A simple relation between solubility parameters and densities for live reservoir fluids

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2964-2969

  Zuo, Julian Y ^a   Mullins, Oliver C ^b   Freed, Denise ^b   Zhang, Dan ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (Canada)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE; AVERAGE ABSOLUTE DEVIATION; AVERAGE DEVIATION; BLACK OIL; DATA POINTS; ELEVATED PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; GAS-TO-OIL RATIO; HEAVY OIL; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; LIVE OIL; PENG-ROBINSON EQUATION OF STATE; PRESSURE RANGES; PURE HYDROCARBONS; RESERVOIR FLUID; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; VOLATILE OIL;

EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLUIDS; GAS CONDENSATES; SOLUBILITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 77956505644     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je100155d     Document Type: Article

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