The role of the microbiome and its potential impact on future energy systems remains an open question. Petroleum Microbiology: The Role of Microorganisms in the Transition to Net Zero Energy explores technological advances in applied microbiology in the oil and gas sector that can be utilized in its transition to renewable energy systems.

Part 1- Introduction. Chapter 1. Petroleum microbiology's metamorphosis: expert insights on the energy transition. Part 2- Microbial ecology of energy systems. Chapter 2. Impact of microbial biofilms on subsurface energy systems - from oil and gas to renewable energy. Chapter 3. Microbial Control and Sustainability: Can managing microorganisms improve the environmental footprint of Oil & Gas operations?. Part 3- Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) and Souring. Chapter 4. Effects of High Salinity PWRI Practice on Sulfidogenesis and Microbially-Influenced Corrosion. Chapter 5. Metagenomic and Metabolomic Analysis of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Carbon Steel in Produced Water. Part 4 - Subsurface reservoir microbiome & hydrocarbon degradation. Chapter 6. The ecological interactions of microbial co-occurrence in oil degradation: the intra- and interspecies relationships in hydrocarbon metabolism. Part 5 - Microbial based emerging technologies in energy systems. Chapter 7. Improved MIC Management using Multiple Lines of Evidence Drives Movement Towards Sustainability - A Case Study in Heavy Oil Production. Chapter 8. Halophyte-based Biocides for Mitigation of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) in Industrial Water Systems. Chapter 9. Response of a model microbiologically influenced corrosion community to biocide challenge. Part 6 - Future perspectives on microorganisms in the energy transition. Chapter 10. Future Perspectives - where do we go from here?