Impact of salinity on oil recovery during waterflooding. Nov 10, 2016 mechanism primary recovery potential for waterflooding fluid expansion drive 3 to 10 % good gravity drainage drive 5 to 30 % moderate solution gas drive 10 to 15% good gas cap expansion 20 to 40 % poor water drive 35 to 50 % poor table 1 potential for waterflooding water injection is the most popular method of secondary recovery. Willhite was elected to the national academy of engineering in 2006. This page intentionally left blank this is the first textbook to focus specifically on disaster psychiatry. Waterfloodingwillhite8no petroleum reservoir fluid dynamics. Waterflooding provides high oil production rates and a relatively high degree of underground petroleum recovery, since exploitation. Classic waterflooding predicitive models initial water injection to water breakthrough.
Tillero and others published an appropriate waterflood or waterdrive performance analysis for. Pdf a dynamic reservoir simulation was performed on eclipse to investigate the applicability of recommended waterflood design principles to. Willhite holds a bs degree from iowa state university and a phd degree from northwestern university, both in chemical engineering. Below are chegg supported textbooks by g paul willhite. Fines migration and mineral dissolution are important features of tensleep and minnelusa rocks during low salinity waterflooding. Waterflooding is an important method of improving recovery, but successful waterflood. This paper is dedicated to the reservoir management and the recovery drive of oil rims depletion, barrier water flooding and gas reinjection. An advanced approach for optimizing waterflooding the planning of a flooding project is of paramount importance. Effects of water flooding on viscosity and heterogeneity. Comparison of water flooding, gas injection and wag.
Paul willhite aime american institute of mining, metallurgical. Feasibility study of hot waterflooding technique to enhance. Intermittent and sequential waterflooding without salinity change indicate that wateroil re distribution associated with wettability change and capillarity. Macroscopic displacement efficiency of a linear waterflood.
Uren award in 1986, and the john franklin carll award in 2001. Interfacial properties and improved oil recovery by waterflooding, presented at. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Interfacial properties and improved oil recovery by waterflooding, presented at technical advisory board for. Kodi archive and support file community software vintage software msdos apk cdrom software cdrom software library. Waterflooding has long been proven as the simplest and the lowest cost approach to maintaining production and increasing oil recovery from an oil reservoir. Use of water to increase oil production is known as secondary recovery and typically follows primary production, which uses the reservoirs natural energy fluid and rock expansion, solutiongas drive, gravity drainage, and aquifer influx to produce oil. May, 2014 an advanced approach for optimizing waterflooding the planning of a flooding project is of paramount importance. These reservoirs produce by natural water drive, yielding millions of barrels of fluid over 40 years with little decline in pressure from discovery pressures. E n h a n c e d o i l r e c o v e r y i n s t i t u t e presentations july 2010 onward morrow, n.
P waterflooding, textbook series, spe, dallas 19863. These technologies include polymer, micellarpolymer, and co2 flooding, as well as thermalrecovery processes that are typically implemented following primary production. Principles of waterflooding 911 reservoir uniformity and pay continuity. Waterflood definition is the process of waterflooding an oil well. Paul willhite this textbook describes technologies that can be applied to recover oil that cannot be produced by primary recovery or waterflooding. Willhite 1986 and craig 1971 indicate that, in some instances, oil recovery can be. This book begins with understanding the basic principles of immiscible displacement, then presents a systematic procedure. Enhanced oil recovery book in this book, the authors propose workflows for eor evaluations that account for different volumes and quality of information.
Waterflood calculations, reports and graphics are presented by layer, zone, reservoir and project summaries. Waterflooding a to z training course petroskills wf. However, these benefits may fall far short of the expectations unless the timetested concepts and practices are clearly understood and judiciously implemented. Waterfloodingwillhite8no free ebook download as pdf file. Water breakthrough is faster with the high viscosity oil. An approximation that was developed from the buckleyleverett solution considers the saturation change to be a step increase shock from the connatewater saturation s wc to the floodfront saturation s wf. This 1day workshop looks at various elements within the domain of waterflooding, including the design, practice, implementation, and surveillance of effective waterflooding. Waterflooding optimization research papers academia. Suggested books g paul willhite 1986 waterflooding society of petroleum text from p. Waterflood definition of waterflood by merriamwebster. Waterflooding article about waterflooding by the free. Typical primary recoveries may vary from 3 to 8 % of oil originally in place ooip and may increase up to 15% after secondary recovery, mostly through waterflooding meyer et al.
