SEDL / STP / STP641-EB / STP36573S

Use of ATP Extraction in Oil Field Waters

Littmann, ES
Microbiologist, Nalco Chemical Company, Sugar Land, Tex

Pages: 10    Published: Jan 1977

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Abstract

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) measurement of microorganisms in pressurized oil field injection waters has confirmed the unsuitability of standard micro-organism counting techniques for this use. Biocide performance in contamination level measurements are used to demonstrate the importance of this relatively new technique.