The project will be administered by GPRI and the project pipeline application contractor. Phage Biocontrol, LLC, will be responsible for site sampling methods and equipment. Texas A&M University is the university technology partner. TAMU’s Institute of Phage Technology will culture sulfate reducing, iron reducing, and slime forming bacteria and isolate and classify matching virulent phage populations, while the Department of Petroleum Engineering will conduct relative effi cacy experiments with biocide and phage using laboratory-scale physical sour reservoir models and corrosion-testing flow loops.

The project’s timeline calls for startup in the Fall of 2008 with initial work to include evaluating risks, establishing a draft recommended practice (DRP), reviewing regulations, codes, necessary permits, and ensuring that expectations of operators and regulators are met with the DRP. Industry Technology Partners will contribute $50,000 the first year and $100,000 for the following years. Members of the Crisman Institute may participate in the project as a benefit of their membership and may upgrade to Technology Partner level to have access to results of “closed” laboratory experiments on partners’ test cases (year 2) and optional fi eld tests on partners’ respective pipeline or reservoir during year 3.