... are generally conducive to the growth of iron bacteria, fungi, algae, and capsulated bacteria. The iron bacteria are probably the most important of these, since they can produce very tenacious, gelatinous slimes of ferric hydrate capable of fouling water lines and plugging injection wells. These bacteria can...

... Petroleum Conference on Production and Reservoir Engineering, 20–21 March, Tulsa, Oklahoma Introduction Fracturing has become an important stimulation method both for production and injection wells in secondary recovery operations. The increased percentage of oil produced by secondary...