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Petroleum reservoir fluid properties (view source)
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The ratio of density of any liquid measured at standard conditions (usually 14.7 psia and 60 °T) to the density of pure water at the same standard conditions. Denoted mathematically as γ<sub>o</sub> (where water = 1).
The ratio of density of any liquid measured at standard conditions (usually 14.7 psia and 60 °T) to the density of pure water at the same standard conditions. Denoted mathematically as γ<sub>o</sub> (where water = 1).
[[file:petroleum-reservoir-fluid-properties_fig2.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|2}}Pressure-temperature phase diagrams of gas cap and oil fluids in a reservoir that is Initially at saturated conditions.]]
===API specific gravity===
===API specific gravity===
At a given temperature, this condition occurs when an oil releases an infinitesimal bubble of gas from solution when pressure drops below the bubblepoint.
At a given temperature, this condition occurs when an oil releases an infinitesimal bubble of gas from solution when pressure drops below the bubblepoint.
===Retrograde dewpoint pressure===
===Retrograde dewpoint pressure===