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Production and Completions
Sand Control
Producing from unconsolidated reservoirs can bring sand into the well, and badly planned or executed sand control often causes the greatest losses through formation damage. This course sets out the factors that determine which sand control method to use. Case histories, including failures, illustrate what leads to early well problems and how to avoid them.
- Discipline
- Production and Completions
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- Flexible length
- Formats
- Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Drilling, completion, production and research engineers, field supervisors and service personnel involved in sand control.
What participants will be able to do
- Determine the causes of sand production
- Assess whether sand control is needed
- Select the most suitable sand control method
- Prepare wells and apply best practice in sand control completions
- Evaluate sand control performance and new technologies
Topics covered
- Sand production causes
- Sand control selection
- Gravel packing
- Frac packing
- Completion failure analysis
- Performance evaluation