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Effect of Various Isolated Microbial Consortiums on the Biodegradation Process of Precipitated Asphaltenes from Crude Oil.

ABSTRACT: One of the serious problems in the oil industry is precipitation and deposition of asphaltenes in the different oil production stages including formation, wellbore, production tubing, flow lines, and separation units. This phenomenon causes a dramatic increase in the cost of oil production, processing, and transferring. Thus, it seems to be very necessary to use the removing methods for precipitated asphaltenes in different crude oil production and transferring stages. In this study, the ability of microorganisms for biodegradation of precipitated asphaltenes was investigated. For this purpose, four bacterial consortiums were isolated from oil-contaminated soil, crude oil, reservoir water, and oil sludge samples of an oil field located in the southwest of Iran. Based on the results of the designed experiments, by using response surface methodology (RSM) and central composite design, the bacterial consortiums were cultured in the flasks. Three levels of temperatures, salinity, pH, and initial asphaltene concentration as the substrate were considered as the parameters of culture medium and incubated growth mediums for 60 days. The maximum asphaltene biodegradation was 46.41% caused by the crude oil consortium including Staphylococcus saprophyticus sp. and Bacillus cereus sp. at 45 °C, salinity 160 g·L-1, pH 6.5, and 25 g·L-1 initial asphaltene concentration. Also, it was observed that the negative or positive impacts of culture media conditions such as temperature and salinity on asphaltene degradation depended on the type of the available bacterial consortium. The carbon-hydrogen-nitrogen-sulfur analysis showed that carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and in some cases, the sulfur in biodegraded samples are less than in control samples. Moreover, Fourier transform infrared analysis indicated that the alkyne groups were less resistant to biodegradation and were eliminated thoroughly after 2 months of incubation. In addition, alkane components were partially removed in treated asphaltene fraction. The parameters of culture medium were optimized by RSM, and besides, their effects on the performance of bacteria in the asphaltene biodegradation process were discussed. The validity of some available kinetic models to describe the behavior of the studied bacteria consortium was investigated, and it was observed that Tessier, Moser, and Contois models accurately predict the values of asphaltenes and biomass concentration at 30, 45, and 60 °C, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Shahebrahimi Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045313 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of Various Isolated Microbial Consortiums on the Biodegradation Process of Precipitated Asphaltenes from Crude Oil.

Shahebrahimi Yasaman Y Fazlali Alireza A Motamedi Hossein H Kord Shahin S Mohammadi Amir H AH

ACS omega 20200217 7

One of the serious problems in the oil industry is precipitation and deposition of asphaltenes in the different oil production stages including formation, wellbore, production tubing, flow lines, and separation units. This phenomenon causes a dramatic increase in the cost of oil production, processing, and transferring. Thus, it seems to be very necessary to use the removing methods for precipitated asphaltenes in different crude oil production and transferring stages. In this study, the ability ...[more]

PMID: 32118129

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