2024

S Goodarzi, Y Zhang, Sajjad Foroughi, B Bijeljic, and M J Blunt, “Trapping, hysteresis and Ostwald ripening in hydrogen storage: A pore-scale imaging study,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 56, 1139-1151 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.12.029

2023

G Zhang, S Foroughi, A Q Raeini, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, "The impact of bimodal pore size distribution and wettability on relative permeability and capillary pressure in a microporous limestone with uncertainty quantification,” Advances in Water Resources 171, 104352 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104352

H Khoshtarash, M Siavashi, M Ramezanpour and M J.Blunt, “Pore-scale analysis of two-phase nanofluid flow and heat transfer in open-cell metal foams considering Brownian motion,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 221, 119847 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.119847

H Hematpur, R Abdollahi, S Rostami, M Haghighi and M J Blunt, “Review of underground hydrogen storage: Concepts and Challenges,” Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 7, 111-131 (2023). https://doi.org/10.46690/ager.2023.02.05

Y Zhang, B Bijeljic, B, Y Gao, S Goodarzi, S Foroughi and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale observations of hydrogen trapping and migration in porous rock: Demonstrating the effect of Ostwald ripening,” Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL102383 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102383

A Alhosani, A Selem, S Foroughi, B Bijeljic and M J Bunt, “Steady-state three-phase flow in a mixed-wet porous medium: A pore-scale X-ray microtomography study,” Advances in Water Resources, 172, 104382 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2023.104382

M Mahdaviara, M J Shojaei, J Siavashi, M Sharifi and M J Blunt, “Deep learning for multiphase segmentation of X-ray images of gas diffusion layers,” Fuel, 345, 128180 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.128180

L M Giudici, A Q Raeini, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Representation of Fully Three-Dimensional Interfacial Curvature in Pore-Network Models,” Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR033983 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033983

L M Giudici, A Q Raeini, T Akai, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore-scale modeling of two-phase flow: A comparison of the generalized network model to direct numerical simulation,”Physical Review E, 107, 035107 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.107.035107

F Amrouche, M J Blunt, S Iglauer, M Short, T Crosbie, E Cordero and D Xu, “Using magnesium oxide nanoparticles in a magnetic field to enhance oil production from oil-wet carbonate reservoirs,” Materials Today Chemistry, 27, 101342 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101342

M-L Qu, M J Blunt, X Fan, S Foroughi, Z-T Yu, and Q Lin, “Pore-to-mesoscale network modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow in packed beds with application to process design,” AIChE J, e18213 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.18213

G Zhang, S Foroughi, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “A Method to Correct Steady-State Relative Permeability Measurements for Inhomogeneous Saturation Profiles in One-Dimensional Flow,” Transport in Porous Media, 149, 837–852 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-023-01988-4

R Oliveira, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Impact of Physical Heterogeneity and Transport Conditions on Effective Reaction Rates in Dissolution,” Transport in Porous Media, 146, 113-138 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-022-01836-x

R Moghadasi, S Goodarzi, Y Zhang, B Bijeljic, M J Blunt and A Niemi, “Pore-scale characterization of residual gas remobilization in CO2 geological storage,” Advances in Water Resources, 179, 104499 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2023.104499

R Moghadasi, S Foroughi, F Basirat, S R McDougall, A Tatomir, B Bijeljic, M J Blunt and A Niemi, “Pore-Scale Determination of Residual Gas Remobilization and Critical Saturation in Geological CO2 Storage: A Pore-Network Modeling Approach,” Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR033686 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033686

G Zhang, M Regaieg, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic,” Primary drainage and waterflood capillary pressures and fluid displacement in a mixed-wet microporous reservoir carbonate,” Journal of Hydrology, 625, 130022 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130022

A M Selem, N Agenet, S Foroughi, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore-Scale Imaging of Emulsification of Oil during Tertiary and Secondary Low Salinity Waterflooding in a Reservoir Carbonate,” Energy & Fuels, 37, 21, 16368–16377 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c02317

M Li, Sajjad Foroughi, J Zhao, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Image-based pore-scale modelling of the effect of wettability on breakthrough capillary pressure in gas diffusion layers,” Journal of Power Sources, 584, 233539 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233539

2022

L Ladipo, M J Blunt and P R King, “Crossflow effects on low salinity displacement in stratified heterogeneity,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208,109565 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109565 

K Singh, T Bultreys, A Q. Raeini, M Shams and M J Blunt, “New type of pore-snap-off and displacement correlations in imbibition,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 609, 384–392 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2021.11.109 

Y Zhang, Q Lin, A Q Raeini, Y Onaka, H Iwama, K Takabayashi, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore-scale imaging of asphaltene deposition with permeability reduction and wettability alteration,” Fuel, 315, 123202 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123202 

M Ramezanpour, M Siavashi, A Q Raeini and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale simulation of nanoparticle transport and deposition in a microchannel using a Lagrangian approach,” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 355, 118948 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118948 

A M Selem, N Agenet, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore-scale processes in tertiary low salinity waterflooding in a carbonate rock: Micro-dispersions, water film growth, and wettability change,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 628, 486–498 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.06.063 

E Ranaee, R Khattar, F Inzoli, M J Blunt and A Guadagnini, “Assessment and uncertainty quantification of onshore geological CO2 storage capacity in China, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 121, 103804 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103804 

G Imani, L Zhang, M J Blunt, S Foroughi, M Ntibahanana, H Sun and J Yao, “Three-dimensional simulation of droplet dynamics in a fractionally-wet constricted channel, Advances in Water Resources, 170, 104341 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104341 

S Foroughi, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “A Closed-Form Equation for Capillary Pressure in Porous Media for All Wettabilities,” Transport in Porous Media, 145, 683–696 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-022-01868-3 

M J Blunt, “Ostwald ripening and gravitational equilibrium: Implications for long-term subsurface gas storage,” Physical Review E, 106, 045103 (2022). https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.045103 

F Amrouche, D Xu, M Short, S Iglauer, J Vinogradov and M J Blunt, “Experimental study of electrical heating to enhance oil production from oil-wet carbonate reservoirs, Fuel, 324(A),124559 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124559 

R Oliveira, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Impact of Physical Heterogeneity and Transport Conditions on Effective Reaction Rates in Dissolution,” Transport in Porous Media, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-022-01836-x 

G Imani, L Zhang, M J Blunt, C Xu, Y Guo, H Sun and J Yao, “Quantitative determination of the threshold pressure for a discontinuous phase to pass through a constriction using microscale simulation,” International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 153, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2022.104107

C Spurin, M Rücker, M Moura, T Bultreys, G Garfi, S Berg, M J Blunt and S Krevor, “Red Noise in Steady-State Multiphase Flow in Porous Media,” Water Resources Research, 58, e2022WR031947 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR031947

A Q Raeini, L M Giudici, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Generalized network modelling of two-phase flow in a water-wet and mixed-wet reservoir sandstone: Uncertainty and validation with experimental data,” Advances in Water Resources, 164, 104194, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104194

M-L Qu, S-Y Lu, Q Lin, S Foroughi, Z-T Yu and M J Blunt, “Characterization of Water Transport in Porous Building Materials Based on an Analytical Spontaneous Imbibition Model,” Transport in Porous Media, 143, 417–432 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-022-01776-6

M J Shojaei, B Bijeljic, Y Zhang and M J Blunt, “Minimal Surfaces in Porous Materials: X-Ray Image-Based Measurement of the Contact Angle and Curvature in Gas Diffusion Layers to Design Optimal Performance of Fuel Cells,” ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(4), 4613-4621 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c00023

Y Zhang, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Nonlinear multiphase flow in hydrophobic porous media,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 934, R3 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.1148

S Mukherjee, R T Johns, S Foroughi and M J Blunt, “Fluid – Fluid Interfacial Area and Its Impact on Relative Permeability - A Pore Network Modeling Study,” SPE Journal, 27, 1-11 (2022). https://doi.org/10.2118/209445-PA

