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Microscopic Mechanism of Multiphase Fluids Flowing Through Rocks

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In general, it is rare that there is only one phase fluid in hydrocarbon reservoir. Petroleum reservoirs contain at least two fluid phases in the porous rock: either oil and water or gas and water. In most cases, two-phase or multiphase immiscible fluids, such as oil and water, or gas and water, or oil, gas and water, coexist in reservoir.

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Hu, X., Hu, S. (2017). Microscopic Mechanism of Multiphase Fluids Flowing Through Rocks. In: Hu, X., Hu, S., Jin, F., Huang, S. (eds) Physics of Petroleum Reservoirs. Springer Mineralogy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53284-3_4

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