Sand production: A smart control framework for risk mitigation
Sand disposal, which involves cleaning, storage and transportation are very costly. In addition, sand production also causes geo-mechanical problems like …
Research advance of numerical simulation methods for sand production
The coupling CFD-DEM model is used to study the sand production time, sand production amount and particle migration in the perforation damage zone of weakly cemented sand body under different fluid flow condition (Song et al., 2020; Khamitov et al., 2021). Then, the sand production of different fluid types is coupled (Khamitov et al., …
Hydro-mechanical aspects of the sand production problem
This paper examines the hydro-mechanical aspect of the sand production problem and sets the basic frame of the corresponding mathematical modelling. Accordingly, piping and surface erosion effects are studied on the basis of mass balance and particle transport considerations as well as Darcy's law. The results show that surface erosion is …
Visualization-based experimental investigation of microscopic sand …
Therefore, sand production has become one of the major problems that plague the development in oil and gas production, especially in weakly consolidated sandstone reservoirs. Sand production is controlled by a combination of mechanical damage to the rock surrounding the wellbore and hydrodynamic erosion of the wellbore …
Microscopic mechanical analysis of sand production using …
Sand production or sanding is a common phenomenon that occurs during hydrocarbon recovery from sandstone reservoirs. When drilling and petroleum production are initiated, stress and pore pressure around the production cavity will redistribute. ... Hydro-mechanical analysis of calcareous sand with a new shape-dependent fluid …
(PDF) Sand Control: Sand Characterization, …
Production of the sand becomes a significant problem throughout the life of wells, especially in poorly consolidated reservoirs. This issue frequently leads to tube buckling and abrasion of the ...
Thermo-hydro-mechanical Sand Production Model in …
This incident highlights the importance of development of hydro-mechanical sand production model within hydrate-bearing sediments and understanding of the behavior of hydrate-bearing sediments with the effect of sand production during gas extraction. This extended abstract provides a formulation for the sand production …
Sand production control mechanisms during oil well production …
The consequences and mechanisms of sand production, the factors influencing sand production capacity (i.e., sand production causes), as well as the remedial options were discussed.
Prediction of Volumetric Sand Production Using a Coupled …
The production of sand grains from an unconsolidated porous solid matrix under viscous fluid flow is inevitable. While sand production has been found to increase effectively well productivity in both heavy oil and conventional light oil reservoir, it can also lead to geomechanical problems. This paper presents a simplified reservoir …
Use of Foundry Sands in the Production of Ceramic and …
The aim of this research was to evaluate the possibility of reusing waste foundry sands derived from the production of cast iron as a secondary raw material for the production of building materials obtained both by high-temperature (ceramic tiles and bricks) and room-temperature (binders such as geopolymers) consolidation. This …
Rock strength degradation induced by salt precipitation: A …
I take a typical ultra-deep tight sandstone gas reservoir located in Tarim Basin as an example to investigate the rare sand production problem. The situation of sand production was presented, and then conventional analyses were conducted. Six tight sandstone core plugs were selected to conduct rock mechanical tests before and after …
Bonding Strength Effects in Hydro-Mechanical Coupling Transport in
The hydro-mechanical coupling transport process of sand production is numerically investigated with special attention paid to the bonding effect between sand grains. By coupling the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) and the discrete element method (DEM), we are able to capture particles movements and fluid flows simultaneously. In …
Mechanics of Oil Well Sand Production | SpringerLink
There is a difference between capillary force and cohesive between particles. From field practice, for example, in the North Sea oil field, a well drilled in 1981 started with a reservoir pressure of 44.13 MPa and a production rate of 795 m 3 /d, and after the supplemental perforation the production rate reached 1908 m 3 /d, and even at such a …
Chemical treatment for sand production control: A review of …
Sand production control methods include restrictive production rate, mechanical methods (slotted liner, wire-wrapped screen, pre-packed screen, frac-pack, gravel pack, high-rate water pack) and chemical consolidation that chemical method is considered for more effectiveness in sand production alleviation due to increasing …
An erosion-mechanical model for sand production rate …