Conference proceedings

20. A Selem, N Agenet, M Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Observations of water-in-oil micro-dispersions as a displacement mechanism in secondary and tertiary low salinity waterflooding,” Proceedings of the Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, March 2022. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224123 

2021

Q Lin , T Akai , M J Blunt , B Bijeljic , H Iwama , K Takabayashi , Y Onaka and H Yonebayashi, “Pore-scale imaging of asphaltene-induced pore clogging in carbonate rocks,” Fuel, 283, 118871 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118871

M J Blunt, A Alhosani, Qi Lin, A Scanziani, and B Bijeljic, “Determination of contact angles for three-phase flow in porous media using an energy balance,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 582, 283–290 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.07.152

M Rezaeizadeh, S H Hajiabadi, H Aghaei and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale analysis of formation damage; A review of existing digital and analytical approaches,” Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 288, 102345 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2020.102345

A Alhosani, Q Lin, A Scanziani, E Andrews, K Zhang, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale characterization of carbon dioxide storage at immiscible and near-miscible conditions in altered-wettability reservoir rocks,” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 105, 103232 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103232

Y Zhang, B Bijeljic, Y Gao, Q Lin, and M J Blunt, “Quantification of nonlinear multiphase flow in porous media,” Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL090477 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090477

S Foroughi, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Pore-by-Pore Modelling, Validation and Prediction of Waterfooding in Oil-Wet Rocks Using Dynamic Synchrotron Data,” Transport in Porous Media, 138, 285–308 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01609-y

Q Lin, B Bijeljic, S Foroughi, S Berg and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale imaging of displacement patterns in an altered-wettability carbonate,” Chemical Engineering Science, 235, 116464 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2021.116464

L Hashemi, M Blunt and H Hajibeygi, “Pore‑scale modelling and sensitivity analyses of hydrogen‑brine multiphase flow in geological porous media,” Scientific Reports, 11, 8348 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87490-7

A Alhosani, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Pore-Scale Imaging and Analysis of Wettability Order, Trapping and Displacement in Three-Phase Flow in Porous Media with Various Wettabilities,” Transport in Porous Media, 140, 59–84 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01595-1

Y Yang, Y Zhou , M J Blunt, J Yao and J Cai, “Advances in multiscale numerical and experimental approaches for multiphysics problems in porous media,” Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 5(3), 233-238 (2021). https://doi.org/10.46690/ager.2021.03.01

R Oliveira, B Bijeljic, M J Blunt, A Colbourne, A J Sederman, M D Mantle and L F Gladden, “A continuous time random walk method to predict dissolution in porous media based on validation of experimental NMR data,” Advances in Water Resources, 149, 103847 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.103847

P Karvounis and M J Blunt, “Unconstrained Extraction of Fossil Fuels and Implication for Carbon Budgets under Climate Change Scenarios,” Journal of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer, 8, 72-79 (2021). https://doi.org/10.11159/jffhmt.2021.009

A H. Haghi, R Chalaturnyk, M J Blunt, K Hodder and S Geiger, “Poromechanical controls on spontaneous imbibition in earth materials,” Scientific Reports, 11, 3328 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82236-x

C Spurin, T Bultreys, M Rücker, G Garfi, C M Schlepütz, V Novak, S Berg, M J Blunt and S Krevor, “The development of intermittent multiphase fluid flow pathways through a porous rock,” Advances in Water Resources, 150, 103868 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.103868

P Karvounis and M J Blunt, “Assessment of CO2 geological storage capacity of saline aquifers under the North Sea,” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 111, 103463 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103463

R Shams, M Masihi, R B Boozarjomehry and M J Blunt, “A hybrid of statistical and conditional generative adversarial neural network approaches for reconstruction of 3D porous media (ST-CGAN),” Advances in Water Resources, 158, 104064 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.104064

A Alhosani, A M Selem, Q Lin, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Disconnected Gas Transport in Steady-State Three-Phase Flow,” Water Resources Research, 57, e2021WR031147 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031147

M J Blunt and Q Lin, “Flow in porous media in the energy transition,” Engineering (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2021.08.008

Q Lin, B Bijeljic, A Q Raeini, H Rieke and M J Blunt, “Drainage Capillary Pressure Distribution and Fluid Displacement in a Heterogeneous Laminated Sandstone,” Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093604 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093604

A H Selem, N Agenet, Y Gao, A Q Raeini, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore-scale imaging and analysis of low salinity waterflooding in a heterogeneous carbonate rock at reservoir conditions,” Scientific Reports, 11, 15063 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94103-w

A Mularczy, Q Lin, D Niblett, A Vasile, M J Blunt, V Niasar, F Marone, T J Schmidt, F N Büchi and J Eller, “Operando Liquid Pressure Determination in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 34003–34011 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c04560

M Shams, K Singh, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Direct Numerical Simulation of Pore-Scale Trapping Events During Capillary-Dominated Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media,” Transport in Porous Media, 138, 443–458 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01619-w 23

O Karlsson, J Rocklöv, A P Lehoux, J Bergquist, A Rutgersson, M J Blunt and L S Birnbaum, “The human exposome and health in the Anthropocene,” International Journal of Epidemiology, 50, 378-389 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa231

Y Da Wang, M J Blunt, R T Armstrong and P Mostaghimi, “Deep learning in pore scale imaging and modeling,” Earth-Science Reviews, 215, 103555 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103555

P Purswani, R T Johns, Z T Karpyn and M J Blunt, “Predictive Modeling of Relative Permeability Using a Generalized Equation of State,” SPE Journal, 26, 191-205, SPE-200410-PA (2021). https://doi.org/10.2118/200410-PA

Y Gao, A Q Raeini, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Dynamic fluid configurations in steady-state two-phase flow in Bentheimer sandstone,” Physical Review E 103, 013110 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.013110

Conference proceedings

M Blunt, L Kearney, A Alhosani, Q Lin and B Bijeljic, “Wettability Characterization from Pore-Scale Images Using Topology and Energy Balance with Implications for Recovery and Storage,” SPE-206202-MS, proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, UAE, September (2021). https://doi.org/10.2118/206202-MS

A H Selem, N Agenet, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore-Scale Imaging of Tertiary Low Salinity Waterflooding in a Heterogeneous Carbonate Rock at Reservoir Conditions,” SPE-206357-MS, proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, UAE, September 2021. https://doi.org/10.2118/206357-MS

2020

A Scanziani, K Singh, H Menke, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Dynamics of enhanced gas trapping applied to CO2 storage in the presence of oil using synchrotron X-ray micro tomography,” Applied Energy, 259, 114136 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114136

L Ladipo, M J Blunt and P R King, “A salinity cut-off method to control numerical dispersion in low-salinity waterflooding simulation,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 184, 106586 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.106586

R Shams, M Masihi, R B Boozarjomehry and M J Blunt, “Coupled generative adversarial and auto-encoder neural networks to reconstruct three-dimensional multi-scale porous media,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 186, 106794 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.106794

A M Alhammadi, Y Gao. M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore-scale X-ray imaging with measurement of relative permeability, capillary pressure and oil recovery in a mixed-wet micro-porous carbonate reservoir rock,” Fuel, 268,117018 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117018

M J Blunt, T Akai and B Bijeljic, “Evaluation of methods using topology and integral geometry to assess wettability,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 576 99–108 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.04.118

Y Gao, Q Lin, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale dynamics and the multiphase Darcy law,” Physical Review Fluids, 5 013801 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.013801

T Akai, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore-scale numerical simulation of low salinity water flooding using the lattice Boltzmann method,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 566, 444-453 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.01.065

A Mularczyk, Q Lin, M J Blunt, A Lamibrac, F Marone, T J Schmidt, F N Büchi and J Eller, “Droplet and Percolation Network Interactions in a Fuel Cell Gas Diffusion Layer,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167 084506 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab8c85

T Akai, Q Lin, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Using energy balance to determine pore-scale wettability,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 576, 486-495 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.03.074

