth.

In some embodiments, bacillus subtilis strain is salt tolerant.Salt tolerance can be for appointing in a variety of salt What is one or more.For example, the salt can be monovalent salt, such as sodium salt or sylvite, such as NaCl or KCl or divalent salts, such as Magnesium salts or calcium salt, such as MgCl2 or CaCl2 or trivalent salt.Geographic location to be processed is given, is existed in composition or place Zinc, bromine, iron or lithium salts.In a preferred embodiment, bacterium as described herein has other salt in NaCl and above-mentioned salt There is tolerance, and is therefore widely used in oil recovery.

In some embodiments, bacillus subtilis strain can grow vigorously under low oxygen conditions.In some implementations In mode, bacillus subtilis strain is in micro- aerobic or grown under anaerobic conditions.It, can be under micro- aerobic and/or anaerobic condition Adding nitrate replaces oxygen as electron acceptor, to support anaerobic respiration.

Compared with the reference strain of bacillus subtilis, the B bacterial strain series of bacillus subtilis generates more biological tables Face activating agent.In addition, survival ratio other the well-known bacterial strains of bacillus subtilis strain under with high salt and anaerobic condition are more It is good.The bacterial strain can also be grown under anaerobic.Bacillus subtilis B series bacterial strain can be also used for generating degradation or metabolism The enzyme of petroleum or other oil products.

In one embodiment, method of the invention can use the tunning of yeast or fungi.According to the present invention It is suitble to the yeast used and fungal species includes, for example, candida albicans, saccharomyces (Saccharomyces) (saccharomyces cerevisiae (S.cerevisiae), Bu Ladi yeast (S.boulardii sequela), torula (S.torula)), Cruise yeast (Issatchenkia), Kluyveromyces yeasts (Kluyveromyces), Pichia pastoris, Brunswick Durham yeast are (for example, abnormal prestige Gram Durham yeast), Torulopsis (for example, ball intends Candida (S.bombicola)), rhodotorula (Rhodotorula) (example Such as, rhodotorula glutinis (R.glutinous) and two rhodotorula of wheat (R.graminus)), mycorhiza (Mycorrhiza), Mortierella It (Mortierella), must mould (Phycomyces), cloth Laplace mould (Blakeslea), thraustochytriale (Thraustochytrium), corruption mould (Phythium), entomophthora (Entomophthora), aureobasidium pullulans (Aureobasidium pullulans), aphid false yeast (Pseudozyma aphidis), Aspergillus (Aspergillus) And/or certain kinds (Rhizopus spp.) of rhizopus.

In one embodiment, yeast is killer yeast.As used herein, " killer yeast (killer yeast) " is Refer to and is characterized in that by secreting toxic protein or glycoprotein toxic protein or glycoprotein to the yeast strain of bacterial strain autoimmunity. The exotoxin of killer yeast secretion can kill other bacterial strains of yeast, fungi or bacterium.For example, can be controlled by killer yeast Microorganism include Fusarium (Fusarium) and other filamentous fungis.Such yeast may include but be not limited to Brunswick Durham ferment Female (for example, abnormal Brunswick Durham yeast), Pichia pastoris are (for example, Pichia anomala (p.anomala), season also cover and finish red ferment Mother (P.guielliermondii), arborvitae Pichia pastoris (P.occidentalis), Pichia kudriavezii (P.kudriavzevii)), Hansenula yeast (Hansenula), saccharomyces cerevisiae (Saccharomyces), spore Hansenula yeast (Hanseniaspora) (such as grape has spore Hansenula yeast (H.uvarum), black tassel bacteria (Ustilago) (for example, corn Black tassel bacteria (U.maydis)), Han Side saccharomyces pastorianus (Debaryomyces hansenii), candida albicans, Cryptococcus (Cryptococcus), Kluyveromyces yeasts, torulopsis (Torulopsis), quasi- Weir yeast (Williopsis), engagement Yeast (Zygosaccharomyces) (such as Bai Shi Zygosaccharomyces (Z.bailii)) etc..

In one embodiment, the yeast such as Pichia anomala that biological can be generated by culture is (abnormal Brunswick Durham yeast) obtain yeast tunning.Abnormal Brunswick Durham yeast is often related to food and cereal production, and It is effective producer of various solvents, enzyme, toxin and glycolipid biosurfactant such as SLP.7 are cultivated at 25-30 DEG C Fermentation culture after it may include yeast cells suspension and the glycolipid biosurfactant of such as 4g/L or more.

