Instytut Nafty i Gazu - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

Range of activities:

  • studies of microbiological processes in the reservoir environment of underground gas stores (UGS);
  • preventive activities - the use of biocidal agents, H2S scavengers, and inhibitors for the control of SRB and prevention of the biogenic formation of H2S;
  • bioremediation of petroleum related compounds in the contaminated land;
  • biodegradation of polymers contained in the drilling mud;
  • microbial technologies for stimulating the hydrocarbon deposits exploitation;
  • microbial prospecting methods: a surface method and the microbial well survey technique;
  • testing of antibacterial preparates (biocides).

Head: Dr. Piotr Kapusta, PhD
Address: 25 A Lubicz Str., 31-503 Cracow, POLAND
Phone: +48 12 617 76 90
Fax: +48 12 430 38 85
E-mail: piotr.kapusta@inig.pl