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Dead oil viscosity

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body	--uriencoded--\displaystyle \mu_%7Bod%7D(T) = 10%5eX - 1

,

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body	--uriencoded--X = 10%5eZ \, T%5e%7Bc_3%7D

,

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body	--uriencoded--Z = c_1 +c_2 \, \gamma_%7BAPI%7D

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body	c_1 = 3.0324, \ c_2 = - 0.02023, \ c_3 = -1.163

where

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body	T

Fluid temperature

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body	\gamma_o

Oil specific gravity

See Also

Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Petroleum Engineering / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Reservoir Engineering (RE) / PVT correlations / Oil correlations

[ Beggs-Robinson (1975) oil viscosity correlations ]

References

Beggs, H.D., and J.R. Robinson. "Estimating the Viscosity of Crude Oil Systems." J Pet Technol 27 (1975): 1140–1141. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/5434-PA