ISMOS-3  

International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems

 


Program and Schedule - PDFs availalbe for download are listed next to presenation titles

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Invited Speakers:

  • Steven Larter - University of Calgary - Research Chair in Petroleum Geology
  • Michael J. McInerney - University of Oklahoma
  • Ian Head - Newcastle University
  • Gary Jenneman - ConocoPhillips
  • Lisa Gieg - University of Calgary
  • Cor Kuijvenhoven - Shell
  • Sharon Keeler - Dupont
  • Anthony F. Mitchell - Statoil
  • Brenda Little - Naval Research Laboratory
  • Julia Foght - University of Alberta
  • Ketil Sørensen - DTI Oil & Gas
  • Gerrit Voordouw - University of Calgary - Industrial Research Chair in Petroleum Microbiology
  • Frederick Passman - Biodeterioration Control Associates, Inc.

Program- exact timing of program is subject to change


Monday June 13

09:00 AM    Registration
09:30 AM   Metagenomics Workshop (limited participation)
12:30 PM    Lunch
01:15 PM    Opening Ceremony
01:30  PM   Opening Address
02:10 PM    Session #1 - Challenges in Oil Sands Development
05:20 PM    Poster Session #1 & Reception
07:00 PM   Reception End

Tuesday June 14

08:30 AM    Registration
09:00 AM    Session #2 - Reservoir Souring and MIC
10.50 AM    Session #3 - Metagenomics, Molecular and Microbial Methods
12.20 PM    Lunch
01:20 PM    Session #3 continues  - Metagenomics, Molecular and Microbial Methods
02:50 PM    Poster Session #2
04:00 PM    Depart for conference dinner
06:00 PM    Conference Dinner & Awards

Wednesday June 15

08:30 AM    Registration
09:00 AM    Session #4 – Souring & biocorrosion
10:35 AM    Session #5 - Biodegradation, Biofuels & Downstream Microbiology
12:15 PM    Lunch
01:05 PM   Session #5 continues - Biodegradation, Biofuels & Downstream Microbiology
02:30 PM    Session #6 - Prospects for MEOR and Biodesulfurization
04:30 PM    Conference Conclusion - Presenting ISMOS-4

 

Speakers
Opening Address:  Steve Larter

Session 01 - Challenges in Oil Sands Development (Chairs: G. Voordouw & G. Jenneman)
Invited Speakers 

  • J. Foght (University of Alberta) Challenges in Oil Sands Tailings Pond Microbiology: False Assumptions and Flawed Logic. PDF not avialable
  • L. Gieg (University of Calgary) Microbial Activities and Communities in Oil Sands Tailings Ponds. Download PDF

Offered Talks

  • Zhiguo He, P. Dunfield (University of Calgary) Analysis of Methanotrophic Bacteria in Surface Water of Tailing Ponds by Stable Isotope Probing and Pyrosequencing. PDF coming soon
  • Richard Johnson, V. Da Fonseca, J. Aubé, J. Fisher, C. Whitby (University of Essex) Oil Sand Microbial Communities Can Degrade Recalcitrant Alkyl Phenyl Alkanoic Acids. Download PDF
  • Man-Ling Wong, D. Cuthiell, G. Voordouw (University of Calgary) Microbial Communities in Oil Sands Cores Collected for Production by Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) in Alberta, Canada. PDF coming soon
  • Lesley Warren, K. Stephenson, T. Penner (McMaster University) Sulfur Biogeochemistry of Syncrude's Mildred Lake Composite Tailings (CT) Deposits. Download PDF
  • Lisa D. Brown, L. Perez, N. Wang, M. Gamal El-Din,  J. W. Martin, A. C. Ulrich (University of Alberta) Ozone Treatment For Naphthenic Acid Remediation: Impacts On Indigenous Microbial Communities In Oil Sands Process-Affected Waters. PDF not available

Session 02 -MIC monitoring & treatment (Chairs: M. Lutterbach & I. Head)
Invited Speakers

  • B. Little (Naval Research Laboratory) An Overview of MIC in Oil Field Systems. PDF not available
  • G. Jennerman (ConocoPhillips) MIC in Long Oil Pipelines: Diagnosis, Treatment and Monitoring. Downlaod PDF

Offered Talks

  • Torben Lund Skovhus, K. Rasmussen, K. Andersen, J. Larsen. (DTI Oil & Gas) MIC Risk in the Halfdan Oil Export System Quantified with a DNA-based Diagnostic Tool. Download PDF

Session 03 - Metagenomics, Molecular and Microbial Methods (Chairs: C. Whitby & T. Skovhus)
Invited Speakers

