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 |
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