Bubble point pressure | pb | psia | \displaystyle \log_{10}(p_b) = c_1 + c_2 \, \log_{10}(p^*_b) + c_3 \, [\log_{10}(p^*_b) ]^2, \displaystyle p^*_b = \left( R_{sb}/\gamma_g \right)^{c_4} \, \gamma_{API}^{c_5} \, T^{c_6} c_1 = 1.7669, \ c_2 = 1.7447, \ c_3 = -0.30218, \ c_4 = 0.816, \ c_5 = -0.989 \mbox{Black Oil: } c_6 = 0.172 , \mbox{Volatile Oil: } c_6 = 0.130 |
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where
p | psia | Fluid pressure |
T | °F | Initial formation temperature |
\gamma_{API} | °API | Oil API gravity |
\gamma_o | frac | Oil specific gravity |
\gamma_g | frac | Gas specific gravity |
R_{sb} | scf/stb | Maximum Gas Solubility |
See Also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Petroleum Engineering / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Reservoir Engineering (RE) / PVT correlations / Oil correlations
[ Glaso (1980) oil correlations ]