COURSE OVERVIEW:

This course provides a practical and comprehensive understanding of treating water for oilfield injections and managing injection systems to protect reservoirs, wells, and surface facilities. It covers produced water and seawater sources, treatment objectives, solids and oil removal, deoxygenation, sulphate control, chemical treatment, microbiological control, filtration, water quality monitoring, injectivity management, and troubleshooting of injection pumps, pipelines, and well performance. Participants will learn how to define water quality targets, select treatment technologies, manage scaling and corrosion risks, and sustain reliable injection operations for waterflooding and pressure maintenance programs.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completion of the course, the participants will be able to:

1. Explain the role of water injection in reservoir pressure maintenance, sweep efficiency, and production support.
2. Differentiate between common injection water sources and describe typical contaminants and risks for each source.
3. Define injection water quality requirements and explain how they relate to formation damage and injectivity.
4. Describe oil removal technologies and their performance limits for produced water treatment.
5. Apply solids removal concepts including clarification, flotation, filtration, and fine solids control.
6. Explain dissolved gas control requirements including deoxygenation and the impact of oxygen on corrosion and microbiological growth.
7. Identify scaling mechanisms relevant to injection systems and select practical prevention and monitoring methods.
8. Explain corrosion threats in injection systems and apply material, chemical, and operational controls.
9. Describe sulphate removal and compatibility management to reduce barium and strontium sulphate scaling risk.
10. Apply biocide strategies for microbiological control and prevention of souring and biofouling.
11. Interpret key monitoring parameters including particle size distribution, oil in water, dissolved oxygen, and bacteria counts.
12. Support design and operation of injection pumps and pipelines with a focus on reliability and surge protection.
13. Diagnose injectivity decline and apply structured troubleshooting to restore well and system performance.
14. Apply best practices for chemical dosing systems including selection, storage, injection points, and verification of performance.
15. Plan commissioning and start-up of water treatment and injection systems including flushing, cleaning, and baseline testing.
16. Implement safe operating practices for high pressure equipment, chemical handling, and produce water hazards.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Production and reservoir engineers involved in waterflooding and injection performance management

-Process and facilities engineers responsible for produced water treatment and injection system design and operation

-Operations supervisors and field operators running water treatment units, pumps, and injection networks

-Maintenance and reliability personnel supporting injection pumps, filters, and rotating equipment

-HSE and environmental personnel involved in produced water handling, chemical safety, and compliance monitoring

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures, discussion sessions, and case studies will be employed to maximise the transfer of information, knowledge, and experience. The course will be intensive, practical, and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance the learning experience. Course material will be provided in PowerPoint, with necessary animations, learning videos, and general discussions.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and after the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants completing a minimum of 80% of the total attendance time requirement.