Simulated test and analysis of pipeline transportation of heavy oil in Xinzhuang oilfield

Simulated test data of heavy oil viscosity under operation conditions of gathering pipeline in Xinzhuang oilfield are analyzed. Relation curves and relational expressions of actual operational viscosity vs. temperature and water content for heavy oil under different operational conditions in Xinzhuang oilfield are established by using the basic theory of pipeline transportation of oil and mathematical regression methods. Optimum operational parameters are also determined