Wetting alteration by brine and crude oil: From contact angles to cores

SPE Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-350

  Buckley, Jill S ^a   Bousseau, Christophe ^b   Liu, Yu ^a  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b BSN Emballage   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONTACT ANGLE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PH; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THERMAL EFFECTS; WETTING;

CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

ROCKS;

EID: 0030230672     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30765-PA     Document Type: Article

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