My research interests include

Multiphase flow in porous media, with focus on capillary heterogeneities including permeability contrasts, pore scale distribution and fractures. The influence of wettability of fluid flow and fluid distributions and multiphase functions in sandstone, chalk and carbonate rock types. In-situ imaging of dynamic displacement processes in porous media using MRI/NMR, NTI and CT. The impact of capillary forces and EOR/IOR in conventional and fractured reservoirs, including foam flow, polymer gels. Generating correct capillary curves and relative permeability curves from different SCAL techniques for input parameters in simulators. Additives to invading water in spontaneous imbibition tests to enhance oil recovery.

PhD students

Øyvind Eide

Jarand Gauteplass

 

MSc

2012/2013

Nicolai Ivar Majlaton

Ary Ahmed

Kamal Ahmed

Stuart Baird

Stig Langlo

Stig Lie

Tom Ydstebø

 

2011/2012 

Christophersen, Anders
Økt oljeutvinning av injeksjon av CO2-skum i en oppsprukket karbonatbergart ved ulike fuktforhold

Fløysand Tveit, Jørn-Anders
An Experimental Study of Water Mixing in Carbonate Rocks Using Different Imaging Techniques

Nakken Follesø, Håvard 
Fluid Displacements during Multiphase Flow Visualized at the Pore Scale Using Micromodels

Skibenes, Ane 
Injeksjon av CO2-skum for økt oljeutvinning i en oppsprukket karbonatbergart under ulike fuktforhold

 

2010/2011

Eide, Øyvind 
Integrated EOR and Waterflood Stability Criteria in Carbonate Rock

Børve, Bjarte 
Økt oljeutvinning i kalk basert på vannkjemi og potensialbestemmende ioner for endring av fukt

Nybø, Sigurd 
Skaleringskoeffisientens innvirkning på vannflømminger i sandstein og tertiær utvinnig ved bruk av CO2

Gauteplass, Jarand 
Primærdreneringsprosesser ved bruk av gass målt med porøs plate, sentrifuge og under skum injeksjon

 

2009/2010

Grønsdal, Reidar 
Økt oljeutvinning i kalk basert på vannkjemi og potensialbestemmende ioner for endring av fukt

 

Subjects

PTEK 211 - Fundamentals of Reservoir Physics

PTEK 212 - Reservoir Technology I

PTEK 214 - Experimental Reservoir Physcis

2026

• Melito Espírito Santo Do Rosário Soares; Svenn Tveit; Martin Fernø (2026). Numerical Modelling and Simulation of Underground Hydrogen Storage: Capturing Multiphase Flow Hysteresis and Operational Dynamics in Porous Media. (external link)
• Melito Espírito Santo Do Rosário Soares; Martin Fernø; Svenn Tveit (2026). A Comparative Reservoir-Scale Evaluation of Relative-Permeability Hysteresis Models for Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS). (external link)
• Edgar Frank Viveros Acosta; Na Liu; Martin Fernø (2026). Experimental Micromodel Approaches for Capturing Biogeochemical Interactions in UHS Systems. (external link)
• Na Liu; Martin Fernø; Edgar Frank Viveros Acosta (2026). Pore-scale influence of c minerals on SRB activity during underground hydrogen storage. (external link)
• Jakub Wiktor Both; Trygve Johan Kjellemo Tegnander; Olav Parelius Folkvord et al. (2026). Optimal transport metrics - Analyzing variability in experimental images and simulations. (external link)
• Na Liu; Jakub Wiktor Both; Geir Ersland et al. (2026). Trends in porous media laboratory imaging and open science practices. (external link)
• Melito Espírito Santo Do Rosário Soares; Svenn Tveit; Martin Fernø (2026). A Comparative Reservoir-Scale Evaluation of Relative-Permeability Hysteresis Models for Underground Hydrogen Storage. (external link)
• Melito Espírito Santo Do Rosário Soares; Svenn Tveit; Martin Fernø (2026). A Comparative Reservoir-Scale Evaluation of Relative-Permeability Hysteresis Models for Underground Hydrogen Storage. (external link)
• Erlend Erdal Moen; Martin Fernø; Jakub Wiktor Both (2026). Variability in Convective Mixing Behavior during Repeated FluidFlower CO₂ Storage Experiments. (external link)
• Jakob Haaland Fosvold; Martin Fernø; Jakub Wiktor Both (2026). Analyzing Convective Mixing and Finger Splitting During CO₂ Storage Experiments. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

Integrated Enhanced Oil Recovery