Waterflooding Design and Management
تصميم الحقن المائي وإدارته
- Next date
- 15–19 February 2027Madrid
- Fees from
- £2,950per delegate
- Formats
- Classroom · Online5 sessions
- Duration
- 5 daysCertificate
Overview
Waterflooding remains the most widely used method of improving oil recovery, and in many mature fields it is responsible for the majority of current production. Yet the performance of waterfloods varies enormously, and the difference between a good and a poor flood often lies in design and day-to-day management rather than geology alone. This course covers waterflooding from first principles to field practice. Participants study displacement theory, fractional flow and Buckley-Leverett analysis, sweep efficiency and the impact of heterogeneity. They then look at practical design: pattern selection, injection rates and pressures, water quality, and injector performance. The final part focuses on surveillance and optimisation: diagnosing poor conformance, using plots and streamlines to manage injection, and planning infill drilling, profile control and future improved recovery.
Objectives
- Explain the physics of immiscible displacement and fractional flow
- Estimate displacement and sweep efficiency for a waterflood
- Design injection patterns, rates and pressures
- Specify water quality and treatment requirements
- Monitor waterflood performance using diagnostic plots
- Identify and correct conformance problems
- Plan optimisation actions including infill drilling and profile control
Who should attend
Reservoir and petroleum engineers, production engineers, geologists working in mature fields, water injection facility engineers and asset team members responsible for waterflood performance.
Training methodology
Theory is introduced through clear derivations and immediately applied in spreadsheet exercises, including fractional flow and Buckley-Leverett calculations. Participants then work on a mature waterflood dataset, using Hall plots, Chan plots, injection-production ratios and pattern balances to diagnose problems and recommend actions. Field case histories from carbonate and sandstone reservoirs illustrate what successful waterflood management looks like. Teams present an optimisation plan on the final day, followed by an assessment. Spreadsheet templates are provided.
Programme outline
Day1Waterflooding Fundamentals
- Why waterflood: pressure support and displacement
- History and global performance of waterfloods
- Rock and fluid properties for waterflooding
- Wettability and relative permeability
- Mobility ratio
- Displacement efficiency
- Practical exercise: estimating mobility ratio
Day2Displacement Theory
- Fractional flow equation
- Buckley-Leverett frontal advance
- Welge method and average saturation
- Effect of viscosity and gravity
- Layered reservoirs and Dykstra-Parsons
- Vertical and areal sweep
- Practical exercise: fractional flow calculation
- Practical exercise: predicting breakthrough
Day3Waterflood Design
- Pattern types and spacing
- Peripheral versus pattern flooding
- Injection rate and pressure limits
- Fracture-assisted injection
- Water sources, quality and compatibility
- Injection facilities and well design
- Practical exercise: sizing an injection plan
Day4Surveillance and Diagnostics
- Injection and production data management
- Hall plots and injectivity
- Chan plots and water production diagnostics
- Pattern balancing and voidage replacement
- Tracers, PLTs and saturation logs
- Streamline and simulation tools
- Practical exercise: diagnosing a mature flood
Day5Optimisation and Future Recovery
- Injection rebalancing
- Conformance control and profile modification
- Infill drilling and recompletion
- Water handling and debottlenecking
- Transition to improved and enhanced recovery
- Team optimisation plans
- Final assessment
Dates and fees
Fees are in GBP. per delegate.
Certificate
Every delegate who attends the full programme receives a Harfard Technology certificate of completion stating the course title, duration, dates and venue.
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