Correlations for predicting solution gas/oil ratio, oil formation volume factor, and undersaturated oil compressibility

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 291-302

  Elsharkawy, Adel M ^a   Alikhan, Abbas A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Experimental data; Multiple regression; PVT correlations; Reservoir fluid behavior

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENHANCED RECOVERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BUBBLEPOINT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OIL COMPRESSIBILITY; OIL FORMATION VOLUME FACTOR; RESERVOIR FLUID BEHAVIOR;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

COMPRESSIBLE FLUID; CRUDE OIL; OILS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; FLUID BEHAVIOUR; OIL FORMATION VOLUME FACTOR; PVT ANALYSIS; SOLUTION GAS/OIL RATIO;

EID: 0031147824     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(96)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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