In one embodiment, can also by culture generate biosurfactant yeast ball intend Candida come Obtain yeast tunning.This kind is effective producer of glycolipid biosurfactant such as SLP.It is cultivated 5 days at 25 DEG C Fermentation culture afterwards may include yeast cells suspension and the glycolipid biosurfactant of such as 150g/L or more.

In one embodiment, yeast tunning may include the fermentation culture separated with yeast cells.One In a embodiment, by culture solution biosurfactant or other growth by-products further separated with culture solution and pure Change.

According to the invention, it is possible to use other microbial strains, including can for example accumulate a large amount of such as glycolipids or lipopeptid Other of biosurfactant or other metabolins fungal bacterial strain.Other useful metabolins include mannose according to the present invention Albumen, beta glucan and other substances with biological emulsification and reduction surface/interface tensile properties.

The preparation of product based on microorganism

A kind of product based on microorganism of the invention be only include microorganism and/or by microorganism generate microorganism Metabolin and/or any residual nutrients fermentation culture.Tunning can directly be employed without extraction or purifying.If It needs, standard extraction methods or technology well known by persons skilled in the art can be used and easily realize extraction and purifying.

Microorganism in product based on microorganism can be activity or inactive form.It can be used based on microorganism Product is without further stabilizing, saving and storing.Advantageously, it can directly be saved using these products based on microorganism A possibility that high viability of microorganism, the pollution of reduction external agent and undesirable microorganism, and microorganism is kept to grow The activity of by-product.

The microorganism and/or culture solution generated by microorganism growth can be removed from growing container, and via for example Pipeline transfer for using immediately.

Advantageously, according to the present invention, the product based on microorganism may include the culture solution that wherein growth has microorganism.It should Product can be for example, at least 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75% or the 100% of culture solution by weight.It is raw in product The amount of substance can be such as 0% to 100% any number, including all percentages therebetween by weight.

In other embodiments, composition (microorganism, culture solution or microorganism and culture solution) can be placed in suitably In the container of size, and considers for example expected purposes, expected application method, the size of fermentor and grown from microorganism Any means of transportation of the facility to use place.Therefore, the container for placing the composition based on microorganism can be such as 1 gallon To 1,000 gallons or more.In some embodiments, container is 2 gallons, 5 gallons, 25 gallons or bigger.

When composition of the harvest based on microorganism from growing container, when the product of harvest is put into container and/or logical When piping conveying (or otherwise transport uses), other compositions can be added.Additive can be, for example, buffer, Composition based on microorganism of carrier, other produced in identical or different facility, viscosity modifier, preservative, for micro- The nutrients of biological growth, tacking agent, pesticide and other specific to desired use ingredient.

The addition up to additive of such as 50 weight % or more be can according to need for particular application, such as changed Become the viscosity that VOC is horizontal, increases the permeability of mixture, reduces mixture, the idol as solvent insolubles in the mixture Join agent and solvent is provided.The flash-point of all additives should be greater than 100 °F, preferably greater than 150 °F, and more preferable 195 °F TCC, to realize that final products flash-point is greater than 200 °F.

Optionally, product can use preceding storage.Storage time is preferably short.Therefore, storage time can be less than 60 days, 45 It, 30 days, 20 days, 15 days, 10 days, 7 days, 5 days, 3 days, 2 days, 1 day or 12 hours.In a preferred embodiment, if produced There are living cells in object, then at cold temperatures by product storage, are such as lower than 20 DEG C, 15 DEG C, 10 DEG C or 5 DEG C.Separately On the one hand, biosurfactant composition can usually store at ambient temperature.

The local production of product based on microorganism

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, microorganism growth facility fresh, high density with required large-scale production Objective microbe and/or microorganism grow by-product.Microorganism, which grows facility, can be located at application site or in application site Near.The facility in batches, quasi-continuous or continuous training method produce composition of the high density based on microorganism.

It includes from (for example, laboratory installation) on a small scale to the culture of extensive (such as commercial plant) that the present invention, which utilizes, Journey.These incubations include but is not limited to submerge culture/fermentation, solid state fermentation (SSF) and combinations thereof.

