Reservoir Formation Damage, Fundamentals, Modeling, Assessment and Mitigation

This five days comprehensive course gives the participants the latest findings and techniques for understanding, assessing, and mitigating reservoir formation damage. It will discuss how to draw from the key disciplines of chemistry, engineering, petrophysics, geology, and mathematical modeling to provide state-of-the-art knowledge and valuable insights into formation damage.

The ICTD Instructor will provide expertise in petroleum, chemical, and geological engineering make this unique because of its broad, thorough coverage. It provides an understanding of the testing, modeling, and simulation techniques available for formation damage assessment. Participants will discover new strategies designed to minimize and avoid formation damage in petroleum reservoirs

## Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:

• Learn the characterization of the reservoir rock for formation damage
• Learn the characterization of the porous media processes for formation damage
• Assess the formation damage potential
• Apply the formation damage models for field
• Familiarize the formation damage by inorganic and organic processes

Course Outline

Day 1

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE RESERVOIR ROCK FOR FORMATION DAMAGE

• Mineralogy and Mineral Sensitivity of Petroleum-bearing Formations
• Petrography and Texture of Petroleum-bearing Formations
• Petrophysics-flow Functions and Parameters
• Permeability Relationships
• Instrumental and Laboratory Techniques for Characterization of Reservoir Rock

Day 2

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE POROUS MEDIA PROCESSES FOR FORMATION DAMAGE

• Multi-phase and Multi-species Transport in Porous Media
• Particulate Processes in Porous Media
• Crystal Growth and Scale Formation in Porous Media

FORMATION DAMAGE BY PARTICULATE PROCESSES

• Single-phase Formation Damage by Fines Migration and Clay Swelling
• Two-phase Formation Damage by Fines Migration
• Cake Filtration: Mechanism, Parameters and Modeling

Day 3

FORMATION DAMAGE BY INORGANIC AND ORGANIC PROCESSES

• Inorganic Scaling and Geochemical Formation Damage
• Formation Damage by Organic Deposition

ASSESSMENT OF THE FORMATION DAMAGE POTENTIAL

• Laboratory Evaluation of Formation Damage
• Simulator Development
• Model Assisted Analysis and Interpretation of Laboratory and Field Tests

Day 4

FORMATION DAMAGE MODELS FOR FIELD APPLICATIONS

• Drilling Mud Filtrate and Solids Invasion and Mudcake Formation
• Injectivity of the Waterflooding Wells
• Reservoir Sand Migration and Gravel-pack Damage: Stress-induced Formation Damage, Sanding Tendency, Prediction, and Control
• Formation Damage by Scale Deposition

Day 5

DIAGNOSIS AND MITIGATION OF FORMATION DAMAGE

• Field Diagnosis and Measurement of Formation Damage
• Formation Damage Control and Remediation

Course Methodology

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

• (30%) Based on Case Studies
• (30%) Techniques
• (30%) Role Play
• (10%) Concepts
• Pre-test and Post-test
• Variety of Learning Methods
• Lectures
• Case Studies and Self Questionaires
• Group Work
• Discussion
• Presentation