Introduction to Waterflood Management
By: Ibrahim Saad
Instructor
Mr Ibrahim Saad
(Petro Management Group Ltd., Canada)
Duration
1 - 4 February 2022:
4:00PM-8:00PM CET
4 hours/day
Disciplines
Engineering – IOR/EOR
Course Format
The EAGE Interactive online short courses bring carefully selected courses of experienced instructors from industry and academia online to give participants the possibility to follow the latest education in geoscience and engineering remotely. The courses are designed to be easily digested over the course of two or three days. Participants will have the possibility to interact live with the instructor and ask questions.
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Course Description
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. Background information is covered such as rock properties such as porosity and permeability measurement in the laboratories. Also fluid properties including PVT analysis and phase envelop applications. Water drive assessment is included to confirm the need of pressure support and the amount of water needed. Cover the aspects of reservoir characterization and input information needed for static and dynamic numerical models. Also case study to illustrate the importance of recognizing various reservoir facies and its impact on performance of each reservoir faces. 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 methods
The application of waterflooding in tight/unconventional reservoirs will be reviewed using horizontal wells with multi Frac stages. Review of controlling water breakthrough including various techniques, including Inflow Control Valves, chemicals, select well frac geometry (Aligned vs staggered frac geometry). A unique empirical method (Russian method) to generate production forecast and determine expected ultimate oil recovery and various case studies are discussed using this technique.
A group exercise will be offered Class problems which will be offered to the course attendees to emphasize the technical concepts taught. A detailed course hand-out in full colours; which is an excellent reference, will be provided.
Course Objectives
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
1. Understand data acquisition required to properly evaluate waterflood potential
2. Evaluate geological and engineering risks to implement waterflood projects
3. Establish the knowledge to present the cost and the benefit of the waterflood project to obtain managerial and regulatory agencies
4. Learn how to estimate the Expected Ultimate Recovery (EUR) of the waterflood project and prepare production forecast
Course Outline
Section 1: Introduction to Waterflooding and E.O.R
1. History waterflood and EOR worldwide
2. How EOR Schemes Affect oil recovery
3. Rock and fluid characteristics of various waterflood and EOR schemes
Section 2: Reservoir Characterization
1. Geophysical, geological, and petrophysical definitions (Case study)
2. Impact of Depositional Environments on reservoir geometry and quality
3. Rock and fluid properties (Case study)
4. Integration of static & dynamic data into reservoir modeling
Section 3: Reservoir Drives and Reserves Estimate
1. Review of various reservoir drives and characteristics (Case study)
2. Volumetric and material balance calculations (Case study) and (Class problem)
3. Probabilistic and statistical methods
4. Reservoir Limit Test application to evaluate feasibility of waterflood (Case study)
Section 4: Waterflood planning and Design
1. Factors that impact waterflood performance
2. Design steps of waterflood and EOR
3. Screening process of waterflood and EOR projects
4. Application of low salinity waterflood (LSW)
5. Design details of waterflood pilot project (Case study)
6. Design optimization of waterflood using Hz well with multi-stage frac (Case study)
7. How to reduce water break-through in MFWH’s
8. Planning water injection requirement and control (Case studies)
9. Waterflood stages and duration (Class problem)
10. Methods to predict EUR
Participants' Profile
Engineers and geologists who are or will get involved in designing and monitoring waterflood projects. Technical level from junior and senior staff.
Prerequisites
Some background in reservoir engineering will be helpful.
About the Instructor
Ibrahim Saad
Saad Ibrahim, P.Eng., an independent consultant and president of Petro Management Group Ltd., established in Calgary (1994). Graduated from the University of Alexandria (Egypt) with B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1973. He also completed a post-graduate program with the University of Calgary, Canada, in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering in 1983.
Mr. Ibrahim has over 40 years of reservoir/production engineering experience in Western Canada (with Amoco, BP and Husky) and internationally in Yemen (with Nexen Petroleum International Ltd.), Algeria, Libya, Tanzania, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The focus of Mr. Ibrahim’s experience lies in the area of reservoir management and well-test planning/analysis.
Mr. Ibrahim has lectured for the Petroleum Society (CIM), Calgary International Petroleum Conference, and for several exploration and production companies. Mr. Ibrahim published recently a technical paper titled “Performance Evaluation of Multi-stage Frac of Horizontal Wells MFHW’s”, for the Oil and Gas Expo & Conference in Calgary – June 2011. Mr. Ibrahim was on the Reserve Panel of the 4th International Conference in Calgary on Horizontal Well Technology. Mr. Ibrahim is a member with the APEGGA and SPE.
Special Award: Mr. Ibrahim received the “Immigrant of Distinction” Award, in the business category, for the year 2008.