| Title | Potential role of microbial biofilms in oil sands tailings management |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Authors | Kostenko, V., & Martinuzzi R. J. |
| Editors | Hein, F. J., Leckie D., Larter S., & Suter J. R. |
| Publisher | The American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | geotechnical properties, hydrocarbon, microbiology, naphthenic acids, PAH, tailings treatment, tailings water, UofC, VOC, wastewater, wastewater treatment |
| Abstract | This chapter addresses two major challenges in oil sands tailings management: tailings densification and dewatering, and tailings and released water detoxification. It suggests an environmentally friendly solution: application of microbial biofilms for complex tailings treatment. The chapter reviews the current knowledge of the function of microbial biofilms in tailings treatment and describes possible mechanisms driving biofilm-mediated densification and bioremediation. |
| Notes | IN: Hein F.J. D. Leckie S. Larter and J.R. Suter (Editors). Heavy-oil and oil-sand petroleum systems in Alberta and beyond. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists The Canadian Heavy Oil Association and The AAPG Energy Minerals Division Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
| Locational Keywords | Alberta oil sands |
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| Group | OSEMB |
| Citation Key | 53279 |
