Oil formation volume factor, Bo(p) | bbl/stb |
c_o(p) = \exp X(p), \quad X(p) = с_1 + с_2 \, \ln p + c_3 \, \ln p_b + c_4 \, \ln T
+ c_5 \, \ln \gamma_{API} + c_6 \,\ln Rsb |
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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 |
R_{sb} | scf/stb | Gas Solubility at Bubble point pressure |
p_b | psia | Bubble point pressure |
See Also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Petroleum Engineering / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Reservoir Engineering (RE) / PVT correlations / Oil correlations