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A property characterising agility of the multi-phase fluid  under pressure gradient with account of relative permeability and dynamic fluid viscosity:

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M_{r}(s) = \frac{M}{k_{air}} = \sum_\alpha M_{r \alpha}(s)

where 

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total fluid mobility

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bodyM_{r, \alpha}

relative phase mobility of

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-phase

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bodyk_{air}

absolute permeability to air

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reservoir saturation

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body\{ s_w, \, s_o, \, s_g \}


In most practical case of a 3-phase fluid model this will be:

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M_{r}(s) = M_{r o}(s) + M_{r g}(s) + M_{r g}(s)




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body\displaystyle M_{ro} = \frac{k_{ro}}{\mu_o}

relative oil mobility

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body\displaystyle M_{rg} = \frac{k_{rg}}{\mu_g}

relative gas mobility

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body\displaystyle M_{rw} = \frac{k_{rw}}{\mu_w}

relative water mobility


See also


Physics /  Fluid Dynamics / Percolation

Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Reservoir Flow Simulation

Field Study & Modelling ] [ Phase mobilities ] 

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