... sand control screen assembly sand control cutter operation gravel pack failure packer completion bottom hole assembly proppant spe 159600 society of petroleum engineers packer mandrel gravel pack packer Introduction Producing wells in southern Chad are completed with gravel packs...

... to the interior of the sand-control screens at two distinct parts of the well pay zone, without interrupting oil production in offshore Brazil. This pay zone management system incorporates a hydraulic wet connector, an openhole zonal isolation packer, and two chemical injection mandrels with flow regulator valves...

... global installation of a gravel pack system that allows continuous chemical treatment pumping to the pay zone area without interrupting production. For wells with production issues such as barium and calcium sulfates causing obstruction of the sand-control screen base-pipe holes, this system will allow...

... Abstract Over the past few years, several "premium" sand control screens have been introduced into the market. The proliferation of new screens has raised questions about how to choose the proper sand control screen for a particular formation. In order to address this concern, a project...

... Abstract Successful completion of openhole horizontal wells requires removal of potential impairment from the near wellbore and formation face. Impairment can reduce well productivity and lead to failure of sand control screens due to plugging and erosion. Shell has adopted the practice...