Tor Austad

13.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
141 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Tor Austad is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tor Austad has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Ocean Engineering, 77 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 56 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tor Austad's work include Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (101 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (77 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (56 papers). Tor Austad is often cited by papers focused on Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (101 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (77 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (56 papers). Tor Austad collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Netherlands and Denmark. Tor Austad's co-authors include Skule Strand, Dag Chun Standnes, Tina Puntervold, Peimao Zhang, Alireza Rezaeidoust, Medad T. Tweheyo, Eli J. Høgnesen, S. Jafar Fathi, S. F. Shariatpanahi and J. Milter and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Fuels, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects and Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Tor Austad

137 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Wettability alteration and improved oil recovery by spontaneous imbibition of seawater into chalk: Impact of the potential determining ions Ca2+, Mg2+, and SO42−

2006 706 citations Tor Austad et al. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects profile →
Wettability alteration in chalk

2000 546 citations Dag Chun Standnes, Tor Austad Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering profile →
Chemical Mechanism of Low Salinity Water Flooding in Sandstone Reservoirs

2010 532 citations Tor Austad, Alireza Rezaeidoust et al. profile →
Smart Water as Wettability Modifier in Carbonate and Sandstone: A Discussion of Similarities/Differences in the Chemical Mechanisms

2009 523 citations Alireza Rezaeidoust, Tina Puntervold et al. Energy & Fuels profile →
Wettability alteration in chalk

2000 518 citations Dag Chun Standnes, Tor Austad Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering profile →
Wettability and oil recovery from carbonates: Effects of temperature and potential determining ions

2006 474 citations Tor Austad et al. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects profile →
Wettability alteration of carbonates—Effects of potential determining ions (Ca2+ and SO42−) and temperature

2005 444 citations Skule Strand, Eli J. Høgnesen et al. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects profile →
Conditions for a Low-Salinity Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Effect in Carbonate Oil Reservoirs

2011 383 citations Tor Austad, S. F. Shariatpanahi et al. Energy & Fuels profile →
“Smart Water” as a Wettability Modifier in Chalk: The Effect of Salinity and Ionic Composition

2010 304 citations S. Jafar Fathi, Tor Austad et al. Energy & Fuels profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impact of Plagioclase on the Low Salinity EOR-Effect in Sandstone 2014 ·Energy & Fuels ·Skule Strand, Tor Austad, Tina Puntervold, Hakan Aksulu, (unknown), Alireza Rezaeidoust	20
2	Wettability Restoration of Limestone Cores Using Core Material From the Aqueous Zone 2012 ·Petroleum Science and Technology ·S. F. Shariatpanahi, Skule Strand, Tor Austad, Hakan Aksulu	13
3	Combined Surfactant-Enhanced Gravity Drainage (SEGD) of Oil and the Wettability Alteration in Carbonates: The Effect of Rock Permeability and Interfacial Tension (IFT) 2011 ·Energy & Fuels ·(unknown), Skule Strand, Tor Austad	67
4	Improved Oil Recovery in Carbonates by Modified Seawater – Optimal Ionic Composition and Salinity 2011 ·Proceedings ·S. Jafar Fathi, Tor Austad, Skule Strand	5
5	Chemical Verification of the EOR Mechanism by Using Low Saline/Smart Water in Sandstone 2011 ·Energy & Fuels ·Alireza Rezaeidoust, Tina Puntervold, Tor Austad	182
6	“Smart Water” as a Wettability Modifier in Chalk: The Effect of Salinity and Ionic Composition breakdown → 2010 ·Energy & Fuels ·S. Jafar Fathi, Tor Austad, Skule Strand	304
7	Coinjection of Seawater and Produced Water to Improve Oil Recovery from Fractured North Sea Chalk Oil Reservoirs 2009 ·Energy & Fuels ·Tina Puntervold, Skule Strand, Tor Austad	62
8	Seawater in Chalk: An EOR and Compaction Fluid 2008 ·SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering ·Tor Austad, Skule Strand, M.V. Madland, Tina Puntervold, Reidar Inge Korsnes	141
9	Effect of Temperature on Enhanced Oil Recovery from Mixed-Wet Chalk Cores by Spontaneous Imbibition and Forced Displacement Using Seawater 2008 ·Energy & Fuels ·Skule Strand, Tina Puntervold, Tor Austad	107
10	Injection of Seawater and Mixtures With Produced Water into North Sea Chalk Formation: Impact on Wettability, Scale Formation and Rock Mechanics Caused by Fluid-Rock Interaction 2007 ·Tina Puntervold, Tor Austad	10
11	Water Flooding of Carbonate Reservoirs – Effects of a Model Base and Natural Crude Oil Bases on Chalk Wettability 2007 ·Tina Puntervold, Skule Strand, Tor Austad	1
12	Waterflooding of Preferential Oil-Wet Carbonates: Oil Recovery Related to Reservoir Temperature and Brine Composition 2005 ·Eli J. Høgnesen, Skule Strand, Tor Austad	151
13	A chemical induced enhanced weakening of chalk by seawater 2005 ·Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering ·(unknown), M.V. Madland, Rasmus Risnes, Tor Austad	136
14	An Evaluation of Spontaneous Imbibition of Water into Oil-Wet Carbonate Reservoir Cores Using a Nonionic and a Cationic Surfactant 2002 ·Energy & Fuels ·Dag Chun Standnes, (unknown), (unknown), Tor Austad	183
15	Wettability alternation in chalk 8. Thermally induced spontaneous imbibition of water into oil-wet chalk at elevated temperatures 2001 ·Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering ·Dag Chun Standnes, Eli J. Høgnesen, Tor Austad	1
16	Chemical flooding of oil reservoirs Part 9. Dynamic adsorption of surfactant onto sandstone cores from injection water with and without polymer present 1997 ·Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·Tor Austad, (unknown), Ingebret Fjelde, Knut Taugbøl	44
17	Chemical flooding of oil reservoirs 6. Evaluation of the mechanism for oil expulsion by spontaneous imbibition of brine with and without surfactant in water-wet, low-permeable, chalk material 1996 ·Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·J. Milter, Tor Austad	44
18	Physicochemical principles of low tension polymer flood 1994 ·Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering ·Tor Austad, Ingebret Fjelde, (unknown), Knut Taugbøl	43
19	The Adduct between Triphenyl Phosphine and Triphenyl Phosphine Telluride. A Tellurium(0) Compound. 1973 ·Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry ·Tor Austad, (unknown), (unknown), Jon Songstad, A. Hugh Norbury, Carl‐Gunnar Swahn	22
20	The Diisocyanatoargentate Ion. 1971 ·Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry ·Tor Austad, Jon Songstad, (unknown), (unknown), Jan E. Engebretsen, L. Ehrenberg	4

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