Undersaturated oil  formation volume factorBobbl/stbp > pb

where

bbl/stbFormation volume factor at bubble point pressure pb

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

[ Petrosky–Farshad (1993) 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