| abstract |
"Methods of detecting, characterizing or monitoring a hydrocarbon zone, use of one or more oligonucleotide probes, oligonucleotide probe battery, solid support, and kit for use in the method." The present invention relates to a method of detecting, characterizing or monitoring a hydrocarbon source, which method comprises genotypic analysis of a sample for the presence of one or more thermophilic or extremophilic microorganisms and, in particular, the generation of microbiological profiles. comparison of these profiles with reference sample profiles. |