L-07. Sand Production Prediction

00:57 Sand Production Challenges in the World 01:48 Sand vs. Sandstone (ref. , , , ) 02:49 Sand Classification by Size, Sorting and Rounding 03:48 Causes of Sand Production 04:30 Water Weakening Factor 09:27 Sand Production Criteria 10:14 Thick-walled Cylinder Test (TWC) 12:56 Sand Triangles 16:00 Sand Well Sections 17:20 Examples of analytical models 20:14 Examples of modeling results 21:10 Shear Failure Gradients depending on deviation and azimuth 21:44 Uncertainties Analysis 22:09 Why Sand Management? 22:38 Real time sanding monitoring 24:00 Sand control completion techniques 24:34 Sand Consolidation 24:58 Selective Perforation 26:06 Quantitative Sand Production Prediction 27:02 Sand Erosion References: 1) Andrews, J., 2005. Production Enhancement From Sand Management Philosophy: A Case Study From Statfjord and Gullfaks. doi: Aadnøy Bernt S., Looyeh R., 2019. Petroleum Rock Mechanics Drilling Operations and Well Design Second Edition 2) Almaguer J et al. 2002. Orienting Perforations in the Right Direction, Oilfield Review 14, no. 1 (Spring 2002): p. 16–31. 3) Halliburton Lectures (2016) 4) Hettema M. H. et al., 2006. The Relative Importance of Drawdown and Depletion in Sanding Wells: Predictive Models Compared With Data From the Statfjord Field MM. 5) Hisham B. M., 2020. Sand production: A smart control framework for risk mitigation, Petroleum, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 1-13. 6) Junmano T. et al. 2016. Sand Production Management the Critical Challenge in Zawtika Gas Production. Paper presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. 7) Khan, J.A., Zainal, A.Z., Idris, K.N. et al. 2024. Sand screen selection by sand retention test: a review of factors affecting sand control design. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol 14, 2157–2182. 8) Mohamad-Hussein A. et al. 2018. Numerical modeling of onset and rate of sand production in perforated wells. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. 8. 1-17. 9) Onikoyi A. S. et al., 2014. Review of Sand Production from Oil Well Completions across Depositional Environments in the Niger Delta. SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition, Nigeria. 10) Shirazi S.A. et al., 1995. Generalization of the API RP14E Guideline for Erisive Services. 11) Weingarten J.S., 1995. Prediction of Sand Production in Gas Wells: Methods and Gulf of Mexico Case Studies. 12) Willson S. et al., 2002. New Model for Predicting the Rate of Sand Production. 13) Xin Cai at al., 2019. Water-Weakening Effects on the Mechanical Behavior of Different Rock Types: Phenomena and Mechanisms // Applied Sciences 9, no. 20: 4450. 14) Yang Yuru et al., 2023. Acoustic Emission Characteristics of the Water Weakening Effect on Cretaceous Weakly Cemented Sandstone. Sustainability 15, no. 10: 8390. 15) Zhang Rui et al., 2020. Analysis and simulation of erosion of sand control screens in deep water gas well and its practical application // Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 189. 16) Zhang J., 2019. Applied Petroleum Geomechanics, Elsevier. - 518 p.