Sand Production Management for Unconsolidated Sandstone Reservoirs

This book investigates sand production problems in the development of unconsolidated sand reservoirs and suggests novel technical solutions and improvements to sand management issues.

This book is divided into six chapters: (1) geologic characteristics of unconsolidated sand heavy oil reservoirs and concept of sand management technology; (2) sand production mechanisms and its effect on reservoir petrophysical quality; (3) sand production quantity prediction and well productivity evaluation methods, especially for fluid–solid coupling prediction model; (4) completion technology for sand management; (5) sand flow in well bore and surface processing; (6) the application of sand management technology in China s Bohai heavy oil field.

Readership: Petroleum reservoir engineers and production managers worldwide.

Chapter1  Introduction
1.1 Geologic characteristics of unconsolidated sand heavy oil reservoirs
1.2 Concept of sand management technology of unconsolidated sand reservoirs
Chapter2   sand production mechanisms and its effect on reservoir petrophysical quality
2.1 Sand production mechanisms and influence factors
2.2 Sand production effect on reservoir petrophysical quality
Chapter3   sand production quantity prediction and well productivity evaluation
3.1 Reviews of sand production quantity prediction
3.2 Fluid–solid coupling based sand production quantity prediction method
3.3 Productivity evaluation methods for sand production well
3.4 Application analysis
Chapter4   Completion technology for sand management
4.1 Sand control modes
4.2 Parameter design of sand control
4.3 Experimental Study of sand control effect evaluation
Chapter5   Sand flow in well bore and surface processing
5.1 Critical rate of sand flow in well bore
5.2 Artificial lift and production optimization technology
5.3 Surface processing of sand contained oil
Chapter6   Sand management in Bohai heavy oilfield
6.1 Key technology of sand management
6.2 Work flow of sand management
6.3 Application in Bohai oil field

Zhou Shouwei, former Vice–President of CNOOC and Director of CNOOC s EOR key lab, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, specialising in offshore oil development engineering.

Sun Fujie, General Manager of Technology Development, Department of CNOOC, is a senior engineer with expertise in oil and gas field development engineering. He joined CNOOC in 1988,  working on production of offshore oil and gas field development.