Microorganism growth facility of the invention generates the fresh composition based on microorganism comprising microorganism itself, Microbe metabolite and/or the wherein other compositions of the culture solution of growth microorganism.The composition can have highly dense as needed The vegetative cell or vegetative cell of degree, spore, mycelium, conidium and/or other microbial reproduction bodies mixture.

It is used to use in designated position the present invention is based on the product of microorganism it can be advantageous to customize.In an embodiment party In formula, microorganism growth facility is located at the place that will use the product based on microorganism or is using the product based on microorganism Place near.For example, microorganism growth facility can apart from the place used less than 300,250,200,150,100,75, 50,25,15,10,5,3 or 1 miles.

Because the product based on microorganism is generated near local, scene or application site, without by tradition Microorganism in micro-organisms stabilizes, saves, storing and transportational process, it is possible to generate the micro- life of the much higher work of density Object.It is therefore desirable to which the product based on microorganism of smaller volume is used for field application.In addition, necessity of effect needed for realizing Under the conditions of, this microbe application for allowing density much higher.

Advantageously, this allows scaled bioreactor (for example, lesser fermentor and less starting The supply of raw material, nutrients, pH controlling agent and defoaming agent etc.), this makes system high efficiency and carries convenient for product.Based on microorganism The locally generated grown cultures liquid that also promotes of product includes in the product, therefore, eliminating stable cell or by itself and culture The requirement of liquid separation.The culture solution may include the particularly suitable reagent locally used generated in fermentation process.

The high density that locally produces, strong culture of microorganism are at the scene than having been subjected to cell stabilization or having located Those of a period of time, microorganism was more effective in supply chain.With traditional product --- wherein cell, spore, mycelium, mitogenetic The metabolin present in the fermentation growth medium and nutrients separate for spore or other microbial reproduction bodies --- compared with, Product based on microorganism of the invention is particularly advantageous.When the haulage time of reduction allows according to required by local demand Between and amount production and deliver new lot microorganism and/or its metabolin.

Advantageously, these microorganisms growth facility provides the scheme for solving current problem, which is to rely on widely Plant-scale producer, product quality is because of upstream process delay, supply chain bottleneck, unsuitable storage and other obstruction In time deliver and application emergency event and be affected, for example, have viability high cell count product and it is relevant wherein The culture solution and metabolin of cell initial growth.

Microorganism growth facility is improved by product of the customization based on microorganism cooperates with work with destination geographical location Ability provides the multifunctionality of manufacture.Advantageously, in a preferred embodiment, system of the invention using depositing naturally Local microorganism and its ability of metabolic by-product improve oil production rate.It can based on such as salt tolerance or at high temperature The ability of growth identifies local microorganism.

The incubation time of each container can be such as 1 to 7 day or longer.Cultured products can in a multitude of different ways in Any one harvest.

It local production and delivers in such as 24 hours fermentation pure, high-cell density compositions of generation and substantially lower Transportation cost.In view of exploitation more effectively with the fast-developing prospect of more powerful microbial inoculant, consumer will be from this Kind is quickly delivered greatly benefited in the ability of the product based on microorganism.

The method for improving oil recovery

In some embodiments, the present invention provides by handling Oil Generation with microorganism and/or its growth by-product Place of production point, such as oil bearing bed or oil well improve the material and method of oil yield.In one embodiment, the present invention is available Incrustation in stratum is dissolved while for example, by promoting the oily flowing for carrying out artesian well, to increase the oil recovery from oil well Rate.

As it is used herein, " application (applying) " composition or product are referred to composition or product and target Or point contact, so that the composition or product can have an impact target or place.This influence can be attributed to for example micro- The effect of biological growth and/or biosurfactant or other growth by-products.For example, can be by the combination based on microorganism Object or product be injected into oil well and/or pipeline relevant to Petroleum Production place and oil bearing bed, casing, annulus (annulus), In pump, tank etc..

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a kind of by that can generate useful biochemistry pair for one or more The microorganism of product is applied to the method that petroleum generates place such as oil bearing bed and/or oil well to improve petroleum recovering rate.It should Method, which is optionally included, is added to the place for nutrients and/or other reagents.In a preferred embodiment, microorganism is to produce The kind of the bacterium of raw biosurfactant.

In some embodiments, the microorganism is selected from the bacterial strain of bacillus, including but not limited to withered grass gemma The bacterial strain of bacillus, bacillus licheniformis and bacillus amyloliquefaciens.In a preferred embodiment, bacterium is spore form.

