• Enhanced oil recovery from Sandstones and Carbonates with “Smart Water” 

      Torrijos, Ivan Dario Pinerez (PhD thesis UiS;341, Doctoral thesis, 2017-03-31)
      According to the International Energy Agency crude oil is expected to contribute approximately with 26% of the world’s energy supply by 2040. In a per year basis, new oil discoveries have dropped to a 60-year low in 2015, ...
    • Waterflooding of carbonate reservoirs : EOR by wettability alteration 

      Puntervold, Tina (PhD thesis UiS;50, Doctoral thesis, 2008-05-30)
      Oil production is generally divided into three stages, primary recovery, secondary recovery and tertiary recovery. In primary recovery, which is usually (but not necessarily) the first production stage, the natural energy ...