Advances and challenges of sand production and control in oilfields: A review
Sand production poses a critical issue in the oil and gas industry, particularly oil fields with unconsolidated sandstone reservoirs, resulting in equipment damage, wellbore instability, and heightened operational costs. The main causes of sand production include water breakthrough, unconsolidated f...
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| description | Sand production poses a critical issue in the oil and gas industry, particularly oil fields with unconsolidated sandstone reservoirs, resulting in equipment damage, wellbore instability, and heightened operational costs. The main causes of sand production include water breakthrough, unconsolidated formation, reduction in pore pressure, high production rate, gas to liquid ratio and phase change. Despite advancements in sand control methods, no single solution is universally effective for all reservoirs. Current technologies involve using advanced materials for screens, gravel packs, chemical treatment, different methods of sand prediction models, and emphasizing the integration of real-time monitoring systems to enhance sand control effectiveness. This paper discusses and analyzes the mechanisms of sand production, advanced sand management strategies, sand predictions model and monitory sensors, and challenges associated with sand control techniques, including mechanical, chemical methods, and hydrocyclone desanders. This paper highlighted some of the most used chemical agents in laboratory and field experiments for sand consolidation, are evaluated to determine their effectiveness in sand mitigation. Emphasis is placed on the limitations of existing chemical treatments and hydrocyclone desander, and the need for advanced chemical remediation techniques. Surface systems can be adjusted and maintained more easily than downhole sand control systems. Surface chemical treatment strategies such as introducing chemical sand coagulation-flocculation enhance hydrocyclone desander efficiency as new innovative sand control technology will serve as potential solutions for maintaining reservoir integrity and minimizing sand production. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-97ea3971f23d435da6e47d4a02ea6d6b2025-08-20T02:47:40ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302025-03-012510459610.1016/j.rineng.2025.104596Advances and challenges of sand production and control in oilfields: A reviewMuhammad Muhammad0Azad Anugerah Ali Rasol1Department of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia; Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corperation Institute for Oil and Gas (MPRC-UTM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia; Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Bonny Island, NigeriaDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia; Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corperation Institute for Oil and Gas (MPRC-UTM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia; Corresponding author at: Department of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia.Sand production poses a critical issue in the oil and gas industry, particularly oil fields with unconsolidated sandstone reservoirs, resulting in equipment damage, wellbore instability, and heightened operational costs. The main causes of sand production include water breakthrough, unconsolidated formation, reduction in pore pressure, high production rate, gas to liquid ratio and phase change. Despite advancements in sand control methods, no single solution is universally effective for all reservoirs. Current technologies involve using advanced materials for screens, gravel packs, chemical treatment, different methods of sand prediction models, and emphasizing the integration of real-time monitoring systems to enhance sand control effectiveness. This paper discusses and analyzes the mechanisms of sand production, advanced sand management strategies, sand predictions model and monitory sensors, and challenges associated with sand control techniques, including mechanical, chemical methods, and hydrocyclone desanders. This paper highlighted some of the most used chemical agents in laboratory and field experiments for sand consolidation, are evaluated to determine their effectiveness in sand mitigation. Emphasis is placed on the limitations of existing chemical treatments and hydrocyclone desander, and the need for advanced chemical remediation techniques. Surface systems can be adjusted and maintained more easily than downhole sand control systems. Surface chemical treatment strategies such as introducing chemical sand coagulation-flocculation enhance hydrocyclone desander efficiency as new innovative sand control technology will serve as potential solutions for maintaining reservoir integrity and minimizing sand production.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025006747Sand productionSand controlChemical consolidationSand predictionSand monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Muhammad Azad Anugerah Ali Rasol Advances and challenges of sand production and control in oilfields: A review Results in Engineering Sand production Sand control Chemical consolidation Sand prediction Sand monitoring |
| title | Advances and challenges of sand production and control in oilfields: A review |
| title_full | Advances and challenges of sand production and control in oilfields: A review |
| title_fullStr | Advances and challenges of sand production and control in oilfields: A review |
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| title_short | Advances and challenges of sand production and control in oilfields: A review |
| title_sort | advances and challenges of sand production and control in oilfields a review |
| topic | Sand production Sand control Chemical consolidation Sand prediction Sand monitoring |
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