In one embodiment, this method further comprises addition nutrients and/or rudiment reinforcing agent to promote micro- life The rudiment and growth of object.For example, nutrients can be added, such as source of carbon, nitrogen, magnesium, phosphorus and protein.It can also add and sprout Bud promotor, such as l-Alanine and manganese.

This method can also include addition yeast tunning, such as intend Candida or abnormal prestige by cultivating such as ball Gram Durham yeast and the fermentation culture generated.In one embodiment, yeast is the yeast for generating biosurfactant. In one embodiment, fermentation culture include yeast growth by-product, such as glycolipid biosurfactant and Other metabolins.

In one embodiment, yeast cells can be removed from yeast tunning, and only application contains biology The culture solution of surfactant and other metabolins.In one embodiment, yeast tunning includes and has trained with fermentation The biosurfactant that nutrient solution is separated and purified.

In some embodiments, for example individual biosurfactant of yeast tunning ratio of the invention has excellent Gesture, the biosurfactant includes one or more of: the high concentration of a part as yeast cell wall outer surface Mannoproteins；There are beta glucans in yeast cell wall；And biosurfactant present in culture and other Metabolin (such as lactic acid, ethyl alcohol, ethyl acetate etc.).

This method can also include by microorganism and/or microorganism growth by-product and one or more alkali compounds one Play application.The alkali compounds can be such as ammonium hydroxide.

In some embodiments, this method can also include by microorganism and/or microorganism growth by-product and one kind Or multiple polymers compound is applied together.Polymer compound can be selected from biopolymer, such as hydrogel, polysaccharide, Xanthan gum, guar gum and cellulosic polymer.

In some embodiments, this method can also include by microorganism and/or microorganism growth by-product and one kind Or a variety of inanimate surfaces activating agents are applied together.Surfactant can be such as anion, cation, nonionic or both sexes Ion.

In one embodiment, microorganism and/or microorganism growth by-product can be with one or more chelating agents one Application is played, for reducing the incrustation that for example dissolution is accumulated in oil bearing bed.Chelating agent can be, for example, citric acid, EDTA, And/or sodium citrate.

In some embodiments, the present invention is based on the products of microorganism and method can be further used for paraffin removal, Gu The water of the liquefaction of body asphalitine and hydrocarbon pollution, soil and other places it is biological prosthetic.

In one embodiment, the product based on microorganism is applied to active well, including surrounding formation.In this reality It applies in mode, product can be poured into or the casing side of injection well (wall liner (back lines)), and make it and deposited in well Fluid mixing.When there are enough fluids, then composition can be made to circulate optionally by such as pump (circulate) 24-72 hours, preferably 48-72 hours.For example, composition can be made to place (set) 8 to 24 before circulation Hour.Standing time, currency and dosage depend on the depth and size of well.Basic predose can be but not limited to Based on regularly for example, once every two weeks, monthly, the composition of 20 gallons of every well once every two months, and at least about 5 plus The composition of logical sequence.

In one embodiment, microorganism rudiment and can grow on the spot in Petroleum Production place and generate biological surface Activating agent.Therefore, it can be easy and continuously realize at processing place the Bio-surface active of (such as oil well) middle and high concentration Agent and the microorganism for generating biosurfactant.

In one embodiment, composition is introduced into the oil bearing bed of surrounding by the perforation being expected that by casing.It can Composition to be pressed into the stratum of surrounding by applying pressure, alternatively, if allowing for composition to be placed on the bottom of casing, Then composition can penetrate into stratum in the case where no additonal pressure.The composition penetrates into stratum, has dissolved stratum In blocking, to provide more efficient oil and natural gas harvesting.

In other embodiment, composition of the invention can be applied directly to equipment.For example, by bar and casing It is put into before gas well and/or oil well, by these part spray compositions or can impregnate in the composition.The part can also be with It immerses in the tank of filled compositions.

Composition can be introduced into offshore natural gas or oil well to enhance oil recovery by injection pump.In order to handle pipe Line, such as can be with 1 to 20 gallon for example per minute or 1 to 20 barrels of charge velocity per minute by 1-500 gallons up to 1000 Bucket, 10,000 barrels or more of composition are applied to the composition (the composition).