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-9062(98)00106-5 Corpus ID: 129793642; An erosion-mechanical model for sand production rate prediction @article{Papamichos1998AnEM, title={An erosion-mechanical model for sand production rate prediction}, author={Euripides Papamichos and Maria Stavropoulou}, journal={International Journal of Rock Mechanics …
Sand screen selection by sand retention test: a review of …
Utilizing a cost-effective screen is an efficient method to combat sand production. Mechanical screens, such as multi-layered filter meshes, slotted liners, roll-up screens, metal s, granules, and ceramic sand filters (Zhou and Sun 2016; Dong et al. 2017), are common options, as shown in Fig. 1. Field cases demonstrate that an …
A hydro-mechanical sand erosion model for sand production …
Rock strength degradation induced by salt precipitation: A new mechanical mechanism of sand production in ultra-deep fractured tight sandstone gas reservoirs. Dujie Zhang. Geology, Engineering. AIMS Geosciences. 2023;
A Short Review of Sand Production Control
Sand production may be inevitable in unconsolidated sandstone formation with permeability between 0.5 to 8 darcies (Jon carlson et al., 1992) In addition, reservoirs …
Sand production: Mechanical failure or hydrodynamic …
In this way both the onset of sand production and the mechanical failure point will be met earlier, that is at lower effective external stress. The cavity failure experiments were simulated theoretically using the numerical code 3DBORE (Papamichos et al. 1996). The simulations are based on a hollow cylinder geometry, which …
Volumetric sand production model and experiment
A sand production model was developed for volumetric sand production predictions that take into account the effects of the external stresses and fluid flow rate. The model couples the poro‐mechanical behaviour of the solid–fluid system with the erosion behaviour of the solids due to fluid flow. It predicts reasonably experimental volumetric …
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Sand production has been identified as a key reason limiting sustained and commercial gas production in methane-hydrate-bearing sediments. Production tests in Canada and Japan were terminated partially because of excessive sand production in pilot wells. It is meaningful to carry out numerical investigations and sensitivity analyses to …
A hydro-mechanical sand erosion model for sand production …
Sand production while producing hydrocarbons from a well is a critical issue faced by the oil and gas industry. It is a complex process controlled by several factors, …
Sand control techniques
Minimal sand production; Low production rates; Economically viable well service; Rate restriction. Restricting the well's flow rate to a level that reduces sand production is a method used occasionally. The point of the procedure is to sequentially reduce or increase the flow rate until an acceptable value of sand production is achieved.
Sand control
Sand production can plug tubing, casing, flowlines and surface vessels. It can erode equipment that leads to loss of well control or unwanted fluid emissions. ...
A resolved CFD-DEM investigation of near-wellbore fine sand …
However, during depressurization process, preliminary research and trial production practice show that sand production (Fig. 1 (b)) is one of the key issues affecting the efficient and safe extraction of natural gas hydrate reservoirs 12.During the methane hydrate extraction experiments in the Japan Nankai Trough in 2013 and 2017, …
Sand Erosion in Subsurface and Surface Oil Production …
Sand production from unconsolidated oil and gas reservoirs is getting increasing attention recently due to the increase of mature fields, from one side, and its higher financial impact on the oil and gas business, from the other side. ... Chemical and mechanical sand control techniques should be considered when producing oil or gas …
Estimation of Sand Production Rate Using Geomechanical …
The driving mechanism for continuous sand production is erosion from plastified material in the vicinity of the production cavity. (2) The sand production rate …
Hydro‐mechanical erosion models for sand production
Sand production is a complex physical process that depends on the external stress and flow rate conditions as well as on the state of the material. Models developed for the prediction of sand production are usually solved numerically because of the complexity of the governing equations. Testing of new sand production models can …
A Review on Chemical Sand Production Control Techniques …
This review aims to bring together the studies on petroleum reservoirs' sand production control in a comprehensive guide for the researcher to compare various methods for the chemical consolidation of sand. Sand production can be considered one of the major challenges in the petroleum production industry, causing severe …
Sand production control mechanisms during oil well …
Mechanical methods. To prevent sand production, fully latticed pipes were used that are placed in front of the production formation. Hence, only the fluid can pass through the mesh liner, and the sand particles cannot pass through the liner. …