Danesh A. PVT and Phase Behaviour of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids

Elsevier Science, 1998, 388 pages, ISBN: 0444821961
Developments in Petroleum Science, vol.47This book explains relevant fundamentals and presents practical methods of determining required properties for engineering applications by judicious review of established practices and recent advances. The book is based on the material developed over many years as lecture notes in courses presented to staff in gas and oil industry, and postgraduate students of petroleum engineering. It covers various aspects of the subject, hence can be tailored for different audience.The first two chapters along with selected sections from chapters 3 and 5 can serve as the subject matter of an introductory course.
Examples are included to illustrate the subject, and further exercises are given in each chapter.
Graphical methods and simple correlations amenable to hand calculations are still used in the industry, hence they are included in this book. The emphasis, however, is on the more advanced compositional approaches which are attaining wider application in industry as high computational capabilities are becoming readily available.Nomenclature
Phase Behaviour Fundamentals
PVT Tests and Correlations
Phase Equilibria
Equations of State
Phase Behaviour Calculations
Fluid Characterisation
Gas Injection
Interfacial Tension
Application in Reservoir Simulation
Appendices
Tables
Critical Property Correlations in Field Units
Equation of State Expressions
Equilibrium Ratios