Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Fernø, Martin"

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    • The 11th Society of Petroleum Engineers Comparative Solution Project: Problem Definition 

      Nordbotten, Jan Martin; Fernø, Martin; Flemisch, Bernd; Kovscek, Anthony R.; Lie, Knut-Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      This article contains the description of, and call for participation in, the 11th Society of Petroleum Engineers Comparative Solution Project (the 11th SPE CSP, https://spe.org/csp). It is motivated by the simulation ...

    • CO2 mobility reduction using foam stabilized by CO2- and water-soluble surfactants 

      Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fernø, Martin; Barrabino, Albert; Holt, Torleif (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Foam can reduce CO2 mobility to improve the sweep efficiency during injection into subsurface geological formations for CO2 storage and enhanced oil recovery. However, CO2 foams are thermodynamically unstable, so they must ...

    • Combined positron emission tomography and computed tomography to visualize and quantify fluid flow in sedimentary rocks 

      Fernø, Martin; Gauteplass, Jarand; Hauge, Lars Petter; Abell, Geir Espen; Adamsen, Tom Christian; Graue, Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-22)
      Here we show for the first time the combined positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) imaging of flow processes within porous rocks to quantify the development in local fluid saturations. The coupling ...

    • Comparison of residual oil cluster size distribution, morphology and saturation in oil-wet and water-wet sandstone 

      Iglauer, Stefan; Fernø, Martin; Shearing, Paul; Blunt, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-01)
      We imaged an oil-wet sandstone at residual oil saturation (Sor) conditions using X-ray micro-tomography with a nominal voxel size of (9 μm)3 and monochromatic light from a synchrotron source. The sandstone was rendered ...

    • Core-scale sensitivity study of CO2 foam injection strategies for mobility control, enhanced oil recovery, and CO2 storage 

      Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Sharma, Mohan; Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Wergeland, Connie; Fernø, Martin; Graue, Arne; Ersland, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This paper presents experimental and numerical sensitivity studies to assist injection strategy design for an ongoing CO2 foam field pilot. The aim is to increase the success of in-situ CO2 foam generation and propagation ...

    • 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 ...

    • Dos and Don’ts When Developing a System to Investigate Spontaneous Imbibition in Unconsolicdated Porous Media 

      Brattekås, Bergit; Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Vabø, Trond; Haugland, Håkon; Reite, Simon I.; Saunes, Anders S.; Fernø, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      This paper describes the development of a consistent model system to measure spontaneous imbibition and determine saturation functions in unconsolidated porous media. Sand grains or glass beads were packed in up to 0.5 m ...

    • Effect of relative permeability hysteresis on reservoir simulation of underground hydrogen storage in an offshore aquifer 

      Lysyy, Maksim; Fernø, Martin; Ersland, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in porous media is proposed to balance seasonal fluctuations between demand and supply in an emerging hydrogen economy. Despite increasing focus on the topic worldwide, the understanding ...

    • Engineering Meter-scale Porous Media Flow Experiments for Quantitative Studies of Geological Carbon Sequestration 

      Eikehaug, Kristoffer; Haugen, Malin Quande; Folkvord, Olav Parelius; Benali, Benyamine; Bang Larsen, Emil; Tinkova, Alina Valerieva; Rotevatn, Atle; Nordbotten, Jan Martin; Fernø, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      This technical note describes the FluidFlower concept, a new laboratory infrastructure for geological carbon storage research. The highly controlled and adjustable system produces a strikingly visual physical ground truth ...

    • Experimentally assessing the uncertainty of forecasts of geological carbon storage 

      Nordbotten, Jan Martin; Fernø, Martin; Flemisch, Bernd; Juanes, Ruben; Jørgensen, Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Geological storage of carbon dioxide is a cornerstone in almost every realistic emissions reduction scenario outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Our ability to accurately forecast storage efficacy ...

    • Flow visualization of CO2 in tight shale formations at reservoir conditions 

      Fernø, Martin; Hauge, Lars Petter; Rognmo, Arthur Uno; Gauteplass, Jarand; Graue, Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-18)
      The flow of CO2 in porous media is fundamental to many engineering applications and geophysical processes. Yet detailed CO2 flow visualization remains challenging. We address this problem via positron emission tomography ...

