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Bubble point pressure


pbpsia

p_b = c_1 \, R_s^{c_2} \,\gamma_g^{c_3} \, \gamma_o^{c_4} \, T^{c_5}

c_1 = 5.38088 \cdot 10^{-3}, \ c_2 = 0.715082, \ c_3 = -1.877840 , \ c_4 = 3.1437, \ c_5 = 1.32657

where

p

psiaFluid pressure

T

°FInitial formation temperature

\gamma_{API}

°APIOil API gravity

\gamma_o

fracOil specific gravity

\gamma_g

fracGas specific gravity


See Also


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

[ Marhoun (1980) oil correlations ]

References


Al-Marhoun, Muhammad Ali. "PVT Correlations for Middle East Crude Oils." J Pet Technol 40 (1988): 650–666. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/13718-PA









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