Dead oil viscosity	μ_o	cp	p = 1 atm	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle \mu_{od}(T) = c_1 \, T^{c_2} \, \big[ \log_{10}(\gamma_{API}) \big]^X\end{array}$ , $\begin{array}{l}X = c_3 \, \log_{10}(T) + c_4\end{array}$ $\begin{array}{l}c_1 =3.141 \cdot 10^{10}, \ c_2 = - 3.444, \ c_3 = 10.313, \ c_4 = -36.447\end{array}$

where

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

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