METEOR Biotech

The Future of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery

METEOR™ activates dormant reservoir microbes to produce climate friendly biogas in situ, boosts reservoir pressure and increases recovery

About METEOR

METEOR Biotech is a Canadian biotechnology company focused on improving the economic and environmental performance of the oil sector. Our company’s world-leading genomics technology, METEOR™, aims to both increase oil companies’ oil recovery from existing and future operations and lower GHG emissions.

METEOR™ represents revolution in microbial genomics by approaching oil reservoirs as habitats with microbiomes that can be characterized using genomics and in turn harnessed to improve production efficiency and manage GHG emissions

METEOR & Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD)

This video provides a high-level overview of the

Heavy Oil Represents Most of the World’s Unrecovered Oil

Heavy Oil, Extra Heavy Oil, Bitumen, Onshore and Offshore

METEOR™ is applicable in Oil sands and conventional reservoirs

  • METEOR is an easily implemented and cost-effective technology to boost oil recovery
  • It can increase recovery and lower emissions in steam-based oil sands production
Global Heavy Oil Resources Map

METEOR addresses 2 crucial needs for companies in the energy sector operating in Oil Sands

  • Improved Recovery – more efficient production of Oil Sands
  • Lower Emission intensity per barrell of oil sands production

Benefits can be found in both types of applications.

  • Increases Oil recovery
  • Reduces GHG emissions intensity in SAGD
  • Enhances waterflooding effectiveness in Conventional Reservoirs
  • Rapid return on investment
  • Easy integration with existing systems
  • Can be used in conjuction with other EOR technologies
  • Simpler and safer than conventional gas injection methods

Testimonials

Being able to work effectively and efficiently with the subsurface microbiome will be a game changer.

— Steven Bryant, PhD

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Materials Engineering For Unconventional Oil Reservoirs (Retired 2026)

Importantly, your technology is “stackable” in that it can be deployed with other technologies that lower oilsands emissions.

— Bruce Slevinsky

Co-inventor of SAGD

The use of dormant thermophilic bacteria to improve recovery could be a game changer in recovery technology.

— Suncor Energy

We see value in METEOR™, in view of its production-related and environmental benefits.

— CEO, one of Europe’s largest oil producers

Baker Hughes is pleased to be collaborating on genomics technologies and in particular fresh new approaches to Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)

— Baker Hughes

METEOR™ enables producers to increase output while reducing emissions per barrel, supporting regulatory compliance and longterm decarbonization objectives.

— Marc Godin

CTO, Petrolum Technology Alliance of Canada (PTAC)