Overview
The main technical issues & challenges affect the performance and efficiency of water injection to achieve its objective will also be emphasized. The issues & challenges to be highlighted and discussed in the course are:
- Structure uncertainties (barriers, faulting & continuity)
- High failure rate of Commingled injection of thick and thin bed reservoirs
- Injectivity deterioration caused by poor water quality specification and fine migration
- Frac injection vs Matrix injection: the pros and cons.
This Waterflooding for Oil Reservoirs - Fundamentals, Practical Applications and Case Studies course is offered by Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will have a good exposure to the practical aspects of waterflooding implementation in the field, and a theoretical background to field practitioners.
Programme Structure
Course Contents
- Introduction
- Type of Driving Mechanism
- Rock and Fluid Flow Properties
- Oil Recovery by Immiscible Displacement
- Performance Prediction
- Reserve Estimate
- Design of Water Injection
- Reservoir Management & Water Flood Surveillance
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 6 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
Delivered
Campus Location
- Seri Iskandar, Malaysia
Disciplines
Mining, Oil & Gas View 5 other Short Courses in Mining, Oil & Gas in MalaysiaWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Who should attend?
- Petroleum Engineers in Academics and Field practitioners.
- Reservoir Managers.
- Inexperienced engineers who need to design a water flood project.
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