Petroleum Engineering API
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Brief
Petroleum Engineering API is a set of functions which can be accessible online at www.pengtools.com.
Fluid properties, multiphase flow correlations, fracturing design and more.
PVT functions
| Property | Correlation | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bubble point | Valko - McCain | Valkó, P.P. and McCain, W.D. Jr . 2003. Reservoir oil bubblepoint pressures revisited; solution gas–oil ratios and surface gas specific gravities. J. Pet. Sci. Eng. 37 (3–4): 153-169. |
| Gas-oil ratio | Velarde | Velarde, J., Blasingame, T.A., and McCain Jr., W.D. 1997. Correlation of Black Oil Properties At Pressures Below Bubble Point Pressure - A New Approach. Presented at the Annual Technical Meeting of CIM, Calgary, Alberta, 8–11 June. PETSOC-97-93. |
| Oil compressibility | Vasquez and Beggs | Vasquez, M.; Beggs, H.D. (1980). "Correlations for Fluid Physical Properties Prediction"Free registration required. Journal of Petroleum Technology. Society of Petroleum Engineers. 32 (SPE-6719-PA). |
| Oil density | McCain | W.D. McCain, Jr, N.C. Hill: Correlations for Liquid Densities and Evolved Gas Specific Gravities for Black Oils during Pressure Depletion, SPE, 30773, 1995. |
| Oil FVF | McCain | W.D. McCain, Jr: The Properties of Petroleum Fluids, Second edition, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1990. |
| Oil viscosity | Beggs and Robinson |
Beggs, H. D.; Robinson, J. R. (September 1975). "Estimating the Viscosity of Crude Oil Systems"Free registration required. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 27(09) (SPE-5434-PA). |
| Gas oil interfacial tension | Baker and Swerdloff | Baker, O. and Swerdloff, W. 1955. Calculation of Surface Tension 3—Calculating parachor Values. Oil Gas J. (5 December 1955): 141. |
| Z factor | Dranchuk | Dranchuk, P.M. and Abou-Kassem, H. 1975. Calculation of Z Factors For Natural Gases Using Equations of State. J Can Pet Technol 14 (3): 34. PETSOC-75-03-03. |
| Gas compressibility | Standard equation | http://petrowiki.org/Isothermal_compressibility_of_gases |
| Gas FVF | Standard equation | http://petrowiki.org/Gas_formation_volume_factor_and_density |
| Gas viscosity | Lee | Lee, A.L., Gonzalez, M.H., and Eakin, B.E. 1966. The Viscosity of Natural Gases. J Pet Technol 18 (8): 997–1000. SPE-1340-PA. |
| Gas density | Standard equation | http://petrowiki.org/Gas_formation_volume_factor_and_density |
| Water salinity | McCain | McCain Jr., W.D. 1991. Reservoir-Fluid Property Correlations-State of the Art. SPE Res Eng 6 (2): 266-272. SPE-18571-PA. |
| Water Formation Volume Factor | McCain | McCain Jr., W.D. 1991. Reservoir-Fluid Property Correlations-State of the Art. SPE Res Eng 6 (2): 266-272. SPE-18571-PA. |
| Water density | McCain | McCain Jr., W.D. 1991. Reservoir-Fluid Property Correlations-State of the Art. SPE Res Eng 6 (2): 266-272. SPE-18571-PA. |
| Water compressibility | McCain | McCain Jr., W.D. 1991. Reservoir-Fluid Property Correlations-State of the Art. SPE Res Eng 6 (2): 266-272. SPE-18571-PA. |
| Water viscosity | McCain | McCain Jr., W.D. 1991. Reservoir-Fluid Property Correlations-State of the Art. SPE Res Eng 6 (2): 266-272. SPE-18571-PA. |
| Gas water interfacial tension | Baker and Swerdloff | Baker, O. and Swerdloff, W. 1955. Calculation of Surface Tension 3—Calculating parachor Values. Oil Gas J. (5 December 1955): 141. |
