Dead oil viscosity	μ_o	cp	p > p_b	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle \mu_{od}(p, T) = \left( c_1 + c_2 \, \gamma_{API}^{c_3} \right) \left( \frac{c_4}{T+c_5} \right)^a\end{array}$ $\begin{array}{l}\log_{10} a = c_6 + \frac{c_7}{\gamma_{API}}\end{array}$ $\begin{array}{l}c_1 = 0.32, \ c_2 = 1.8 \cdot 10^7, \ c_3 = - 4.53, \ c_4 =360, \ c_5 = -260, \ c_6 = 0.43, \ c_7 = 8.33\end{array}$

where

$\begin{array}{l}T\end{array}$	°F	Fluid temperature
$\begin{array}{l}\gamma_{API}\end{array}$	°API	Oil API gravity

Page tree

See Also