What is the source of the microbes?
A biofilm of anaerobic bacteria (microbes) that live without oxygen, cover the entire matrix (rock formation surface) of most oil reservoirs. This fact had been overlooked by the oil industry for many years. This huge source of energy is what the Titan Process stimulates. The Titan Process transforms the targeted microbe’s surface (skin) to become an oil-loving surface. The microbes release from the biofilm to seek and attach to oil droplets which cause the oil droplets to dislodge and release from the rock matrix surface to the production flow.
In many, many cases, oil reservoirs contain a multitude of naturally occurring microbes as part of a unique subterranean eco-system. The existence of such systems has been the target of much of Titan’s research for more than twenty-years. Titan does not grow or culture microbes to be injected from the surface into the reservoir. We only access microbes that have already adapted to the hostile, underground environment in a natural way. Titan has found oil reservoirs to be a rich biologic environment. Titan targets specific types and species of microbes that can be managed by various nutrient formulations. By managing the biology and ecology of the reservoir in a natural way, the flow characteristics of the otherwise “trapped oil” to allow it to flow more freely toward the producing oil wells. By preferentially treating water injection wells, a large part of the reservoir can be affected in a very positive way to enhance production an oil recovery.
