Asphaltene precipitation and alteration of wetting: The potential for wettability changes during oil production

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 210-214

  Al Maamari, Rashid S H ^a   Buckley, Jill S ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUBILITY;

WETTABILITY;

WETTING;

ASPHALTENE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; WETTING;

EID: 0141752757     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84938-PA     Document Type: Article

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