Waterflooding

and Smart Water

Injection Strategy
TM4030 – Production Problematic
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Team 1 Agung Aji Nugroho

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Teja Nugraha Mahaputra Perdana

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OUTLINE
Background

Theoretical Study

Methodology

Result and Discussion

Innovation

Conclusion
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
- Mature Oil Field
- Pressure and rate production decline
- Waterflooding
- Smart Waterflooding
- Optimization of Smart Waterflooding
THEORETICAL STUDY
THEORETICAL STUDY

Water flooding is the most widely applied method for

recovering oil from reservoirs.
THEORETICAL STUDY
- The salinity and ion composition of the injection
water in the past have not been considered as a
key parameter in oil recovery from waterflooded
reservoirs.
- In recent years, evidence from laboratory studies
verified by some field test mainly targeting
sandstones has shown that injecting low salinity
water has a significant impact on oil recovery.
THEORETICAL STUDY
- Smart Water injection is an EOR technique that
is both environmentally friendly and easily
implementable to a fractional cost compared to
other water-based EOR methods.
- EOR by Smart Water is a wettability alteration
process towards more water-wet conditions,
which induces increased positive capillary forces
and increased microscopic sweep efficiency.
THEORETICAL STUDY
- Therefore the term “Smart Water” is used for a
brine that is able to alter rock wettability for
increased oil recovery.
- The composition of the Smart Water brine is not
fixed, but may vary for the individual reservoir
rocks.
THEORETICAL STUDY
METHODOLOGY
METHODOLOGY

Sensitivity NPV
Case Scenario Optimization
Analysis Calculation
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
(a). Sensitivity Analysis
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
(a). Sensitivity Analysis
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
(a). Sensitivity Analysis
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
(a). Sensitivity Analysis
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
(b). Case Scenario
Case 1 : Without injection
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
(b). Case Scenario
Case 2 : With formation water injection
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
(b). Case Scenario
Case 3 : With seawater injection
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
(b). Case Scenario
Case 4 : Sequential dilution
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Summary of oil recovery of observed cases

Production time Oil Recovery (%)

Case 1 9.4

Case 2 63.6

Case 3 63.6

Case 4 65.6
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Optimization of Sequential Dilution
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
INNOVATION
PAPER INNOVATION
- This paper examines the economic feasibility of
the injection of smart water and optimization
has also been done with different dilution
schemes.
- Five main parameters are optimized such as
number of cycles of different salinities, duration
of various cycles, salinity value for different
cycles, injection rate and production rate.
- This outcome illustrates that increased oil
recovery is not only dependent on step wise
reduction of sea water salinity but also with the
variation of dilution pattern.
TEAM INNOVATION
- Some active ionic (Ca2+, Mg2+, So42-) can alter
wettability especially in carbonate reservoir
(S. Jafar, 2012). We can optimize Smart Water
not only by salinity value different but also
increase active ionic.
- NaCl decrease oil recovery (S. Jafar, 2012). We
can also optimize Smart Water by decrease NaCl
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION
- The increase in oil recovery dependent on
dilution sequence.
- Injection of low salinity water alters the rock
wettability that cause an additional oil recovery.
- Injection of smart water is feasible and
economical as shown in this study.
- Optimization of sequential dilution is necessary
to get maximum profit
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