This book brings together contributions from leading scientists, academics, and experts from the oil and gas industry to discuss microbial-related problems faced by the industry and how bioinformatics and an interdisciplinary scientific approach can address these challenges. Microbial Bioinformatics in the Oil and Gas Industry: Applications to Reservoirs and Processes presents the major industrial problems caused by microbes (e.g., souring, biocorrosion) as well as the beneficial activities (e.g., biofuels, bioremediation).

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Offers a detailed description of how bioinformatics has advanced our understanding of numerous issues in the oil and gas industry
Covers cases from geographically diverse oil fields, laboratories, and research groups
Contains fundamentals and applied information of relevance to the oil and gas sector
Presents contributions from a team of international experts across industry and academia
With its cross-disciplinary approach, this comprehensive book provides microbial ecologists, molecular biologists, operators, engineers, chemists, and academics involved in the sector with an improved understanding of the significance of microbial bioinformatics applications in the oil and gas industry.

"This book brings together contributions from leading scientists, academics, and experts from the oil and gas industry to discuss microbial-mediated problems faced by the industry and how bioinformatics and an interdisciplinary scientific approach can address these challenges. This book presents the major industrial problems caused by microbes as well as the beneficial activities. It provides microbial ecologists, molecular biologists, operators, engineers, chemists and academics involved in the sector an improved understanding of the significance of microcosmos in oil and gas detection, production, and degradation, leading to better solutions impacting on operations and profitability"--