Behaviour Fundamentals -- PVT Tests and Correlations -- Phase Equilibria -- Equations of State -- Phase Behaviour Calculations -- Fluid Characterisation -- Gas Injection -- Interfacial Tension -- Application in Reservoir Simulation.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- NOMENCLATURE -- CHAPTER 1. PHASE BEHAVIOUR FUNDAMENTALS -- 1.1 RESERVOIR FLUID COMPOSITION -- 1.2 PHASE BEHAVIOUR -- 1.3 CLASSIFICATION OF RESERVOIR FLUIDS -- 1.4 REFERENCES -- 1.5 EXERCISES -- CHAPTER 2. PVT TESTS AND CORRELATIONS -- 2.1 FLUID SAMPLING -- 2.2 PVT TESTS -- 2.3 EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS -- 2.4 REFERENCES -- 2.5 EXERCISES -- CHAPTER 3. PHASE EQUILIBRIA -- 3.1 CRITERIA FOR EQUILIBRIUM -- 3.2 EQUILIBRIUM RATIO -- 3.3 REFERENCES -- 3.4 EXERCISES -- CHAPTER 4. EQUATIONS OF STATE -- 4.1 VIRIAL EOS AND ITS MODIFICATIONS -- 4.2 CUBIC EQUATIONS OF STATE -- 4.3 MIXING RULES -- 4.4 REFERENCES -- 4.5 EXERCISES -- CHAPTER 5. PHASE BEHAVIOUR CALCULATIONS -- 5.1 VAPOUR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATIONS -- 5.2 STABILITY ANALYSIS -- 5.3 CRITICAL POINT CALCULATIONS -- 5.4 COMPOSITIONAL GRADING -- 5.5 REFERENCES -- 5.6 EXERCISES -- CHAPTER 6. FLUID CHARACTERISATION -- 6.1 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS -- 6.2 CRITICAL PROPERTIES -- 6.3 DESCRIPTION OF FLUID HEAVY END -- 6.4 REFERENCES -- 6.5 EXERCISES -- CHAPTER 7. GAS INJECTION -- 7.1 MISCIBILITY CONCEPTS -- 7.2 EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES -- 7.3 PREDICTION OF MISCIBILITY CONDITIONS -- 7.4 REFERENCES -- 7.5 EXERCISES -- CHAPTER 8. INTERFACIAL TENSION -- 8.1 MEASUREMENT METHODS -- 8.2 PREDICTION OF INTERFACIAL TENSION -- 8.3 WATER-HYDROCARBON INTERFACIAL TENSION -- 8.4 REFERENCES -- 8.5 EXERCISES -- CHAPTER 9. APPLICATION IN RESERVOIR SIMULATION -- 9.1 GROUPING -- 9.2 COMPARISON OF EOS -- 9.3 TUNING OF EOS -- 9.4 DYNAMIC VALIDATION OF MODEL -- 9.5 EVALUATION OF RESERVOIR FLUID SAMPLES -- 9.6 REFERENCES -- 9.7. EXERCISES -- APPENDICES -- INDEX -- Last Page.