Simulation of the Viscosity of Different Nigerian Crude Oil

The main objective of this paper is to propose a suitable, simple procedure to predict viscosity of Nigerian crude oil. The data correlated were for light, medium and heavy crude oil samples collected from different sites in Nigeria, with densities ranging from 0.813-0.849 g/mol for light samples 0.886- 0.886 g/mol for medium samples, 0.925-.935 g/mol for heavy samples at 15°C respectively. The Puttangunta et al model for the viscosity’s of conventional light crude oil was used for this study. The predicted viscosity’s obtained were in good agreement with the experimental values. The average absolute deviation obtained is within the range of 1-17%. This shows that the Puttagunta et al model is the most suitable for predicting effect of temperature on kinematic viscosity