Learning

I have been learning a lot about PT work and my time as a PT tagger-along is coming to an end. But it has been really useful to help me understand what goes on next and the links between understanding the reservoir, modelling it and seeing and learning from what happens in the field.

Today I learnt about Water Injection and it is definitely an area where a lot of things are up in the air, and the uncertainty on the models is high. However it is an important area as it affects future production so much. For example, if you inject too fast, the water doesn't displace the oil but travels straight through to the oil well and you end up producing water that you have just injected. But if you don't inject enough then you lose oil production.
By the way, the size of the pumps in the injection station is that of a medium-sized car.

What I especially like about the last couple of weeks is that I have actually had time to record all my learnings and think about them for a while, which has really helped with assimilation. I have never really had a chance to do this, only plan to, and I hope I will be able to do it again in the future-unless someone invents human RAM in the meantime.

Off to a perforation shortly :-)