Oil correlations based on North Sea oil samples.

Bubble point pressurepbpsia

,


Saturated oil gas solubility


Rsscf/stbp ≤ pb

,


Saturated oil formation volume factor

Bobbl/stbp ≤ pb


Dead oil viscosity

μocpdead


where

LocationNorth Sea

psiaFluid pressure

°FInitial formation temperature

°APIOil API gravity

fracOil specific gravity

fracGas specific gravity


See Also


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