Pete 405: Water Flooding

Department of Petroleum Engineering PETE301: Reservoir Engineering 3 credits : 3 50-minute lectures per week Required

Catalog Description: The course covers the general material balance equation and its application to determine initial oil and gas in place. Various steady and unsteady-state water influx models are presented along with concepts of fractional flow and the theory of immiscible displacement. The theory is then extended to two-dimensional systems whereby the effects of areal and vertical sweep efficiencies on waterflood performance predictions are highlighted. Prerequisite: PETE204: Reservoir Rock Properties PETE205: Petroleum Fluid Properties Textbook: B.F. Towler, Fundamental Principles of Reservoir Engineering, SPE Textbook No.8, 2002. References: B. C. Craft and M. Hawkins, revised by R. E. Terry, Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1991. L. D. Dake, Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering, Elsevier, 1978. Course Objectives: 1. Understand the mechanics of oil, water and gas flow in reservoirs to predict the behavior of the reservoir under different production and injection schemes. 2. Recognize the central role of reservoir engineering in describing, evaluating and managing the reservoir system.

Topics and Hours: Topic Class Hrs 1. Introduction; basic concepts of primary recovery 2 2. Derivation of general material balance equation, limitations, application 3 3. MBE analysis of undersaturated reservoirs 6 4. MBE analysis of saturated reservoirs 6 5. Exam 1 1 6. Water Influx modeling and Water influx in MBE analysis 6 7. Production by internal gas drive 6 8. Exam 2 1 9. Fractional flow curve 2 10. Frontal advance theory 2 11. Linear waterflood performance prediction 2 12. Flood patterns and areal sweep efficiency 3 13. Heterogeneous reservoirs and vertical sweep efficiency 2 14. Pattern flooding performance 3 Total Hours 45

Method of Evaluation: Homework assignments: 15% Quizzes and exams: 45% Participation 5% Final exam: 35% Total: 100%

A-1 Contribution to Professional Component: Engineering Science and Design: All topics relate to the application of scientific and engineering principles to the prediction of a reservoir's performance under natural driving energies.

Relationship of Course Learning Outcomes to Program Outcomes: Course Learning Outcome Program Outcome 1. Understand mechanics of oil production Ability to apply knowledge of ( natural reservoir energies and expulsion math, science and engineering. of fluids), and basic performance Ability to use techniques, skills and characteristics of various reservoir types. modern engineering tools 2. Diagnose water influx, perform water necessary for engineering influx calculations by various models and practices. incorporate in MBE analysis. 3. Understand the mechanics of waterflooding and its importance in oil recovery. 4. Be able to carry out a watreflood performance prediction.

Prepared by: Dr. Hasan Y. Al-Yousef, March, 2010.

Instructors: Dr. Hasan Y. Al-Yousef, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, 3-208, (03) 860-2195, [email protected]; Darren Malekzadeh, Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, 16-262, (03) 860-2530, [email protected]