Waterflooding Chemistry

• Examines the critical role of chemistry in waterflood project performance and longevity
• Identifies key chemical challenges such as scaling, souring, and compatibility issues
• Provides strategies to prevent or mitigate chemistry-related failures in water injection systems
• Highlights the importance of fluid compatibility and treatment in optimizing recovery
• Supports improved decision-making through deeper understanding of chemical impacts on reservoir behavior

• Reservoir and production engineers managing waterflood operations
• Chemical and process engineers involved in water treatment and fluid management
• EOR professionals addressing operational issues in secondary recovery projects
• Field personnel responsible for monitoring and troubleshooting water quality
• Students and researchers studying the chemical aspects of enhanced oil recovery

About the AuthorDave Chappell has spent his career working on waterflood developments and operations in Brunei, Oman, Thailand, and Australia. In 2003, he became one of the founding members of Shell’s central waterflood team tasked with improving waterflood performance across the entire Shell waterflood portfolio, based in The Hague, The Netherlands. He went on to manage that group from 2008 until his retirement in 2018. Since then, he has worked as an independent consultant in the waterflood arena.