Saturated oil formation volume factor Bo | bbl/stb | \displaystyle B_o(p, T) = 0.497069 + 0.862963 \cdot 10^{-3} \, T + 0.182594 \cdot 10^{-2} \, F + 0.318099 \cdot 10^{-5} \, F^2, \quad F =R_s^a \, \gamma_g^b \, \gamma_o^c a = 0.742390, \, b = 0.323294, \, c = -1.202040 |
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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 |
See Also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Petroleum Engineering / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Reservoir Engineering (RE) / PVT correlations / Oil correlations
[ Marhoun (1980) oil correlations ]