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Oil correlations based on North Sea oil samples.

Saturated oil formation volume factor, Bo

bbl/stb

\displaystyle B_o(p, T) = 1.0 + 10^A, \quad A = -6.58511 + 2.91329 \, \ln B^*_{ob} - 0.27683 \, \left( \ln B^*_{ob} \right)^2

B^*_{ob} = R_s \, \left( \frac{\gamma_g}{\gamma_o} \right)^{0.526} + 0.968 \, T

Saturated oil gas solubility, Rs

scf/stb

\displaystyle R_s(p, T) = \gamma_g \cdot \big[ \gamma_{API}^{0.989} \, p^*_b \, T^{-0.172} \big]^{1.2255}, \quad p^*_b = 10^X, \quad X = 2.8869 - (14.1811 - 3.3093 \, \ln p)^{0.5}

Bubble point pressure, pbpsia

\displaystyle p_b = a \, R_s^b \,\gamma_g^c \, \gamma_o^d \, T^e

a = 5.38088 \cdot 10^{-3}, \ b = 0.715082, \ c = -1.87784 , \ d = 3.1437, \ e = 1.32657

where

LocationNorth Sea

p

psiaFluid pressure

T

°RInitial formation temperature

\gamma_{API}

°APIOil API gravity

\gamma_o

fracOil specific gravity

\gamma_g

fracGas specific gravity


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







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