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Saturated oil viscosity

μocpdead

\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

T

°FFluid temperature

\gamma_{API}

°APIOil API gravity

\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

References


Bergman, David F., and Robert P. Sutton. "An Update to Viscosity Correlations for Gas-Saturated Crude Oils." Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California, U.S.A., November 2007. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/110195-MS








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