  • G. Voordouw (University of Calgary) Use of pyrosequencing to characterize microbial communities in hydrocarbon resource environments. PDF not available
  • T. Mitchell (Statoil ASA) Experience of molecular monitoring techniques in upstream oil and gas operations. Download PDF
  • K. Sorensen (DTI Oil & Gas) Microorganisms involved in MIC. Download PDF

Offered Talks

  • Jizhong Zhou, Y. Liang, G. Li (University of Oklahoma) Biogeographic patterns of soil microbial communities from different oil-contaminated fields in China. Download PDF
  • Hans Kristian Kotlar, A. Lewin, S. Valla, S. Markussen. (Statoil ASA) Oil Reservoir Metagenome. New insight to the Oil Reservoir Processes. PDF coming soon
  • Antoine Pagé, C. Howes, Y. Song, P. Sipahimalani, E. Kuatsjah, S. Hallam (University of British Columbia) Comparative community genomics of San Juan Basin coal bed methane deposits. PDF not avialable

Session 04 - Souring & Biocorrosion (Chairs: A. Mitchell & A. Grigoryan)
Invited Speakers

  • C. Kuijvenhoven (Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc) Reservoir Souring: It Is All About Risk Mitigation. Download PDF

Offered Talks

  • Frøydis K. Garshol, C. U. Schwermer, M. S. Madsen, E. A. Vik, NK. Birkeland (Aquateam Norwegiam Water Technology Centre AS & Department of Biology) Microbial Load and Community Changes during Model Studies of Nitrate-based Produced Water Souring Mitigation. PDF not avialable
  • Agata Wikiel, M. Vera, W. Sand. (University Duisburg – Essen) Influence of Extracellular Polymeric Substances on Biocorrosion. PDF not avialable

Session 05 - Biodegradation, Biofuels & Downstream Microbiology (Chairs: K. Soresen & T. Zintel)
Invited Speakers

  • I. Head (Newcastle University) Microbial ecology of methanogenic crude oil biodegradation; from microbial consortia to heavy oil.Download PDF
  • Frederick Passman (Biodeterioration Control Associates, Inc.) Progress in biodeteriogenic processes and biodeterioration control. Download PDF

Offered Talks

  • Martin Krüger, M. Siegert, S. Feisthauer, H-H. Richnow (BGR) Microbial Conversion of Higher Hydrocarbons to Methane in Oil and Coal Reservoirs. Download PDF
  • Karen Budwill. (Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures) Microbial Generation of Methane in Alberta Coal Seams. PDF not avialable
  • Daisuke Mayumi, S. Sakata, H. Maeda, Y. Miyagawa, M. Ikarashi (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Influence of Carbon Dioxide Storage on the Methanogenic Pathway in a High-Temperature Petroleum Reservoir. PDF not avialable
  • Nidal Abu Laban, D. Selesi, R. Meckenstock (Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany) Metagenomic and Proteomic Analyses to Elucidate the Mechanism of Anaerobic Benzene Degradation. Download PDF
  • Lei Zhou, C-X. Gao, S. M. Mbadinga,L-Y. Wang,J-D. Gu,B-Z. Mu. (East China University of Science and Technology)Identification of Alkylsuccinate Synthase Genes and Characterization of Microbial Community Structure in Petroleum Reservoirs Fluids of China. Download PDF


Session 06 - Prospects for MEOR and Biodesulfurization (Chairs: C. Kuijvenhoven & C. Hubert)
Invited Speakers

  • M. McInerney (University of Oklahoma) Biosurfactants and their Role in Oil Recovery. Download PDF
  • S. Keeler (E. I DuPont de Nemours) Who's Coming to Dinner? Microbial Phylogenetic Analyses of Various Subsurface Petroleum Well Environments for MEOR Applications. Download PDF

Offered Talks

  • Alexander Grigoryan, A. Sen, C. Ezeuko, I. Gates. (University of Calgary) Problems and Opportunities of Microbial Methane Production in Oil Reservoirs. PDF not avialable
  • Adewale Lambo, D. Strapoc, M. Pittenger, L. Wood , M. Ashby , B. Huizinga. (ConocoPhillips Company) Molecular and Risks-Based Approach to Nutrient Development for a Proposed Sub-Surface Coal-Bed Methane Biogasification Field Trial. Download PDF
  • S. Al-Bahry, Y. Al-Wahaibi, A. Elshafie, A. Al-Bemani, H. Al-Sulaimani, S. Joshi (Sultan Qaboos University)Experimental Investigation of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery Effectiveness in Omani Oil Field. PDF not avialable
 

 

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