Multiphase Fluid Flow through Fractured Porous Media Supported by Innovative Laboratory and Numerical Methods for Estimating Relative Permeability

More than half of the world’s oil reserves are hosted in limestone reservoirs. Oil recovery from these reservoirs remains a challenge for the petroleum industry due to lack of understanding of the multiphase fluid flow in fractured reservoirs and estimation of production potential. Wettability of these reservoirs to oil is contrary to water-wet reservoirs, such as sandstones. In fact, oil naturally adheres to limestone surfaces, preventing it to...