... Abstract Heavy crude oils and diluted Bitumen ( DilBit ) continue to be a challenge to dehydrate and desalt for the Oil & Gas Industry. These challenges include reduced crude oil / formation water density difference, higher crude oil viscosity and often smaller water droplets due...

... measurement becomes progressively less accurate and more difficult to obtain. According to the literature survey, most published correlations that are used to predict density and viscosity of heavy crude oil are limited to certain temperatures, API values, and viscosity ranges. The objective of present work...