Last updated: 2025-03-17
Waterflooding Design & Optimization
- 100 Lectures
- 10 Hours
- All Levels
➢ How proper reservoir characterization can greatly affect waterflood design and performance monitoring.
➢ 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.
• 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 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 expending a check valve effect!!
• The review and revise water injection pattern, if necessary
➢ Myths of waterflooding Patterns