The difference between phase pressures due to difference in fluids interaction with rock matrix:
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Capillary pressure is a function of saturation, permeability and wettability.
One of the strong assumptions in reservoir fluid dynamic modelling is that 3-phase capillary pressure is a function of one saturation only:
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See also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Petrophysics