Effects of Reservoir Wettability on Quartz Cementation in Oil Fields

Quartz Cementation in Sandstones

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 103-117

  Barclay, S A ^a   Worden, R H ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controls on wettability; Effects of biodegradation and waterwashing upon oil composition; Effects of reservoir wettability on quartz cementation in oil fields; Geochemical controls on quartz cementation; Physical and chemical nature of (quartz) surfaces; Probable wettabilities of different reservoir minerals; Quartz cement for significant porosity and permeability reduction in quartz rich reservoir sandstones

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FELDSPAR; KAOLINITE; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SANDSTONE; WETTING;

CARBONATE CEMENT; CHEMICAL NATURE; OIL COMPOSITION; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; QUARTZ CEMENTATION; RELATIVE DEGREES; RESERVOIR WETTABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

QUARTZ;

EID: 84948966595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304237.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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