June 2018

Review of studies on pore-network modeling of wettability effects on waterflood oil recovery

Waterflooding has become by far the most widely applied method for enhanced oil recovery, accounting for more than half of oil production worldwide. Changes in the wettability of a porous medium and the chemical composition of the wetting fluid result to changes in oil recovery. In recent time, pore-network modeling has been used increasingly to study the effect of wettability on waterflood oil recovery and multiphase...

Author(s): Onuoha F. Wopara, and Sunny E. Iyuke