• DarSIA: An Open-Source Python Toolbox for Two-Scale Image Processing of Dynamics in Porous Media 

      Nordbotten, Jan Martin; Benali, Benyamine; Both, Jakub Wiktor; Brattekås, Bergit; Storvik, Erlend; Fernø, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Understanding porous media flow is inherently a multi-scale challenge, where at the core lies the aggregation of pore-level processes to a continuum, or Darcy-scale, description. This challenge is directly mirrored in image ...
    • Pore- and Core-Scale Insights of Nanoparticle-Stabilized Foam for CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery 

      Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Gauteplass, Jarand; Benali, Benyamine; Soyke, Aleksandra; Fernø, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Nanoparticles have gained attention for increasing the stability of surfactant-based foams during CO2 foam-enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and CO2 storage. However, the behavior and displacement mechanisms of hybrid ...
    • Pore-level Ostwald ripening of CO2 foams at reservoir pressure 

      Benali, Benyamine; Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena; Liu, Na; Fernø, Martin; Alcorn, Zachary Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The success of foam to reduce CO2 mobility in CO2 enhanced oil recovery and CO2 storage operations depends on foam stability in the reservoir. Foams are thermodynamically unstable, and factors such as surfactant adsorption, ...
    • Pore-scale bubble population dynamics of CO2-foam at reservoir pressure 

      Benali, Benyamine; Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Haugen, Malin; Gauteplass, Jarand; Kovscek, Anthony R.; Fernø, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The flow of CO2 foam for mobility control in porous media is dictated by the foam texture, or bubble density, which is commonly expressed as the number of bubbles per unit of flowing gas. In most high-pressure laboratory ...
    • Pore-scale kinetics of calcium dissolution and secondary precipitation during geological carbon storage 

      Liu, Na; Haugen, Malin; Benali, Benyamine; Landa-Marbán, David; Fernø, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Geological carbon storage (GCS) in deep underground formations presents a significant opportunity to mitigate anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide in the context of climate change. The injected carbon dioxide may ...
    • Pore-scale spatiotemporal dynamics of microbial-induced calcium carbonate growth and distribution in porous media 

      Liu, Na; Haugen, Malin; Benali, Benyamine; Landa-Marbán, David; Fernø, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The naturally occurring bio-geochemical microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) process is an eco-friendly technology for rehabilitating construction materials, reinforcement of soils and sand, heavy metals ...
    • Quantitative Pore-Scale Analysis of CO2 Foam for CCUS 

      Benali, Benyamine (Master thesis, 2019-12)
      This experimental thesis is a part of ongoing projects lead by the Reservoir Physics group at the Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen. The main objectives of this thesis were to develop image analysis ...
    • Room-Scale CO2 Injections in a Physical Reservoir Model with Faults 

      Fernø, Martin; Haugen, Malin; Eikehaug, Kristoffer; Folkvord, Olav Parelius; Benali, Benyamine; Both, Jakub Wiktor; Storvik, Erlend; Nixon, Casey William; Gawthrope, R.L.; Nordbotten, Jan Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      We perform a series of repeated CO2 injections in a room-scale physical model of a faulted geological cross-section. Relevant parameters for subsurface carbon storage, including multiphase flows, capillary CO2 trapping, ...