RES 436
Advanced Waterflooding: Design, Surveillance and Optimization
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RES 436 | 26 - 30 Oct 2026 | Online | 2000 |
| RES 436 | 7 - 11 Dec 2026 | Online | 2000 |
| RES 436 | 5 - 9 Oct 2026 | London | 2700 |
| RES 436 | 4 - 8 Nov 2026 | Muscat | 2700 |
| RES 436 | 22 - 26 Feb 2027 | Online | 2000 |
| RES 436 | 4 - 8 Oct 2027 | Online | 2000 |
| RES 436 | 3 - 7 May 2027 | Cairo | 2700 |
| RES 436 | 1 - 5 Nov 2027 | Dubai | 2700 |
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course provides a complete review of all aspects of waterflood schemes being the most proven, lowest cost, and applicable to various types of reservoirs to EOR. The various steps of waterflood implementation include cursory screening of candidate fields, scheme planning, project design (including pilot design), and the estimation of the expected incremental oil recovery and production performance, using the most common analytical and numerical methods in the industry, including the stiles and Dykstra- Parsons.
The different techniques used for surveillance and performance monitoring of waterflood projects to optimize oil recovery, will be discussed, including the Hall Plot, VVR calculations, pattern balancing and re-alignment, volumetric sweep efficiency, production logging, injectivity problems and solutions, and conformance improvements. Numerous interesting case studies will be reviewed to illustrate the performance monitoring and optimization of waterflood projects from different parts of the world. Add-on schemes to improve oil recovery including polymer and gas injection will be discussed. Class problems and group exercise will be offered to the course attendees to emphasize the technical concepts taught. A detailed course hand-out in full colors; which is an excellent reference, will be provided.
COURSE OUTLINE
5 days
Day 1: Introduction to Reservoir Characterization, Waterflooding and E.O.R
- Potential incremental reserves
- Introduction of Roadmap of Water Flooding in EOR
- Statistics of waterflood and EOR schemes
- How various EOR schemes affect oil recovery.
- A review of the factors that can affect waterflood performance from worldwide projects.
- Selective criteria to choose suitable candidate fields for EOR application.
- Impact of reservoir facies and heterogeneity on waterflood performance of the West Eagle Unit (case study)
- Determine field suitability for waterflood from rock and fluid properties (case study of Ekofisk Field)
- Use of pressure data to characterize aquifer strength, vertical and areal reservoir communication.
Day 2: Reservoir Drive Mechanisms & Reserves determination
- Volumetric, material balance, and probabilistic methods (class problem)
- OOIP estimate using “Material Balance Techniques.”
- Introduction to Saturation Function Upscaling
- Use Reservoir Limit Testing (RLT) to estimate OOIP
Day 3: Design and Planning of Waterflood Schemes
- Review and screening of EOR schemes
- Important Notes in Pilot Water Flooding Simulation
- Timing start of waterflood projects
- Water injection requirement and control methods of injection volumes
- Pattern vs peripheral injection
- Power wave technology to improve water injectivity.
- Water injection optimization in South Pierson Unit (case study)
- Waterflood displacement mechanism (Frontal Advance Theory, by Buckley Leverett) – class problem
- Scheme planning and design; including pilot design (case study)
- Application of Multi-stage frac Horizontal Wells (MFHW) in waterflooding of tight formations (case study)
- Factors that impact oil recovery
- Prediction of recovery efficiency, using Dykstra and Parsons, Stiles, and other empirical techniques (class problems)
- Add-on schemes including polymer and gas injection (case study)
- Illustration of “friendly user” reservoir modeling/simulation to predict performance of waterflood projects.
Day 4: Performance Monitoring of Waterflood Schemes
- Monitoring of reservoir pressure and different well testing techniques
- Important Notes in Tracer Practice, Simulation and Applications
- Voidage Replacement Calculations (VRR) and pattern balancing
- Bubble maps and various production/injection performance diagnostic graphs
- Use of PLT tools and tracer surveys (case studies)
- The use of conformance plots, including: WOR vs cumulative production
- Group Exercise: Evaluate performance of the Ferrier Cardium Unit #3 to identify operational problems and prepare recommendations
- Injection pattern re-alignment at Means San Andrews Unit (case study)
- Understand water chemistry to identify potential scale problems and benefits of water compatibility tests
- Crude souring; causes and treatments
- Fine migration problems and critical velocity tests
- Water filter size determination
- A unique formation check-valve problem (case study)
- Consideration of injection above the formation frac pressure
- Injection well completion aspects
- Well spacing and pattern selection (case study)
- Evaluate water injectivity problems using the Hall Plot, injectivity fall-off and step-rate tests (case studies)
- Is injection above the formation fracture pressure allowed?
- Polymer flooding case study of the pelican lake (Canada).
Day 5: Operation problems, Closing comments and questions
- Tools to diagnose/identify the cause of the
- Available techniques to remedy production
- What to avoid having a successful waterflood.
INSTRUCTOR
Instructor Profile
Our instructor has over 35 years of diversified experience in the petroleum industry in Western Canada and internationally, including projects in Yemen, Libya, Egypt, Nigeria, Iraq, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru and Ecuador.
His expertise is in Reservoir Engineering with emphasis on field development planning, evaluation of depletion strategies, and production optimization of a wide spectrum of oil and gas fields. He has evaluated and initiated horizontal well applications that resulted in a remarkable increase in production levels.
He also has a special interest in well test planning and analysis using state-of-the-art software (F.A.S.T by Fekete and PanSystem). He has been involved in all phases of implementing secondary and tertiary recovery schemes.
He has extensive experience in technical and economic evaluations of oil and gas properties for acquisition and divestiture ventures. He has conducted numerous technical presentations to the Petroleum Society of the CIM and various training courses to the industry.
Special Award Recipient
He received the “Immigrant of Distinction” Award, in the business category, for the year 2008 in Alberta, Canada.
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
This course is aimed at reservoir, petroleum and exploitation engineers/technologists, and geologists who are involved in the area of Waterflooding and EOR schemes.
COURSE LEVEL
- Advance
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, participants will learn about:
Impact of detailed geological study & understanding of reservoir facies - case Study
How to estimate reserves using the industry standard techniques – class problem
- Evaluate reservoir drives to confirm water injection requirements - case study.
- Learn step-by-step how to design waterflood projects, including:
- Data requirements and timing to start water injection.
- Methods to control water injection volumes and pattern balancing.
- How to estimate expected incremental oil recovery, using various analytical methods such as: Buckley-Leverett, Dykstra-Parsons, and Stiles methods – Class problems
- How to optimize the application of Multi-stage Frac Hz wells in waterflooding and the use of simulation technique - case study
- The use of a unique and simple method “Russian method” to confirm EUR and prepare production forecast - case study.
- How to monitor the performance of waterflood project to achieve the highest oil recovery, including:
- Pressure history and Voidage Replacement Ratio’s (VRR’s) calculations.
- How to evaluate injected water quality and to select proper water filter size.
- How to use conformance plots to evaluate performance and make waterflood design adjustments to improve performance
- Use the Hall Plot and PLT to propose workovers for production optimization – class problem.
- A review of a unique water injection problem for a formation experiencing a check valve effect!! – Case study
- The review and revise water injection pattern, if necessary
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