k_{row}(s_w) \bigg|_{ s_g =s_{gc}} = k_{rcow} \,  \bigg[  \frac{ 1 - s_w - s_{orw}   }{ 1- s_{wi} - s_{orw}  } \bigg]^{n_{ow}}

where

current water saturation

current oil saturation,

initial water saturation

critical water saturation to oil displacement, below which water is immobile

residual oil saturation to water displacement, below which oil is immobile

oil relative permeability curvature to water displacement

water relative permeability curvature to oil displacement


Initial water saturation  maybe equal to critical  or less than critical  like for example for some petroleogenetic rocks


Fig. 1. Typical Oil-Water relative permeabilities


See also


Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Petrophysics

Permeability ] [ Absolute permeability ] [Relative permeability @model ]