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Martin A. Fernø

Martin A. Fernø

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
39
Citations
4558
World Ranking
7845
National Ranking
46

Overview

Martin A. Fernø is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and focuses on research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their scholarly output spans several key subfields including Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their research covers a variety of main topics such as CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, and Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies.

Martin A. Fernø has contributed numerous articles to frequently publishing venues. The most notable include Transport in Porous Media, where they have published 12 papers, as well as arXiv (Cornell University) with 7 publications. Other venues include the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control with 4 publications, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) also with 4, and the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy with 3 papers.

Several recent papers illustrate their research focus and contributions:

  • Seasonal hydrogen storage in a depleted oil and gas field, 2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Pore-scale dynamics for underground porous media hydrogen storage, 2022, Advances in Water Resources
  • Hydrogen Relative Permeability Hysteresis in Underground Storage, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Increased CO2 storage capacity using CO2-foam, 2020, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • Pore-scale study of microbial hydrogen consumption and wettability alteration during underground hydrogen storage, 2023, Frontiers in Energy Research

Martin A. Fernø frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including Jan M. Nordbotten, Benyamine Benali, Jakub Wiktor Both, Malin Haugen, and Geir Ersland.

Best Publications

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

    Stefan Iglauer;Martin Fernø;Paul Shearing;Martin Blunt

  • Seasonal hydrogen storage in a depleted oil and gas field

    Maksim Lysyy;Martin Fernø;Geir Ersland

  • Experimental Study of Foam Flow in Fractured Oil-Wet Limestone for Enhanced Oil Recovery

    Åsmund Haugen;Martin A. Fernø;Arne Graue;Henri J. Bertin

  • Experimental Study of Foam Generation, Sweep Efficiency, and Flow in a Fracture Network

    Martin A. Fernø;Jarand Gauteplass;Monrawee Pancharoen;Åsmund Haugen

  • Pore-scale dynamics for underground porous media hydrogen storage

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  • Capillary pressure and relative permeability estimated from a single spontaneous imbibition test

    Å. Haugen;M.A. Fernø;G. Mason;N.R. Morrow

  • Hydrogen Relative Permeability Hysteresis in Underground Storage

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  • Pore-level foam generation and flow for mobility control in fractured systems

    Jarand Gauteplass;Kuldeep Chaudhary;Anthony R. Kovscek;Martin A. Fernø

  • Silica nanoparticles to stabilize CO2-foam for improved CO2 utilization: Enhanced CO2 storage and oil recovery from mature oil reservoirs

    A.U. Rognmo;S. Heldal;M.A. Fernø

  • Increased CO2 storage capacity using CO2 -foam

    Tore Lyngås Føyen;Tore Lyngås Føyen;Bergit Brattekås;Martin Fernø;Albert Barrabino

  • Pore-level hydrate formation mechanisms using realistic rock structures in high-pressure silicon micromodels

    L.P. Hauge;J. Gauteplass;M.D. Høyland;G. Ersland

  • Influence of Wettability on Residual Gas Trapping and Enhanced Oil Recovery in Three-Phase Flow: A Pore-Scale Analysis by Use of Microcomputed Tomography

    Stefan Iglauer;Taufiq Rahman;Mohammad Sarmadivaleh;Adnan Al-Hinai

  • Miscible and Immiscible Foam Injection for Mobility Control and EOR in Fractured Oil-Wet Carbonate Rocks

    Åsmund Haugen;Nima Mani;Sondre Svenningsen;Bergit Brattekås

  • Use of Sulfate for Water Based Enhanced Oil Recovery during Spontaneous Imbibition in Chalk

    M. A. Fernø;R. Grønsdal;J. Åsheim;A. Nyheim

  • Pore-scale mechanisms during low salinity waterflooding: Oil mobilization by diffusion and osmosis

    Sunniva B. Fredriksen;Arthur U. Rognmo;Martin A. Fernø

  • Dynamic Laboratory Wettability Alteration

    M. A. Fernø;M. Torsvik;S. Haugland;A. Graue

  • Visualization of Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery by Diffusion in Fractured Chalk

    Øyvind Eide;Martin A. Fernø;Zachary Alcorn;Arne Graue

  • Mechanisms of multiphase reactive flow using biogenically calcite-functionalized micromodels.

    Wen Song;Folake Ogunbanwo;Marianne Steinsbø;Martin A Fernø

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

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  • Experimental Study of Foam Generation, Sweep Efficiency and Flow in a Fracture Network

    Martin Anders Ferno;Jarand Gauteplass;Monrawee Pancharoen;Asmund Haugen

  • Wettability Effects on Osmosis as an Oil-Mobilization Mechanism During Low-Salinity Waterflooding

    S. B. Fredriksen;A. U. Rognmo;K. Sandengen;M. A. Fernø

  • Mobility control during CO2 EOR in fractured carbonates using foam: Laboratory evaluation and numerical simulations

    M.A. Fernø;Ø. Eide;M. Steinsbø;S.A.W. Langlo

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of the development of fronts during spontaneous imbibition

    M.A. Fernø;Å. Haugen;S. Wickramathilaka;S. Wickramathilaka;J. Howard

  • Salinity Effects on Pore-Scale Methane Gas Hydrate Dissociation

    Stian Almenningen;Eirik Iden;Martin A. Fernø;Geir Ersland

  • Nanotechnology for improved CO2 utilization in CCS: Laboratory study of CO2-foam flow and silica nanoparticle retention in porous media

    A.U. Rognmo;H. Horjen;M.A Fernø

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony R. Kovscek
Anthony R. Kovscek Stanford University
Norman R. Morrow
Norman R. Morrow University of Wyoming
Stefan Iglauer
Stefan Iglauer Edith Cowan University
Steven L. Bryant
Steven L. Bryant University of Calgary
Mohammad Sarmadivaleh
Mohammad Sarmadivaleh Colorado School of Mines
George J. Hirasaki
George J. Hirasaki Rice University
Randall S. Seright
Randall S. Seright New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Maxim Lebedev
Maxim Lebedev Curtin University
Paul R. Shearing
Paul R. Shearing University College London
Patrick Onck
Patrick Onck University of Groningen

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