Review of low salinity waterflooding in carbonate rocks: mechanisms, investigation techniques, and future directions
This review analyses the fundamental thermodynamic theory of the crude oil-brine-rock
(COBR) interface and the underlying rock-brine and oil-brine interactions. The available …
(COBR) interface and the underlying rock-brine and oil-brine interactions. The available …
Core scale investigation of fluid flow in the heterogeneous porous media based on X-ray computed tomography images: Upscaling and history matching approaches
In this paper, experiments and simulations were performed on outcrop samples from Lagoa
Salgada in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a possible analog to one of the most typical Brazilian …
Salgada in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a possible analog to one of the most typical Brazilian …
Minimal surfaces in porous media: Pore-scale imaging of multiphase flow in an altered-wettability Bentheimer sandstone
High-resolution x-ray imaging was used in combination with differential pressure
measurements to measure relative permeability and capillary pressure simultaneously …
measurements to measure relative permeability and capillary pressure simultaneously …
Digital rock segmentation for petrophysical analysis with reduced user bias using convolutional neural networks
Pore‐scale digital images are usually obtained from microcomputed tomography data that
has been segmented into void and grain space. Image segmentation is a crucial step in the …
has been segmented into void and grain space. Image segmentation is a crucial step in the …
[HTML][HTML] Pore-scale X-ray imaging with measurement of relative permeability, capillary pressure and oil recovery in a mixed-wet micro-porous carbonate reservoir rock
Differential imaging X-ray microtomography combined with a steady-state flow apparatus
was used to elucidate the displacement processes during waterflooding. We simultaneously …
was used to elucidate the displacement processes during waterflooding. We simultaneously …
[HTML][HTML] Relationship between wetting and capillary pressure in a crude oil/brine/rock system: From nano-scale to core-scale
Hypothesis The wetting behaviour is a key property of a porous medium that controls
hydraulic conductivity in multiphase flow. While many porous materials, such as …
hydraulic conductivity in multiphase flow. While many porous materials, such as …
[HTML][HTML] A thermodynamically consistent characterization of wettability in porous media using high-resolution imaging
Conservation of energy is used to derive a thermodynamically-consistent contact angle, θ t,
when fluid phase 1 displaces phase 2 in a porous medium. Assuming no change in …
when fluid phase 1 displaces phase 2 in a porous medium. Assuming no change in …
Pore-scale imaging and analysis of wettability order, trap** and displacement in three-phase flow in porous media with various wettabilities
Three-phase flow in porous media is encountered in many applications including
subsurface carbon dioxide storage, enhanced oil recovery, groundwater remediation and …
subsurface carbon dioxide storage, enhanced oil recovery, groundwater remediation and …