What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Organic chemistry
- Carbon dioxide
- Ion
His primary areas of study are Mineralogy, Wetting, Carbonate, Seawater and Enhanced oil recovery.
His Mineralogy research focuses on Oil field and how it connects with Dolomite, Calcite and Displacement.
In his research on the topic of Wetting, Inorganic chemistry and Artificial seawater is strongly related with Sulfate.
His Carbonate research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Petroleum reservoir, Water injection, Aqueous solution and Oil in place.
His studies deal with areas such as Clay minerals and Adsorption as well as Enhanced oil recovery.
His Clay minerals research includes elements of Desorption and Environmental chemistry.
His most cited work include:
- Wettability alteration and improved oil recovery by spontaneous imbibition of seawater into chalk: Impact of the potential determining ions Ca2+, Mg2+, and SO42− (473 citations)
- Wettability alteration in chalk 2. Mechanism for wettability alteration from oil-wet to water-wet using surfactants (386 citations)
- Smart Water as Wettability Modifier in Carbonate and Sandstone: A Discussion of Similarities/Differences in the Chemical Mechanisms (345 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Tor Austad focuses on Wetting, Mineralogy, Seawater, Carbonate and Enhanced oil recovery.
The various areas that Tor Austad examines in his Wetting study include Petroleum reservoir, Acid value, Adsorption and Pulmonary surfactant.
His Mineralogy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Water injection, Salinity, Outcrop, Oil field and Dissolution.
The concepts of his Seawater study are interwoven with issues in Geotechnical engineering, Submarine pipeline, Compaction, Geochemistry and Produced water.
He has researched Carbonate in several fields, including Porosity, Sulfate, Calcite and Petroleum engineering.
His Enhanced oil recovery study incorporates themes from Environmental chemistry, Chemical reaction, Petrology and Oil in place.
He most often published in these fields:
- Wetting (50.00%)
- Mineralogy (38.46%)
- Seawater (33.65%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2018)?
- Wetting (50.00%)
- Low salinity (13.46%)
- Carbonate (30.77%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Tor Austad mainly investigates Wetting, Low salinity, Carbonate, Enhanced oil recovery and Seawater.
His Wetting research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Mineralogy and Adsorption.
His Mineralogy study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Desorption and Dissolution.
His research investigates the connection between Carbonate and topics such as Calcite that intersect with issues in Dolomite.
His Enhanced oil recovery research includes themes of Environmental chemistry, Water injection and Oil in place.
His research in Seawater intersects with topics in Petroleum reservoir, Petroleum engineering and Sulfate.
Between 2014 and 2018, his most popular works were:
- Modified seawater as a smart EOR fluid in chalk (54 citations)
- Low Salinity EOR Effects in Limestone Reservoir Cores Containing Anhydrite: A Discussion of the Chemical Mechanism (53 citations)
- Influence of Formation Water Salinity/Composition on the Low-Salinity Enhanced Oil Recovery Effect in High-Temperature Sandstone Reservoirs (40 citations)
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