| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7896344 | Corrosion Science | 2013 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Nitrate injection is used to suppress reservoir souring in oil and gas fields caused by Sulfate Reducing Bacteria (SRB) through promotion of nitrate respiration by Nitrate Reducing Bacteria (NRB). However, it is not well publicized that nitrate reduction by NRB can cause Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) because nitrate reduction coupled with iron oxidation is thermodynamically favorable. NRB benefits bioenergetically from this redox reaction under biocatalysis. This work showed that the Bacillus licheniformis biofilm, when grown as an NRB biofilm, caused a 14.5 μm maximum pit depth and 0.89 mg/cm2 normalized weight loss against C1018 carbon steel in one-week lab tests.
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Authors
Dake Xu, Yingchao Li, Fengmei Song, Tingyue Gu,