Sand Control Testing

Training Course

Sand Control Testing 

• Sand production 

 - Forces on sand grains

 - Critical drawdown for onset of sanding

Shear failure as sanding onset

Tensile failure as sanding onset

 - Input and output data for sanding onset models

 - Optimizing perforating direction to minimize sanding

 - Ramp-up strategies to minimize sanding

 - Stability and collapse of sand arches

 - Sand Management

 - Sanding from injection wells

• Sand detection

• Sand control testing

 - Sand retention testing

 - Full-scale sand control testing

 - Hollow cylinder sanding test

 - Perforation sanding test

• Sand transport

 - Sand transport in vertical wells

 - Sand transport in horizontal wells

• Sanding induced erosion