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Waterflood Management Course
Optimize Your Waterflood Performance Potential
Welcome to BRE-Group, where we help you optimize your waterflood potential The course and our consulting allows yo to determine flow characteristics and develop realistic reservoir characterization and understand wellbore limitations. The focus on our work is to understand limiting factors and develop debottlenecking.
LIVE and "In Person" Course
Waterflood Management Course Description
A large percentage of the world oil reserves are under waterflood. There are numerous published textbooks and simulation methods for the design of waterfloods, however the literature largely has been silent on reservoir surveillance to help monitor and improve existing waterfloods. Often the "operating" engineer has a rate and reserve forecast that often over-estimates performance. When comparing actual to predicted waterflood performance, the typical conclusion is that the forecast input data is based on averaged data and is therefore too homogeneous. Consequently, the initial forecast can be of limited use to the reservoir management team.
This course is incredibly valuable for bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application in waterflood reservoir management. Here are some key points and insights based in the course:
- Reservoir Surveillance Importance: Effective reservoir surveillance is crucial for optimizing waterflood performance. It involves continuous monitoring and analysis of production, injection, and geological data to understand reservoir and wellbore behavior and make informed decisions.
- Challenges with Homogeneous Models and Heterogenous reservoirs: Initial forecasts often rely on averaged data, which can oversimplify the reservoir’s complexity. This can lead to overestimated performance predictions. Recognizing and addressing reservoir heterogeneity, including natural and induced fractures, is essential. Addressing wellbore or fracture damage is very important.
- Dynamic Nature of Reservoirs: Treating reservoirs as dynamic systems rather than static entities is vital. Factors like well damage and fractures significantly impact waterflood performance. Incorporating these elements into reservoir models can improve accuracy.
- Integration of Data: Utilizing production, injection, and geological data together helps in understanding reservoir flow patterns. Proper workflows and data integration are key to successful reservoir management.
- Practical Approach: Emphasizing practical methods tied to field data and geology can enhance the effectiveness of reservoir management strategies. Surveillance data, when used correctly, can guide operational changes to maximize recovery5.
- Case Study-Based Learning: Your course’s focus on case studies provides real-world examples, making the theoretical concepts more relatable and easier to apply in actual field scenarios6.
By addressing these aspects, your course can significantly contribute to improving waterflood management practices and maximizing oil recovery.
Outline for LIVE and "In-Person" Waterflood Course
Day 1 (1/2day)
Introduction to waterflood
Surveillance Levels
Key factors in controlling waterflood
Importance of geology (relating geology to performance)
Expected Waterflood Recoveries
Empirical (Analogy) vs. Simulation techniques (component modelling)
Analyzing Production Profiles
Case Studies
Diagnostics of Production Signature
Rule of Thumb for Depleted Fields
Building Forecast on Excel (for depleted fields
Class problem (integrating knowledge) example 0.75hr
Conclusions for Day 1 (1/2 day)
Day 2 (1/2 day)
Oil Balance
Surveillance Techniques for waterfloods
Techniques: What Do I Need to Plot and Build in Analysis
Decline Analysis for Waterfloods
Recovery Factor vs. HCPVI
Example of Heavy Oil Waterflood with infill drills
Forecasting and Optimization: Using RF vs HCPVI
Conformance Plots
Class problem (integrating knowledge) example 0.5hr
Day 3 (1/2 day)
Example of Measured Static Pressure Scatter
Hall Plots
Injectivity Analysis
What is Wrong with Hall Plots
Class problem (integrating knowledge) example 0.5hr
How do fractures and Faults affect flow?
Water Quality
Well Damage
Summarizing Day3
Day 4 (1/2 day)
Tracking Fluid Movement in Developed Waterfloods; example 5
Example Chauvin Waterflood
Example: Wainwright Field Heavy Oil Waterflood
Injection Efficiency
Why waterflood in low Permeability reservoirs
What kind of injection profile do I expect?
Simulation results for Hz wells in Tight Reservoirs
What Really Controls Waterfloods
Fractures/Faults and how they Influence Waterfloods
Pilot design and interpretation
The Myths of Waterfloods, EOR Floods and How to Optimize Real Injection Schemes
Tundra Bakken Field Example (High Level)
Bakken Field Example
Class problem (integrating knowledge/workflow) example 0.5hr
Comments on Reservoir Management in Regards to Managing Floods with WIF
Conclusions
Course Costs
Course Cost is $1000.00 per person
excludes applicable taxes
Additional Course Details and Logistics
Course Location, Dates and Times
Four 1/2 day Sessions running from October 21 thru 24 2024 daily from 830-1230 .
Main Floor 736, 6 Ave SW Calgary AB
Paid Parking Avialable
There is paid surface parking across from the the office and between 7 and 8 Street along 6 Ave SW
Refreshments
Refreshments will be available throughout all four course days
Address
Main Floor Conference Room 736, 6 Ave SW Calgary, AB
Instructor
Richard Baker
Richard Baker is an executive/project manager/engineer with over 37 years of practical experience in reservoir engineering and CO2 projects (EOR/CO2 sequestration /Acid gas injection).
He has worked on projects in 53 countries including reservoir simulation worldwide in Canada, Russia,Indonesia, South America, North America, Middle East, North Sea.
He has been the president of a number of small companies (Yellowbrick 2006-2009, EPIC Consulting Services). The companies were successful from a technical and economical point of view. He has written a booked called "Practical Reservoir Engineering and Characterization" (Elsevier 2015). Richard is a distinguished Author Member of the Petroleum Society of CIM and received an SPE award in 2007 and a CIM service award in 2008. He has twice won SPE Reservoir Characterization award . He won the 2018 SPE Mentoring Award for Canada. In addition to authoring and co-authoring 60+ technical papers he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary and sits on the Faculty of Engineering Advisor Board. He helped develop the 4th year Design Capstone courses for the University of Calgary.
Richard has held senior reservoir engineering positions at both Shell and Husky Oil, and holds two Bachelors degrees and a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Calgary.