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The discussion addresses the costs incurred from the treatment of produced water but more importantly from the absence of or the incomplete treatment of produced water. Such costs often go unidentified because they fall under different departments within the same company. Looking at the entire value chain from extraction to production will shed some light on this important aspect of the industry; leading to a more sustainable oil production. Topics addressed would be:

The main applications or advantages for treated produced water:

• Injection for pressure maintenance within the oil reservoirs
• Enhanced oil recovery
• Hydraulic fracturing
• Long-term integrity of assets such as pipelines and storage infrastructure

The main costs incurred:

• Cost of pumping/trucking water from distant locations to where it is needed
• Cost of stimulation jobs in clogged injectors as a result of inadequate treatment of produced water
• Cost related to corrosion of piping and tanks as a result of incomplete treatment

On the other hand, significant savings can be achieved by efficient treatment of the produced water:

• Savings achieved from the recovery of additional oil prior to re-injection
• Savings on well workover and stimulation as a result of adequate treatment
• Savings on long distance pumping and trucking by adopting modular treatment centres as close as possible to the sources/destinations of the produced water

Knowledge Sharing Technical Conference ePosters allow one-on-one interactions with presenters and opportunities to study a particular concept at an appropriate level of detail. Subject matter varies, ...

Knowledge Sharing Technical Conference ePosters allow one-on-one interactions with presenters and opportunities to study a particular concept at an appropriate level of detail. Subject matter varies, ...

Knowledge Sharing Technical Conference ePosters allow one-on-one interactions with presenters and opportunities to study a particular concept at an appropriate level of detail. Subject matter varies, ...

Knowledge Sharing Technical Conference ePosters allow one-on-one interactions with presenters and opportunities to study a particular concept at an appropriate level of detail. Subject matter varies, ...

Water management in upstream is intrinsically related to waterflood, being the #1 utilisation and source of produced water in volume and value impact, in particular in the carbonate field Middle East context. Waterflood optimisation is a must to achieve optimal oil recovery while controlling the volume, and so the cost, of water injected and produced: 'every drop of water counts', 'avoiding unwanted produced water'.

To achieve this, the 4 pillars should be:

• Every step of the waterflood design should be scrutinised: reservoir characteristics, pattern design and well placement, flood throughput maximisation, optimal lower completion for uniform injection flow profile.
• Once developed, reservoir management plays a critical role to improve pressure maintenance and sweep efficiency, leveraging on computational methods including AI and data-driven approaches.
• Beyond the reservoir management and monitoring, sweep efficiency performance analysis and diagnostic of conformance challenges should be conducted to define appropriate wellbore interventions (mechanical or chemical Methods, void space fillers) or deep conformance approaches.
• Monitoring and managing water quality, ensuring it is suitable for injection and does not impair reservoir characteristics or hinder recovery.

As reservoirs are maturing, and as monitoring data are bringing insights in production mechanism, the waterflood strategy, methods and tools must be updated. Despite decades of experience in secondary recovery, the oil and gas industry continues to innovate and advance in waterflood and conformance methods.

Our expert and executive panelists will delve into best practices, lessons learned, industry trends and innovative technologies, with of focus on the necessity for seamless integration between water management (quality, quantity, timing) and waterflood injection demand.

In the pursuit of a sustainable future, the conference on water issues in the oil and gas industry will host a dedicated panel focusing on innovative approaches and best practices for water stewardship within the energy sector. This panel aims to address key challenges and opportunities related to water management, offering insights, case studies, and strategies for a more sustainable industry.

Knowledge Sharing Technical Conference ePosters allow one-on-one interactions with presenters and opportunities to study a particular concept at an appropriate level of detail. Subject matter varies, ...

Knowledge Sharing Technical Conference ePosters allow one-on-one interactions with presenters and opportunities to study a particular concept at an appropriate level of detail. Subject matter varies, ...

Knowledge Sharing Technical Conference ePosters allow one-on-one interactions with presenters and opportunities to study a particular concept at an appropriate level of detail. Subject matter varies, ...

Knowledge Sharing Technical Conference ePosters allow one-on-one interactions with presenters and opportunities to study a particular concept at an appropriate level of detail. Subject matter varies, ...

A good portion of the oil reserves in the world are under some kind of water injection. Its main objective is to provide a mechanism to sweep oil from the reservoir to the producer wells and restore or maintain the reservoir pressure above certain level. The design, construction and operation of an effective integrated water injection system is an effort that involves various teams. The idea is to inject sufficient rates of adequate quality water into the wells/reservoir at conditions that make sense from the technical and economical viewpoint. This water should be areally and vertically distributed in a way that satisfies the reservoir needs in accordance to a specified voidage replacement ratio (VRR), which is established and periodically evaluated by the used of reservoir models and other analytical tools. Achieving the expected conformance, reservoir pressure management, sweep and recovery is a task that requires integrated multidisciplinary work. Water will eventually break through the producer wells that if not planned adequately, can bring issues such as scale deposition, sand production, dead wells due to excessive hydrostatic column, H2S, etc. An efficient integrated water injection management that considers waterflood planning, concept design and construction, commissioning, optimum waterflood operations, surveillance, well management, system modelling and others; is crucial to obtain satisfactory results while implementing this type of secondary recovery. The objective of the strategic panel is to listen from experienced practitioners the key aspects that under their consideration have helped to deliver best practices examples or the main issues that based on their experience have prevented to deliver the expected results.