S Foroughi, B Bijeljic, Q Lin, A Q Raeini and M J Blunt, “Pore-by-pore modeling, analysis, and prediction of two-phase flow in mixed-wet rocks,” Physical Review E, 102, 023302 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.023302

Y Gao , A Q Raeini, A M Selem, I Bondino , M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore-scale imaging with measurement of relative permeability and capillary pressure on the same reservoir sandstone sample under water-wet and mixed-wet conditions,” Advances in Water Resources, 146, 103786 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103786

O Karlsson, J Rocklöv, A P Lehoux, J Bergquist, A Rutgersson, M J Blunt and L S Birnbaum, “The human exposome and health in the Anthropocene,” International Journal of Epidemiology (2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa231

A Alhosani, A Scanziani, Q Lin, A Selem, Z Pan, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Three-phase flow displacement dynamics and Haines jumps in a hydrophobic porous medium,” Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 476, 20200671 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0671

T D S Oliveira, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Multispecies reactive transport in a microporous rock: Impact of flow heterogeneity and reversibility of reaction,” Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027317 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027317

P Purswani, R T Johns, Z T Karpyn and M J Blunt, “Predictive Modeling of Relative Permeability Using a Generalized Equation of State,” SPE Journal, 15, SPE-200410-PA (2020). https://doi.org/10.2118/200410-PA

A Scanziani, A Alhosani, QLin, C Spurin, G Garfi, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “In situ characterization of three-phase flow in mixed-wet porous media using synchrotron imaging,” Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027873 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027873

A Alhosani, A Scanziani, Q Lin , S Foroughi, A M Alhammadi, M J Blunt, and B Bijeljic “Dynamics of water injection in an oil-wet reservoir rock at subsurface conditions: Invasion patterns and pore-filling events,” Physical Review E, 102, 023110 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.023110

C Spurin, T Bultreys, M Rücker, G Garfi, C M Schlepütz, V Novak, S Berg, M J Blunt and S Krevor, “Real-time imaging reveals distinct pore-scale dynamics during transient and equilibrium subsurface multiphase flow,” Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR028287 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR028287

T Bultreys, K Singh, Raeini, L C Ruspini, P-E Øren, S Berg, M Rücker, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Verifying pore network models of imbibition in rocks using time-resolved synchrotron imaging,” Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR026587 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026587

A Alhosani, A Scanziani, Q Lin, A Q Raeini, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale mechanisms of CO2 storage in oilfelds,” Scientific Reports, 10, 8534 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65416-z

M Rücker, W-B Bartels, T Bultreys, M Boone, K Singh, G Garfi, A Scanziani, C Spurin, S Yesufu-Rufai, S Krevor, M J Blunt, O Wilson, H Mahani, V Cnudde, P F Luckham A Georgiadis and S Berg “Workflow for Upscaling Wettability from the Nanoscale to Core Scale,” Petrophysics, 61, 189–205 (2020). https://doi.org/10.30632/PJV61N2-2020a5

L Mosser, O Dubrule and M J Blunt, “Stochastic Seismic Waveform Inversion Using Generative Adversarial Networks as a Geological Prior,” Mathematical Geoscience, 52, 53-79 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-019-09832-6

2019

T Saif, Q Lin, Y Gao, Y Al-Khulaifi, F Marone, D Hollis, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic "4D in situ synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy and laser-based heating study of oil shale pyrolysis," Applied Energy, 235, 1468-1475 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.044

S Franchini, A Charogiannis, CN Markides, M J Blunt and S Krevor, “Calibration of astigmatic particle tracking velocimetry based on generalized Gaussian feature extraction,” Advances in Water Resources, 124, 1-8 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.11.016

M Rücker, W-B Bartels, K Singh, N Brussee, A Coorn, A., H van der Linde, A Bonnin, H. Ott, S M Hassanizadeh, M J Blunt, H Mahani, A Georgiadis and S Berg, “The effect of mixed wettability on pore‐scale flow regimes based on a flooding experiment in Ketton limestone.” Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 3225-3234 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081784

T D S Oliveira, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Modelling of multispecies reactive transport on pore-space images,” Advances in Water Resources, 127 192–208 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.03.012

M J Blunt, Q Lin, T Akai and B Bijeljic, “A thermodynamically consistent characterization of wettability in porous media using high-resolution imaging,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 552 59–65 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.05.026

Y Gao, A Q Raeini, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore occupancy, relative permeability and flow intermittency measurements using X-ray micro-tomography in a complex carbonate,” Advances in Water Resources, 129 56–69 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.04.007

Y Al-Khulaifi, Q Lin, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Pore‐Scale Dissolution by CO2 Saturated Brine in a Multimineral Carbonate at Reservoir Conditions: Impact of Physical and Chemical Heterogeneity,” Water Resources Research, 55 3171-3193 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.11.016

Q Lin, B Bijeljic, S C Krevor, M J Blunt. M Rücker, S Berg, A Coorn, H van der Linde, A Georgiadis and O B Wilson, “A New Waterflood Initialization Protocol With Wettability Alteration for Pore-Scale Multiphase Flow Experiments,” Petrophysics, 60 264–272 (2019). https://www.onepetro.org/journal-paper/SPWLA-2019-v60n2a4

Q Lin, B Bijeljic, S Berg, R Pini, M J Blunt and S Krevor, “Minimal surfaces in porous media: Pore-scale imaging of multiphase flow in an altered-wettability Bentheimer sandstone,” Physical Review E, 99, 063105 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.063105

A S Abd, E Elhafyana, A R Siddiquia, W Alnousha, M J Blunt and N Alyafei, “A review of the phenomenon of counter-current spontaneous imbibition: Analysis and data interpretation,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 180, 456-470 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.05.066

C Spurin, T Bultreys, B Bijejic and S Krevor, “Intermittent fluid connectivity during two-phase flow in a heterogeneous carbonate rock,” Physical Review E, 100, 043103 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.043103

C Spurin, T Bultreys, B Bijejic and S Krevor, “Mechanisms controlling fluid breakup and reconnection during two-phase flow in porous media,” Physical Review E, 100, 043115 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.043115

T Akai, Q Lin, A Alhosani, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Quantification of Uncertainty and Best Practice in Computing Interfacial Curvature from Complex Pore Space Images,” Materials, 12, 2138 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12132138

Y Gao, A Q Raeini, M J Blunt and Branko Bijeljic, “Pore occupancy, relative permeability and flow intermittency measurements using X-ray micro-tomography in a complex carbonate,” Advances in Water Resources, 129, 56–69 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.04.007

A Alhosani, A Scanziani, Q Lin, Z Pan, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “In situ pore-scale analysis of oil recovery during three-phase near-miscible CO2 injection in a water-wet carbonate rock,” Advances in Water Resources, 134, 103432 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.103432

A Q Raeini, J Yang, I Bondino, T Bultreys, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Validating the Generalized Pore Network Model Using Micro-CT Images of Two-Phase Flow,” Transport in Porous Media, 130, 405-424 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-019-01317-8

T Akai, A M Alhammadi, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Mechanisms of Microscopic Displacement During Enhanced Oil Recovery in Mixed-Wet Rocks Revealed Using Direct Numerical Simulation,” Transport in Porous Media, 130, 731-749 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-019-01336-5

A Scanziani, K Singh, H Menke, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Dynamics of enhanced gas trapping applied to CO2 storage in the presence of oil using synchrotron X-ray micro tomography,” Applied Energy, 114136 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114136

L Mosser, O Dubrule and M J Blunt, “Stochastic Seismic Waveform Inversion Using Generative Adversarial Networks as a Geological Prior,” Mathematical Geoscience, November, 1-27 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-019-09832-6

L Mosser, O Dubrule and M J Blunt, “Deep Stochastic Inversion”, Petroleum Geostatistics, September, 1-5 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201902199

K Singh, B G Muljadi, A Q Raeini, C Jost, V Vandeginste, M J Blunt, G Theraulaz and P Degond, “The architectural design of smart ventilation and drainage systems in termite nests,” Science Advances,5, eaat8520 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat8520

