Crude oil composition and the stability of mixed wettability in sandstones

Petrophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-242

  Tong, Zhengxin ^b   Xie, Xina ^a   Morrow, Norman R ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; COMPOSITION; MINERAL OILS; PARAFFINS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WETTING;

WETTABILITY RESEARCH;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0041876280     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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