Wettability of rock minerals and the underlying surface forces: A review of the implications for oil recovery and geological storage of CO2

O Elkhatib, J Tetteh, R Ali, AIA Mohamed, S Bai… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The wettability of subsurface minerals is a critical factor influencing the pore-scale
displacement of fluids in underground reservoirs. As such, it plays a key role in hydrocarbon …

[HTML][HTML] Immiscible imbibition in fractured media: A dual-porosity microfluidics study

A Cardona, JC Santamarina - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
We use dual porosity microfluidics and fluorescence microscopy to investigate immiscible
imbibition in the pore networks formed in fractured rocks, and to identify emergent pore …

The influence of stress on the fracture and elastic properties of carbonate rocks controlled by strike-slip faults: a novel rock-physics modelling perspective

Y Song, F Gong, L Zeng, Z Zhang, Z Mao… - Geophysical Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The fine-scale fractures within strike-slip faults substantially impact the flowing capacity.
However, effective methods for their characterization are still lacking, making it challenging …