Current Research Topics

  • Integrated Model for Miscible WAG and Immiscible WAG
  • Polymer flow modelling
  • Polymer injectivity
  • Low Net Carbon EOR
  • Life Cycle Assessment of EOR processes
  • Hybrid EOR modelling
  • Viscous unstable displacement
  • Pore scale EOR mechanisms
  • EOR Upscaling

Latest Publications

2023

  • Perez-Perez, A., Romero, C., Santanach-Carreras, E., Skauge, A., Simulations of Alkali-Polymer Experiments: Modeling of In-Situ Emulsion Generation and Transport of Oil-in-Water Emulsion in Porous Media, 2023, EUROPEC 23, SPE-214429-MS
  • Menezes, D.E.S.; Santos, S.M.G.; Botechia, V.E.; Skauge, A.; Schiozer, D.J., Numerical simulation study of relative permeability hysteresis in a fractured carbonate reservoir subjected to water-alternating-gas injection (WAG-CO2), 2023, SPE Annual Tech. Conf. and Exhibition, San Antonio, SPE 230123-MS
  • Chang, P.L.K.C., Skauge, A., Sorbie K.S., Rios, V., Kumar, K., Modelling of Gas Injection, Immiscible WAG and Near-Miscible WAG, Unstable Flow in Heterogeneous Reservoirs, EAGE IOR+ den Haag, Oct. 2023
  • Skauge A., Caetano Chang P.L.K., Sorbie K.S.; New Possibilities with the Novel Modelling Approaches developed for WAG and FAWAG, ADIPEC, SPE-216403-MS, Oct. 2023
  • Beteta, A., Sorbie, K.S. Skauge, A., and Skauge, T., Immiscible Viscous Fingering: Effects of Wettability/Capillarity and Scaling, TIPM, 2023

2022

  • Skauge, T., Ormehaug, P.A., AlSumaiti, A., Masalmeh, S., and Skauge, A., Polymer Stability at Harsh Temperature and Salinity Conditions, SPE-200176, SPE conference at the Oman Petroleum and Energy Show, 21-23 March 2022, https://doi.org/10.2118/200178
  • Salmo, I., Alzaabi, M. A., Sorbie, K., Skauge, A.: Modelling Immiscible Viscous Fingering: History Match of Water Flood at Different Adverse Mobility Ratio. Transp. in Porous Med (TIPM)145, 291–322 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-022-01847-8
  • Beteta, A.,  Sorbie, K.S. and Skauge, A., Immiscible Viscous Fingering: The Simulation of Tertiary Polymer Displacements of Viscous Oils in 2D Slab Floods, Polymers 2022, 14, 4159. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14194159
  • Skauge A., Skauge T., Sorbie K.S., Bourgeois M., Chang P.L., Impact of Viscous Instabilities on WAG Displacement, SPE-211448-MS, presented at 2022 ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, https://doi.org/10.2118/211448

2021

  • Alzaabi, M., Leon, J.M., Skauge, A., and Masalmeh, S., Analysis and Simulation of Polymer Injectivity Test in a High Temperature High Salinity Carbonate Reservoir, Polymers 13, (2021) https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111765
  • Salmo,I.C., Sorbie, K.S. and Skauge, A., The Impact of Rheology on Viscous Oil Displacement by Polymers Analyzed by Pore-Scale Network Modelling, Polymers, 2021, 13(8), 1259, https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13081259
  • de Souza Rios, V., Skauge, A. and Sorbie, K.S., Wang, G., Schiozer, D.J. and dos Santos, L.O.S., Differences in the Upscaling Procedure for Compositional Reservoir Simulations of Immiscible and Miscible Gas flooding, SPE Virtual Reservoir Simulation Conference 2021, 2021, SPE-203970-MS
  • Badar Al Shakri, Polymer Injectivity, Experimental Studies of Flow in Porous Media for EOR Polymers, PhD thesis, University of Bergen, 12 February 2021.
  • de Souza Rios, V., Schiozer, D.J., Schmall dos Santos, L.O. and Skauge, A., Improving Coarse-Scale Simulation of Fluid Flow in Porous Media with a Dual-Porosity Dual-Permeability Upscaling Technique Based on Flow and Storage Capacity and Lorenz Coefficient, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 198, (2021), 108132, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.108132
  • G.Wang, G.E.Pickup, K.S.Sorbie, E.J.Mackay, A.Skauge, Multi-physics approach to modelling near-miscible CO2-WAG process, J. Petr. Sci. and Eng. 198 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.108165

