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Saturated oil viscosity

μocpp ≤ pb

\displaystyle \mu_{ob}(R_s) = A \cdot \left( \mu_{od} \right)^BA = c_1 \cdot (R_s + c_2)^{c_3}, B = c_4 \cdot (R_s + c_5)^{c_6}

c_1 = 10.715, \ c_2 = 100, \ c_3 = -0.515, \ c_4 = 5.44, \ c_5 = 150 , \ c_6 = -0.338

where

\mu_{od}

cpDead oil viscosity

R_s

Solution Gas Oil Ratio

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






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