Preface Acknowledgments 1 Fundamentals of Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior Single-Component Systems Two-Component Systems Three-Component Systems Multicomponent Systems Classification of Reservoirs and Reservoir Fluids Phase Rule Problems References 2 Characterizing Hydrocarbon-Plus Fractions Generalized Correlations PNA Determination Graphical Correlations Splitting and Lumping Schemes Problems References 3 Natural Gas Properties Behavior of Ideal Gases Behavior of Real Gases Problems References 4 PVT Properties of Crude Oils Crude Oil Gravity Specific Gravity of the Solution Gas Crude Oil Density Gas Solubility Bubble-Point Pressure Oil Formation Volume Factor Isothermal Compressibility Coefficient of Crude Oil Undersaturated Oil Properties Total-Formation Volume Factor Crude Oil Viscosity Surface/Interfacial Tension PVT Correlations for Gulf of Mexico Oil Properties of Reservoir Water Laboratory Analysis of Reservoir Fluids Problems References 5 Equations of State and Phase Equilibria Equilibrium Ratios Flash Calculations Equilibrium Ratios for Real Solutions Equilibrium Ratios for the Plus Fractions Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Calculations Equations of State Equation-of-State Applications Simulation of Laboratory PVT Data by Equations of State Tuning EOS Parameters Original Fluid Composition from a Sample Contaminated with Oil-Based Mud Problems References 6 Flow Assurance Hydrocarbon Solids: Assessment of Risk Phase Behavior of Asphaltenes Asphaltene Deposit Envelope Modeling the Asphaltene Deposit Phase Behavior of Waxes Modeling Wax Deposit Prediction of Wax Appearance Temperature Gas Hydrates Problems References Appendix Index.