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Dead oil viscosity

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\displaystyle \mu_{od}(T) = \left( c_1 + c_2 \, \gamma_{API}^{c_3} \right) \left( \frac{c_4}{T+c_5} \right)^X
\log_{10} X = c_6 + \frac{c_7}{\gamma_{API}}
c_1 = 0.32, \ c_2 = 1.8 \cdot 10^7, \ c_3 = - 4.53, \ c_4 =360, \ c_5 = -260, \ c_6 = 0.43, \ c_7 = 8.33

where

T

°RFluid temperature

\gamma_{API}

°APIOil API gravity

See Also


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

Beal (1946) oil viscosity correlations ]

References


Beal, C., 1946. The viscosity of air, water, natural gas, crude oils and its associated gases at oil field temperatures and pressures. Trans. AIME 165, 94–112

Standing, Marshall Burton. Volumetric and phase behavior of oil field hydrocarbon systems. Society of petroleum engineers of AIME, 1981








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