2018

A Q Raeini, B Bijeljic, and Martin J Blunt, “Generalized network modeling of capillary-dominated two-phase flow,” Physical Review E 97, 023308 (2018). [DOI]

H A Nooruddin and M J Blunt, “Large-scale Invasion Percolation with Trapping for Upscaling Capillary-Controlled Darcy-scale Flow,” Transport in Porous Media, 121, 479-506 (2018). [DOI]

T Bultreys, Q Lin, Y Gao, A Q Raeini, A AlRatrout, B Bijeljic, and M J Blunt, “Validation of model predictions of pore-scale fluid distributions during two-phase flow,” Physical Review E, 97, 053104 (2018). [DOI]

B P Muljadi, B Bijeljic, M J Blunt, A Colbourne, A J Sederman, M D Mantle and L F Gladden, “Modelling and upscaling of transport in carbonates during dissolution: Validation and calibration with NMR experiments,” Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 212, 85–95 (2018). [DOI]

A AlRatrout, M J Blunt, and B Bijeljic, “Wettability in complex porous materials: the mixed-wet state and its relationship to surface roughness,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (36) 8901-8906 (2018). [DOI]

A AlRatrout, M J Blunt, and B Bijeljic, “Spatial correlation of contact angle and curvature in pore-space images,” Water Resources Research, 54, 6133–6152 (2018). [DOI]

K Singh, H Menke, M Andrew, C Rau, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Time-resolved synchrotron X-ray microtomography datasets of drainage and imbibition in carbonate rocks,” Scientific Data, 5, 180265 (2018).  [DOI]

T Akai, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt MJ, “Wetting boundary condition for the color-gradient lattice Boltzmann method: Validation with analytical and experimental data,” Advances in Water Resources, 116, 56-66 (2018). [DOI]

K Singh, B U Anabaraonye, M J Blunt and J Crawshaw, “Partial dissolution of carbonate rock grains during reactive CO2-saturated brine injection under reservoir conditions,” Advances in Water Resources, 122, 27-36 (2018). [DOI]

M Shams, A Q Raeini, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “A numerical model of two-phase flow at the micro-scale using the volume-of-fluid method,” Journal of Computational Physics, 357, 159–182 (2018). [DOI]

N Alyafei and M J Blunt, “Estimation of relative permeability and capillary pressure from mass imbibition experiments, Advances in Water Resources, 115, 88–94 (2018). [DOI]

M Shams, A Q Raeini, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “A study to investigate viscous coupling effects on the hydraulic conductance of fluid layers in two-phase flow at the pore level,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 522, 299-310 (2018). [DOI]

V Lutz-Bueno, C Arboleda, L Leu, M J Blunt, A Busch, A Georgiadis, P Bertier, J Schmatz, Z Varga, P Villanueva-Perez, Z Wang, M Lebugle, C David, M Stampanoni, A Diaz, M Guizar-Sicairos and A Menzel, “Model‐free classification of X‐ray scattering signals applied to image segmentation,” Journal of Applied Crystallography, 51, 1378-1386 (2018). [DOI]

Y Al-Khulaifi, Q Lin, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, “Reservoir-condition pore-scale imaging of dolomite reaction with supercritical CO2 acidified brine: Effect of pore-structure on reaction rate using velocity distribution analysis,” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 68, 99-111 (2018). [DOI]

A M Alhammadi, A AlRatrout, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale Imaging and Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoir Rock Wettability at Subsurface Conditions Using X-ray Microtomography,”. Journal of Visualized Experiments,140, e57915, (2018). [DOI]

Q Lin, B Bijeljic, R Pini, M J Blunt and S Krevor, “Imaging and measurement of pore‐scale interfacial curvature to determine capillary pressure simultaneously with relative permeability,” Water Resources Research, 54, 7046–7060 (2018). [DOI]

L Mosser, O Dubrule, MJ Blunt, “Stochastic reconstruction of an oolitic limestone by generative adversarial networks,” Transport in Porous Media 125(1), 81-103 (2018). [DOI]

A Scanziani, K Singh, T Bultreys, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “In situ characterization of immiscible three-phase flow at the pore scale for a water-wet carbonate rock,” Advances in Water Resources, 121, 446-455 (2018).  [DOI]

Q Lin, M Andrew, W Thompson, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Optimization of image quality and acquisition time for lab-based X-ray microtomography using an iterative reconstruction algorithm,” Advances in Water Resources 115, 112-124 (2018). [DOI]

H P Menke, C A Reynolds, M G Andrew, J P P Nunes, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “4D multi-scale imaging of reactive flow in carbonates: Assessing the impact of heterogeneity on dissolution regimes using streamlines at multiple length scales,” Chemical Geology 481, 27-37 (2018). [DOI]

C A Reynolds, M J Blunt and S Krevor, “Multiphase Flow Characteristics of Heterogeneous Rocks From CO2 Storage Reservoirs in the United Kingdom,” Water Resources Research 54(2), 729-745 (2018). [DOI]

T Akai, A M Alhammadi, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, “Modeling Oil Recovery in Mixed-Wet Rocks: Pore-Scale Comparison Between Experiment and Simulation,” Transport in Porous Media, 1-22 (2018). [DOI]

2017

M J Blunt, "Multiphase Flow in Permeable Media: a Pore-Scale Perspective," Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9781107093461 (2017).

M J Blunt, "Volume 2: Reservoir Engineering," Imperial College Lectures in Petroleum Engineering, ISBN: 978-1-78634-211-9 (2017).

A Q Raeini, B Bijeljic, and Martin J Blunt, “Generalized network modeling: Network extraction as a coarse-scale discretization of the void space of porous media,” Physical Review E, 96, 013312 (2017) [DOI]

C Xie, A Q Raeini, Y Wang, M J Blunt and M Wang, "An improved pore-network model including viscous coupling effects using direct simulation by the lattice Boltzmann method," Advances in Water Resources, 100, 26–34 (2017). [DOI][PDF]

W-B Bartels, M Rücker, S Berg, H Mahani, A Georgiadis, A Fadili, N Brussee, A Coorn, H van der Linde, C Hinz, A Jacob, C Wagner, S Henkel, F Enzmann, A Bonnin, M Stampanoni, H Ott, M Blunt and S M Hassanizadeh, "Fast X-ray micro-CT study of the impact of brine salinity on the pore-scale fluid distribution during waterflooding," Petrophysics, 58 (1), 36–47 (2017). [SPWLA-2017-v58n1a4]

H P Menke, M G Andrew, J Vila-Comamala, C Rau, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, "Dynamic pore-scale reservoir-condition imaging of reaction in carbonates using synchrotron fast tomography," Journal of Visualized Experiments, 120, e53763 (2017). [DOI][PDF]

T Saif, Q Lin, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, "Microstructural imaging and characterization of oil shale before and after pyrolysis," Fuel, 197, 562–574 (2017). [DOI][PDF]

Y Al-Khulaifi, Q Lin, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, "Reaction rates in chemically heterogeneous rock: coupled impact of structure and flow properties studied by X-ray microtomography," Environmental Science & Technology, 51, 4108−4116 (2017). [DOI][PDF]

T Saif, Qi Lin, A R Butcher, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, "Multi-scale multi-dimensional microstructure imaging of oil shale pyrolysis using X-ray micro-tomography, automated ultra-high resolution SEM, MAPS Mineralogy and FIB-SEM," Applied Energy, 202, 628–647 (2017). [DOI][PDF]

K Singh, H Menke, M Andrew, Q Lin, C Rau, M J Blunt and B Bijeljic, "Dynamics of snap-off and pore-filling events during two-phase flow in permeable media," Scientific Reports, 7, 5192 (2017). [DOI][PDF]

A Scanziani, K Singh, M J Blunt and A Guadagnini, "Automatic method for estimation of in situ effective contact angle from X-ray micro tomography images of two-phase flow in porous media," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 496, 51–59 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2017.02.005 [DOI][PDF]

