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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


30.06.2010
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