Sulfide-producing bacteria dominate hydraulically fractured oil and gas wells
Wednesday, July 5, 2017 - 12:02
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have found that the microbes inhabiting a hydraulically fractured shale formation produce toxic, corrosive sulfide through a poorly understood pathway. The team's findings, published this week in mSphere, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, reveal that the oil and gas industry may need new ways to monitor and mitigate sulfide-producing bacteria in fractured shales.