During the life of an oilfield, different oil recovery methods may be used to maintain the reservoir pressure and increase sweep efficiency. The method most commonly used is water injection. The efficiency of the method is limited due to the high mobility ratio between water and oil, that leads to water fingering. Mobility control agents can be used to minimize this effect. Among them, oil-water emulsions (O-W) present several benefits in cost, compatibility and efficiency. Several studies indicate a better sweep efficiency of the water phase with lower water-oil ratio in the production wells. If properly designed, the dispersed phase of the emulsion may block the pore throats and change the flow path at the pore level, improving not only the sweep but also the displacing efficiency. The aim of this research is to study oil-water emulsion flooding and understand the mechanisms involving its use as a mobility control agent. The micro and macro effect of the emulsion injection is going to be evaluated experimentally by measuring the relative permeability curves of water-oil emulsions and oil in sandstone cores for different dispersed phase concentration, droplet size distribution and capillary number.