providing a vibratory sensor (102);

flowing a fluid in its liquid state through the vibratory sensor (102);

measuring at least one measurement of the fluid in its liquid state with the vibratory sensor (102), wherein the at least one measurement comprises a measured density, a measured speed of sound, and a measured viscosity;

providing meter electronics (110) in communication with the vibratory sensor (102);

providing a computer system (200) of the meter electronics (110) having a processor (210) and memory (220), wherein the memory (220) comprises an inference module (204);

determining, by the inference module (204), an inferred energy content of the fluid in its gaseous state from an inferential relationship between the inferred energy content of the fluid in its gaseous state and the at least one measurement taken, by the vibratory sensor (102), of the fluid in its liquid state, wherein no measurements are taken of the fluid in its gaseous state;

wherein the inferential relationship is a sum of terms, wherein each term has one or more of one of the at least one measurement and one higher order value of one of the at least one measurement wherein each term has a coefficient that corresponds to the term, and wherein the relationship has at least five terms, the at least five terms comprising:

a shift term;

a density term comprising a product of the measured density and the coefficient that corresponds to the density term;

a speed of sound term comprising a product of the measured speed of sound and the coefficient that corresponds to the speed of sound term;

a viscosity term comprising a product of the measured viscosity and the coefficient that corresponds to the viscosity term; and

at least one of a higher order viscosity term, a higher order speed of sound term, and a higher order density term, correspondingly comprising a higher order value of the one or more measured viscosity, measured speed of sound, and measured density.