Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Fundamentals of Water Flooding and Gas Injection

• Understand secondary and tertiary recovery processes in oil production.
• Differentiate between water flooding, miscible gas injection, and immiscible gas injection.
• Identify suitable reservoir conditions for different EOR techniques.

2. Water Flooding Mechanisms and Design

• Analyze water-oil displacement efficiency and reservoir sweep efficiency.
• Determine water injection patterns (line drive, five-spot, seven-spot, peripheral flooding).
• Optimize water injection rates, pressure, and mobility ratio control.
• Address water breakthrough issues and conformance challenges.

3. Gas Injection for EOR

• Evaluate CO₂ injection, nitrogen injection, and hydrocarbon gas injection (H₂S, methane, propane).
• Understand miscibility conditions, Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP), and phase behavior.
• Optimize gas cycling, WAG (Water-Alternating-Gas) injection, and Huff-n-Puff techniques.
• Assess reservoir compatibility and risks (asphaltene precipitation, gas fingering, corrosion issues).

4. Reservoir Characterization for Injection Planning

• Analyze petrophysical and geological parameters affecting displacement efficiency.
• Use relative permeability curves, capillary pressure, and fluid mobility factors.
• Integrate reservoir simulation and numerical modeling for injection forecasting.

5. Water and Gas Injection Monitoring & Surveillance

• Implement real-time monitoring techniques for injection efficiency.
• Use tracer studies, pressure transient analysis, and flow diagnostics.
• Optimize production logging, well testing, and conformance control solutions.

6. Conformance Control and Sweep Efficiency Enhancement

• Identify poor sweep efficiency issues (fractured reservoirs, thief zones, high-permeability streaks).
• Apply gel polymer flooding, surfactants, and chemical mobility control techniques.
• Implement intelligent well technologies and zonal isolation strategies.

7. Environmental and Operational Considerations

• Assess water sourcing, produced water handling, and reinjection challenges.
• Evaluate environmental impact and CO₂ sequestration in gas injection projects.
• Optimize HSE (Health, Safety & Environment) practices in water and gas injection operations.

8. Project Economics and Feasibility Analysis

• Conduct economic evaluations of water flooding and gas injection projects.
• Assess CAPEX, OPEX, and return on investment (ROI) for EOR techniques.
• Develop decision-making frameworks for field development strategies.

9. Case Studies and Practical Applications

• Analyze successful water flooding and gas injection projects worldwide.
• Participate in hands-on exercises for injection design and optimization using industry software.
• Develop a customized injection strategy for an actual field case study.

Target Audience

• Reservoir and petroleum engineers
• Production and operations engineers
• Field development planners and asset managers
• Geologists and geophysicists specializing in reservoir characterization
• Oil & gas professionals involved in EOR projects