Processing of the invention can be in a series of different geo-logical terrains effectively.For example, the present invention can be used for being deep to about 7,000 feet or deeper stratum, and shallowly into about 1,500 foot or more shallow of stratum.In addition, the present invention can be used for having In a certain range of porosity and/or permeability for example, about 0.1% to about 20% or higher stratum.The present invention can also be used to have In the stratum for having the temperature of wide scope, pH and salinity.

In one embodiment, the oil recovery of enhancing is realized by Selective plugging (plug), wherein passing through storage The fluid stream of layer is transferred to medium or low permeability zone from the high permeability zone of reservoir.For example, can be by forcing injection Water improved by the oily region of reservoir being previously bypassed and sweep oily efficiency (Sweep efficiency).The change of flow pattern Changing can be realized by increasing the quantity of microbial cell in reservoir, for example, by injecting microorganism together with nutrients. The nutrients of injection and microorganism preferentially flow into the high permeability area of reservoir, and as cell growth as a result, biomass The degree for selectively blocking these regions is bigger than medium or low permeability areas.In one embodiment, by microorganism It is injected into the form of spore in container and the rudiment in container.

Oil recovery is improved by the method for alkaline surfactant's polymer (ASP)

In one embodiment, the method for improving oil recovery is provided, wherein by of the invention based on micro- The product and one or more alkali compounds, polymer, surfactant or combinations thereof of biology, are applied to oily production site.

In surfactant flooding (surfactant flooding), by reducing oil and driven water-replacing (displacing Water the interfacial tension between interfacial tension and oil and rock interface between), with displacement and can recycle residual oil.

It is driven in (caustic flooding) in causticity, the organic acid in petroleum is formed in situ drop with alkaline reacting for compound The natural surfactant of low oil water interfacial tension.

In addition to surfactant flooding and alkali drive (alkaline flooding), polymer can also be used to improve driven water-replacing Viscosity sweeps oily efficiency to improve.

It is the combined method for injecting alkali, surfactant and polymer that ASP, which drives,.ASP be related to will containing polymer, alkali and The exhausted or mature oil field of the solution injection of surfactant, it is therefore an objective to be obtained under big injection rate with the smallest cost optimal Chemical property.Alkaline surfactant's mixture and oil form lotion, are then scanned using polymer oil-displacing agent and from storage It is discharged in layer.ASP drives by adding surfactant into water and reduces oil water interfacial tension (IFT), while poly- by addition It closes object and comes matching oil and water flowing, to improve microscopic oil displacement efficiency.In addition, alkali is also added into water, it is living to reduce surface Property absorption of the agent on the borehole wall, and local salinity is controlled, to ensure the smallest IFT and change the wetability of rock.

The application of microorganism and surfactant in oil recovery

In some embodiments, the method for recovery of oil as described herein utilizes one or more microorganisms and/or micro- life Object growth by-product (such as biosurfactant) combines with other compositions.In one embodiment, other compositions For inanimate surfaces activating agent.

Surfactant (surface-active agents) molecule there are two functional group, i.e., hydrophily (water solubility) or polar group with Hydrophobicity (oil-soluble) or non-polar group.Hydrophobic grouping is usually long hydrocarbon chain (C8-C18), can with or cannot be branch , and hydrophilic radical is by such as carboxylate, sulfate, sulfonate (anion), alcohol, oxyethylated chain (nonionic) and season The part such as ammonium salt (cation) is formed.

Surfactant is the interfacial tension (IFT) reduced between capture oil and salt water in the effect in ASP drive, to help Mobilization and the formation for promoting oil depot.It reduces IFT and reduces capillary force, and oil depot is allowed more freely to flow, without being caught again It obtains.The selection of suitable surfactant for EOR purpose is based on ability, the thermostabilization for reducing the IFT between crude oil and salt water Property, to the suction under the tolerance of brine salinities and hardness, the solubility in salt water, phase behavior parameter, static state and dynamic condition Displacement research under adhesion test and reservoir conditions.

