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The matrix blocks are assumed to be isotropic and homogeneous identical rectangular parallelepipeds with no direct communication between them (Kazemi et al. 1976).

In a dual-porosity model, fluid flows through the fracture system in the reservoir, while matrix blocks are segregated by the fractures and act as fluid sources for them.

The matrix blocks are therefore treated as the only storage sites at the second decline stage, and the matrix blocks' pressures are representative pressure in the reservoir for evaluating pressure-dependent effects.

The dual-porosity/dual-permeability behavior is observed in stratified reservoirs, when the permeability of the different layers is participating to the response, or in fractured reservoirs, when the matrix blocks are connected (Bourdet 2002).

The most common geometrical representations of fractured reservoirs are the models introduced by Warren-Root and Kazemi as shown in Fig. 1, assuming that discrete matrix blocks are separated by an orthogonal system of continuous and uniform fractures.

During the water driving process in reservoir which has complex fracture networks, water flows in the fractures and matrix blocks are surrounded by fractures, under this circumstance, spontaneous counter-current imbibition is the dominant mechanism for oil recovery.

Mass transfer between fractures and matrix blocks is critical to oil recovery by waterflooding in fractured reservoirs.

Spontaneous water imbibition into the matrix blocks is known as the main mechanism for increased oil recovery from naturally fractured oil reservoirs.

Based on recent advances solving the Washburn equation, a new correlation for describing oil recovery vs. time for single matrix blocks is described.

Spontaneous imbibition (SI) of water into the matrix blocks is regarded as a very important driving mechanism for oil recovery in dual porosity media.

The dual-porosity idealization model was first introduced by Barenblatt (Barenblatt et al. 1960) which proposed a low permeability porous system, the matrix blocks, is surrounded by a fracture network of high permeability.