Existing correlations for predicting solution gas oil ratio, Rs, and oil formation volume factor, Bo, gave standard deviations as high as 50 and 12 percent, respectively, for Nigerian crudes. New correlations developed using 503 Pressure-Volume-Temperature (PVT) data points from 100 Nigerian crude oil reservoirs of the Niger Delta Basin are presented. The correlations for Rs and Bo predict values from different reservoirs within 6 and 2 percent standard deviations, respectively, and will apply to crudes of specific gravity range 0.811 to 0.966. These correlations are applicable to other crudes with characteristics similar to those of Nigerian crudes.
Development of new models for predicting crude oil bubble point pressure, oil formation volume factor, and solution gas-oil ratio using genetic algorithm