A correlation approach for prediction of crude oil viscosities

Here, based on Iranian oil reservoirs data; new correlations have been developed for prediction of dead, saturated and under-saturated oil viscosities. These correlations have been derived using so many oil viscosity data. Validity and accuracy of these correlations have been confirmed by comparing the obtained results of these correlations and other ones with experimental data for so many Iranian oil samples. In contrast to other correlations which need so many specific parameters for oil viscosity prediction, this type of correlations need only some field data which always are available. Checking the results of these correlations shows that the obtained results of Iranian oil viscosities in this work are in agreement with experimental data compared with other correlations.