PVT Correlations for Malaysian Oils

When no lab data is available, fluid property correlations are used to generate PVT inputs for engineering studies.

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The issue is, PVT correlations are region-specific, and generic fluid properties simply don’t fit the bill.

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Here’s a fantastic study by veteran RE Larry Wilcox on Malaysian oils using non-linear regression, non-parametric regression, and NNM (neural network modelling).

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The study extended PVT data prediction to estimate oil composition, generate synthetic PVT experiments, create a matched synthetic EOS model, and use this model to replicate a real laboratory PVT study.

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The match was within 3%!