    • The FluidFlower Validation Benchmark Study for the Storage of CO2 

      Flemisch, Bernd; Nordbotten, Jan Martin; Fernø, Martin; Juanes, Ruben; Both, Jakub Wiktor; Class, Holger; Delshad, Mojdeh; Doster, Florian; Ennis-King, Jonathan; Franc, Jacques; Geiger, Sebastian; Gläser, Dennis; Green, Christopher; Gunning, James; Hajibeygi, Hadi; Jackson, Samuel J.; Jammoul, Mohamad; Karra, Satish; Li, Jiawei; Matthäi, Stephan K.; Miller, Terry; Shao, Qi; Spurin, Catherine; Stauffer, Philip; Tchelepi, Hamdi; Tian, Xiaoming; Viswanathan, Hari; Voskov, Denis; Wang, Yuhang; Wapperom, Michiel; Wheeler, Mary F.; Wilkins, Andrew; Youssef, AbdAllah A.; Zhang, Ziliang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Successful deployment of geological carbon storage (GCS) requires an extensive use of reservoir simulators for screening, ranking and optimization of storage sites. However, the time scales of GCS are such that no sufficient ...

    • Hydrogen Relative Permeability Hysteresis in Underground Storage 

      Lysyy, Maksim; Fernø, Martin; Ersland, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Implementation of the hydrogen economy for emission reduction will require storage facilities, and underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in porous media offers a readily available large-scale option. Lack of studies on ...

    • Impact of gas type on microfluidic drainage experiments and pore network modeling relevant for underground hydrogen storage 

      Lysyy, Maksim; Liu, Na; Landa-Marbán, David; Ersland, Geir; Fernø, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in geological reservoirs is proposed as a technically feasible solution to balance mismatch between supply and demand in emerging markets. However, unique hydrogen properties and coupled ...

    • Increased CO2 storage capacity using CO2-foam 

      Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Brattekås, Bergit; Fernø, Martin; Barrabino, Albert; Holt, Torleif (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Reduction of the CO2 mobility is beneficial during subsurface sequestration of anthropogenic CO2 in saline aquifers and hydrocarbon reservoirs by mitigating flow instabilities leading to early gas breakthrough and poor ...

    • Measurements of CH4 and CO2 relative permeability in hydrate-bearing sandstone 

      Almenningen, Stian; Gauteplass, Jarand; Hauge, Lars Petter; Barth, Tanja; Fernø, Martin; Ersland, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      This paper reports measurements of relative permeability to methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in hydrate-bearing sandstone core samples. The CH4 (or CO2) permeability was measured at reservoir conditions for different ...

    • Microfluidic hydrogen storage capacity and residual trapping during cyclic injections: Implications for underground storage 

      Lysyy, Maksim; Liu, Na; Solstad, Celine Marie; Fernø, Martin; Ersland, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Long-term and large-scale H2 storage is vital for a sustainable H2 economy. Research in underground H2 storage (UHS) in porous media is emerging, but the understanding of H2 reconnection and recovery mechanisms under cyclic ...

    • Multi-scale dissolution dynamics for carbon sequestration in carbonate rock samples 

      Haugen, Malin; Folkvord, Olav Parelius; Veien, Torunn; Fernø, Martin; Brattekås, Bergit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in porous, sedimentary reservoirs is a key technology to mitigate emissions of anthropogenic CO2 and curb irreversible climate change. The abundance of carbonate formations, both as saline ...

    • Physical Variability in Meter-Scale Laboratory CO2 Injections in Faulted Geometries 

      Haugen, Malin; Saló-Salgado, Lluís; Eikehaug, Kristoffer; Benali, Benyamine; Both, Jakub Wiktor; Storvik, Erlend; Folkvord, Olav Parelius; Juanes, Ruben; Nordbotten, Jan Martin; Fernø, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Carbon, capture, and storage (CCS) is an important bridging technology to combat climate change in the transition toward net-zero. The FluidFlower concept has been developed to visualize and study CO2 flow and storage ...

    • Population-balance modeling of CO2 foam for CCUS using nanoparticles 

      Eide, Øyvind; Fernø, Martin; Bryant, Steven; Kovscek, Anthony R.; Gauteplass, Jarand (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Foam implementation for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) can greatly improve CO2 mobility control, resulting in enhanced hydrocarbon production and carbon storage capacity. The use of nanoparticles (NP) to ...