Bubble point pressure	p_b	psia	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle p_b(T) = \left[ \frac{R_{sb}}{c_1 \, \gamma_g \, \exp \left[ \frac{c_3 \, \gamma_{API}}{T+459.67} \right ]} \right]^{1/c_2}\end{array}$ $\begin{array}{l}\gamma_{API} \leq 30 \ {\rm API} : \quad c_1 = 0.0362, \, c_2 = 1.0937, \ c_3 = 25.7240\end{array}$ $\begin{array}{l}\gamma_{API} > 30 \ {\rm API} : \quad c_1 = 0.0178, \, c_2 = 1.1870, \ c_3 = 23.9310\end{array}$

where

$\begin{array}{l}p\end{array}$	psia	Fluid pressure
$\begin{array}{l}T\end{array}$	°F	Initial formation temperature
$\begin{array}{l}\gamma_{API}\end{array}$	°API	Oil API gravity
$\begin{array}{l}\gamma_o\end{array}$	frac	Oil specific gravity
$\begin{array}{l}\gamma_g\end{array}$	frac	Gas specific gravity
$\begin{array}{l}R_{sb}\end{array}$	scf/stb	Maximum Gas Solubility

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