Predicting the bubble-point pressure and formation-volume-factor of worldwide crude oil systems

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 53-79

  Gharbi, Ridha ^a   Elsharkawy, Adel M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Neural networks; Phase behavior; Pressure volume temperature; PVT data

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OIL FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

BUBBLE-POINT PRESSURE; FORMATION-VOLUME-FACTOR; GAS RELATIVE DENSITY; OIL SPECIFIC GRAVITY; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0037217954     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-120016921     Document Type: Article

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