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Saturated oil formation volume factor


Bobbl/stbp ≤ pb

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body--uriencoded--\displaystyle B_o(p, T) = 0.497069 + 0.862963 \cdot 10%5e%7B-3%7D \, T + 0.182594 \cdot 10%5e%7B-2%7D \, F + 0.318099 c_1 + c_2 \cdot \left[ R_s%5e%7Bc_4%7D \, \gamma_g%5e%7Bc_5%7D \, \gamma_o%5e%7Bc_6%7D + c_7 \, T%5e%7Bc_8%7D \right]%5e%7Bc_3%7D

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body--uriencoded--c_1 = 1.0113, \ c_2 = 7.2046 \cdot 10%5e%7B-5%7D \, F%5e2, \quad F =R_s%5ea \, \gamma_g%5eb \, \gamma_o%5ec\ c_3 = 3.0936, \ c_4 = 0.3738

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bodya c_5 = 0.7423902914, \ , b c_6 = -0.6265, \ c_7 =0.32329424626, \ , c_8 = -10.2020405371

where

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bodyp

psiaFluid pressure

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bodyT

°FInitial formation temperature

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body--uriencoded--\gamma_%7BAPI%7D

°APIOil API gravity

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body\gamma_o

fracOil specific gravity

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body\gamma_g

fracGas specific gravity

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[ Marhoun (1980) oil correlations ]

References

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Petrosky, G.E., and F.F. Farshad. "Pressure-Volume-Temperature Correlations for Gulf of Mexico Crude Oils." Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, October 1993. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/26644-MS