A M Alhammadi, A Al Ratrout, K Singh, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, "In situ characterization of mixed-wettability in a reservoir rock at subsurface conditions," Scientific Reports, 7, 10753 (2017). [DOI][PDF]

A Y Foley, H A Nooruddin and M J Blunt, "The impact of capillary backpressure on spontaneous counter-current imbibition in porous media," Advances in Water Resources, 107, 405–420 (2017). [DOI][PDF]

2016

Al-Menhali, A. S., Menke, H. P., Blunt, M. J. and Krevor, S. C. "Pore scale observations of trapped CO2 in mixed-wet carbonate rock: Applications to storage in oil fields." Environmental Science & Technology, 50(18), 10282–10290 (2016). [DOI]

Alhashmi, Z., Blunt, M. J. and Bijeljic, B. "The impact of pore structure heterogeneity, transport, and reaction conditions on fluid-fluid reaction rate studied on images of pore space." Transport in Porous Media, 115(2), 215–237 (2016). [DOI]

Alyafei, N. and Blunt, M. J. "The effect of wettability on capillary trapping in carbonates." Advances in Water Resources, 90, 36-50 (2016). [DOI]

Alyafei, N., Al-Menhali, A. and Blunt, M. J. "Experimental and analytical investigation of spontaneous imbibition in water-wet carbonates." Transport in Porous Media, 115(1), 189–207 (2016). [DOI]

Bajwa, A. I. and Blunt, M. J. "Early-Time 1D Analysis of Shale-Oil and -Gas Flow." SPE Journal, 21(04) SPE-179742-PA (2016). [DOI]

Leu, L. D., Georgiadis, A., Blunt, M. J., Busch, A., Liebi, M., Menzel, A., P. Bertier, K. Schweinar and Ott, H. "Bridging pore and macroscopic scale-scanning SAXS-WAXS microscopy applied to shales." In Fifth EAGE Shale Workshop, 2-4 May, Catania, Italy (2016).

Leu, L., Georgiadis, A., Blunt, M. J., Busch, A., Bertier, P., Schweinar, K., M. Liebi, A. Menzel and Ott, H. "Multiscale description of shale pore systems by scanning SAXS and WAXS microscopy". Energy & Fuels, 30(12), 10282–10297 (2016). [DOI]

Lin, Q., Al-Khulaifi, Y., Blunt, M. J. and Bijeljic, B. "Quantification of sub-resolution porosity in carbonate rocks by applying high-salinity contrast brine using X-ray microtomography differential imaging." Advances in Water Resources, 96, 306-322 (2016). [DOI]

Menke, H. P., Andrew, M. G., Blunt, M. J. and Bijeljic, B. "Reservoir condition imaging of reactive transport in heterogeneous carbonates using fast synchrotron tomography - Effect of initial pore structure and flow conditions." Chemical Geology, 428, 15–26 (2016). [DOI]

Nooruddin, H. A. and Blunt, M. J. "Analytical and numerical investigations of spontaneous imbibition in porous media." Water Resources Research, 52(9), 7284-7310 (2016). [DOI]

Pereira Nunes, J. P., Blunt, M. J. and Bijeljic, B. "Pore‐scale simulation of carbonate dissolution in micro‐CT images." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121 (2) 558–576 (2016). [DOI]

Nunes, J. P., Bijeljic, B. and Blunt, M. J. "Simulating carbonate dissolution with digital rock physics." In Third EAGE/SBGf Workshop 6-7 April, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2016).

Pereira Nunes, J. P., Bijeljic, B. and Blunt, M. J. "Pore‐space structure and average dissolution rates: A simulation study." Water Resources Research, 52(9), 7198-7212 (2016). [DOI]

Saif, T., Lin, Q., Singh, K., Bijeljic, B. and Blunt, M. J. "Dynamic imaging of oil shale pyrolysis using Synchrotron X‐ray micro‐tomography." Geophysical Research Letters, 43(13) 6799–6807 (2016). [DOI]

Schmid, K. S., Alyafei, N., Geiger, S. and Blunt, M. J. "Analytical solutions for spontaneous imbibition: Fractional-flow theory and experimental analysis." SPE Journal, 21(6) SPE 184393 (2016). [DOI]

Singh, K., Bijeljic, B. and Blunt, M. J. "Imaging of oil layers, curvature, and contact angle in a mixed‐wet and a water‐wet carbonate rock." Water Resources Research, 52(3) 1716–1728  (2016). [DOI]

2015

Z. Alhashmi, M.J. Blunt, B. Bijeljic, "Predictions of dynamic changes in reaction rates as a consequence of incomplete mixing using pore scale reactive transport modeling on images of porous media", Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 179:171–181  (2015)  [DOI]

N. Alyafei, A.Q. Raeini, A. Paluszny, M.J. Blunt, "A sensitivity study of the effect of image resolution on predicted petrophysical properties", Transport in Porous Media, 110:157–169  (2015) [DOI]

M. Andrew , B. Bijeljic , M. Blunt, "Reservoir condition pore-scale imaging of multiple fluid phases using X-ray microtomography", Journal of Visualized Experiments, 96:e52440  (2015)  [DOI]

M. Andrew, H. Menke, M.J. Blunt, B. Bijeljic, "The imaging of dynamic multiphase fluid flow using synchrotron-based X-ray microtomography at reservoir conditions", Transport in Porous Media, 110:1–24 (2015) [DOI]

S. Krevor, M.J. Blunt, S.M. Benson, C.H. Pentland, C. Reynolds, A. Al-Menhali, B. Niu, "Capillary trapping for geologic carbon dioxide storage – From pore scale physics to field scale implications", International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 40:221–237 (2015) [DOI]

H.P. Menke, B. Bijeljic, M.G. Andrew, and M.J. Blunt, "Dynamic three-dimensional pore-scale imaging of reaction in a carbonate at reservoir conditions", Environmental Science & Technology, 49(7):4407–441 (2015) [DOI]

J. P. Pereira Nunes, B. Bijeljic, M. J. Blunt, "Time-of-flight distributions and breakthrough curves in heterogeneous porous media using a pore-scale streamline tracing algorithm", Transport in Porous Media, 109(2):317–336 (2015) [DOI]

E. Ranaee, G.M. Porta, M. Riva, M.J. Blunt, A. Guadagnini, "Prediction of three-phase oil relative permeability through a sigmoid-based model", Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 126: 190–200 (2015) [DOI]

G.M. Porta, B. Bijeljic, M.J. Blunt, A. Guadagnini, "Continuum-scale characterization of solute transport based on pore-scale velocity distributions", Geophysical Research Letters,  42(18):7537–7545  (2015) [DOI]

B.P. Muljadi,  M.J. Blunt, A.Q. Raeini, B. Bijeljic, "The impact of porous media heterogeneity on non-Darcy flow behaviour from pore-scale simulation", Advances in Water Resources, in press, (2015) [DOI]

A.Q. Raeini, B. Bijeljic and M.J. Blunt, "Modelling capillary trapping using finite-volume simulation of two-phase flow directly on micro-CT images", Advances in Water Resources, 83, 102-110 (2015) [DOI]

2014

M. Andrew, B. Bijeljic, M.J. Blunt, "Pore-scale contact angle measurements at reservoir conditions using X-ray microtomography", Advances in Water Resources 68, 24–31, (2014) [DOI]

B. Amaechi, S. Iglauer, C.H. Pentland, B. Bijeljic, M.J. Blunt, "An Experimental Study of Three-Phase Trapping in Sand-Packs", Transport in Porous Media, 103:421–436, (2014) [DOI]

M. Andrew, B. Bijeljic, M.J. Blunt, "Pore-scale imaging of trapped supercritical carbon dioxide in sandstones and carbonates", International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 22, 1–14, (2014) [DOI]

M. Andrew, B. Bijeljic and M.J. Blunt, "New frontiers in experimental geoscience: X-ray microcomputed tomography and fluid flow", Microscopy and Analysis 28(2):S4-S7 (EU), March 2014

