Chart Oil correlations based on USA samples.
The corresponding regression equations are found in Standing (1981).
μod | cp | p > pb |
\displaystyle \mu_{od}(T) = \left( c_1 + c_2 \, \gamma_{API}^{c_3} \right) \left( \frac{c_4}{T+c_5} \right)^X 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 | |
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μo | cp | p > pb | \displaystyle \mu_o(p) = \mu_{ob} + c_1 \, (p-p_b) \, \big [ c_2 \, \mu_{ob}^{c_3} + c_4 \, \mu_{ob}^{c_5} \big ] c_1 = 0.001, \ c_2 = 0.024, \ c_3 = 1.6, \ c_4 = 0.038, \ c_5 = 0.56 |
where
Location | California/ Mid-Continent | |
\mu_{ob} | cp | oil viscosity at bubble point pressure pb |
T | °F | Fluid temperature |
p | psia | Fluid pressure |
p_b | psia | Bubble point pressure |
\gamma_{API} | °API | Oil API gravity |
See Also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Petroleum Engineering / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Reservoir Engineering (RE) / PVT correlations / Oil correlations