• Acid treatment as a way to reduce shale rock mechanical strength and to create a material prone to the formation of permanent well barrier 

      Gawel, Kamila; Lozovyi, Maksym; Bhuiyan, Mohammad Hossain; Bjørge, Ruben; Fjær, Erling (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Utilization of natural shale formations for the creation of annular barriers in oil and gas wells is currently discussed as a mean of simplifying cumbersome plugging and abandonment procedures. Shales that are likely to ...
    • Avoiding Damage of CO2 Injection Wells Caused by Temperature Variations 

      Torsæter, Malin; Todorovic, Jelena; Lavrov, Alexandre; Gawel, Kamila; Lund, Halvor; Roy, Pratanu; Carroll, Susan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Well integrity is a prerequisite for safe geological storage of CO2. Both active and abandoned wells are man-made channels between the storage reservoir and the atmosphere that can become leakage paths over time. The CO2 ...
    • Carbonation of silica cement at high-temperature well conditions 

      Bjørge, Ruben; Gawel, Kamila; Chavez Panduro, Elvia Anabela; Torsæter, Malin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    • Computed X-ray Tomography Study of Carbonate Precipitation in Large Portland Cement Pores 

      Chavez Panduro, Elvia Anabela; Torsæter, Malin; Gawel, Kamila; Bjørge, Ruben; Gibaud, Alain; Bonnin, Anne; Schlepütz, Christian M.; Breiby, Dag Werner (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Cement degradation caused by CO2 exposure is an increasingly important environmental challenge that must be understood, for example, if former oil reservoirs are to be used for CO2 storage. When exposed to CO2-saturated ...
    • Conductive epoxy/carbon nanofiber coatings for scale control 

      Edvardsen, Laura; Grandcolas, Mathieu; Lædre, Sigrid; Yang, Juan; Lange, Torstein; Bjørge, Ruben; Gawel, Kamila (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is one of the most widespread scaling minerals and has been a long-standing problem within many industrial sectors. Scaling of calcium carbonate on conductive surfaces can be prevented electrochemically ...
    • Effect of carbonation on bulk resistivity of cement/carbon nanofiber composites 

      Gawel, Kamila; Wenner, Sigurd; Edvardsen, Laura (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The conductivity of cement/carbon nanofiber (CNF) composite materials has previously been shown to be affected by parameters such as e.g. CNF content or water to cement (w/c) ratios, water saturation and temperature. ...
    • Effect of electric field on push-out strength of cemented steel pipes 

      Lavrov, Alexandre; Werner, Benjamin; Stroisz, Anna Magdalena; Øia, Thomas Monge; Gawel, Kamila; Torsæter, Malin; Jafariesfad, Narjes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Cement-steel interfacial strength is an important measure for estimating the robustness and hydraulic sealing ability of wells. In this paper, laboratory experiments were performed in which small steel pipes (10 mm in ...
    • Effects of Water Content and Temperature on Bulk Resistivity of Hybrid Cement/Carbon Nanofiber Composites 

      Gawel, Kamila; Taghipour, Ali; Bjørge, Ruben; Wenner, Sigurd; Gawel, Bartlomiej; Ghaderi, Amir; Cerasi, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Cement nanocomposites with carbon nanofibers (CNFs) are electrically conductive and sensitive to mechanical loads. These features make them useful for sensing applications. The conductive and load sensing properties are ...
    • Electrochemical enhancement and inhibition of calcium carbonate deposition 

      Edvardsen, Laura; Gawel, Kamila; Wenner, Sigurd; Gawel, Bartlomiej; Torsæter, Malin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Calcium carbonate is by far the most widespread scaling material. Its deposition in pipes and flowlines has been a long-standing problem for many industries. Hence, a lot of research is devoted to scale inhibition. One of ...
    • Electrochemically Enhanced Deposition of Minerals from Synthetic Reservoir Brine 

      Edvardsen, Laura; Emmel, Benjamin Udo; Bhuiyan, Mohammad Hossain; Wenner, Sigurd; Gawel, Kamila; Torsæter, Malin (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      In this paper we ask the question whether or not electrochemically enhanced deposition of minerals can be utilized to repair leakage paths existing in cement plugs in wells. Electrical polarization of two electrodes may ...
    • Electrochemically Enhanced Deposition of Scale from Chosen Formation Waters from the Norwegian Continental Shelf 

      Edvardsen, Laura; Gawel, Kamila; Bhuiyan, Mohammad Hossain; Torsæter, Malin; Emmel, Benjamin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Reservoir formation waters typically contain scaling ions which can precipitate and form mineral deposits. Such mineral deposition can be accelerated electrochemically, whereby the application of potential between two ...
    • Micro- and macroscale consequences of interactions between CO2 and shale rocks 

