Prediction of bubblepoint pressure and bubblepoint oil formation volume factor in the absence of PVT analysis

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 217-225

  Elmabrouk, S ^a   Zekri, A ^b   Shirif, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GASOLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPARATORS;

BUBBLE POINT PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; INPUT VARIABLES; MEASURED FIELD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW CORRELATIONS; OIL FORMATION VOLUME FACTORS; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 79953003588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137368-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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