Asphaltenes and crude oil wetting - The effect of oil composition

SPE Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-119

  Buckley, Jill S ^a,b   Liu, Yu ^a,c,d   Xie, Xina ^e,f   Morrow, Norman R ^e,g,h  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h Editorial Review Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLOGY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ROCKS; WETTING;

ASPHALTENES; ROCK WETTING; WETTABILITY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0031165809     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/35366-PA     Document Type: Article

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