PROPERTIES OF OILFIELD BRINES - Petroleum Reservoir Fluid Property Correlations - page 137

The Spivey et al. database has been updated to include additional
data to extend the range of temperatures to 572ºF (300ºC).
Table 4-1 summarizes the data included in the updated database of
brine volumetric properties. In addition to the data used in developing
the Spivey et al. correlation equations, the database also includes data
from Ellis and Gehrig et al., as well as additional data from Hilbert for
temperatures up to 572ºF (300ºC). 2
Figure 4-1 shows the distribution of data in the brine density database
by pressure and temperature. Note that the database includes only data
points for pressures above the vapor pressure curve for pure water.

100000

10000

1000

100

10

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Temperature, °F

Adams (1931)
Gibson-Loeffler (1949)
Ellis (1966)
Millero (1970)

Hilbert (1979)
Rogers et al. (1982)
Gehrig et al. (1983)
Gates-Wood (1985)

Majer et al. (1988)
Osif (1988)
Mironenko (2001)
Vap. pres., pure water

Fig. 4-1. Distribution of data points in updated brine density database, pressure vs. temperature