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Undersaturated oil viscosity

μocpp > pb

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body--uriencoded--\displaystyle \mu_o(p, T) = \mu_%7Bob%7D \cdot \left( \frac%7Bp%7D%7Bp_b%7D \right)%5em
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body--uriencoded--m=c_1 \cdot p%5e%7Bc_2%7D \cdot 10%5ea
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bodya = c_3 \cdot p +c_4+ c_1 \, (p-p_b) \, \big [ c_2 \, \mu_%7Bob%7D%5e%7Bc_3%7D + c_4 \, \mu_%7Bob%7D%5e%7Bc_5%7D \big ]

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body--uriencoded--c_1 = 20.6001, \ c_2 = 10.187024, \ c_3 = -3.9 \cdot 10%5e%7B-5%7D1.6, \ c_4 = -50.038, \ c_5 = 0.56

where

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body--uriencoded--\mu_%7Bob%7D

cpoil viscosity at bubble point pressure pb

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bodyp

psiaFluid pressure

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bodyp_b

psiaBubble point pressure

See Also

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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Petroleum Engineering / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Reservoir Engineering (RE) / PVT correlations / Oil correlations

[Vasquez-Beggs (1980 Beal (1946) oil correlations ]

References

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VasquezBeal, MC., and H.D. Beggs. "Correlations for Fluid Physical Property Prediction." J Pet Technol 32 (1980): 968–970, doi.org/10.2118/6719-PA1946. The viscosity of air, water, natural gas, crude oils and its associated gases at oil field temperatures and pressures. Trans. AIME 165, 94–112

Standing, Marshall Burton. Volumetric and phase behavior of oil field hydrocarbon systems. Society of petroleum engineers of AIME, 1981