Surfactant according to the method for the present invention includes but is not limited to: anionic surfactant, laruyl alcohol amine sulfate, Sldium lauryl sulfate (also referred to as SDS, lauryl sodium sulfate), lauric acid sodium alkylether sulphate (alkyl-ether Sulfates sodium laureth sulfate) (also referred to as sodium laureth sulfate (sodium lauryl ether Sulfate) (SLES)), myristyl alcohol polyethers sodium sulphate (sodium myreth sulfate)；More library esters (docusates), Sodium sulfosuccinate dioctyl ester (dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate), perfluoro octane sulfonate (perfluorooctanesulfonate) (PFOS), perflurobutane sulfonate (perfluorobutanesulfonate), straight Alkyl benzene sulphonate (linear alkylbenzene sulfonates) (LABs), alkylaryl ether phosphate, alkyl ether Phosphate；Carboxylate, alkyl carboxylate's (soap), odium stearate, sodium lauroyl sarcosine (sodium lauroyl Sarcosinate), carboxylate group fluorine-containing surfactant (carboxylate-based fluorosurfactants), perfluor Pelargonate, perfluorooctanoic acid salt；Cationic surfactant, pH dependence primary, secondary or tertiary amine, Octenidine dihydrochloride (octenidine dihydrochloride), the quaternary ammonium cation of permanently charged lotus, alkyl trimethyl ammonium salt, cetyl Base trimethyl ammonium (CTAB) (also known as cetyl trimethylammonium bromide), hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC), chlorination ten Six alkyl pyridines (CPC), benzalkonium chloride (benzalkonium chloride) (BAC), benzethonium chloride (benzethonium Chloride) (BZT), the bromo- 5- nitro -1,3- dioxanes of 5-, the double octadecyldimethyl ammoniums of chlorination, cetrimonium bromide The double octadecyldimethyl ammoniums (DODAB) of (cetrimonium bromide), bromination；Amphoteric ion (facultative) surface-active Agent, sulfobetaines (sultaines) CHAPS (3- [(3- gallbladder cocamidopropyl) dimethylamino] -1- propane sulfonic acid salt), cocounut oil Amido propyl hydroxyl sulfo betaine (cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine), glycine betaine, cocamidopropyl propyl amide sweet tea Dish alkali (cocamidopropyl betaine), phosphatidylserine (phosphatidylserine), phosphatidyl-ethanolamine (phosphatidylethanolamine), phosphatidyl choline (phosphatidylcholine), sphingomyelins (sphingomyelins), ethoxylate, long-chain alcohol, fatty alcohol, cetanol, stearyl alcohol, cetostearyl alcohol (cetostearyl alcohol), oleyl alcohol, polyoxyethylene glycol alkyl ether (Brij): CH3-(CH2) 10-16-(O-C2H4) 1- 25-OH (eight glycol monododecyl ethers, five glycol monododecyl ethers), oxide glycols alkyl ether: CH3-(CH2) 10-16-(O-C3H6) 1-25-OH, glucosides alkyl ether: CH3- (CH2) 10-16- (O- glucoside) 1-3-OH (decyl glucose Glycosides, Dodecyl Polyglucosides, octyl glucoside), polyoxyethylene glycol octylphenol ether: C8H17-(C6H4)-(O-C2H4) 1-25-OH (Triton X-100), polyoxyethylene glycol alkyl phenol ether: 1-25-OH of C9H19-(C6H4)-(O-C2H4) (Nonoxynol-9), alkyl esters of glycerol (glyceryl laurate ester), polyoxyethylene glycol sorbitan alkyl esters (poly- mountain Pears alcohol ester), sorbitan alkyl esters (spans), coconut oleoyl amine MEA, coconut oleoyl amine DEA dodecyl dimethyl oxidation The copolymer (poloxamer (poloxamers)) and polyethylene glycol oxide tallow amine of amine, polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol (polyethoxylated tallow amine)(POEA)。

Contain anionic functional group, such as sulfate, sulfonate, phosphate and carboxylic acid in the head of anionic surfactant Salt.Significant alkyl sulfate include laruyl alcohol amine sulfate, sldium lauryl sulfate (also referred to as SDS, lauryl sodium sulfate) and Relevant lauric acid sodium alkylether sulphate (alkyl-ether sulfates sodium laureth sulfate), also referred to as Sodium laureth sulfate (SLES) and myristyl alcohol polyethers sodium sulphate.Carboxylate is the most common surfactant, and includes alkane Yl carboxylic acid salt (soap), such as odium stearate.

Surfactant with cationic head base includes: pH dependence primary, secondary or tertiary amine；Octenidine dihydrochloride； The quaternary ammonium cation of permanently charged lotus such as alkyl trimethyl ammonium salt: cetrimonium bromide (CTAB) --- also known as ten Six alkyl trimethyl ammonium bromides, hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC)；Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC)；Benzalkonium chloride (BAC)；Benzethonium chloride (BZT)；The bromo- 5- nitro -1,3- dioxanes of 5-；The double octadecyldimethyl ammoniums of chlorination；Cetrimonium bromide；With The double octadecyldimethyl ammoniums (DODAB) of bromination.

