Spe monograph 11 the design engineering aspects of waterflooding 1989. Houston bar association oil, gas and mineral law section march 26, 20 f. Experimental and graphical investigation on oil recovery. Waterflooding is the use of water injection to increase the production from oil reservoirs. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Forney distinguished professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the university of kansas where he has taught petroleum and chemical engineering courses since joining the faculty in 1969. 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. Waterfloodingwillhite8no petroleum reservoir fluid dynamics. Paul willhite waterflooding spe textbook series, volume 3, tx, usa 1986, pp. Pdf designing a reservoir system for waterflooding. Procedia apa bibtex chicago endnote harvard json mla ris xml iso 690 pdf. Doherty memorial fund of aime society of petroleum engineers richardson, texas 1998.
Spe 77543 prediction of wettability variation and its. Enhancedoilrecoveryspetextbookseriesgreenwillhite1998. This book presents waterflooding design by building a fundamental understanding of. This under standing evolved primarily in the late 1940s and 1950s from extensive research and development efforts by compa nies and universities combined with field experience in the 1960s and 1970s. Waterflood definition is the process of waterflooding an oil well. To investigate the aforementioned phenomena, the relative permeability of two immiscible fluids in sand is measured in the laboratory based on the steadystate method. Waterflooding begins with understanding the basic principles of immiscible displacement, then presents a systematic procedure for designing a waterflood. Waterflooding was practiced as an art for years before a scientific basis for waterflood design developed. Experimental and graphical investigation on oil recovery by.
Forney distinguished professor of chemical and petroleum engineering u. Below are chegg supported textbooks by g paul willhite. Paul willhite this textbook describes technologies that can be applied to recover oil that cannot be produced by primary recovery or waterflooding. Paul willhite 19860603 mass market paperback january 1, 1750 5. The chapter on waterflooding in the original outline was expanded into the text. The emphasis is on fundamental concepts and their application in solving various waterflooding problems. Pete course course name prerequiste book required semester. Improved oil recovery processes ranging from waterflooding to application of gelled polymers to control water movement in. Waterflooding volume 3 of spe textbook series volume 3 of spe textbook series.
Richard henry 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. So, in this paper, the recovery of oil by the waterflooding technique from petroleum reservoir are considered. Engineers spe, willhite is the author of the 1986 spe textbook waterflooding and coauthor of the spe textbook enhanced oil recovery published in 1998. He is the author of the spe textbook waterflooding and coauthor of the spe. Paul willhite spe textbook, volume 3 society of petroleum 1986 isbn. Enhanced oil recovery don w green chair and deane e.
This understanding evolved primarily in the late 1940s and 1950s from extensive research and development efforts by companies and universities combined with field experience in the 1960s and 1970s. Forney distinguished professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the u. He has been a member of the faculty since 1969, serving as chair of the department from 1988 to 1996 and interim chair from 2003 to 2004. 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. A dynamic reservoir simulation was performed on eclipse to investigate the applicability of recommended waterflood design principles to an offshore niger delta oil field case study. Throughout his career willhite has received many awards including the distinguished achievement award.
Paul willhite, waterflooding, spe textbook series vol. Ackers distinguished professor of chemical and petroleum engineering u. Forney distinguished professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the university of kansas. Society of petroleum engineers 1998, 545 pp spe textbook series vol. This is a reasonable approximation for low capillary number flow. Discussion forum and a library of videos and photographs related to the petroleum industry.
Waterfloodingwillhite8no free ebook download as pdf file. His research program includes studies on waterflooding, surfactant and polymer flooding, water control using gelled. Waterflooding a to z training course petroskills wf. This book begins with understanding the basic principles of immiscible displacement, then presents a systematic procedure. Fracturing fluid cleanup by controlled release of enzymes from polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles. These technologies include polymer, micellarpolymer, and co2 flooding, as well as thermalrecovery processes that are typically implemented following. Mobility ratio effect for water and oil displacement. Pdf a dynamic reservoir simulation was performed on eclipse to investigate the applicability of recommended waterflood design principles to an. Baixe no formato pdf, txt ou leia online no scribd. The manner in which water displaces oil is illustrated in figure 4. Where, k is absolute permeability and kr is relative permeability.
Spe journal covers theories and emerging concepts spanning all aspects of engineering for oil and gas exploration and production, including reservoir characterization, multiphase flow, drilling dynamics, well architecture, gas well deliverability, numerical simulation, enhanced oil recovery, co 2 sequestration, and benchmarking and performance. Waterflooding a tried and true technique for secondary oil recovery william m. Solution manual for waterflooding peugeot free manuals and guides letter s on bissell proheat 2x reservoir engineering handbook, 4th edition suzuki 2008 manual request waterflooding. Production can be increased after a decline in pressure from the water drive or pressure maintenance by a technique called waterflooding, which is the injection of water through injection wells to push crude oil toward producing wells. 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. This book begins with understanding the basic principles of immiscible displacement, then presents a systematic procedure for. Paul willhite for his long and outstanding academic career, for his widely recognized research contributions in conformance control using gelled polymers, as author of textbooks on waterflooding and eor, for leadership in technology transfer to independent oil operators as codirector of the tertiary oil recovery project, and for exceptional.
Green vii acknowledgments we would like to thank several colleagues for their contributions to the development of this text. This book begins with understanding the basic principles of immiscible displacement. Waterflooding material balance brian towler introduction to waterflooding fundamentals in wyoming reservoirs paul willhite day 2 water management brian towler laboratory studies and wettability sheena xie conformance improvement reza barati operators case studies. Waterfloodingwillhite8no petroleum reservoir fluid.