Abstract:Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) is a technology that utilizes bio-gas, bio-surfactants, bio-polymers and degradation produced by underground fermentation of bacteria for petroleum exploitation. In this study, it is introduced that progress in pilot tests of MEOR in Daqing Oilfield in recent decades, which analyzes suitable reservoir conditions and application characteristics. By the end of 2012, cumulative incremental oil production reached to 12×104 t, including 518 wells by single-well microbial huff-and-puff with cumulative incremental oil production of 6.3×104 t, and 10 projects (45 well patterns) by microbial flooding and profile modification with cumulative incremental oil of 5.7×104 t. The technology plays an important role in stabilizing production of Daqing oilfield.