Sand management/control
Aurora Innovation and Detmar Logistics have inked a deal for 30 autonomous trucks that will begin hauling sand in the region next year.
As reservoirs become more complex and economics tighter, the industry is shifting toward more-adaptive, data-informed, and targeted solutions. New research highlights innovative solutions that not only address technical limitations in existing designs but also enhance decision-making through digitalization and cross-disciplinary integration. The papers highlighted her…
This paper describes an automated workflow that helps mitigate sanding caused by excessive drawdown by determining the minimum tubinghead pressure.
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The trend in fracturing designs has been longer stages with more perforation clusters, which save time and money. But there are a couple of companies testing whether shorter is better for production. -
The first long-haul overland conveyor system to deliver proppant is under construction in the Permian Basin.
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This paper describes an intelligent completion design installed in two deepwater wells with dual-zone stack-pack sand-control lower completions and the installation of an intermediate string to isolate the reservoir in each zone.
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Over 1,000 hours of remotely monitored continuous production was achieved on an unmanned platform—a first for standalone offshore solids management in the North Sea.
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This paper presents field cases of a rigless wireline logging technique that accurately locates sources of water production in cased wells with standalone sand screens in an offshore field in the Caspian Sea.
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This paper presents a physics-based approach to predict sand production for various reservoir and completion types, explored through a case study of recent production wells in a sandstone reservoir development.
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This paper describes sand-control design and execution techniques applied to four high-rate gas wells in a deepwater environment.
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This paper discusses novel acoustic techniques used to identify productive zones and areas of sand production in a well with a sanding event.
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This paper highlights solids-management technologies that are currently available and still in use topside (some of which are potentially outdated).
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SponsoredCase study on how a Marcellus operator was able to recover 99%+ of frac sand in high flowrate wells using advanced cyclone technology.
