Water Flooding: A to Z of Best Practices

This Water Flooding: A to Z of Best Practices training course is designed to equip participants with the key design elements necessary for successful water flooding, along with an understanding of the primary causes of failures. It offers a thorough overview of both the analytical and practical aspects of water flooding, including rock and fluid properties, theoretical concepts, and predictive methods such as Stiles, Craig-Geffen-Morse, and Dykstra-Parsons. The course also covers surface production facilities, common water flooding issues, and optimization strategies. Water plays a crucial role at every stage of oilfield development, from exploration and development to production and eventual abandonment.

The training course delves into process descriptions, pattern selection, injectivity challenges, and the design procedure. Additionally, it explores the full scope of produced water analysis and the necessary chemical treatment processes. Key measurements related to water flooding will be discussed to identify core issues, assess treatments, and offer solutions. Real-world field cases will be presented, accompanied by in-class exercises for optimal application.

This training course will feature:

• Basics rock and fluid properties controlling water flooding
• Selection a candidate reservoir for water flood and design criteria
• Components of water flood plant and stages of actual field case application
• Calculation of water flooding injectivity and conductance ratio
• Diagnostics, indicators, and surveillance
• Surface facilities and water flood plant
• Analytical and prediction methods: Stiles, CGM, and Dykstra-Parsons

By the end of this AZTech training course, participants will be able to:

• Describe and apply surface and subsurface water flooding
• Understand and apply analytical and prediction methods
• Choose a candidate reservoir for water flooding
• Identify various components and function of a water flooding plant
• Identify water flood problems and how to solve them

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Petroleum Production & Reservoir Engineers
• Processing engineers & other discipline engineers
• Geologists & Petro physicists
• Engineers who are new to the profession
• Other individuals who need to know about water flooding