M. Andrew, B. Bijeljic, and M.J. Blunt, "Pore-by-pore capillary pressure measurements using X-ray microtomography at reservoir conditions: Curvature, snap-off, and remobilization of residual CO2" Water Resources Research, 50, 8760–8774, (2014) [DOI]

A. Guadagnini, M. J. Blunt, M. Riva, B. Bijeljic, "Statistical Scaling of Geometric Characteristics in Millimeter Scale Natural Porous Media", Transport in Porous Media 101:465–475, (2014) [DOI]

P.K. Kang, P. de Anna, J.P. Nunes, B. Bijeljic, M.J. Blunt, and R. Juanes, "Pore-scale intermittent velocity structure underpinning anomalous transport through 3-D porous media", Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 6184–6190, (2014) [DOI]

A.Q. Raeini, M.J. Blunt, B. Bijeljic, "Direct simulations of two-phase flow on micro-CT images of porous media and upscaling of pore-scale forces", Advances in Water Resources 74 116–126, (2014) [DOI]

A.Q. Raeini, B. Bijeljic, M.J. Blunt, "Numerical Modelling of Sub-pore Scale Events in Two-Phase Flow Through Porous Media", Transport in Porous Media 101:191–213, (2014) [DOI]

C.H. Pentland, R.M. El-Maghraby, S. Iglauer, M.J. Blunt, "The toroidal porous plate: a new method to facilitate waterflooding", International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, Avignon, France, 8-11th September 2014

H. Ott, M. Andrew, J. Snippe, M.J. Blunt and A. Makurat, "Capillary-driven solute transport and precipitation in porous media during dryout", International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysis, Avignon, France, 8-11th September 2014

M. Siena, A. Guadagnini, M. Riva, B. Bijeljic, J. P. Pereira Nunes, and M. J. Blunt, "Statistical scaling of pore-scale Lagrangian velocities in natural porous media", Physical Review E 90, 023013, (2014) [DOI]

2013

M. Andrew, B. Bijeljic, M.J. Blunt, "Pore-scale imaging of geological carbon dioxide storage under in situ conditions," Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 3915–3918, (2013) [DOI]

S. Iglauer , A. Paluszny, M.J. Blunt, "Simultaneous oil recovery and residual gas storage: A pore-level analysis using in situ X-ray micro-tomography," Fuel, 103, 905–914 (2013) [DOI]

M. Andrew, B Bijeljic and M.J. Blunt, "Reservoir-Condition Pore-Scale Imaging of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide," proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, USA,  166498-MS, (2013) [DOI]

Tanino, Y., and M. J. Blunt, "Laboratory investigation of capillary trapping under mixed-wet conditions," Water Resources Research, 49, 4311–4319 (2013), [DOI]

Bijeljic, B., P. Mostaghimi, and M.J. Blunt, "Insights into non-Fickian solute transport in carbonates," Water Resources Research, 49, (2013) [DOI]

Bijeljic B., Raeini, A., Mostaghimi P., and M.J. Blunt, "Predictions of non-Fickian solute transport in different classes of porous media using direct simulation on pore-scale images," Physical Review E. 87, 013011, (2013) [DOI]

M. J. Blunt, B. Bijeljic, H. Dong, O. Gharbi, S. Iglauer, P. Mostaghimi, A. Paluszny and C. Pentland, "Pore-scale imaging and modelling," Advances in Water Resources, 51:197-216, (2013) [DOI]

O. Gharbi, B. Bijeljic, E. Boek and M. J. Blunt, "Changes in pore structure and connectivity induced by CO2 injection in carbonates: a combined pore-scale approach," Energy Procedia, 37, 5367–5378, (2013) [DOI]

E. M. Chapman, J. Yang, J. P. Crawshaw and E. S. Boek, "Pore scale models for imbibition of CO2 analogue fluids in etched micro-fluidic junctions from micro-model experiments and direct LBM flow calculations," Energy Procedia, (2013)

P. Mostaghimi, M. J. Blunt and B. Bijeljic, "Computations of absolute permeability on micro-CT images," Mathematical Geosciences, 45(1):103-125, (2013) [DOI]

2012

P. Mostaghimi, B. Bijeljic and M. Blunt, "Simulation of flow and dispersion on pore-space images," SPE Journal, 17(4), (2012) [DOI]

Y. Tanino and M. J. Blunt, "Capillary trapping in sandstones and carbonates: Dependence on pore structure," Water Resources Research, 48(8):W08525, (2012) [DOI]

R. Blumenfeld, J. F. Jordan and S. F. Edwards, "Interdependence of the volume and stress ensembles and equipartition in statistical mechanics of granular systems," Physical Review Letters, 109(23):238001, (2012) [DOI] [PDF]

M. R. Stukan, P. Ligneul and E. S. Boek, "Molecular dynamics simulation of spontaneous imbibition in nanopores and recovery of asphaltenic crude oils using surfactants for EOR applications," Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles, 67(5):737-742, (2012) [DOI]

S. Iglauer, M. A. Fernø, P. Shearing and M. J. Blunt, "Comparison of residual oil cluster size distribution, morphology and saturation in oil-wet and water-wet sandstone," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 375(1):187-192, (2012) [DOI]

R. Hihinashvili and R. Blumenfeld, "Statistical-mechanical characteristics of dense planar granular systems," Granular Matter, 14(2):277-282, (2012) [DOI]

R. Blumenfeld and S.F. Edwards, "Theory of strains in auxetic materials," Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 25(3):565-571, (2012) [DOI]

N. I. Al-Bulushi, P. R. King, M. J. Blunt and M. Kraaijveld, "Artificial neural networks workflow and its application in the petroleum industry," Neural Computing and Applications, 21(3):409-421, (2012) [DOI]

K. A. Lawal, J. P. Crawshaw, E. S. Boek and V. Vesovic, "Experimental investigation of asphaltene deposition in capillary flow," Energy & Fuels, 26(4):2145-2153, (2012) [DOI]

A. Sengupta, P. S. Hammond, D. Frenkel and E. S. Boek, "Error analysis and correction for lattice boltzmann simulated flow conductance in capillaries of different shapes and alignments," Journal of Computational Physics, 231(6):2634-2640, (2012) [DOI]

E. S. Boek, Christopher Hall and Philippe M. J. Tardy, "Deep bed filtration modelling of formation damage due to particulate invasion from drilling fluids," Transport in Porous Media, 91(2):479-508, (2012) [DOI]

A Q Raeini, M J Blunt, and B Bijeljic, “Modelling two-phase flow in porous media at the pore scale using the volume-of-fluid method,” Journal of Computational Physics  231 5653–5668 (2012) [DOI]

2011

S Iglauer, A Paluszny, C H Pentland, and M J Blunt, "Residual CO2 imaged with X‐ray micro‐tomography," Geophysical Research Letters 38 L21403 (2011)

S Iglauer, W Wülling, C H Pentland, S K Al-Mansoori, and M J Blunt, "Capillary-Trapping Capacity of Sandstones and Sandpacks" SPE Journal  16 (4) 778-783 (2011)

B Bijeljic, P Mostaghimi, and M J Blunt, “Signature of Non-Fickian Solute Transport in Complex Heterogeneous Porous Media,” Physical Review Letters 107 204502 (2011) [DOI]

2010

S K Al Mansoori, E Itsekiri, S Iglauer, C H Pentland, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Measurements of non-wetting phase trapping applied to carbon dioxide storage,” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 4 283–288 (2010)

N A Idowu and M J Blunt, “Pore-Scale Modelling of Rate Effects in Waterflooding,” Transport in Porous Media 83 151–169 (2010)

X Zhao, M J Blunt and J Yao, “Pore-scale modeling: Effects of wettability on waterflood oil recovery,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology 71 169–178 (2010)

C H Pentland, E Itsekiri, S Al-Mansoori, S Iglauer, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Measurement of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping in Sandpacks,” SPE Journal 15 274-281 (2010)

O Talabi and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale network simulation of NMR response in two-phase flow,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 72 1-9 (2010)

