o Fundamentals
       o   Phase behavior of pure compounds and mixtures
       o  Acentric factor, and Compressibility Factor (Z)
       o  Phase Envelope; classification of reservoir fluids
       o  Role of water, factors that affect water production
o Fluid Sampling
       o  Role of PVT tests and reports
       o  Well stabilization and optimum production rate for oil and gas condensate reservoirs; multi-phase and/or separator sampling; oil based mud filtrate contamination evaluation and removal.
     o  Examples

o Compositional analysis
o Basic PVT tests for a dry gas
o Tests for a wet gas
    o   Separator tests
    o   Determining molecular weight of the liquid hydrocarbon
o PVT tests for an oil
    o  CCE Test and Bubble Point Measurement
    o   DL Test and Reservoir Simulation
    o   Separator tests, Oil Properties, GOR, etc.
    o   Viscosity and Density Measurements
o PVT tests for a gas condensate
    o   Compositional, CCE and CVD
    o   Liquid Drop-Out
o PVT tests for a volatile oil
    o   CCE, DL and CVD
o PVT Tests for Heavy Oil

o PVT Correlations, PVT Reports-Quality Checks
o Phase Equilibria
     o   Criteria For Equilibrium
          o   Chemical Potential, Fugacity and Activity
o Equilibrium Ratio
    o  Raoult’s Law, Henry’s Law, Empirical Correlations
o Equations of State
o Ideal Gas Law
o Cubic Equations of State
     o   Two-parameter EOS
     o   Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK) EOS 
     o   Peng-Robinson (PR) EOS                                                              o   Volume Shift
     o   Three-parameter EOS 
     o    Attraction Term Temperature Dependency 
o Mixing Rules

o Phase Behavior Calculations
    o   Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Calculations
o Fluid Characterization
o Experimental Methods
    o Distillation, Gas Chromatography
o Critical Properties
    o   Lee-Kesler and Riazi-Daubert Correlations
o Description of Fluid Heavy End
    o   Single Carbon Number Function
    o   Continuous Description
o Distribution by Gamma Probability Function
o Gas Injection
    o   Miscibility Concepts
        o   Ternary Diagram
        o   Miscibility in Real Reservoir Fluids 
o Experimental Studies
o Slim Tube and Rising Bubble Apparatus
     o   Contact Experiments
o Prediction of Miscibility Conditions
     o   First Contact Miscibility
     o   Vaporizing Gas Drive
     o   Condensing-Vaporizing Gas Drive

o Interfacial Tension
     o   Measurement Methods
o Prediction of Interfacial Tension
o Water-Hydrocarbon Interfacial Tension
o Application in Reservoir Simulation
     o Grouping
o Comparison of EOS
o Tuning of EOS
o Methodology
o Case Studies
     o    EOS Calibration for an Oil Sample
     o    EOS Calibration for a Gas Condensate Sample
     o   Creating Black Oil Tables for Reservoir Simulation