Undersaturated oil viscosity correlation for adverse conditions

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 4161-4180

  Bergman, D F ^a   Sutton, R P ^b  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VISCOSITY; DEEP WATER; VISCOSITY CORRELATION; VISCOSITY PRESSURE;

CORRELATION METHODS; PIPELINES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRODUCTIVITY; TUBING; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33750986194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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