
The global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) market size is predicted to grow from US$ 875 million in 2025 to US$ 1138 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2025 to 2031.
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) is a biological based technology consisting in manipulating function or structure, or both, of microbial environments existing in oil reservoirs. The ultimate aim of MEOR is to improve the recovery of oil entrapped in porous media while increasing economic profits. MEOR is a tertiary oil extraction technology allowing the partial recovery of the commonly residual two-thirds of oil, thus increasing the life of mature oil reservoirs.
Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery key players include StatOil, Titan oil recovery, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, etc. Global top five players hold a share about 70%.
North America is the largest market, with a share about 30%, followed by Europe and Asia-Pacific, having a total share about 40 percent.
In terms of product, Reservoir Method is the largest segment, with a share about 70%. And in terms of application, the largest application is Onshore Oilfield, followed by Offshore Oilfield.
The “Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) sales for 2025 through 2031. With Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyses the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR).
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) market by product type, application, key players and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Ground Method
Reservoir Method
Segmentation by Application:
Onshore Oilfield
Offshore Oilfield
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analyzing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Equinor
Royal Dutch Shell plc.
BP p.l.c
ConocoPhillips
DowDuPont
Titan oil recovery Inc.
Glori Energy Inc.
Gulf energy LLC
Genome Prairie
Chemiphase
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size (2020-2031)
2.1.2 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size CAGR by Region (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) by Country/Region (2020, 2024 & 2031)
2.2 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Segment by Type
2.2.1 Ground Method
2.2.2 Reservoir Method
2.3 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Type
2.3.1 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size CAGR by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
2.3.2 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Segment by Application
2.4.1 Onshore Oilfield
2.4.2 Offshore Oilfield
2.5 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Application
2.5.1 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size CAGR by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
2.5.2 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
3 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Player
3.1 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size Market Share by Player
3.1.1 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue by Player (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue Market Share by Player (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Key Players Head office and Products Offered
3.3 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.3.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.3.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.4 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.5 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion
4 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) by Region
4.1 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
4.2 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
4.4 APAC Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
4.5 Europe Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
4.6 Middle East & Africa Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) by Region (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Forecast
10.1 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.1.1 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.1.2 Americas Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.1.3 APAC Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.1.4 Europe Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.1.5 Middle East & Africa Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.2 Americas Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2.1 United States Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.2.2 Canada Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.2.3 Mexico Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.2.4 Brazil Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.3 APAC Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.3.1 China Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Market Forecast
10.3.2 Japan Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.3.3 Korea Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.3.4 Southeast Asia Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.3.5 India Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.3.6 Australia Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.4 Europe Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.4.1 Germany Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.4.2 France Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.4.3 UK Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.4.4 Italy Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.4.5 Russia Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.5 Middle East & Africa Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.5.1 Egypt Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.5.2 South Africa Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.5.3 Israel Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.5.4 Turkey Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
10.6 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
10.7 Global Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
10.7.1 GCC Countries Market Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Forecast
11 Key Players Analysis
11.1 Equinor
11.1.1 Equinor Company Information
11.1.2 Equinor Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.1.3 Equinor Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.1.4 Equinor Main Business Overview
11.1.5 Equinor Latest Developments
11.2 Royal Dutch Shell plc.
11.2.1 Royal Dutch Shell plc. Company Information
11.2.2 Royal Dutch Shell plc. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.2.3 Royal Dutch Shell plc. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.2.4 Royal Dutch Shell plc. Main Business Overview
11.2.5 Royal Dutch Shell plc. Latest Developments
11.3 BP p.l.c
11.3.1 BP p.l.c Company Information
11.3.2 BP p.l.c Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.3.3 BP p.l.c Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.3.4 BP p.l.c Main Business Overview
11.3.5 BP p.l.c Latest Developments
11.4 ConocoPhillips
11.4.1 ConocoPhillips Company Information
11.4.2 ConocoPhillips Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.4.3 ConocoPhillips Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.4.4 ConocoPhillips Main Business Overview
11.4.5 ConocoPhillips Latest Developments
11.5 DowDuPont
11.5.1 DowDuPont Company Information
11.5.2 DowDuPont Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.5.3 DowDuPont Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.5.4 DowDuPont Main Business Overview
11.5.5 DowDuPont Latest Developments
11.6 Titan oil recovery Inc.
11.6.1 Titan oil recovery Inc. Company Information
11.6.2 Titan oil recovery Inc. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.6.3 Titan oil recovery Inc. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.6.4 Titan oil recovery Inc. Main Business Overview
11.6.5 Titan oil recovery Inc. Latest Developments
11.7 Glori Energy Inc.
11.7.1 Glori Energy Inc. Company Information
11.7.2 Glori Energy Inc. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.7.3 Glori Energy Inc. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.7.4 Glori Energy Inc. Main Business Overview
11.7.5 Glori Energy Inc. Latest Developments
11.8 Gulf energy LLC
11.8.1 Gulf energy LLC Company Information
11.8.2 Gulf energy LLC Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.8.3 Gulf energy LLC Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.8.4 Gulf energy LLC Main Business Overview
11.8.5 Gulf energy LLC Latest Developments
11.9 Genome Prairie
11.9.1 Genome Prairie Company Information
11.9.2 Genome Prairie Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.9.3 Genome Prairie Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.9.4 Genome Prairie Main Business Overview
11.9.5 Genome Prairie Latest Developments
11.10 Chemiphase
11.10.1 Chemiphase Company Information
11.10.2 Chemiphase Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Product Offered
11.10.3 Chemiphase Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.10.4 Chemiphase Main Business Overview
11.10.5 Chemiphase Latest Developments
12 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.
