《Optimizing Water Injection Rates for a Water-flooding Field》.pdf

SPE 157996 Optimizing Water Injection Rates for a Water-flooding field Feilong Liu, Charlie Guthrie and David Shipley, Chevron Energy Technology Company water injection). These results suggest that this systematic Copyright 2012, Society of Petroleum Engineers method may provide a way to optimize the water injection This paper was prepared for presentation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held target rates. in San Antonio, Texas, USA, 8-10 October 2012. This paper was selected for presentation by an SPE program committee following review of I. Introduction information contained in an abstract submitted by the author(s). Contents of the paper have not been reviewed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers and are subject to correction by the author(s). The Waterflooding is by far the most widely used secondary material does not necessarily reflect any position of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, its officers, or members. Electronic reproduction, distribution, or storage of any part of this paper without the written recovery method in the oil industry. As the name implies, consent of the Society of Petroleum Engineers is prohibited. Permission to reproduce in print is waterflooding involves injecting water into an oil reservoir restricted to an abstract of not more than 300 words; illustrations may not be copied. The abstract must contain conspicuous acknowledgment of SPE copyright. and driving the oil into the production well. Currently, waterflooding is responsible for a big