Molnes, S., Mamonov, A., Paso, K.G. et al. (2018) Investigation of a new application for cellulose nanocrystals: a study of the enhanced oil recovery potential by use of a green additive. Cellulose, 25 (4), pp. 2289-2301 Link to article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10570-018-1715-5 Access to content may be restricted. UiS Brage http://brage.bibsys.no/uis/ This version is made available in accordance with publisher policies. It is the author accepted, post-print version of the file. Please cite only the version above. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018 1 Investigation of a New Application for Cellulose Nanocrystals – A Study of the 2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential by use of a Green Additive 3 4 Authors: Silje N. Molnesa,b, Aleksandr Mamonova, Kristofer G. Pasob, Skule Stranda, Kristin 5 Syverudb,c,* 6 7 a Department of Petroleum Technology, University of Stavanger (UoS), 4036 Stavanger, 8 Norway 9 b Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 10 (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway 11 c RISE PFI, Høgskoleringen 6B, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 12 13 *Corresponding author. 14 E-mail address:
[email protected] (K. Syverud) 15 Phone: +47 959 03 740 16 17 Key words: 18 Nanocellulose 19 Stability 20 Oil recovery 21 CNC 22 Temperature 23 Heat aging 24 Abstract 25 Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) has been investigated for a potential new application, enhanced 26 oil recovery (EOR), by performing core flooding experiments with CNC dispersed in low salinity 27 brine (CNC-LS) in outcrop sandstone cores.