Synonym: Fluid Analysis = PVT Analysis
Part of the key areas of Field Study & Modelling and one of the Subsurface Production Disciplines, related to predicting dynamic fluid properties at various temperature and pressure and includes the following components:
The alternative name is PVT Analysis and means that major fluid properties are directly or indirectly related to the correlation between fluid's Pressure, Volume and Temperature.
The PVT Analysis term is a misnomer as some important dynamic fluid properties can not be accurately derived from Pressure – Volume – Temperature correlations.
See Also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines
Reference
CURTIS H. WHITSON AND MICHAEL R. BRULÉ, PHASE BEHAVIOR, SPE Monograph Volume 20, 2000