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  Name:Steinar Evje
Position:Senior Research Enngeer 
Research group:Improved Oil Recovery 
Email:Steinar.Evje@iris.no 
Phone:(+47) 51 87 50 70 

Personal information:

Steinar Evje holds a Dr. Scient degree in Applied Mathematics, University of Bergen (1998). He joined Rogaland Research in 1998 and is a member of Petroleum Technology - Research & Development.

Research areas:

Partial differential equations (PDEs), particularly hyperbolic conservation laws
(mathematical theory, numerical approximation and application)

  • Well-posedness (existence, uniqueness, stability of solutions) of PDEs
  • Discretization of partial differential equations (PDEs in general)
  • Modelling of multi-phase flow problems
  • Mixed hyperbolic (convection-diffusion) problems
  • Design of low-diffusive numerical schemes

Projects:
  • Numerical Methods for Multi-phase Wellbore/Reservoir Models
    NFR Post doctorial project (Petroforsk), 2000-2001
  • Well-Reservoir Interaction
    NFR, Strategic Institute Program 2001-2005 (Petroforsk).
  • Pressure-based hybrid flux splitting schemes for compressible flows
    NFR Post doctorial project for Tore Flåtten (BeMata), 2005-2007.
  • Modelling/Simulation of wettability alteration processes in carbonate oil reservoirs
    COREC project, 2007.
  • Modelling/Simulation of water weakening of chalk - physical and chemical processes, COREC, BP, and NFR, 2008-2010

Recently submitted works:

Evje, Hiorth, Madland, Korsnes Chemical Reactions and Weakening of Chalk Reservoirs: Modeling and Experiments, 2009.
S. Evje and A. Hiorth "A Mathematical Model for Dynamic Wettability Alteration Controlled by Water-Rock Chemistry", 2009.


Some publications (in refereed journals):

