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FIGURE 2.5 Phase diagram for an oil fluid.
FIGURE 2.6 Initial production GOR versus C7 1 mole % for oil fluids. GOR, gas oil ratio.
values of producing GOR). For producing GOR less than 200 scf/STB, gas
is usually flared for economic reasons in many oil field operations.
Investigating the bubblepoint pressure plot shows that at these high values of
C7 1 mole %, the bubblepoint is usually low. The bubblepoint is sometimes