The effects of temperature and acid number of crude oil on the wettability of acid volcanic reservoir rock from the Hailar Oilfield

Petroleum Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Xie, Quan ^a   He, Shunli ^a   Pu, Wanfeng ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid number; Acid volcanic reservoir rock; Amott wettability index; Temperature; Wettability; Wetting angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049126696     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-010-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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