• High-Temperature Core Flood Investigation of Nanocellulose as a Green Additive for Enhanced Oil Recovery 

      Aadland, Reidun Cecilie Grønfur; Jakobsen, Trygve Dagsloth; Heggset, Ellinor Bævre; Long-Sanouiller, Haili; Simon, Sebastien Charles; Paso, Kristofer Gunnar; Syverud, Kristin; Torsæter, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Recent studies have discovered a substantial viscosity increase of aqueous cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) dispersions upon heat aging at temperatures above 90 °C. This distinct change in material properties at very low ...
    • Interactions between Surfactants and Cellulose Nanofibrils for Enhanced Oil Recovery 

      Jakobsen, Trygve Dagsloth; Simon, Sebastien Charles; Heggset, Ellinor Bævre; Syverud, Kristin; Paso, Kristofer Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) represents a series of potential solutions for extracting more oil from resources with already known locations and magnitudes. Unfortunately, many of the chemical additives in use today ...