SPE Training Course: Principal Aspects of Water Flooding – From Water Source to Oil Export
Course Description
This one-day training course is designed to provide valuable insights into the oil recovery technique of waterflooding. Key themes, which will be discussed during the training course includes application, requirement and economics. Participants will delve into technologies, processes involved and obtain a broad understanding of the important role that each profession plays in a successful waterflood.
Attendees will be shown relevant and real examples to demonstrate the components covered during this course. Content covered including:
- Evaluating the application of waterflooding
- The where, when, why and how of sub-surface design
- Complexities of the delivery and specification of the injectant
- Monetising field value with waterflooding
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Your Instructor
Andrew Parker is a Petroleum Engineer with over 35 years’ experience working on a broad range of reservoirs, hydrocarbon types and recovery mechanisms for various companies (the last 23 years with Shell). His assignments have enabled him to live in Japan, Australia, Brunei, Egypt, The Netherlands and Malaysia. He held positions including Petroleum Engineering Manager, Chemical EOR R&D Manager, Global Waterflood Consultant (within Shell), Field Development and Project Manager, Chief Reservoir Engineer, Consultant and Reservoir Engineer.
In relation to waterflooding, he has been involved in all aspects from the construction and commissioning of water treatment plants, design of floods and the operation and optimisation of floods both onshore and offshore. Andrew is an experienced trainer having given a significant number of courses globally within Shell and externally on the subject of Waterflooding and Chemical EOR.
