This 3-day course provides a practical understanding of the waterflood recovery process. Participants will learn how to estimate expected recoveries and design new floods, as well as how to monitor and modify existing waterfloods and predict actual recoveries. Topics include:
 • Review of geological models, and rock and fluid properties
 • Review of primary recovery drives
 • Waterflood displacement mechanisms and flow recovery
 • Waterflood candidate screening and pilot projects
 • Water quality and operational considerations
 • An analysis of mature waterfloods and case study

This course will give you a solid grounding in waterflooding, a basic tool for secondary oil recovery.

This course is for geologists, reservoir and production engineers, technologists and technicians who are involved in planning, monitoring or optimizing oilfield waterfloods.

2.4 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) awarded for this 3-day course.

To receive a full refund, all cancellations must be received in writing no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Send cancellation requests by email to trainingcourses@spe.org; by fax to +1.866.460.3032 (US) or +1.972.852.9292 (outside US); or mail to SPE Registration, PO Box 833836, Richardson, TX 75083.

For more details, please contact us at trainingcourses@spe.org.

Rob Lavoie is a reservoir engineering associate with APA Petroleum Engineering and has more than 20 years of oilfield experience. After 10 years with Shell Canada, Lavoie spent four years working on NOVA Energy’s gas supply analysis system. He has extensive experience with enhanced oil recovery (EOR) feasibility and forecasting, and economic analysis methods for natural gas. Lavoie holds a BS in Engineering.

Brian Weatherill, PE is a petroleum engineering specialist with APA Petroleum Engineering and has more than 30 years of oilfield experience. Prior to becoming a consultant in 1998, Weatherill spent more than 20 years with Shell Canada, where he gained extensive experience in petroleum engineering, enhanced oil recovery, petroleum technology management and project management. Weatherill has also managed well stimulation operations for a privately-owned Canadian company.

• Introduction to Reservoir Engineering
• Optimising Existing Waterfloods
• Practical Decline Curve Analysis (Brian Weatherill)