The shale boom in North America started more than a decade ago, however, the issue of
substantial fracturing fluid loss inside shale did not draw much attention for a decade. In the …

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 …

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 …

Multi-stage horizontal wells find common use today in the development of shale-gas
resources. The completion strategy for such wells includes hydraulic fracturing that utilizes …

Imbibition is very common, occurring in life, material, chemistry, and energy. It plays an
important role in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The development of many reservoirs is …

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 …

Spontaneous imbibition is an area of significant interest to the petroleum industry due to its
large contribution to oil production in mature and fractured fields. This work discusses the …

Spontaneous imbibition is well-known to be one of the most effective processes of oil
recovery in fractured reservoirs. However, the detailed pore-scale mechanisms of the …

Spontaneous, counter‐current imbibition (SI) is a key mechanism in many multiphase flow
processes, such as cleanup of nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs), bioremediation, or CO2 …

Forced oil-water displacement and spontaneous countercurrent imbibition are the crucial
mechanisms of secondary oil recovery. Classical mathematical models of both these …