SAND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Discipline: Completion, Production
Level: Basic/Intermediate
Duration: 4 days
Instructor: Jairo Balcacer
Purpose
This course will present the basic topics from rock mechanics to equipment, emphasizing in the estimation and available methods to efficiently control the sand production. The course will present details on gravel-pack design and placement as well as description of surface and downhole screens and associated equipment.
Designed
This course is addressed to well intervention, completion and production engineers as well as rig supervisors who deal with sand production associated problems.
You will learn
- Recognise the cost to the companies generated by the sand production
- The steps involved in design of the completion planning phase
- Different solutions in terms of screens or liners
- Different solutions in terms of techniques to control the sand particles
Content
Sand Production in Oil and Gas Wells
- Causes of sand production
- Rock mechanics considerations
- Sand production prediction
Completion and Production Practices
- Plain slotted liners
- Wire-wrapped screens
- Prepack screens and Premium screens
Gravel Packing
- Open hole gravel packs (external)
- Gravel selection, sizing, quality
- Surface and downhole tools
- Gravel placement open hole and cased hole
- Example cased hole gravel pack design
- Fluids and slurry requirements
- Quality control
Frac-and-Pack Techniques
- Well selection criteria
- Basic treatment design
Consolidation Techniques
- Chemical consolidation
- Consolidated gravel packs
Sand Control in Heavy Oil Producing Wells
- Gravel packing
- Other control methods
Software applications:
- MS Excel spreadsheets
Text and Consulting books:
- “Petroleum Engineering Handbook¨, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Discipline: Completion, Production
Level: Basic/Intermediate
Duration: 4 days
Instructor: Jairo Balcacer
