COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators.

Effective elimination of sand from the production stream is a key element of production optimization and one that requires an engineered approach. Sand causes a wide variety of costly problems when oil and gas are produced from unconsolidated reservoirs. The most costly problem is usually the loss of production resulting from formation damage caused by poorly planned and/or executed sand control applications.

This course is designed to enable participants to understand the key factors that need to be accounted for when managing the risk of sand production and how these are integrated into developing an effective and economical sand control process. The course will identify the parameters that must be considered when selecting the sand control technique to be used. Examples, problems and case studies will be examined to illustrate key points.

Sand control failures will be used to illustrate the types of problems that can lead to early well failures. This course will teach you how to perform quality control checks during the sand control application to help insure successful wells. Because Sand Control in horizontal wells often proves to be short-lived when incorrectly applied, examples and exercises will focus on correctly choosing successful completion techniques for horizontal wells. In this course, participants will learn the causes of sand production and formation damage and how they can reduce production. Methods and procedures will be presented to guide participants in decision making with regard to completing a well with optimum control of formation sand while incurring minimal damage to the well or production zone.

Several new promising sand control technologies have been introduced in the last few years such as expandable screens. The proper application of these new technologies will also be thoroughly covered. Attendees will leave this course with a thorough understanding of what is necessary to design and implement cost-effective sand control in producing and injection wells. Participants will also learn why certain practices should either be employed or strictly avoided. Finally the very latest in the use of forecasting methods, tools, techniques and personal experiences will be presented. The course will use lecture and class discussion. Video clips and PowerPoint slides will serve as visual aids and as the lecture outline. Hands-on participation will be included in the form of problem solving exercises and learning helps.