An overview of waterflood surveillance and monitoring
- Mobil E and P Services Inc., Dallas, TX (US)
An essential key to a successful waterflooding project is a well-planned and well-executed program of surveillance and monitoring. This program should be tailored to address individual projects or fields because each waterflood will have different characteristics. There are, however, some basic ingredients that should be common to all surveillance programs. In general, three major categories of field conditions must be included in any waterflood surveillance program: reservoir conditions, injection/production-well conditions, and facilities/operating conditions. The last and probably the most important ingredient is record keeping/performance control. There are, of course, economic conditions that must be taken into consideration. For the purposes of this paper, however, only the technical aspects of a waterflood surveillance program will be addressed. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of waterflood surveillance programs and to outline the various items to be monitored. Selected tests for diagnosis of problems commonly associated with waterfloods are discussed briefly, along with a look at developing surveillance technology.
- OSTI ID:
- 6775503
- Journal Information:
- J. Pet. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Pet. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 40:12; ISSN JPTJA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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