Practical Fundamentals Of Water Injection For Increasing Oil Production

This paper is directed toward field operating personnel for the purpose of acquainting them with the objectives, the methods employed and the operating problems encountered in the injection of water to increase oil production. Included herein are brief discussions of the history of water flooding, why water flooding is helpful in increasing oil production, requirements of good water flood, importance of well test information, problems encountered in water flooding, types of water handling facilities, typical production history of water flood and injection of water during the early years in the life of a field.