Effect of Nutrient Addition on an Oil Reservoir Microbial Population: Implications for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Xiaoyi Wang¹, Dongmei Li², Phil Hendry², Herbert Volk³, Abdul Rashid⁴, Keyu Liu⁴, Manzur Ahmed³, Se Gong³, Wan Ata B Wan Daud⁵ and Tara D Sutherland^1*

¹CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, P.O. Box 1700, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia, E-mail: xywang@caf.ac.cn

²CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences, P.O. Box 52, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia, E-mail: xywang@caf.ac.cn

³CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, P.O. Box 132, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia, E-mail: xywang@caf.ac.cn

⁴CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6112, Australia, E-mail: xywang@caf.ac.cn

⁵PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, E-mail: xywang@caf.ac.cn