Waterflood Overview
Module
About the Skill Module
In this skill module, we start at the very beginning, describing what waterflooding is, how it works, and the differences between various kinds of waterfloods.
Target Audience
Reservoir, production, facilities, and operations engineers who are involved with some aspects of a new or existing waterflood project; geoscientists and professionals who want to get a better feel for the entire process of planning, development, management, and recovery optimization of a waterflood project.
You Will Learn
You will learn how to:
- Define waterflooding
- Describe how it works
- Explain why waterflooding is applied to some reservoirs
- Explain the differences between patterns
- Describe other ways of typing waterfloods
- Describe how to measure the success of a waterflood