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...2]] shows relationships between relative permeability curves (drainage and imbibition), [[capillary pressure]], and fluid distribution in a homogeneous section o * Water (K_rw)—similar for both drainage and imbibition tests

==Capillary imbibition== ...ill act as a carrier bed and postexpulsion migration will begin. Capillary imbibition exceeds buoyancy as the force responsible for transferring the hydrocarbon

...buoyancy-driven gas flow within carrier and reservoir rocks and capillary imbibition in the transition from sources and seals into carrier rocks. Hydrocarbon mi

...only accompanied by a partial water drive. Water drives can be enhanced by imbibition effects, a minor drive type. Undersaturated oil reservoirs can begin produc

...ter production. This is because exposure of the core to a fluid results in imbibition of that fluid and alteration of saturations.

Data from the mercury withdrawal (air imbibition) curve can provide information regarding the efficiency with which the nonw