PVT and phase behavior of petroleum reservior fluids

The book is based on the material developed over many years as lecture notes in courses presented to staff in gas and oil industry, and postgraduate students of petroleum engineering. It covers various aspects of the subject, hence can he ailored for different audience. The first two chapters along with selected sections from chapters 3 and 5 can serve as the subject matter of an introductory course, whereas the rest would be of more interest to practising engineers and postgraduate students. Ample examples are included to illustrate the subject, and further exercises are given in each chapter. Graphical methods and simple correlations amenable to hand calculations are still used in the industry, hence they are included in this hook. The emphasis, however, is on the more advanced compositional approaches which are attaining wider application in industry as high computational capabilities are becoming readily available.