Oil correlations based on Middle Eastern oil samples.
Bubble point pressure | pb | psia |
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body | --uriencoded--p_b = c_1 \, R_s%5e%7Bc_2%7D \,\gamma_g%5e%7Bc_3%7D \, \gamma_o%5e%7Bc_4%7D \, T%5e%7Bc_5%7D |
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body | --uriencoded--c_1 = 5.38088 \cdot 10%5e%7B-3%7D, \ c_2 = 0.715082, \ c_3 = -1.877840 , \ c_4 = 3.1437, \ c_5 = 1.32657 |
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Saturated gas solubility
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body | --uriencoded--\displaystyle R_s(p, T) = \left[ %7Bc_1%7D%5e%7B-1%7D p \, \gamma_g%5e%7B-c_3%7D \, \gamma_o%5e%7B-c_4%7D \, T%5e%7B-c_5%7D \right]%5e%7B1/c_2%7D |
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body | --uriencoded--c_1 = 5.38088 \cdot 10%5e%7B-3%7D, \ c_2 = 0.715082, \ c_3 = -1.877840 , \ c_4 = 3.1437, \ c_5 = 1.32657 |
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Saturated oil formation volume factor | Bo | bbl/stb | p ≤ pb | LaTeX Math Inline |
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body | --uriencoded--B_o(p, T) = c_1 + c_2 \, T + c_3 \, F + c_4 \, F%5e2 |
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body | --uriencoded--F =R_s%5e%7Bc_5%7D(p, T) \, \gamma_g%5e%7Bc_6%7D \, \gamma_o%5e%7Bc_7%7D |
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body | --uriencoded--c_1 =0.497069, \ c_2 = 0.862963 \cdot 10%5e%7B-3%7D, \ c_3 = 0.182594 \cdot 10%5e%7B-2%7D , \ c_4 = 0.318099 \cdot 10%5e%7B-5%7D |
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body | c_5 = 0.742390, \, c_6 = 0.323294, \, c_7 = -1.202040 |
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where
See Also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Petroleum Engineering / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Reservoir Engineering (RE) / PVT correlations / Oil correlations
References
Al-Marhoun, Muhammad Ali. "PVT Correlations for Middle East Crude Oils." J Pet Technol 40 (1988): 650–666. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/13718-PA