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Bubble point pressure, pb


psia

\displaystyle \lg(p_b) = 1.7669 + 1.7447 \, \lg(p^*_b) - 0.30218 \, [\lg(p^*_b) ]^2, \displaystyle p^*_b = \left( R_s/\gamma_g \right)^a \, T^b \, \gamma_{API}^c

a = 0.816 \ , \ c = -0.989

b = \begin{cases} 0.172, & \mbox{for Black Oil} \\ 0.130, & \mbox{for Volatile Oil} \end{cases}

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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