Amphoteric ion (facultative) surfactant has cation and the anionic centers connected on the same molecule.Sun Ionic portions are based on primary, secondary or tertiary amine or quaternary ammonium cation.Anion part can more change and including sulfonate.Most Common biological zwitterionic surfactant has a phosphate radical anion with amine or ammonium, such as phosphatide, phosphatidylserine, Phosphatidyl-ethanolamine, phosphatidyl choline and sphingomyelins.

Surfactant with not charged hydrophilic segment such as ethoxylate is nonionic.Many long-chain alcohols Show some surfactant properties.

The application of microorganism and polymer in oil recovery

The present invention is provided using one or more microorganisms and/or microorganism growth by-product and one or more polymer Compound combination enhances the method for oil recovery.The polymer compound packet of recovery of oil is used for antimicrobial composition of the invention Include but be not limited to: hydrogel, acrylic acid, acrylamide, polyacrylamide (PAM), hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM), polysaccharide, Xanthan gum, guar gum and cellulosic polymer.In a preferred embodiment, polymer be selected from such as hydrogel, xanthan gum, The biopolymer of guar gum, cellulosic polymer, polysaccharide etc..

Associative water-soluble polymer is a relatively new quasi polymer, has been introduced into field use recently.These polymerizations Object is made of hydrophilic long-chain main chain, and a small amount of hydrophobic grouping is randomly dispersed in chain or the end of the chain.When these polymer are dissolved in water When middle, hydrophobic grouping aggregation is exposed with the water for minimizing them.In conjunction with group due to intramolecular hydrophobic interaction and molecule Between hydrophobic interaction and associate (associate).Compared with polyacrylamide, the functional group on these polymer is to salt water salt The sensibility of degree is lower, and the viscosity of polyacrylamide can be remarkably decreased with the increase of salinity.

Polymer flooding can be related to add a polymer in the water of water filling to reduce its mobility.Polymer is cut due to machinery It stays (entrapment) and increases the viscosity of water phase and reduce the permeability of water, therefore lead to more favorable mobility.Thicker In the close stage (phase), the oil reservoir being collected into (oil bank) can more readily pass through reservoir, and eventually enter into production Well.

Once no longer needing function of the polymer according to these embodiments in well, then also can be used of the invention The polymer of composition removal and/or degradation according to these embodiments based on microorganism.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a kind of methods, and this method will be by that will include one or more micro- lifes The composition based on microorganism of object bacterial strain is applied to drill site, harvests for improving from the hydrocarbon of fractured well.In certain implementations In mode, polymer is completed to accumulate in well after its desired function in well.

The microorganism of composition based on microorganism and/or its growth by-product can be such as poly- with rapid digestion polymer Lactic acid (PLA)；Therefore, once the effectiveness of PLA and other resins in the crack and pit shaft of fractured well have exhausted, this method is logical The accumulation for reducing them is crossed, to improve the producing capacity of hydrocarbon resource.The method optionally include by nutrients and/or its His reagent is added to the place to promote microorganism to grow.This method, which may further include, is added to polymer degrading enzyme The place is to enhance polymer degradation.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides the effectiveness in the polymeric material being retained in well (including fractured well) The method for having recycled them after having exhausted.For example, by means of the present invention with the biosurfactant of micro-organisms The interfacial tension of fluid can be reduced, the fluid is for promoting polymer material, such as PAM gel anti-friction agent.In another reality It applies in mode, biosurfactant can be used for cracking PAM gel before promoting PAM gel.

Application of the microorganism containing alkali compounds in oil recovery

The present invention provides use one or more microorganisms and/or microorganism to grow by-product and one or more alkalinity Compound combination enhances the method for oil recovery.Sharing the alkali compounds in oil recovery with microbes of the invention includes But it is not limited to ammonium hydroxide.

Alkali is the alkali ion salt of alkali or alkaline earth metal element.It is used in the chemical displacement of reservoir oil (chemical flood) Alkali has many benefits, including promotes emulsification of crude oil, improves aqueous ion intensity, so that adjusting the phase of the surfactant of injection Behavior, and IFT is reduced to ultralow value in the presence of a surfactant.

