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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.

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