Fifty years of wettability measurements in the Arab-D carbonate reservoir

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 408-417

  Okasha, T M ^a   Funk, J J ^a   Al Rashidi, H N ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; WETTABILITY MEASUREMENTS;

LIMESTONE; OIL WELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER INJECTION; WETTING;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

EID: 34250877087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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