Bruno Moczydlower, Subsurface and Flow Assurance Executive Manager, Petrobras

Keynote Presentation: Effective Water Injection Management of Carbonate Reservoirs to Maximize Economic Recovery
Ganesh Thakur, Distinguished Professor, Director of UH Energy Industrial Partnerships, University of Houston

Session Chairpersons: Yannick Peysson, IFPEn; Emad W. Al Shalabi, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is used for recovering bypassed and residual oil in reservoirs. Injection of water into reservoir rocks for EOR generates complex interaction between the injection fluid and reservoir formation. These interactions include physical and chemical processes that affect the properties of both the rock matrix and the fluids present within the pores of the reservoir rock. Some key aspects of rock-fluid interactions during water injection in carbonate reservoirs includes ionic interactions at crude oil-brine-rock interface, rock dissolution, pore scale displacement mechanisms,

migration of fluid components and mechanical effects on petrophysical properties of the reservoir rock system. Experimental investigation and numerical modeling of these processes can aid adequate prediction of the behavior of the system under different conditions and optimization of EOR operations.

Speakers:

Quantitative Characterisation of Diagenetically Induced Flow Properties in Carbonate Reservoir Rocks
Fadi Henri Nader, IFP Energies 

Field Evidence of Rock-fluid Interactions Predicted in Modeling and Simulation
Aline Novaes, Petrobras

Session chairperson: Aline Novaes, Petrobras; Emad W. Al Shalabi, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Carbonate rocks are reactive when in contact with injection water and this interaction can be accentuated in the presence of CO2. The objective of this session is to evaluate field results that prove the occurrence of these reactions and their impacts on the characteristics of the rock and produced fluids.

Speakers:

Why Capillary Forces are Important in oil Mobilization From Carbonate Reservoirs? 
Skule Strand, University of Stavanger

Mineral Scale Deposition During CO2-WAG in Dolomite-Rich Reservoir
Fabio Bordeaux Rego, Oxy

Experimental Evaluation of the Calcite-oil-smart Water Geochemical Interactions in a Coreflooding System During Oil Recovery
Ladislane Dos Santos Bastos, UFBA

Session Chairperson: Emad W. Al Shalabi, Khalifa University of Science and Technology; José Sérgio Cavalcante, Petrobras

Increasing the recovery factor is a constant requirement in all types of reservoirs. In carbonate rocks, some types of enhanced recovery methods require adjustments and developments. This is in order to adapt the technique to the prevailing conditions including mixed-to-oil wettability, heterogeneity, and even high temperature and high salinity. Produced water recycle/reuse in waterflooding and EOR projects is also gaining importance as part of enabling circularity in water management.

Speakers:

Ten Years of WAG Injection in Pre-Salt: History, Results and Way Forward
Raphael Vieira, Petrobras

Advancements and Insights in the Development and Application of Particle Gels for Conformance Control Technologies in Mature Oilfields
Bai Baojun, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Nanobubble Enhanced Imbibition in Oil-wet Carbonates 
Mohammad Piri, University of Wyoming

Session Chairperson: Bruno Roussennac, Shell; Jorge Pizarro, PPSA

Carbonate reservoirs can present characteristics that affect the desired result of the water injection process, not allowing the process efficiency to be the desired one. The objective of this session is to discuss techniques for global surveillance of the injection process that can identify regions that are not swept enough or that show preferred paths for water flow.

Speakers:

On-demand Ocean Bottom Nodes (OD OBN) for Low-cost Reservoir Monitoring
Jorge L. Lopez, Shell

Hybrid Models to Automate and Accelerate Reservoir Surveillance for Waterfloods: Addressing carbonate reservoir challenges using deployment learnings from Middle East, South Asia and America
Ashwin Venkatraman, Resermine

Next Step in Capitalizing FO Data: Automated Zonal Allocation from RT Data Steam for Dynamic Reservoir
Dmitry Kortukov, SLB