Oil correlations based on Gulf of Mexico oil samples.

Bubble point pressurepbpsia

Saturated gas solubility


Rsscf/stbp ≤ pb

Saturated oil formation volume factor

Bobbl/stbp ≤ pb

where

LocationGulf of Mexico

psiaFluid pressure

°RInitial 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

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