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Bubble point pressurepbpsia

\displaystyle \log_{10}(p_b) = c_1 + c_2 \, \log_{10}(p^*_b) + c_3 \, [\log_{10}(p^*_b) ]^2\displaystyle p^*_b = \left( R_{sb}/\gamma_g \right)^{c_4} \, \gamma_{API}^{c_5} \, T^{c_6}

c_1 = 1.7669, \ c_2 = 1.7447, \ c_3 = -0.30218, \ c_4 = 0.816, \ c_5 = -0.989

\mbox{Black Oil: } c_6 = 0.172 , \mbox{Volatile Oil: } c_6 = 0.130

where

p

psiaFluid pressure

T

°FInitial formation temperature

\gamma_{API}

°APIOil API gravity

\gamma_o

fracOil specific gravity

\gamma_g

fracGas specific gravity

R_{sb}

scf/stb

See Also


Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Petroleum Engineering / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Reservoir Engineering (RE) / PVT correlations / Oil correlations

[ Glaso (1980) oil correlations ]

References


Glaso, Oistein. "Generalized Pressure-Volume-Temperature Correlations." J Pet Technol 32 (1980): 785–795. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/8016-PA







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