Norman R. Morrow

17.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
147 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Norman R. Morrow is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman R. Morrow has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Ocean Engineering, 76 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 72 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Norman R. Morrow's work include Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (109 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (70 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (66 papers). Norman R. Morrow is often cited by papers focused on Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (109 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (70 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (66 papers). Norman R. Morrow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Norman R. Morrow's co-authors include Geoffrey Mason, Jill S. Buckley, Guoqing Tang, Shouxiang Ma, Ioannis Chatzis, Guiqian Tang, Xina Xie, Koichi Takamura, Herbert Fischer and Xiangyang Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Langmuir and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

In The Last Decade

Norman R. Morrow

147 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Influence of brine composition and fines migration on crude oil/brine/rock interactions and oil recovery

1999 905 citations Guoqing Tang, Norman R. Morrow Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering profile →
Wettability and Its Effect on Oil Recovery

1990 833 citations Norman R. Morrow Journal of Petroleum Technology profile →
Effect of Wettability on Waterflood Recovery for Crude-Oil/Brine/Rock Systems

1995 686 citations Norman R. Morrow et al. SPE Reservoir Engineering profile →
Recovery of oil by spontaneous imbibition

2001 598 citations Norman R. Morrow, Geoffrey Mason profile →
Salinity, Temperature, Oil Composition, and Oil Recovery by Waterflooding

1997 577 citations Guiqian Tang, Norman R. Morrow SPE Reservoir Engineering profile →
Improved Oil Recovery by Low-Salinity Waterflooding

2011 512 citations Norman R. Morrow, Jill S. Buckley Journal of Petroleum Technology profile →
Capillary behavior of a perfectly wetting liquid in irregular triangular tubes

1991 370 citations Geoffrey Mason, Norman R. Morrow Journal of Colloid and Interface Science profile →
Physics and Thermodynamics of Capillary Action in Porous Media

1970 360 citations Norman R. Morrow profile →

Peers

Norman R. Morrow

Anthony R. Kovscek United States

Tayfun Babadagli Canada

K. S. Sorbie United Kingdom

Kishore K. Mohanty United States

Abbas Firoozabadi United States

Steven L. Bryant United States

George J. Hirasaki United States

W. R. Rossen Netherlands

Franklin M. Orr United States

Shahab Ayatollahi Iran

Anthony R. Kovscek United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norman R. Morrow

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Liu, Yafei, Andrew C. Hansen, Erica Block, et al.. (2017). Two-phase displacements in microchannels of triangular cross-section. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 507. 234–241. 16 indexed citations

Morrow, Norman R., et al.. (2013). Oil Recovery From Bentheim Sandstone by Sequential Waterflooding and Spontaneous Imbibition. Petrophysics – The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description. 54(6). 547–553. 6 indexed citations

Takamura, Koichi, Herbert Fischer, & Norman R. Morrow. (2012). Physical properties of aqueous glycerol solutions. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 98-99. 50–60. 303 indexed citations

Mason, Geoffrey, et al.. (2008). Capillary Pressure at the Imbibition Front During Water–Oil Counter-Current Spontaneous Imbibition. Transport in Porous Media. 77(3). 475–487. 21 indexed citations

Unsal, Evren, Geoffrey Mason, Douglas Ruth, & Norman R. Morrow. (2007). Co- and counter-current spontaneous imbibition into groups of capillary tubes with lateral connections permitting cross-flow. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 315(1). 200–209. 50 indexed citations

Unsal, Evren, Geoffrey Mason, Norman R. Morrow, & Douglas Ruth. (2006). Co-current and counter-current imbibition in independent tubes of non-axisymmetric geometry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 306(1). 105–117. 60 indexed citations

Fischer, Herbert, et al.. (2006). Modeling the Effect of Viscosity Ratio on Spontaneous Imbibition. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 9 indexed citations

Buckley, Jill S., et al.. (2006). Surface and core wetting effects of surfactants in oil-based drilling fluids. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 52(1-4). 253–260. 36 indexed citations

Fischer, Herbert & Norman R. Morrow. (2005). Spontaneous Imbibition with Matched Liquid Viscosities. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 24 indexed citations

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Xie, Xina, et al.. (2003). Crude Oil Composition and the Stability of Mixed Wettability in Sandstones. Petrophysics – The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description. 44(4). 233–242. 6 indexed citations

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Morrow, Norman R., et al.. (2002). Scaling Of Viscosity Ratio For Oil Recovery By Imbibition From Mixed-wet Rocks. Petrophysics – The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description. 43(4). 39 indexed citations

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Morrow, Norman R. & Xina Xie. (2001). Oil Recovery By Spontaneous Imbibition From Weakly Water-wet Rocks. Petrophysics – The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description. 42(4). 74 indexed citations

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Tang, Guoqing & Norman R. Morrow. (1999). Influence of brine composition and fines migration on crude oil/brine/rock interactions and oil recovery. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 24(2-4). 99–111. 905 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tang, Guiqian & Norman R. Morrow. (1997). Salinity, Temperature, Oil Composition, and Oil Recovery by Waterflooding. SPE Reservoir Engineering. 12(4). 269–276. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morrow, Norman R.. (1990). Wettability and Its Effect on Oil Recovery. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 42(12). 1476–1484. 833 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mason, Geoffrey & Norman R. Morrow. (1987). Meniscus configurations and curvatures in non-axisymmetric pores of open and closed uniform cross section. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 414(1846). 111–133. 23 indexed citations

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Chatzis, Ioannis, et al.. (1984). Blob-size distribution as a function of capillary number in sandstones. Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States). 13 indexed citations

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Mason, Geoffrey & Norman R. Morrow. (1984). Coexistence of menisci and the influence of neighboring pores on capillary displacement curvatures in sphere packings. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 100(2). 519–535. 27 indexed citations

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Morrow, Norman R., et al.. (1983). Relative permeabilities at reduced residual saturations. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 10(3). 344–353. 19 indexed citations

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Morrow, Norman R.. (1971). Small-Scale Packing Heterogeneities in Porous Sedimentary Rocks. AAPG Bulletin. 55. 32 indexed citations

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