Author(s)

Lizhen Ge, Xinran Wang, Xiaolin Zhu, Zhiqiang Zhu, Zhiqiang Meng

Tianjin Branch of CNOOC (China) Limited, Tianjin, China.

In order to enhance the effect of polymer flooding in offshore oilfields, so as to realize the longer stable production period and higher oil recovery, the reservoir perforation positions of production wells and injection wells are taken as research objects. By analyzing the distribution of remaining oil and production characteristics under different perforation positions, the optimum perforation positions of production wells and injection wells are selected. Bohai oilfield L was taken as target oilfield in this article, according to the actual reservoir characteristic parameters, three-dimensional laboratory physical simulation experiments of water flooding and polymer flooding were carried out, the experiments include different perforation positions of production wells and injection wells. The research result showed that the influence of perforation position on residual oil and development characteristics of the model is obvious. When takes the scheme of injection well upper part perforated and production well all part perforated, the least of the remaining oil distribution, the longest of the production period without water. Contrast with other perforation schemes, its stable production period increase about 1.2 times, the oil recovery of water flooding increase 3.7% - 6.0%, the oil recovery of polymer flooding increase 2.5% - 4.1%. So it is recommended as the best perforation scheme. Preferable effect had been achieved when translating research findings into practice. It can serve as a reference to the similar offshore oilfield.

Polymer Flooding, Laboratory Experiment, Perforation Position, Remaining Oil Distribution Law, Enhance Oil Recovery, Offshore Oilfield

Ge, L.Z., Wang, X.R., Zhu, X.L., Zhu, Z.Q. and Meng, Z.Q. (2019) Research on Optimization of Reservoir Perforation Position in Offshore Polymer Flooding Oilfield. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 7, 15-28. doi: 10.4236/jpee.2019.77002.