An energy-based equilibrium contact angle boundary condition on jagged surfaces for phase-field methods

F Frank, C Liu, A Scanziani, FO Alpak… - Journal of colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
We consider an energy-based boundary condition to impose an equilibrium wetting angle
for the Cahn–Hilliard–Navier–Stokes phase-field model on voxel-set-type computational …

Pore-level investigations on the oil displacement mechanisms of a viscoelastic surfactant in porous media

K Li, X Jing, D Qu, W Pu, B Wei - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A good understanding of pore-level oil displacement mechanisms is of great significance for
the application of viscoelastic surfactants (VES) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The focus …

Algorithms for 3D particles characterization using X-ray microtomography in proppant crush test

I Safonov, I Yakimchuk, V Abashkin - Journal of Imaging, 2018 - mdpi.com
We present image processing algorithms for a new technique of ceramic proppant crush
resistance characterization. To obtain the images of the proppant material before and after …

[HTML][HTML] Pore-Scale Modeling of CO2 Injection Using Density Functional Hydrodynamics

O Dinariev, N Evseev, A Sidorenkov… - Transport in Porous …, 2024 - Springer
The pore-scale numerical modeling of CO2 injection into natural rock saturated with oil–
water mixture was performed using the density functional hydrodynamics approach. The …

Tertiary Low Salinity Waterflooding LSWF in Sandstone Reservoirs: Mechanisms, Synergies and Potentials in EOR Applications

A Rock, RE Hincapie, E Hoffmann… - SPE Europec featured at …, 2018 - onepetro.org
This work provides an extensive review on Low Salinity Water Flooding (LSWF) recovery
mechanisms, as well as an evaluation of its synergies with Polymer Flooding (PF). Thereby …

Study of polymer flooding at pore scale by digital core analysis for East-Messoyakhskoe oil field

I Yakimchuk, N Evseev, D Korobkov, O Ridzel… - SPE Russian …, 2020 - onepetro.org
This work demonstrates the results of polymer flooding simulation at pore-scale level using
digital rock analysis by means of the density functional method for representative core …

Innovative workflow for grouping, averaging, end-point scaling and assessing uncertainty of water-oil relative-permeability curves, considering corresponding …

FC Ferreira, F Pairoys, DV Klemin… - Abu Dhabi …, 2017 - onepetro.org
Relative permeability is a key input for multiphase reservoir simulations. Challenges related
to the validation and interpretation of the laboratory core measurements are associated with …

Digitally derived capillary pressure data for reservoir evaluation

M Al Hamad, D Klemin, MM Shouxiang… - SPE Middle East Oil …, 2023 - onepetro.org
Capillary pressure (Pc) is one of the fundamental parameters in formation evaluation.
Currently, three methods are routinely used for Pc measurement; ie, mercury injection …

Dynamic Flow Behavior in Shales Described via Digital Rock Modeling Provides Insight into Gas Injection

RM MacDonald, SI Geetan, D Klemin - SPE/AAPG/SEG …, 2017 - onepetro.org
Shale oil production has become well established operationally, having benefited from
improvements in multistage hydraulic fracturing, horizontal multilateral wells, and advanced …

Digital rock technology accelerates carbonate rock laboratory analysis

D Klemin, A Serebryanskaya, O Savelev… - SPE Gas & Oil …, 2019 - onepetro.org
This paper describe an application of combined experimental and digital technology
workflow for field appraisal. It includes the description of heterogeneous low permeability X …