A comprehensive approach to diagnosing a solution for a South Texas production system with severe MIC

摘要

Microbially Influenced Corrosion is primarily caused by sessile microbes found within a biofilm. The ultimate goal of many biocide treatments is the removal of any biofilm within that system. These cells may be killed but remain in place, be removed but not killed, or may be both killed and removed. Many of the factors that determine the fate of sessile cells are poorly understood. For example, deciding to treat a system with a low dose of biocide for a long period of time or to treat with a high dose of biocide for a short period of time may yield drastically different results in terms of reducing the risk of microbially influenced corrosion. In this study, we show a comprehensive approach to growing in vitro biofilms to conduct sessile kill studies for product qualification.