      Bhuiyan, Mohammad Hossain; Agofack, Nicolaine; Gawel, Kamila; Cerasi, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In carbon storage activities, and in shale oil and gas extraction (SOGE) with carbon dioxide (CO2) stimulation fluid, CO2 comes into contact with shale rock and its pore fluid. As a reactive fluid, the injected CO2 displays ...
    • Monitoring of Co2 Well Plug Integrity. Electrical Response of Cement/CNF Sensor to Mechanical Load, Water Saturation and Carbonation 

      Gawel, Kamila; Wenner, Sigurd; Taghipour, Ali; Szewczyk, Dawid; Edvardsen, Laura; Brocks, Anette; Hagen, Anna Stroisz; Gawel, Bartlomiej; Bjørge, Ruben; Ghaderi, Amir; Cerasi, Pierre; Malin, Torsæter (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      CO2 storage wells will eventually need to be permanently plugged and abandoned. Subsidence, fault/fracture reactivation or chemical degradation can all adversely affect well plug integrity leading to CO2 leakages. Thus, ...
    • Portland cement hydration in the vicinity of electrically polarized conductive surfaces 

      Gawel, Kamila; Wenner, Sigurd; Jafariesfad, Narjes; Torsæter, Malin; Justnes, Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Hardening of Portland cement-based materials in vicinity of electrically conductive surfaces, especially when the surfaces are electrically or galvanically polarized, can lead to both morphological and chemical changes in ...
    • Real Time 3D Observations of Portland Cement Carbonation at CO2 Storage Conditions 

      Chavez Panduro, Elvia Anabela; Cordonnier, Benoit; Gawel, Kamila; Børve, Ingrid; Iyer, Jaisree; Carroll, Susan; Michels, Leander; Rogowska, Melania; McBeck, Jessica Ann; Sørensen, Henning; Walsh, Stuart; Renard, Francois; Gibaud, Alain; Torsæter, Malin; Breiby, Dag Werner (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Depleted oil reservoirs are considered a viable solution to the global challenge of CO2 storage. A key concern is whether the wells can be suitably sealed with cement to hinder the escape of CO2. Under reservoir conditions, ...
    • Real time 3D observations of Portland Cement Carbonation at CO2 storage conditions 

      Chavez Panduro, Elvia Anabela; Cordonnier, Benoit; Gawel, Kamila; Børve, Ingrid; Iyer, Jaisree; Carroll, Susan; Michels, Leander; Rogowska, Melania; McBeck, Jessica Ann; Sørensen, Henning; Walsh, Stuart; Renard, Francois; Gibaud, Alain; Torsæter, Malin; Breiby, Dag Werner (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Depleted oil reservoirs are considered a viable solution to the global challenge of CO2 storage. A key concern is whether the wells can be suitably sealed with cement to hinder the escape of CO2. Under reservoir conditions, ...
    • Review of asphaltenes in an electric field 

      Farooq, Umer; Lædre, Sigrid; Gawel, Kamila (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Asphaltenes are regarded as troublesome components of crude oils as their precipitation and deposition inside production wells and downstream infrastructure often result in a reduction of production capacity and, in critical ...
    • Salt clogging during supercritical CO2 injection into a downscaled borehole model 

      Berntsen, Andreas Nicolas; Todorovic, Jelena; Raphaug, Martin Hagen; Torsæter, Malin; Chavez Panduro, Elvia Anabela; Gawel, Kamila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Injection of CO2 into saline storage aquifers is often accompanied by drying of the formation water and salt precipitation. Subsequent salt clogging of a well bore and the near wellbore rock matrix may lead to injectivity ...
    • Screening, Monitoring, and Remediation of Legacy Wells to Improve Reservoir Integrity for Large-Scale CO2 Storage—An Example From the Smeaheia Structure in the Northern North Sea 

      Romdhane, Mohamed Anouar; Emmel, Benjamin; Zonetti, Simone; Dupuy, Bastien; Gawel, Kamila; Edvardsen, Laura; Bhuiyan, Mohammad Hossain (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an inevitable action to achieve CO2 emission reduction targets including becoming net-zero by 2050. Increased efforts are therefore required to identify suitable locations for large-scale ...
    • Self-Sensing Well Cement 

      Gawel, Kamila; Szewczyk, Dawid; Cerasi, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Chemical reactions with reservoir fluids and geology related in-situ stress changes may cause damages to cement sealing material in plugged and abandoned oil, gas and CO2 wells. To avoid leakages, a legitimate monitoring ...