Dead oil viscosity	μ_od	cp	p = 1 atm	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle \mu_{od}(T) =c_1 \cdot T^{c_2} \cdot \big[ \log_{10}(\gamma_{API}) \big]^X\end{array}$ , $\begin{array}{l}X = c_3 \cdot \log_{10} (T) + c_4\end{array}$ $\begin{array}{l}c_1 = 2.3511 \cdot 10^7, \ c_2 = -2.10255 \ c_3 = 4.59388, \ c_4 = - 22.82792\end{array}$

where

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

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