An important task that the Reservoir Engineers carries out is Fluid Characterization or PVT (Pressure-Volume-Temperature) Analysis. The objective is to define the hydrocarbon fluid system present in a given reservoir and model it a computer program. A number of experiments are conducted on carefully collected fluid samples and a mathematical equation is calibrated to represent them. The equations known as "Equation of State" (EOS), are then used to predict the behavior of the fluid in different reservoir and surface pressure-temperature conditions.
Some of the PVT Experiments:
- Composition Analysis
- Constant Composition Expansion (CCE) Test / Flash Liberation Test
- Constant Pressure Test / Differential Liberation (DL) Test
- Separator Test
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