Development of a performance evaluation method of mechanical sand retention techniques

• Main Authors: Samsuri, Ariffin, Tan, C. H.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology; TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3513/1/SKMBT_60007052214550.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3513/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The production of sand from poorly consolidated formation is a problem that has plagued the oil and gas industry for a long time. The problem of sanding can be alleviated by producing under the critical flow rate that triggers sand production. However, this critical production rate is usually small...