Developments in spontaneous imbibition and possibilities for future work

G Mason, NR Morrow - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
Spontaneous imbibition controls many processes of practical importance. The subject is
undergoing rapid growth in terms of the number of publications. This paper is a selective …

[PDF][PDF] A critical review on fundamental mechanisms of spontaneous imbibition and the impact of boundary condition, fluid viscosity and wettability

Q Meng, H Liu, J Wang - Adv. Geo-Energy Res, 2017 - astp-agr.com
Spontaneous imbibition (SI) is one of the primary mechanisms of oil production from matrix
system in fractured reservoirs. The main driving force for SI is capillary pressure …

Generalized modeling of spontaneous imbibition based on Hagen–Poiseuille flow in tortuous capillaries with variably shaped apertures

J Cai, E Perfect, CL Cheng, X Hu - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Spontaneous imbibition of wetting liquids in porous media is a ubiquitous natural
phenomenon which has received much attention in a wide variety of fields over several …

[KNYGA][B] Handbook of porous media

K Vafai - 2015 - books.google.com
This third edition offers a comprehensive overview of the latest theories on flow, transport,
and heat-exchange processes in porous media. It also details sophisticated porous media …

Spontaneous imbibition in tight porous media with different wettability: Pore-scale simulation

W Lin, S **ong, Y Liu, Y He, S Chu, S Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Spontaneous imbibition is significantly influenced by rock wettability, and it has been
extensively studied in core-based experiments and numerical simulations owing to its …

The influence of salinity and mineral components on spontaneous imbibition in tight sandstone

J Cai, C Li, K Song, S Zou, Z Yang, Y Shen, Q Meng… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Spontaneous imbibition is one of the fundamental mechanisms to understand the
complicated liquid-formation interaction during hydraulic fracturing operations in tight …

Computed tomography in petroleum engineering research

S Akin, AR Kovscek - 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Imaging the distribution of porosity, permeability, and fluid phases is important to
understanding single and multiphase flow characteristics of porous media. X-ray computed …

The effect of microstructure and rock mineralogy on water imbibition characteristics in tight reservoirs

L Yang, H Ge, X Shi, Y Cheng, K Zhang, H Chen… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2016 - Elsevier
Published studies have suggested that the spontaneous imbibition induced by the high
capillary force of tight rocks is a significant mechanism responsible for low flowback …

Advances in understanding wettability of gas shales

M Xu, H Dehghanpour - Energy & Fuels, 2014 - ACS Publications
Recent experiments show the strong water uptake of gas shales which are strongly oil-wet
based on contact angle measurements. 1, 2 Clay hydration, microfracture induction …

Imbibition in disordered media

M Alava, M Dubé, M Rost - Advances in Physics, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The physics of liquids in porous media gives rise to many interesting phenomena, including
imbibition where a viscous fluid displaces a less viscous one. Here we discuss the …