We manage waterflood properties like a long-cycle investment: disciplined, data-driven, and execution-focused. Waterfloods reward consistency, technical rigor, and a clear understanding of how reservoir, wells, and facilities interact over time. They also expose operators to significant risk when surveillance fades, injection becomes imbalanced, or legacy infrastructure is allowed to deteriorate.

At NTG Auburn, we bring a structured operational philosophy that blends reservoir engineering fundamentals with hands-on field management.

Our team understands that every waterflood has its own history—complex sweep patterns, legacy wellbore issues, evolving WOR trends, and the nuanced behaviors of mature reservoirs under secondary recovery. We use this context to create a tailored plan that protects the downside, identifies hidden upside, and ensures the asset performs predictably month after month.

This approach focuses on three pillars:

• Stabilization: Addressing immediate integrity, injection, and facilities issues that impact safety, compliance, and production continuity.

• Optimization: Improving pattern balance, surveillance discipline, and workover effectiveness to restore long-term recovery performance.

• Sustainability: Controlling LOE, protecting environmental position, and planning for future decisions—be it recompletions, infill, or decommissioning.

With NTG Auburn acting as contract operator, asset manager, or technical steward, waterflood owners gain a partner capable of elevating both day-to-day operations and long-term asset strategy.

1. Rapid Field Assessment & Transition

Whether you’re acquiring a waterflood, standing up as operator of record, or resetting underperforming assets, we start with:

• Current and historical production performance review

• Injection pattern and surveillance assessment

• Wellbore integrity and mechanical status review

• Facilities, power, and water-handling capacity evaluations

• Regulatory and compliance status, including UIC and reporting

We then develop a 90–180 day transition and stabilization plan to address the most impactful risks and opportunities first.

2. Pattern Surveillance & Injection Optimization

Strong waterflood performance starts with disciplined surveillance and pattern management:

• Pattern-by-pattern production and injection balancing

• Voidage replacement ratio (VRR) and areal/vertical sweep analysis

• Injection allocation, pressure management, and conformance improvements

• Identification of under-swept zones and bypassed pay

We turn surveillance into action—recommending and executing specific operational changes, not just producing dashboards.

3. Workovers, Conformance, and Well Optimization

NTG Auburn coordinates and manages the field-level execution required to move the needle:

• Repair and optimization of injectors and producers

• Water shut-off, profile modification, and zonal isolation work

• Wellbore cleanouts, artificial lift optimization, and recompletions

• Strategic P&A of non-contributing or high-risk wells

Our project management team ensures workovers and projects are delivered on-time, on-budget, and aligned with field strategy, not performed in isolation.

4. Facilities, Water Handling, and LOE Management

Waterflood economics are often controlled by the “water system” more than the oil:

• Produced water handling, separation, and disposal optimization

• Power and compression evaluations and efficiency improvements

• Debottlenecking of gathering systems and injection infrastructure

• Chemical program optimization for scale, corrosion, and flow assurance

We focus on cost per BOE and sustainability of operations, ensuring the facilities strategy supports both production and ESG objectives.

Integrated Environmental & Regulatory Support

Waterfloods sit at the intersection of operations, reservoir management, and environmental oversight. To address this, NTG Auburn works closely with NTG Environmental to provide:

• UIC permitting and ongoing compliance support

• Groundwater and surface water protection planning

• ESG and emissions reporting support tied to field operations

• Regulatory filings, audits, and stakeholder documentation

Learn more about NTG Environmental’s regulatory compliance and permitting services here:
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