New empirical viscosity correlations for estimating dead oil, saturated oil and undersaturated oil viscosities have been developed as a function of commonly available field data.

Results show that these viscosities can be predicted with average absolute errors ranging from 2.91% for undersaturated oil viscosity to 14.47% for saturated oil viscosity.

Keywords:
correlation, viscosity, crude oil, undersaturated oil viscosity, accuracy, oil viscosity, viscosity correlation, experimental dead oil viscosity, gulf, standard deviation
Subjects:
Fluid Characterization, Phase behavior and PVT measurements
Copyright 1995, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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