Light Hydrocarbons for Petroleum and
Gas Prospecting
V.T. Jones, III, M.D. Matthews and D.M. Richers
Geochemical Remote Sensing of the Subsurface. Edited by M.Hale
Handbook of Exploration Geochemistry, Vol. 7 (G.J.S. Govett, Editor)
©1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
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TABLE 5-XIII
Concentrations
of unsaturated hydrocarbons (10-4 vol. %) generated during oxidation
of gaseous hydrocarbons by a culture of Myc.
Flavum incubated at 30-32ºC (Telegina and Cherkinskaya, 1971)
|
Day |
Experimental conditions |
Aerobic
(21.2% O2) |
Anaerobic
(1.4% O2) |
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|
|
C2= |
C3= |
C4= |
C2= |
C3= |
C4= |
|
|
0 |
Myc. Flavum
present |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
Control, no bacteria
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
8-10
|
Myc. Flavum
present |
0.004 |
0 |
0 |
0.227 |
0.062 |
0 |
|
|
Control, no bacteria
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.158 |
0 |
0 |
|
30 |
Myc. Flavum
present |
0 |
0.003 |
0 |
0.064 |
0.114 |
0.003 |
|
|
Control, no bacteria
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.500 |
0 |
0 |
C2=
ethylene, C3=propylene, C4=butylene