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Imbibition

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-001943

The process where a wetting fluid spontaneously displaces a non-wetting fluid within a porous medium due to capillary forces. This phenomenon is driven by the surface tension and contact angle between the fluids and the rock. In reservoir engineering, imbibition is a key mechanism for oil recovery in water-wet reservoirs.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-001943
FieldOil and gas
SubjectFormation Evaluation
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-001943",
  "term": "Imbibition",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "The process where a wetting fluid spontaneously displaces a non-wetting fluid within a porous medium due to capillary forces. This phenomenon is driven by the surface tension and contact angle between the fluids and the rock. In reservoir engineering, imbibition is a key mechanism for oil recovery in water-wet reservoirs.",
  "subject": "Formation Evaluation",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/imbibition/"
}

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