Waterflooding is an important method of improving recovery, but successful waterflood performance requires a sound design. This is done through the displacement of oil and free gas by water. He is the author of the spe textbook waterflooding and coauthor of the spe textbook enhanced oil recovery. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. You can publish your own pdf file online for free in a few minutes. Book name authors waterflooding 0th edition 0 problems solved. Conventional selection of net pay using porosity cutoff. Paul willhite spe textbook, volume 3 society of petroleum 1986 isbn.
Society of petroleum engineers 1998, 545 pp spe textbook series vol. Introduction and objectives about water injection integrated waterflood management system engineering calculation of cvc, ivc in water injection performance plots used for analysis profile modification job low salinity water flooding references contents. Waterflooding is a process used to inject water into an oilbearing reservoir for pressure maintenance as well as for displacing and producing incremental oil after or sometimes before the economic production limit has been reached. Eor water flooding gas injection wag injection reservoir simulation grid size and.
A method of secondary recovery in which water is injected into the reservoir formation to displace residual oil. These technologies include polymer, micellarpolymer, and co2 flooding, as well as thermalrecovery processes that are typically implemented following. But a greater reservoir area can be drained if production is initiated from additional horizontal wells. Waterflooding can recover much of the oil left behind under primary production, especially a solution gas drive system since waterflooding usually follows primary production, it is often called a secondary recovery technique william m. Spe 77543 prediction of wettability variation and its. However, these benefits may fall far short of the expectations unless the timetested concepts and. Waterflooding provides high oil production rates and a relatively high degree of underground petroleum recovery, since exploitation proceeds at the most efficient waterpressure operating conditions of the bed the oil contained in rock pores or fissures. Waterflooding is the most widely utilized enhanced oil recovery eor methods willhite 1986. Solution manual for waterflooding p185wir bmw 120d coupe manual. Waterflooding using eclipse free download as powerpoint presentation. Feasibility study of hot waterflooding technique to. In a differential element of porous media, the frontal advance theory maintains that mass. Pdf an appropriate waterflood or waterdrive performance. Waterflood performance calculations application predicting.
Waterflooding is the use of water injection to increase the production from oil reservoirs. Pdf designing a reservoir system for waterflooding. Buckleyleverett buckley and leverett 1942 developed a mathematical approach to describe twophase, immiscible displacement in a linear system. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. This paper describes a laboratory experiment to investigate the impact of brine salinity on oil recovery during waterflooding and to ascertain if there exist any relationship between salinity and. A wellspacing of four horizontal wells in 600 acres section is recommended. Enhancing the recovery of an oil reservoir is one of the major roles of any oil company. The highlyanticipated 2nd edition of enhanced oil recovery is now available for purchase. Waterflood performance calculations application this ventex web application predicts waterflood performance for oil recovery, using craig geffen morse method. Waterflooding spe bookstore society of petroleum engineers. The arbuckle reservoirs in central kansas are a major source of oil production. An advanced approach for optimizing waterflooding halliburton. Suggested books g paul willhite 1986 waterflooding society of. Suggested books g paul willhite 1986 waterflooding society.
The water from injection wells physically sweeps the displaced oil to adjacent production wells. Potential problems associated with waterflood techniques include inefficient recovery due to variable permeability, or similar conditions affecting fluid transport within the reservoir. Waterfloodingwillhite8no petroleum reservoir fluid. Eclipse is a sophisticated software for the simulation of waterflooding. The recovery factor, rf decreases as the viscosity increases both for 1 layer and 5 layers case. His research program includes studies on waterflooding, surfactant and. View waterflooding optimization research papers on academia. This book begins with understanding the basic principles of immiscible displacement, then presents a systematic procedure for designing a waterflood. This is a reasonable approximation for low capillary number flow. Waterflooding using eclipse extraction of petroleum. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than a dozen categories. Technical aspects of waterflooding 23 october 08301515 pacific time presenters.