Alkali can also limit the dosage of required surfactant by two ways to reduce cost.Firstly, alkali passes through increasing The negative charge density on adding rock surface reduces surfactant adsorption, so that it be made preferentially to be spontaneously wet out by water.Secondly, alkali and original Acid reaction in-situ generation soap (Soap) in oil, and then expand optimum salinity range.The soap of generation will form micro emulsion liquid phase, It can coexist with oil and water, therefore extend three phase region (or ultralow region IFT).

The selection of alkali depends on stratigraphic type, clay type and bivalent cation.Common alkaline reagent includes hydroxide Sodium (NaOH or caustic soda), sodium carbonate (Na2CO₃Or soda ash), sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃) and kodalk (NaBO₂).According to report Road, sodium hydroxide solution can occur strong interaction with sandstone under high temperature (185 °F), so as to cause sandstone weightlessness and increase Porosity.During field use, as NaOH dissolve the consumption of caustic alkali caused by silicate mineral may be one it is significant and Harmful factor.Compared with NaOH, in Na₂CO₃In the presence of, the absorption of anionic surfactant is much smaller.Hydroxide is not It is the potential measurement ion of carbonate surface.Unless otherwise calcium and other bivalent cations can cause such as using soft-water brine Na₂CO₃Etc alkali precipitation.This is Na₂CO₃Limitation.It has been reported that using NaBO₂Instead of Na₂CO₃.The alkali is in 1wt% Alkali concentration under pH value be about 11, and generate be used for sour crudes soap.NaBO₂Another major advantage of (kodalk) It is their tolerances to bivalent cation.In Carbonate Reservoir, other alkali are replaced with kodalk.If reservoir includes viscous Soil, then preferred NaHCO₃。Na₂CO₃It is most common alkali, because its cheap and in porous media transport is more preferable.

The preferred oil reservoir of the alkaline displacement of reservoir oil is sandstone reservoir, rather than contains anhydrite (calcium sulfate) (CaSO₄) or calcined gypsum (dead plaster) (CaSO₄.2H₂O carbonate strata), this can consume a large amount of alkaline chemical.Equally, in carbonate In reservoir, as addition Na₂CO₃Or when NaOH, it may occur that calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) or calcium hydroxide (Ca (OH)₂) precipitating.Carbonate The reservoir also divalent salt water containing higher concentration, and may cause precipitating.In order to overcome this problem, it is proposed that use NaHCO₃With Sodium sulphate (Na₂SO₄)。NaHCO₃The much lower and other sulfate ion of carbon acid ion concentration can reduce solution In calcium ion concentration.These chemical substances are also consumed by clay, mineral or silica, and the temperature of reservoir is higher, alkali Consumption it is higher.Another during causticity drive is common problem encountered is that the incrustation in producing well is formed.During the alkaline displacement of reservoir oil, Injection sequence generally includes: (1) pre-flush is carried out before injecting primary slug (slug), to adjust reservoir；(2) primary slug (alkaline chemical)；(3) it is used as the polymer of migration buffer to replace primary slug.The alkaline displacement of reservoir oil can be revised as AP (alkali polymer), AS (alkali surfactant) and alkali, surfactant and polymer (ASP) technique.The acid ingredient and note of crude oil The soap (soap) that reaction between the alkali entered generates is the dominant mechanism of oil recovery in the alkaline displacement of reservoir oil.

The application of microorganism containing chelating agent

In some embodiments, microorganism and/or its growth by-product can be applied together with chelating agent or chelating reagent With.Advantageously, being facilitated using chelating agent by the way that incrustation dissolution in the earth formation is enhanced oil recovery.Incrustation can block The hole of oil bearing bed and other flow paths, thus slow down and/or blocking subterranean formations in oil stream.

As used herein, " chelating agent (chelator) " or " chelating reagent (chelating agent) " is to refer to lead to Cross the activating agent to form complex compound and remove metal ion from system so that the metal ion cannot for example participate in easily or It is catalyzed the formation of oxygen radical.

The example for being suitable for the invention chelating reagent includes but is not limited to dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA), 2,3- dimercapto Propane sulfonic acid (DMPS), alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), thiamines tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide (thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl Disulfide) (TTFD), penicillamine, ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA), sodium acetate, sodium citrate and citric acid.

In a preferred embodiment, chelating agent is sodium citrate, citric acid, EDTA or combinations thereof.