P Gittins, S Iglauer, C H Pentland, S Al-Mansoori, S Al-Sayari, B Bijeljic, and M J Blunt, “Nonwetting phase residual saturation in sand packs,” Journal of Porous Media 13(7), 591–599 (2010)

S Iglauer, S Favretto, G Spinelli, G Schena and M J Blunt, “X-ray tomography measurements of power-law cluster size distributions for the nonwetting phase in sandstones,”  Physical Review E 82, 056315 (2010)

E S Boek and M Venturoli, “Lattice-Boltzmann studies of fluid flow in porous media with realistic rock geometries,” Computers and Mathematics with Applications 59 2305-2314 (2010)

P Mostaghimi, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Simulation of Flow and Dispersion on Pore-Space Images,” SPE 135261, proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Florence, Italy. (2010)

C H Pentland, Y Tanino, S Iglauer and M J Blunt, “Capillary Trapping in Water-Wet Sandstones: Coreflooding Experiments and Pore-Network Modeling,” SPE 133798, proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Florence, Italy (2010)

E S Boek, “Pore Scale Simulation of Flow in Porous Media Using Lattice-Boltzmann Computer Simulations,” SPE 135506, proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Florence, Italy. (2010)

2009

H. Dong , M.J. Blunt. "Pore-network extraction from micro-computerized-tomography images", Physical Review E, 80(3):036307, (2009)

X. Garcia, L.T.  Akanji, M.J.  Blunt, S.K.  Matthai, J.P.  Latham, "Numerical study of the effects of particle shape and polydispersity on permeability",  Physical Review E. 80(2). 021304, (2009)

S.K.  Al Mansoori, S. Iglauer, C.H. Pentland, and M.J. Blunt . "Three-phase measurements of oil and gas trapping in sand packs. Advances in Water Resources", 32(10), 1535-42, (2009)

N. Al-Bulushi, P.R. King, M.J. Blunt, and M. Kraaijveld, "Development of artificial neural network models for predicting water saturation and fluid distribution", Journal of petroleum science & engineering. 68(3-4),197-208, (2009)

O. Talabi, S. AlSayari, S. Iglauer, M.J. Blunt. "Pore-scale simulation of NMR response", Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, 67(3-4),168-178, (2009)

R. Qi,  T.C. LaForce, and M.J. Blunt . "A three-phase four-component streamline-based simulator to study carbon dioxide storage", Computational Geosciences, 13(4), 493-509 (2009)

M.E. Rhodes, B. Bijeljic, M.J.Blunt. "A Rigorous Pore-to-Field-Scal e Simulation Method for Single-Phase Flow Based on Continuous-Time Random Walks", Spe Journal, 14(1):88-94 (2009)

G. Frenkel,  R. Blumenfeld, P.R. King and M.J. Blunt, "Topological Analysis of Foams and Tetrahedral Structures", Advanced Engineering Materials 11(3), 169-176, (2009)

R. Qi,  T.C. LaForce, and M.J. Blunt . "Design of carbon dioxide storage in aquifers", International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 3(2), 195-205 (2009)

2008

M.E.Rhodes, B.Bijeljic and M.J.Blunt, "Pore-to-field simulation of single-phase transport using continuous time random walks" Advances in Water Resources 31, 1527–1539 (2008)  [PDF]

O. Talabi, S. AlSayari, M. Fernø, H. Riskedal, A. Graue and M.J. Blunt. "Pore Scale Simulation of NMR response in Carbonates". SCA2008-30. Presented at the International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts held in Abu Dhabi, UAE 29 October-2 November, (2008). [PDF]

T Sochi and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale network modeling of Ellis and Herschel–Bulkley fluids,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 60, 105-124 (2008) [PDF].

V S Suicmez, M Piri and M J Blunt, “Effects of wettability and pore-level displacement on hydrocarbon trapping,” Advances in Water Resources 31, 503–512 (2008) [PDF].

A S Al-Kharusi and M J Blunt, “Multiphase flow predictions from carbonate pore space images using extracted network models,” Water Resources Research, 44, W06S01 (2008) [DOI][PDF].

E J Spiteri, R Juanes, M J Blunt and F M Orr, Jr., “A New Model of Trapping and Relative Permeability Hysteresis for All Wettability Characteristics,” SPE Journal 13(3), 277-288 (2008) [PDF].

O Talabi, S Alsayari, M J Blunt, H Dong and Xiucai Zhao, “Predictive Pore-Scale Modeling: From Three-Dimensional Images to Multiphase Flow Simulations,” SPE 115535, proceedings of the SPE Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 21-24 September (2008) [PDF].

R Qi, T C LaForce and M J Blunt, “Design of Carbon Dioxide Storage in Oilfields,” SPE 115663, proceedings of the SPE Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 21-24 September (2008) [PDF].

C H Pentland, S Al-Mansoori, S Iglauer, B Bijeljic and M J Blunt, “Measurement of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping in Sand Packs,” SPE 115697, proceedings of the SPE Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 21-24 September (2008) [PDF].

2007

B. Bijeljic and M.J. Blunt, "Pore-scale modelling of transverse dispersion in porous media", Water Resour. Res. (2007), 43, W12S11, doi:10.1029/2006WR005700 [PDF]

H. Dong, M. Touati and M.J.Blunt, "Pore Network Modelling: Analysis of Pore Size Distribution of Arabian Core Samples", SPE 105156 (2007) [PDF]

R. Qi, V. Beraldo, T. LaForce and M.J. Blunt, "Design of carbon dioxide storage in a north sea aquifer using streamline-based simulation", SPE 109905 (2007) [PDF]

H.Okabe and M.J.Blunt "Pore space reconstruction of vuggy carbonates using microtomography and multiple-point statistics" Water Resour. Res (2007), 43, W12S02, doi:10.1029/2006WR005680, 2007 [PDF]

M.I.J.van Dijke, M. Piri, J.O.Helland, K.S.Sorbie, M.J.Blunt and S. M. Skjæveland, "Criteria for three-fluid configurations including layers in a pore with nonuniform wettability", Water Resour. Res (2007), 43, W12S05, doi:10.1029/2006WR005761 [PDF]

V.S. Suicmez, M. Piri and M.J. Blunt, "Pore scale simulation of water alternate gas injection",  TIPM (2007), 66, 259-286, doi:10.1007/s11242-006-0017-9 [PDF]

G. Frenkel, P. King, M. J. Blunt and R. Blumenfeld "Topological Analysis of Foams and Tetrahedral Structures" [PDF]

A.S. Al-Kharusi and M. J. Blunt, "Network extraction from sandstone and ca rbonate pore space images", JPSE (2007), 56, 219-231, doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2006.09.003 [PDF]

M.E. Rhodes and M.J. Blunt, "Advective Transport on percolation clusters",  Phys Rev E (2007), 75, 011124, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.75.011124 [PDF]

G. Di Donato, H. Lu, Z. Tavassoli and M. J. Blunt "Multirate-Transfer Dual-Porosity Modeling of Gravity Drainage and Imbibition" SPE 93144 (2007) [PDF]

2006

R. B. Juanes,  E. J. Spiteri, F. M. Orr Jr., and M. J. Blunt, "Impact of relative permeability hysteresis on geological CO2 storage", Water Resour. Res. (2006), 42, W12418, doi:10.1029/2005WR004806 [PDF]

M. E. Rhodes, B. Bijeljic and M.J. Blunt, "A rigorous pore-to-field-scale simulation methodology for single-phase flow based on continuous time random walks", (2006), SPE 106434, proceedings of the Reservoir Simulation Symposium in Houston [PDF]

B. Bijeljic and M. J. Blunt, "Pore-scale modeling and continuous time random walk analysis of dispersion in porous media", Water Resour. Res. (2006), 42, W01202, doi:10.1029/2005WR004578 [PDF]

B. Bijeljic and M. J. Blunt, "A Physically-Based D escription of Dispersion in Porous Media," (2006), SPE 102869 [PDF]

M. E. Rhodes and M. J. Blunt, "An exact particle tracking algorithm for advective-dispersive transport in networks with complete mixing at nodes ", Water Resour. Res. (2006), 42, W04501, doi:10.1029/2005WR004504 [PDF]

