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A property characterising agility of the  fluid 

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-phase under pressure gradient with account of reservoir permeability and dynamic fluid viscosity:

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\left<\frac{k_\alpha}{\mu_\alpha} \right>  = k_{air} \left<\frac{k_{r \alpha}}{\mu_\alpha} \right>

where 

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body\displaystyle k_\alpha

formation permeability to fluid 

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body\alpha
-phase

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body\displaystyle \mu_\alpha

dynamic viscosity of fluid

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-phase

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body\displaystyle k_{air}

absolute permeability to air

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body\displaystyle k_{r\alpha}

relative formation permeabilityto fluid 

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body\alpha
-phase

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body\displaystyle \left<\frac{k_{r \alpha}}{\mu_\alpha} \right>


relative phase mobility


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

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body\displaystyle \left<\frac{k_o}{\mu_o} \right>


Oil Mobility

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body\displaystyle \left<\frac{k_g}{\mu_g} \right>


mobility to gas

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body\displaystyle \left<\frac{k_w}{\mu_w} \right>


mobility to water