Can oil emplacement prevent quartz cementation in sandstones?

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-137

  Worden, Richard H ^a   Oxtoby, Norman H ^b   Smalley, P Craig ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Oil emplacement; Quartz cement; Wettability

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; OIL EMPLACEMENT; QUARTZ CEMENT;

EID: 0031853513     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.4.2.129     Document Type: Article

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