Water Flooding: A to Z of Best Practices

Oil, Gas & Petroleum · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900

Overview

Water Flooding Training Course offers a complete and structured exploration of the essential design elements, analytical methods, and operational practices required for successful water flooding projects. As water plays a defining role throughout the entire life cycle of an oilfield, a strong technical foundation is essential for engineers involved in maximizing recovery and maintaining reservoir performance.

Learning Objectives

• Describe and apply surface and subsurface concepts of water flooding
• Interpret analytical and prediction methods, including Stiles, CGM, and Dykstra-Parsons
• Select suitable reservoir candidates and associated design criteria
• Identify facility components and their functions within a water flood plant
• Diagnose common water flood problems and implement corrective measures

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for petroleum production and reservoir engineers, processing engineers and related discipline engineers, geologists and petrophysicists, and other professionals seeking to strengthen their capability in this area.

• Petroleum Production and Reservoir Engineers
• Processing Engineers and related discipline engineers
• Geologists and Petrophysicists
• Engineers new to the profession
• Technical professionals

Course Outline

Day 1 — Reservoir Properties and Design Factors of Water Flooding

• Definition and history of water flooding
• Water flood performance measurements
• Water sources of sweep water, good water and bad water
• Important factors to consider in water flooding design

Day 2 — Frontal Displacement Theory and Water Flooding Injectivity

• Analytical models: Buckley-Leverett and Welge methods
• Calculation of time to breakthrough and cumulative water injected
• Calculation of water flood injectivity and stages of water flooding
• Prediction methods: Stiles, Craig-Geffen-Morse, and Dykstra-Parsons

Day 3 — Problems/Solutions of Water Flooding

• Phenomena of water fingering and tonguing
• Casing, tubing or packer leaks and channel flow behind casing
• Moving oil-water contact and watered-out layer without crossflow
• Fractures or faults between injector and producer

Day 4 — Diagnostics, Monitoring, and Surveillance of Water Flooding

• Monitoring water flood techniques and used tools
• Diagnostics, indicators, and surveillance of water flooding
• Well Diagnostics for water control using different ways
• Recovery plot, production history plot, and decline-curve analysis

Day 5 — Water Control Solutions

• Mechanical solutions for water-control problems
• Chemical solutions and squeeze cement treatments
• Rigid gels for near wellbore shutoff of excess water
• Injector problems and risk assessments

Accreditation

Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.

Dates & Venues

Dates	Venue	Delivery	Duration	Fee (USD)
15–19 November 2026	Italy, Milan	Public	5 days	4,950

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