2020

  • Skauge A., Shaker Shiran B., Ormehaug PA., Santanach Carreras E., Klimenko A., Levitt D., X-ray CT Investigation Of Displacement Mechanisms For Heavy Oil Recovery By Low Concentration HPAM Polymers, (2020), SPE-200461, https://doi.org/10.2118/200461-MS
  • Fabbri C., de-Loubens R., Skauge A., Hamon G., Bourgeois M., Effect of initial water flooding on the performance of polymer flooding for heavy oil production, Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles, 75 (2020), 19, https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2020008
  • A. Skauge, T. Skauge, S. Pourmohamadi, J. Solbakken, A. Kedir, K. Djurhuus, A.M. Al-Sumaiti, S.K. Masalmeh, Low Polymer Retention Opens For Field Implementation Of Polymer Flooding In High Salinity Carbonate Reservoirs, SPE-202809, https://doi.org/10.2118/202809-MS
  • Jacobsen JG., Skauge T., Sorbie K., Skauge, A., Qualification of New Methods for Measuring In-Situ Rheology of Non-Newtonian Fluids in Porous Media, Polymers, (2020), 12 (2), 452 https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12020452
  • Wang G., Pickup G., Sorbie K., Mackay E., Skauge A., Numerical study of CO2 injection and the role of viscous crossflow in near-miscible CO2-WAG, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 74 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2019.103112
  • Skauge A., Solbakken J., Ormehaug PA., and Aarra MG., Foam Generation, Propagation and Stability in Porous Medium, Transport in Porous Media, (2020) 131, 5–21, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-019-01250-w
  • Salmo, N. Zamani, T. Skauge, K. Sorbie, A. Skauge,Use of Dynamic Pore Network Modeling to Improve our Understanding of Experimental Observations in Viscous Oil Displacement by Polymers, SPE-200387-MS, 18-22 April 2020, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
  • Alzaabi ,M.A. Jacobsen, J.G., Masalmeh, S., Al-Sumaiti, A., Pettersen, Ø., and Skauge, A., Polymer Injectivity Test Design Using Numerical Simulation, Polymers, 12 (2020), https://doi:10.3390/polym12040801
  • Jacobsen J.G., Mechanistic Modelling of Radial Polymer Flow in Porous Media, PhD thesis, UiB, 29. September, 2020
  • K.S. Sorbie, A. Y. Al Ghafri, A. Skauge and E.J. Mackay, On the Modelling of Immiscible Viscous Fingering in Two Phase Flow in Porous Media, Transport in Porous Media, 135, pages 331–359 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-020-01479-w
  • Wang, G., Pickup, G., Sorbie, K., Mackay, E. and Skauge, A. Impacts of Gas Trapping and Capillarity on Oil Recovery by Near-Miscible CO2-WAG, paper for ECMOR 2020, Edinburgh, UK, 14-17 September 2020
  • Aarra, M.G., Murad, A.M., Solbakken, J.S., and Skauge, A., Foam Dynamics in Limestone Carbonate Cores, ACS Omega 5 (37), 23604-23612, 2020. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c02058

2019

  • Masalmeh, S., AlSumaiti, A., Gaillard, N., Daguerre, F., Skauge, T., and Skauge, A. Extending Polymer Flooding Towards High-Temperature and High-Salinity Carbonate Reservoirs, 2019, SPE-197647-MS, Presented at the SPE Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, 11-14 November, Abu Dhabi, UAE.  Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/197647-MS
  • Al-Shakry, B., Shiran, B.S.,  Skauge, T., and Skauge, A., Polymer Injectivity: Influence of permeability in the Flow of EOR Polymers in Porous Media, 2019,  SPE-195495-MS, SPE Europec featured at 81st EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, 3-6 June 2019, London, UK. https://doi.org/10.2118/195495-MS
  • Sorbie K., Skauge A., Mobilization of By-Passed Oil by Viscous Crossflow in EOR Processes, IOR 2019, 20th European Symposium on IOR, Pau, France, paper 155, paper ref., Mo A 09; April 8, 2019 https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201900057
  • Skauge, T., Djurhuus, K., Zimmermann, T., Bittner, C. and Reichenbach-Klinke, R. Radial Injectivity of an Associative Polymer for EOR. Presented at  IOR 2019 – 20th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Apr 2019, Volume 2019, p.1 – 23. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201900143
  • Jacobsen J., Alzaabi M., Skauge T., Sorbie K., Skauge Arne; Analysis and Simulation of Polymer Injectivity, IOR 2019, 20th European Symposium on IOR, Pau, France, April 2019 https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201900115
  • Skauge A., Sorbie K., van Dijke R., Modelling the Transition between Immiscible and Miscible WAG, IOR 2019, 20th European Symposium on IOR, Pau, paper, 151, paper Ref. Mo B 11, April 8, 2019 https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201900080
  • Zamani N., Salmo I., Sorbie K., Skauge A., Numerical Study of Polymer Flow in Porous Media using Dynamic Pore Network Modelling, IOR 2019, 20th European Symposium on IOR, Pau, France, April 2019, paper 152, Paper Ref. Tu B 11. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201900120
  • Al-Shakry B., Skauge T., Shaker Shiran B., and Skauge A., Polymer Injectivity: Investigation of Mechanical Degradation of Enhanced Oil Recovery Polymers Using In-Situ Rheology, Energies 2019, 12, 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/en12010049
  • G. Wang, Heriot Watt University; G.E. Pickup, K.S. Sorbie, E.J. Mackay, Heriot-Watt University, The Analysis Of Near-Miscible CO2-WAG Displacements: The Distinction Between Compositional And Interfacial Tension Effects, SPE 193907, Galveston, April 2019 https://doi.org/10.2118/193907-MS
  • Skauge A., Aarra MG., Ormehaug PA., Solbakken J., Mogensen K., and Masalmeh S., Preparations For Foam Gas Shut Off In Carbonate Reservoirs, SPE-197640-MS, ADIPEC 2019 https://doi.org/10.2118/197640-MS
  • Liu, N. Skauge, T., Landa-Marban, D., Hovland, B., Thorbjornsen, B. Radu, F.A., Vik, B.F., Baumann, T. and Bodtker, G.  Microfluidic study of effects of flow velocity and nutrient concentration on biofilm accumulation and adhesive strength in the flowing and no-flowing microchannels, J Ind Microbiology & Biotech 2019, 46, 6, 855-868. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-019-02161-x
  • Landa-Marban, D., Liu, N., Pop, I.S., Kumar, K., Pettersson, P., Bodtker, G., Skauge, T. and Radu, F.A. A Pore-Scale Model for Permeable Biofilm: Numerical Simulations and Laboratory Experiments, Transport in Porous Media 2019, 127, 3, 643-660. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-018-1218-8