The principal fluids in a petroleum reservoir are water, oil and gas. When they exist as free phases, they are generally immiscible (Note: this discussion does not consider emulsions or dissolved gases). When these immiscible fluids co-exist in the reservoir pore space, their interactions with one another and with the containing rock control their spatial distribution and movement. The two principal properties used to quantify these interactions are wettability, which pertains to rock-fluid interactions, and interfacial tension, which relates to fluid-fluid interactions.
The principal fluids in a petroleum reservoir are water, oil and gas. When they exist as free phases, they are generally immiscible (Note: this discussion does not consider emulsions or dissolved gases). When these immiscible fluids co-exist in the reservoir pore space, their interactions with one another and with the containing rock control their spatial distribution and movement. The two principal properties used to quantify these interactions are wettability, which pertains to rock-fluid interactions, and interfacial tension, which relates to fluid-fluid interactions.
The principal fluids in a petroleum reservoir are water, oil and gas. When they exist as free phases, they are generally immiscible (Note: this discussion does not consider emulsions or dissolved gases). When these immiscible fluids co-exist in the reservoir pore space, their interactions with one another and with the containing rock control their spatial distribution and movement. The two principal properties used to quantify these interactions are wettability, which pertains to rock-fluid interactions, and interfacial tension, which relates to fluid-fluid interactions.
The principal fluids in a petroleum reservoir are water, oil and gas.
When they exist as free
phases, they are generally immiscible (Note: this discussion does not consider emulsions or dissolved gases). When these immiscible fluids co-exist in the reservoir pore space, their interactions with one another and with the containing rock control their spatial distribution and movement. The two principal properties used to quantify these interactions are wettability, which pertains to rock-fluid interactions, and interfacial tension, which relates to fluid-fluid interactions.