The objective of this session is to share information regarding sand control challenges, failure mechanisms and reliability for standalone screen (SAS), open hole gravel pack (OHGP), and frac pack completions. Individual discussions will be held for each of these completion types. The discussions will center around best practices, pitfalls, and learning from experiences with an emphasis on life cycle performance, well failure mechanisms, and completion concept selection criteria.

When certain well conditions exist such as depleted reservoirs, shallow depths, long open-hole interval, etc., then it may increase the risk of fracturing during open-hole gravel packing. In such cases, to minimize the risk of exceeding fracture pressure, three different mitigation techniques, such as use of diverter valves, changes to standard operating practice by using lower density fluids, and wellbore strengthening during drilling will be discussed.

Designing fluids for OHGP in high temperature and pressure environments is challenging both to limited choice of fluids and chemicals. Furthermore, the operational window is often very narrow in HTHP environments. Still, the need for robust sand control solutions exists. Solutions are often costly and often alternative, innovative solutions are chosen.

This session will highlight advances in screen engineering along with the testing and qualification methods used to support those advances. In addition, the presentations will share the successful and wider use of screen technology in wells outside conventional application “boundaries” and to share the testing and qualification methods used to define the potential for successful application in these wider use cases.

As new fields are being developed in challenging reservoirs or remote locations where OHGP is primary completion option, the conventional design methodologies may not work.   In remote locations, making changes especially last minute is not feasible thus requiring modification based on available technology.  In this session there will be discussions on designing and lessons learned in a challenging deepwater field and use of managed pressure OHGP in a remote location.

This session will highlight advances in screen engineering along with the testing and qualification methods used to support those advances. In addition, the presentations will share the successful and wider use of screen technology in wells outside conventional application “boundaries” and to share the testing and qualification methods used to define the potential for successful application in these wider use cases.

Remedial sand control has advanced significantly in recent years with large improvements in available completion systems increasing the number of successful outcomes. Examples are more erosion-resistant insert sand screens, gravel pack logging techniques to allow the defects in completions to be located more accurately, and the appearance of more novel forms of sand screens.

The dream of an engineer is to be able to control flow rates along each foot of the formation from their computer or phone. To accomplish this dream, we need monitoring and flow control valves as close to the sand face as possible, and often times in high rate wells requiring sand control. This session will discuss some of the challenges and successes of intelligent sand control completions.

The objective of this session is to explore examples of how the digital transformation impacts our sand control discipline. Whether focus is on sand production prediction, concept design, or post-job performance analysis – sensors, data-driven workflows and other digital tools will inevitably play an important role in defining the future of sand control across the entire completion life cycle. Join us in this session to hear examples of how sand control is becoming increasingly digitized in the industry.