Waterflooding and Reservoir Pressure Maintenance

📅 Day 1: Principles of Waterflooding

• 09:00–09:45 – Introduction to secondary recovery and waterflooding

• 09:45–10:30 – Waterflood displacement mechanics (mobility ratio, sweep)

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Selection criteria for waterflood projects

• 11:30–12:15 – Water compatibility and formation damage risks

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Water source evaluation and treatment

• 14:00–14:45 – Group discussion: examples of early waterflood failures

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 2: Waterflood Design and Planning

• 09:00–09:45 – Injection patterns (five-spot, line-drive, staggered)

• 09:45–10:30 – Areal and vertical sweep efficiency

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Injection rate, pressure, and water quality requirements

• 11:30–12:15 – Reservoir heterogeneity and flood front control

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Group activity: design a five-spot waterflood

• 14:00–14:45 – Case study: sandstone waterflood project

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 3: Waterflood Surveillance and Performance Monitoring

• 09:00–09:45 – Monitoring tools: injectivity index, fall-off testing

• 09:45–10:30 – Tracer and interference tests

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Water cut trends and breakthrough detection

• 11:30–12:15 – Production allocation and flood front mapping

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Use of 4D seismic in waterflood surveillance

• 14:00–14:45 – Practical: evaluate waterflood response curves

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 4: Optimization and Troubleshooting

• 09:00–09:45 – Injection profile modification and conformance control

• 09:45–10:30 – Polymer and surfactant-assisted waterfloods

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Causes and mitigation of channeling and early breakthrough

• 11:30–12:15 – Economic aspects of waterflood projects

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Case study: offshore waterflood optimization

• 14:00–14:45 – Workshop: optimize an existing waterflood pattern

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 5: Integrated Field Examples and Project Simulation

• 09:00–09:45 – Case study 1: mature field under pressure maintenance

• 09:45–10:30 – Case study 2: high-permeability streak challenges

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Introduction to waterflood simulation models

• 11:30–12:15 – Sensitivity analysis and model calibration

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Team exercise: simulate and forecast a waterflood

• 14:00–14:45 – Final group presentations

• 14:45–15:00 – Wrap-up and course certification