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Relative permeability

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-003097

The ratio of the effective permeability of a fluid (oil, gas, or water) to the absolute permeability of the rock to a single fluid. It indicates the ability of a porous medium to conduct one fluid when other immiscible fluids are also present. Relative permeability is a dimensionless quantity, ranging from zero to one.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-003097
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeology
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-003097",
  "term": "Relative permeability",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "The ratio of the effective permeability of a fluid (oil, gas, or water) to the absolute permeability of the rock to a single fluid. It indicates the ability of a porous medium to conduct one fluid when other immiscible fluids are also present. Relative permeability is a dimensionless quantity, ranging from zero to one.",
  "subject": "Geology",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/relative-permeability/"
}

Record 3,322 of 4,499 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.