Well integrity/control

Fig. 1—Flowchart for sand-influx-mitigation workflow showing step-by-step analysis to arrive at the minimum THP limit to avoid sanding in wells.

Sand management/control

Automated Workflow Mitigates Sand Influx by Determining Minimum Tubinghead Pressure

This paper describes an automated workflow that helps mitigate sanding caused by excessive drawdown by determining the minimum tubinghead pressure.

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Completions

Guest Editorial: Ensuring Success of the 4th Industrial Revolution Downhole: Why Downhole Wireless Communication, Command Are Critical to the Transformation

Intelligent completions could improve many of the world’s oil and gas wells, but not all are suited to the technology. There is another option.

Well integrity/control

Development of Geopolymer as Treatment Fluid for Remedial Operations—Characterization and Comparison With State-of-the-Art Materials

This paper presents the characterization and comparison of a metakaolin-based geopolymer as a candidate treatment for remedial operations in oil and gas wells versus conventional state-of-the-art materials.