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OIL-WET ROCK [1 record]

Record 1 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Petrography
OBS

If oil and water are both present in the spaces [between grains of rock], most often the water is in contact with the surface of each grain, and the rock is water wet. However, sometimes the oil contacts the surface, and such rock is oil wet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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