V.S. Suicmez, M. Piri, M.J. Blunt, "Po re Scale Modeling of Three-Phase WAG Injection: Prediction of Relative Permeabilities and Trapping for Different Displacement Cycles ," SPE 95594 (2006) [PDF]

H. Behbahani and M.J. Blunt, "Simulation of counter-current imbibition in water-wet fractured reservoirs, " Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (2006), 50:21-39 [PDF ]

2005

H. Behbahani and M.J. Blunt, "Analysis of Imbibition in Mixed Wet rocks using pore-scale modelling," SPE Journal (2005) [PDF]

Z. Tavassoli, R.W. Zimmerman and M.J. Blunt,"Analysis of counter-current imbibition with gravity in weakly water-wet systems," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (2005), 48:94-104 [PDF]

M .D. Jackson, P.H. Valvatne and M.J. Blunt, "Prediction of Wettability Variation within an Oil-Water Transition zone and its impact on production," SP E Jo urnal (2005) [PDF]

Z. Tavassoli, R.W. Zimmerman and M.J. Blunt, "Analytic Analysis for Oil Recovery During Counter-Current Imbibition in Strongly Water -Wet Syst ems," Transport in Porous Media (2005), 58:173–189, DOI 10.1007/s11242-004-5474-4 [PDF]

P. Valvatne, M. Piri, X. Lopez and M.J. Blunt, "Predictive Pore-Scale Modeling of Single and Multiphase Flow," Transport in Porous Media (2005), 58:23–41 DOI 10.1007/s11242-004-5468-2 [PDF]

M. Piri and M.J. Blunt, "Three-dimensional mixed-wet random pore-scale network modeling of two- and three-phase flow in porous media. I. Model description," Physical Review E, 71, 026301 (2005) [PDF]

M.Piri and M.J. Blunt, "Three-dimensional mixed-wet random pore-scale network model ing of two- and three-phase flow in porous media. II. Results," Physical Review E, 71, 026302 (2005) [PDF]

M.S Al-Gharbi and M.J. Blunt, "Dynamic network modeling of two-phase drainage in porous media," Physical Review E, 71, 016308 (2005)

H. Okabe and M.J. Blunt, "Pore space reconstruction using multiple-point statistics," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering,  46, 121– 137 (2005) [PDF]

2004

H. Okabe and M.J. Blunt, "Prediction of permeability for porous media reconstructed using multiple-point statistics," Physical Review E, 70, 066135 (2004) [PDF]

M. Piri and M.J. Blunt, "Three-phase threshold capillary pressures in noncircular capillary tubes with different wettabilities including contact angle hysteresis," Physical Review E, 70, 061603 (2004) [PDF]

P H Valvatne and M J Blunt, “Predictive pore-scale modeling of two-phase flow in mixed wet media," Water Resources Research, 40, W07406, doi:10.1029/2003WR002627 (2004) [PDF]

B Bijeljic, A H Muggeridge and M J Blunt, “Pore-scale modeling of longitudinal dispersion,” Water Resources Research, 40, W11501,  doi:10.1029/2004WR003567 (2004) [PDF]

X Lopez and M J Blunt, “Predicting the Impact of Non-Newtonian Rheology on Relati ve Permeability Using Pore-Scale Modeling,” SPE 89981, proceedings of the SPE Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 26-29 September (2004) [PDF]

H Behbahani and M J Blunt, “Analysis of Imbibition in Mixed-Wet Rocks Using Pore-Scale Modeling,” SPE 90132, proceedings of the SPE Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 26-29 September (2004) [PDF]

P. Audigane and M.J. Blunt, "Dual Mesh Method for Upscaling in Waterflood Simulation", Transport in Porous Media 55: 71–89, (2004) [PDF]

2003

P. H. Valvatne, M. Piri, X. Lopez and M.J.Blunt, "Predictive Pore-Scale Modeling of Single and Multiphase Flow", Proceedings of the ESF Workshop on Recent Advances in Multiphase Flow and Transport in Porous Media, European Science Foundation, Delft, (2003) [PDF]

M.S. Al-Gharbi and M. J. Blunt, " A 2D Dynamic Pore Network Model For Modeling Primary Drainage", Proceedings of the ESF Workshop on Recent Advances in Multiphase Flow and Transport in Porous Media, European Science Foundation, Delft, (2003) [PDF]

X. Lopez, P. H. Valvatne and M. Blunt, "Predictive network modeling of single-phase non-Newtonian flow in porous media" , Journ al of Colloid and Interface Science, 264 (1),256-265 (2003) [PDF]

B.Bijeljic ,A.H.Muggeridge,M.J.Blunt, "Multicomponent mass transfer across water films during hydrocarbon gas in jection", Chemical Engineering Science 58, 2377 –2388 (2003) [PDF]

M.D. Jackson, P.H.Valvatne, M.J. Blunt, "Prediction of wettability variation and its impact on flow using pore- to reservoir-scale simulations", Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 39 231– 246 (2003) [PDF]

H.Okabe, M.J. Blunt, "Multiple-Point Statistics to Generate Geologically Realistic Pore-Space Representations", Proceedings of the Society of Core Analysts Annual Meeting, September (2003)

P.H. Valvatne, M.J. Blunt, "Predictive Pore-Scale Network Modeling", Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, October (2003) [PDF]

P. Audigane, M.J. Blu nt, "Dual Mesh Met hod in Upscaling", SPE 79681, proceedings of the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, 3-5 February (2003) [PDF]

2002

M. D. Jackson, M.J. Blunt, "Elliptic Regions and Stable Solutions for Three-Phase Flow in Porous Media", Transport in Porous Media 48: 249–269, (2002) [PDF]

M. J. Blunt, M. D. Jackson, M. Piri and P. H . Valvatne , "Detailed physics, predictive capabilities and upscaling for pore-scale models of multiphase flow," Advances in Water Resources 25, 1069-1089 (2002) [PDF]

M. Piri, M.J. Blunt, "Pore-scale modeling of three-phase flow in mixed-wet systems", SPE 77726, proceedings of the SPE Annual Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 29 September-2 October (2002) [PDF]

B.R. Bijeljic, A.H. Muggeridge, M .J. Blunt, "Effect of Composition on Waterblocking for Multicomponent Gasfloods", SPE 77697, proceedings of the SPE Annual Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 29 September-2 October (2002) [PDF]

M.D. J ackson, P.H. Valvatne, M.J. Blunt, "Prediction of wettability variation and its impact on waterflooding using pore- to reservoir-scale simulation", SPE 77543, proceedings of the SPE Annual Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 29 September-2 October (2002) [PDF]

2001

M. J. Blunt, "Constraints on Contact Angles for Multiple Phases in Thermodynamic Equilibrium," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 239, 281–282 (2001). [PDF]

L. A. Dillard, H. I. Essaid and M. J. Blunt, "A functional relation for field-scale nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution developed using a pore network model," Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 48, 89–119 (2001). [PDF]

R. G. Hughes and M. J. Blunt, "Network modeling of multiphase flow in fractures," Advances in Water Resources 24, 409-421 (2001). [PDF]

S. P. Bertels, D. A. DiCarlo, "Measurement of aperture distribution, capillary pressure,relative permeability, and in situ saturation in a rock fracture using computed tomography scanning", Water Resources Research,37(3) 649–662 March (2001) [PDF]

M. J. Blunt, "Flow in porous media pore-network models and multiphase flow", Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science (6) 197-207 (2001) [PDF]

H. S. Al-Hadhrami, M. J. Blunt, "Thermally Induced Wettability Alteration To Improve Oil Recovery in Fractured Reservoirs", SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, June (2001) [PDF]

2000

M. Jackson and M. Blunt, "Dynamic Upscaling from the Pore to the Reservoir Scale", Proceedings of 21 st Annual International Energy Agency Workshop, Edinburgh, UK, 19-22 September (2000)