Relative permeability

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 Relative Permeability

Relative Permeability is the ratio of the effective permeability

of a fluid at a given saturation to some base permeability.
• Base permeability is typically defined as
• absolute permeability, k
• air permeability, kair
 Relative Permeability
 
= Unit: d or md

 
• Oil Kr=

 
• Water Kr=

 
• Gas Kr=
Factors Affecting Relative Permeabilities

• Wettability
• Fluid saturations
• Geometry of the pore spaces and pore size
distribution
• Fluid saturation history (i.e., imbibition or
drainage)
Effect of Wettability
Characteristics of Relative Permeability
Functions

• Relative permeability is unique for different

rocks and fluids
• Relative permeability affects the flow
characteristics of reservoir fluids.
• Relative permeability affects the recovery
efficiency of oil and/or gas.
Applications of Relative Permeability
Functions

• Reservoir simulation
• Flow calculations that involve multi-phase
flow in reservoirs
• Estimation of residual oil (and/or gas)
saturation
Reference

• https://www.slideshare.net/mohsennameni/relative-permeability-presentation
• http://www.ux.uis.no/~
s-skj/ResTek1-v03/Notater/Tamu.Lecture.Notes/Relative.Perm/Lecture_26.ppt
• http://
www.fekete.com/SAN/WebHelp/FeketeHarmony/Harmony_WebHelp/Content/HTML_Files/Refer
ence_Material/General_Concepts/Relative_Permeability.htm