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Saturated oil formation volume factor


Bobbl/stbp ≤ pb

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

F =R_s^a(p, T) \, \gamma_g^b \, \gamma_o^c

a = 0.742390, \, b = 0.323294, \, c = -1.202040

where

p

psiaFluid pressure

T

°FInitial 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

[ Marhoun (1980) 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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