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Oil correlations based on World wide oil samples.


Reference separator gas gravity

frac


\displaystyle \gamma_{gs} = \gamma_g \, \left [ 1+ 5.912 \cdot 10^{-5} \, \gamma_{API} \, T \, \ln ( p_{sep} /114.7) \right]


Bubble point pressurepb

psia


\displaystyle p_b = \left[ \frac{R_{sb}}{c_1 \, \gamma_g \, \exp \left[ \frac{c_3 \, \gamma_{API}}{T+459.67} \right ]} \right]^{1/c_2}

\gamma_{API} \leq 30 \ {\rm API} : \quad c_1 = 0.0362, \, c_2 = 1.0937, \ c_3 = 25.7240

\gamma_{API} > 30 \ {\rm API} : \quad c_1 = 0.0178, \, c_2 = 1.1870, \ c_3 = 23.9310


Saturated gas solubility 

Rsscf/stbp ≤ pb

\displaystyle R_s(p, T) = c_1 \, \gamma_g \, p^{c_2} \, \exp \left[ \frac{c_3 \, \gamma_{API}}{T + 459.67} \right]

\gamma_{API} \leq 30 \ {\rm API} : \quad c_1 = 0.0362, \, c_2 = 1.0937, \ c_3 = 25.7240

\gamma_{API} > 30 \ {\rm API} : \quad c_1 = 0.0178, \, c_2 = 1.1870, \ c_3 = 23.9310


Saturated oil formation volume factor

Bobbl/stbp ≤ pb

\displaystyle B_o(p, T) = 1 + c_1 \, R_s(p, T) + (T-60) \, \left( \frac{\gamma_{API}}{\gamma_g} \right) \, \big[ c_2 +c_3 \, R_s(p) \big]

\gamma_{API} \leq 30 \ {\rm API} : \quad c_1 = 4.677 · 10^{-4}, \, c_2 = 1.751· 10^{-5}, \ c_3 = -1.811· 10^{-8}

\gamma_{API} > 30 \ {\rm API} : \quad c_1 = 4.670 · 10^{-4}, \, c_2 = 1.100 · 10^{-5}, \ c_3 = 1.337 · 10^{-9}


Undersaturated oil formation volume factor

Bobbl/stbp > pb

\displaystyle B_o(p, T) = B_{ob} \cdot \exp \left[ - A \cdot \ln \left( \frac{p}{p_b} \right) \right]

A = c_1 + c_2 \, R_{sb} +c_3 \, T + c_4 \, \gamma_g + c_4\, \gamma_{API}

c_1 = -1,433·10^{-5}, \ c_2 = 5·10^{-5}, \ c_3 = 17.2·10^{-5}, \ c_4 = -1,180·10^{-5}, \ c_5 = 12.61·10^{-5}


Undersaturated oil isothermal compressibility

copsi-1p > pb

\displaystyle c_o(p, T) = \frac{A}{p}

A = c_1 + c_2 \, R_{sb} +c_3 \, T + c_4 \, \gamma_g + c_4\, \gamma_{API}

c_1 = -1,433·10^{-5}, \ c_2 = 5·10^{-5}, \ c_3 = 17.2·10^{-5}, \ c_4 = -1,180·10^{-5}, \ c_5 = 12.61·10^{-5}


Undersaturated oil viscosity

μocpp > pb

\displaystyle \mu_o(p, T) = \mu_{ob} \cdot \left( \frac{p}{p_b} \right)^mm=c_1 \cdot p^{c_2} \cdot \exp(c_3 + c_4 \, p)

c_1 = 2.6, \ c_2 = 1.187, \ c_3 = -11.513, \ c_4 = -8.98 \cdot 10^{-5}

where

LocationWorld-wide

p

psiaFluid pressure

T

°FInitial formation temperature

\gamma_{API}

°APIOil API gravity

\gamma_o

fracOil specific gravity

\gamma_g

fracGas specific gravity

p_{sep}

psig

Separator pressure

T_{sep}

°FSeparator temperature

p_b

psiaBubble point pressure

B_{ob}

bbl/stbFormation volume factor at bubble point pressure pb

\mu_{ob}

cpoil viscosity at bubble point pressure pb


See Also


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

References


Vasquez, M., and H.D. Beggs. "Correlations for Fluid Physical Property Prediction." J Pet Technol 32 (1980): 968–970,  doi.org/10.2118/6719-PA


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