"Developed in conjunction with several oil companies using experimental data for real reservoir fluids, Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids introduces industry standard methods for modeling the phase behavior of petroleum reservoir fluids at different stages in the process. Keeping mathematics to a minimum, this book discusses sampling, characterization, compositional analyses, and equations of state used to simulate various pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) properties of reservoir fluids. Updated throughout, this third edition: reflects advances in the field including shale gas, updates cubic and non-cubic equations and between classical and non-classical mixing rules, experimental techniques for modeling of asphaltene precipitation, and water formation and hydrate inhibitors, and provides practical knowledge essential for achieving optimal design and cost-effective operations in a petroleum processing plant. The book offers engineers working in the energy sector a solid understanding of the phase behavior of the various fluids present in a petroleum reservoir"--