Waterflood Reservoir Heterogeneity Effects Fundamentals

In this skill module, we use models to demonstrate how heterogeneity and anisotropy complicate our understanding of how water displaces oil in the reservoir.

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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

Participants will learn how to:

• Explain why shale continuity is critical to predicting waterflood performance
• Describe how dipping reservoirs behave differently under waterflooding
• Describe how reservoir anisotropy controls waterflood performance
• Explain why reservoir continuity is critical to predicting waterflood performance
• Describe how natural and hydraulic fractures affect waterflood performance
• Explain how reservoir heterogeneity can be measured and compared

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