Water flooding is the most commonly used oil recovery method in the oil industry. However, the high mobility ratio between the water and oil phases limits the amount of oil displaced by the water phase. An effective alternative to minimize this problem is the application of technologies that act as mobility control agents. Polymer solution is used in many cases as a way to increase the water phase viscosity and consequently reduce the mobility ratio. Experimental evidences have shown that the elastic behavior of some polymer solution may not only improve the mobility ratio but also contribute to a better pore level oil displacement, reducing the residual oil saturation. This pore level behavior is not clearly understood. In this work, a glass microfluidic chip made of a 2-D array of channels is used as a two-dimensional porous space. This device has the principal features of a porous media and provides means for pore level flow visualization. A microscopic is used to monitor the evolution of the water phase as it displaces oil and images of the saturation profiles can be made. Three different water phases were used: pure water, a high molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) solution and a glycerol-water mixture with the same viscosity of the polymer solution. Flow visualization provides specific information about the presence of the trapped oil phase and the movement of the oil/water interface in the network. Results show that the viscoelastic forces modify the liquid distribution in the porous media, improving the displacement efficiency at pore scale and consequently the residual oil saturation.