Paper: A Field Study Of Downhole Microbial Paraffin Control

A safe and effective biological paraffin control technology, based on the use of a mixed culture of naturally occurring bacteria, has been developed by Kiseki Inc. A research program was undertaken to determine the main mode of action of the microbial paraffin control technology. From the initial phase of this study, the results from field studies on 26 oil wells in Alberta are discussed in relation to the use of bacterial counts in the produced fluid as an indication of effective paraffin control downhole.