Evje, Hiorth, Madland, Korsnes"A mathematical model relevant for weakening of chalk reservoirs due to chemical reactions", Networks and Heterogeneous Media, Vol 4 (4), pp. 755-788, 2009.
S.T.Munkejord, S. Evje, T FlåttenA MUSTA scheme for a non-conservative two-fluid model, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. Vol 31, pp. 2587-2622, 2009.
H.A.Friis, S.Evje and T.Flåtten"A numerical study of characteristic slow-transient behavior of a compressible 2D gas-liquid two-fluid model"
Adv. Appl. Math. Mech., Vol 1 (2), pp 166-200, 2009.
S. Evje and K.H. Karlsen"Global weak solutions for a viscous liquid-gas model with singular pressure law"
Comm. Pure Appl. Anal, Vol 8 (6), pp 1867-1894, 2009.
S.Evje, T.Flåtten and S.T.Munkejord"A WIMF scheme for the drift-flux two-phase flow model", Multiphase Flow Research. Edt: S. Martin and J.R. Williams, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009.
S.Evje and K.H.Karlsen"Global existence of weak solutions for a viscous two-phase model", J. Diff. Equations, Vol 245, Issue 9, 2008, pp. 2660-2703
S.Evje, T.Flåtten and H.A. Friis"On a relation between pressure-based schemes and central schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws", Num. Meth. Part. Diff. Eq., Vol 24, Issue 2, 2008, pp. 605-645
S.Evje, T. Flåtten and H.A. FriisGlobal weak solutions for a viscous liquid-gas model with transition to single-phase gas flow and vacuum", Nonlinear Analysis,TMA, Vol 70, pp 3864-3886, 2009.
Hiorth, a Lad, Evje, Skjæveland"A Lattice Boltzmann-BGK algorithm for a diffusion equation with Robin boundary condition - application to NMR relaxation"
Int. J. Num Meth Fluids,
Vol 59, pp. 405-421, 2009.
Yu, Evje, Fjelde, Kleppe et al"Modelling of wettability alteration processes in carbonate oil reservoirs"
Networks and Heterogeneous Media, Vol 3 (1), 149-183, 2008.
S.Evje and K.H.Karlsen"A hyperbolic-elliptic model for coupled well-porous media flow"
In Eleventh International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications (Lyon 2006). Edt: S. Benzoni-Gavage and D. Serre, Jan 28, 2008.
Yu, Evje, Fjelde, Kleppe et al"Spontaneous Imbibition of Seawater into Preferentially Oil-Wet Chalk Cores - Experiments and Simulations",
J. Pet. Sci. Eng., Vol 66, pp. 171-179, 2009.
S.Evje and K.H.Karlsen"Hyperbolic-elliptic models for well-reservoir flow"
Networks and Heterogeneous Media, Vol. 4 (1), 639-673, 2006
S.Evje and T.Flåtten"On the wave structure of two-phase flow models"
SIAM J. Applied math., Vol 67 (2), pp. 487--511, 2007.
Munkejord S.T., Evje S., Flåtten T."The multi-staged centred scheme approach applied to a drift-flux two-phase flow model",
Int. J. Num. Meth. Fluids, Vol 52 (6), pp. 679-705, 2006
Evje, S., Flåtten, T."CFL-violating numerical schemes for a two-fluid model",
J.
Sci. Comput, Vol 29 (1), pp. 83-114, 2006
Evje, S., Flåtten, T."Hybrid central-upwind schemes for numerical resolution of two-phase flows",
ESAIM: Math. Mod. Num. Anal., vol. 39, 2005, No. 2, pp. 253-273
Evje, S., Flåtten, T."Weakly implicit numerical schemes for a two-fluid model",
SIAM J. Sci. Comput., Vol. 26, 2005, No. 5, pp. 1449--1484
Evje, S., Flåtten, T."Hybrid flux-splitting schemes for a common two-fluid model",
J. Comput. Phys., Vol. 192, Issue 1, 2003, pp.175-210
Evje, S., Fjelde, K.K.On a rough AUSM scheme for a one-dimensional two-phase model,
Computers and Fluids, vol. 32 (2003) 10
Evje, S., Karlsen. K.H.An error estimate for Viscous approximate soltuions of degenerate parabolic equations,
Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, vol. 9 (2002) 3, 262-281
Evje, S., Fjelde, K.K.Relaxation schemes for the calculation of two-phase flow in pipes,
Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 36 (2002), 535-567
Evje, S., Fjelde, K. K.Hybrid Flux-Splitting Schemes for a Two-Phase Model,
J. Comp. Phys., 175 (2002), 674-701
Evje, S., Karlsen, K.H., Risebro, N.H.A continuous dependence result result for nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations with spatially dependent flux function,
In H. Freistüler and G. Warnecke, editors, "Hyperbolic problems: theory, numerics, applications", Int. Series of Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 140 (2001), 337-346, Birkhäuser Verlag
Bürger, R., Evje, S., Karlsen, K.H., Lie, K.-A.Numerical methods for the simulation of the settling of flocculated suspensions,
Chemical Engineering Journal. 80 (2000), 91-104.
Evje, S., Karlsen, K.H., Lie, K.A., Risebro, N.H.Front tracking and operator splitting for nonlinear degenerate convection-diffusion equations,
”Parallel Solution of Partial Differential Equations”,
IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications 120 (2000), 209-228
Bürger, R., Evje, S., Karlsen, K.H.On some degenerate convection-diffusion initial-boundary value problems with applications to sedimentation-consolidation processes and two-phase flow in porous media,
J. Math. Anal. Appl. 247 (2000) 2, 517-556.
Evje, S., Karlsen, K.H.Monotone difference approximations of BV solutions to degenerate convection-diffusion equations,
SIAM J. Numer. Anal
. Vol. 37 (2000) 6, 1838-1860.
Evje, S., Karlsen, K.H.Discrete approximations of BV solutions to doubly nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations,
Numer. Math. 86 (2000) 3, 377-417.
Evje, S., Karlsen, K.H.Degenerate convection-diffusion equations and implicit monotone difference schemes,
The Proc. of the Seventh Int. Conf. on Hyp. Prob., Zürich, 1998,
Int. Series of Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 129 (1999), 285-294, Birkhäuser Verlag.
Evje, S., Karlsen, K.H.Viscous splitting approximation of mixed hyperbolic-parabolic convection-diffusion equations,
Numer. Math. 83 (1999) 1, 107-137.
Karlsen, K.H. Brusdal, K., Dahle, H.K., Evje, S., Lie, K.-A.The corrected operator splitting approach applied to a nonlinear advection-diffusion problems,
Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 167 (1998), 239-260.

Some presentations:

"A hyperbolic-elliptic model for well-reservoir modeling"Presented at 11th International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems, Theory, Numerics, and Applications, Lyon (France), 2006
"Numerical approximation of multi-phase well and pipe flow"Presented at Workshop on hydrogen fuel cell modelling, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2006


02.09.2010
Tegnekonkurransen sommeren 2010 handlet om energi, miljø og fremtiden. Vi har nå trukket tre heldige vinnere
25.08.2010
IRIS og SINTEF sammen med universitetene i Trondheim (NTNU) og Stavanger (UiS) etablerer et internasjonalt senter for bore- og brønnteknologi
25.08.2010
IRIS and SINTEF together with the universities in Stavanger (UiS) and Trondheim (NTNU) have just established an international Center for Drilling and Wells for Improved Recovery