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Water Flooding: A to Z of Best Practices

Design and Implementation of Water Flooding

Water Flooding: A to Z of Best Practices
Course Schedule

CLASSROOM

28 Jun-02 Jul 2026
Muscat
$5,950
26-30 Oct 2026
Dubai
$5,950
27 Jun-01 Jul 2027
Muscat
$5,950
25-29 Oct 2027
Dubai
$5,950

ONLINE

10-14 Aug 2026
Online
$4,950
25-29 Jan 2027
Online
$4,950
09-13 Aug 2027
Online
$4,950
Certificate
  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

Training Overview

Training Overview

The Water Flooding: A to Z of Best Practices training course is designed to provide participants with comprehensive knowledge of water flooding design and implementation in oilfields. This course explores both analytical and practical aspects of water flooding, including rock and fluid properties, reservoir selection, injectivity calculations, and prediction methods such as Stiles, Craig-Geffen-Morse, and Dykstra-Parsons.

Water flooding is a critical enhanced oil recovery technique impacting every stage of the oilfield lifecycle—from exploration and production to abandonment. Participants will learn how to optimize water flood operations, manage surface production facilities, and address injectivity issues. The course also covers produced water analysis, chemical treatment, and problem diagnostics. Real-world field cases and interactive exercises provide practical insight into maximizing efficiency and mitigating failures.

Key Focus Areas of This Course:

  • Understanding rock and fluid properties critical for water flooding design.
  • Selecting candidate reservoirs and defining design criteria for water flood projects.
  • Components, layout, and function of water flood plants and surface facilities.
  • Calculating water flood injectivity, conductance ratios, and sweep efficiencies.
  • Applying analytical and prediction methods, including Stiles, Craig-Geffen-Morse, and Dykstra-Parsons.
  • Identifying and solving common water flooding problems through diagnostics, monitoring, and field-based solutions.

What are the goals?

By this Coventry Academy training course, participants will have the skills to design, monitor, and optimize water flooding operations effectively. Attendees will be able to apply both analytical methods and practical techniques to maximize oil recovery and reduce operational risks.

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to: 

  • Describe and implement surface and subsurface water flooding operations.
  • Apply analytical models and prediction methods to forecast water flood performance.
  • Identify candidate reservoirs suitable for water flooding based on rock and fluid properties.
  • Understand the components and operation of a water flooding plant and its impact on production.
  • Recognize water flooding problems such as water coning, channeling, or poor sweep efficiency, and develop effective solutions.
  • Monitor and evaluate water flood performance using diagnostic plots, surveillance tools, and production history analysis.
  • Apply mechanical and chemical interventions for water control and implement cost-saving strategies for field-wide operations.

Who is this Training Course for?

This course is suitable for professionals who want to strengthen their knowledge of water flooding and enhanced oil recovery techniques. It is ideal for engineers, geoscientists, and technical professionals involved in reservoir and production operations.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: 

  • Petroleum production and reservoir engineers responsible for water flooding projects.
  • Processing engineers and other discipline engineers involved in oilfield operations.
  • Geologists and petrophysicists analyzing reservoir behavior for enhanced oil recovery.
  • Engineers new to the profession seeking foundational knowledge of water flooding.
  • Professionals requiring practical skills in diagnosing, monitoring, and optimizing water flood systems.
  • Technical staff responsible for designing, implementing, or supervising water flooding operations.

How will this Training Course be Presented?

The training course uses a blended learning approach, combining presentations, hands-on exercises, field analysis, and industry videos to ensure maximum comprehension and retention. Participants will gain practical insights into water flooding design, injectivity analysis, and problem-solving techniques.

Interactive exercises, case studies, and real-field examples will allow participants to apply concepts in reservoir diagnostics, monitoring, and surveillance. Mechanical and chemical interventions, risk assessment, and field-wide planning are also covered to equip learners with actionable skills for optimizing water flooding performance. This approach ensures that participants can immediately apply their knowledge to real-world operations.

The Course Content

Day One: 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
  • Types of water flood patterns and selection of a flood pattern
  • Important rock/fluid properties for reservoir engineering calculation
Day Two: 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
  • Calculation of areal and vertical sweep efficiencies
  • Main reservoir problems of water flooding project
Day Three: 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
  • Calculation of critical rate for water coning
  • Using reservoir simulation for water flood optimization 
Day Four: 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
  • WOR diagnostic plot plus shut-in and choke-back analysis
  • Special diagnostics for Vertical Communication
 Day Five: 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
  • Field-wide considerations for water flooding
  • An integrated approach for cost saving operations