Core-scale modeling of surfactant-assisted spontaneous water imbibition in carbonates

This work numerically investigates surfactant effects on spontaneous water imbibition in oil-wet carbonates. An open boundary core-scale imbibition model with 9 × 9 × 10 gridblocks was used in UTCHEM to simulate carbonate core plug exposure to a vast water body. The simulation models were developed...

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Main Authors: Xingang Bu, Ming Han, Abdulkareem M. AlSofi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2022-12-01
Series:Petroleum
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405656120301103