diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/InitConfig/FoamConfig.hpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/InitConfig/FoamConfig.hpp
index 7758f824e..7e59ba071 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/InitConfig/FoamConfig.hpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/InitConfig/FoamConfig.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef OPM_FOAMCONFIG_HPP
 #define OPM_FOAMCONFIG_HPP
 
+#include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Runspec.hpp>
+
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -63,13 +65,23 @@ private:
 class FoamConfig
 {
 public:
+    enum class MobilityModel {
+      INVALID,
+      TAB
+    };
+
     FoamConfig() = default;
     explicit FoamConfig(const Deck&);
-    FoamConfig(const std::vector<FoamData>& data);
+    FoamConfig(const std::vector<FoamData>& data,
+               Phase transport_phase,
+               MobilityModel mobility_model);
 
     const FoamData& getRecord(std::size_t index) const;
     const std::vector<FoamData>& records() const;
 
+    Opm::Phase getTransportPhase() const;
+    MobilityModel getMobilityModel() const;
+
     std::size_t size() const;
     bool empty() const;
 
@@ -81,6 +93,8 @@ public:
 
 private:
     std::vector<FoamData> data_;
+    Phase transport_phase_ = Phase::GAS;
+    MobilityModel mobility_model_ = MobilityModel::INVALID;
 };
 
 } // end namespace Opm
diff --git a/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/InitConfig/FoamConfig.cpp b/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/InitConfig/FoamConfig.cpp
index 64748e705..15ded8df1 100644
--- a/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/InitConfig/FoamConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/InitConfig/FoamConfig.cpp
@@ -131,11 +131,9 @@ FoamConfig::FoamConfig(const Deck& deck)
         // setup for foam at this point, so we detect and deal with it here even though we
         // do not store any data related to it.
         const auto& kw_foamopts = deck.getKeyword<ParserKeywords::FOAMOPTS>();
-        if (kw_foamopts.getRecord(0).getItem(0).get<std::string>(0) != "GAS") {
-            throw std::runtime_error("In FOAMOPTS, only the GAS transport phase is supported.");
-        }
-        if (kw_foamopts.getRecord(0).getItem(1).get<std::string>(0) != "TAB") {
-            throw std::runtime_error("In FOAMOPTS, only the TAB gas mobility reduction model is supported.");
+        transport_phase_ = get_phase(kw_foamopts.getRecord(0).getItem(0).get<std::string>(0));
+        if (kw_foamopts.getRecord(0).getItem(1).get<std::string>(0) == "TAB") {
+            mobility_model_ = MobilityModel::TAB;
         }
     }
     if (deck.hasKeyword<ParserKeywords::FOAMFSC>()) {
@@ -161,8 +159,12 @@ FoamConfig::FoamConfig(const Deck& deck)
     }
 }
 
-FoamConfig::FoamConfig(const std::vector<FoamData>& data)
+FoamConfig::FoamConfig(const std::vector<FoamData>& data,
+                       Phase transport_phase,
+                       MobilityModel mobility_model)
     : data_(data)
+    , transport_phase_(transport_phase)
+    , mobility_model_(mobility_model)
 {
 }
 
@@ -202,10 +204,24 @@ FoamConfig::end() const
     return this->data_.end();
 }
 
+Phase
+FoamConfig::getTransportPhase() const
+{
+    return this->transport_phase_;
+}
+
+FoamConfig::MobilityModel
+FoamConfig::getMobilityModel() const
+{
+    return this->mobility_model_;
+}
+
 bool
 FoamConfig::operator==(const FoamConfig& data) const
 {
-    return data_ == data.data_;
+    return transport_phase_ == data.transport_phase_ &&
+           mobility_model_ == data.mobility_model_ &&
+           data_ == data.data_;
 }
 
 } // namespace Opm