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TABLE 9.6 Dead Oil Viscosity Results From Different Correlations for the
Oil of Problem 2
Correlation Dead Oil Viscosity (cp) Error (%)
Laboratory 1.6 0
Beal (1946) 4.3 164
Beggs and Robinson (1975) 13.3 714
De Ghetto et al. (1995) 6.8 317
Ng and Egbogah (1983) 0.6 2 64
Elsharkawy and Alikhan (1999) 3.5 115
Kartoatmodjo and Schmidt (1991) 4.3 163
Labedi (1992) 2.9 75

FIGURE 9.14 Selection of oil viscosity at the bubble point pressure correlation from inputs for
the oil of Problem 2.