Paper: Waterflood Surveillance

Surveillance, in order for it to be effective, should be implemented through an organization with adequate staffing and technology. Engineering and field operations organizations should be complementary, providing for specific lines of communications, and yet at the same time encouraging informal personal exchanges between both groups. Surveillance of a waterflood project requires constant cooperation between the two groups in order to collect, document, and analyze an immense quantity of data, and carry out an efficient operation.