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Sand
Sand news and technical articles from Oil & Gas Journal. Search Sand latest and archived news and articles
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Sand , gravel properties key to optimum designs
SAND CONTROL-1 M. Babs Oyeneyin Robert Gordon University ..... and screen well completions require a knowledge of sand as well as gravel textural properties. These completion methods keep sand and fines from entering the well bore, so that long …
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Thru-tubing sand control remediation expands
… frequently for well completions requiring sand control remediation. This increase correlates ..... to the specific needs of thru-tubing sand control applications, such as screens ..... industries. A survey of 250 thru-tubing sand control remediations performed worldwide …
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Method calculates sand velocity, hold-up in flowlines
… relatively simple method of estimating sand velocity and hold-up in multiphase flowlines ..... determine whether a producing well needs a sand -exclusion system at a subsea wellhead. Estimating the behavior of sand in multiphase flowlines is difficult and …
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Coordinated efforts allow drilling through highly depleted sand
… successfully drilled through a depleted sand in a South Louisiana well. Its close attention ..... pressure differential and by managing the sand without having to run larger casing. BP ..... a 7-in. liner for the first depleted sand , only a 6-in. hole with a 4 1/2 …
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Texas tar sand properties under review
… of strategic alternatives to maximize the value of its San Miguel tar sand holdings in the Maverick basin in South Texas. The company placed most of its wholly owned tar sand assets into a subsidiary designed to expedite development opportunities …
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Mitchell succeeds with light sand fracing in Barnett shale
… OGJ Online HOUSTON �Using the new light sand fracturing technology to enhance production ..... fracturing to improve production from tight sand developments or aging wells, including ..... fractures that used to use 1.2 million lb of sand and 600,000 gal of 30-50 lb gels …
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South Texas tar sand pilots gearing up
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, July 23 -- Preheating has started at one tar sand pilot and is due to start later this quarter at another pilot in the Maverick basin 125 miles southwest of San Antonio. Formation …
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ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS DETECT SAND IN NORTH SEA FLOW LINES
… transducers have been developed for detecting sand in flow lines on offshore oil producing platforms. Sand production is determined by using the integrated ..... measured noise generated by collisions of sand particles on the pipe wall. During the field …
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Expandable screen offers new option for sand control
The first open hole expandable sand screen (ESS) has been field tested in ..... Petroline describes the ESS as consisting of a sand -exclusion screen that is capable of considerable ..... testing of all components. Calum Whitelaw, sand control product manager at Petroline …
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EPOXY-COATED SAND TAPS NEW GAS IN OLD WELLS
… casingless completions combined with epoxy-coated sand to control sand production have increased gas reserves in Union Pacific Resources' McFaddin field of Victoria County, Tex. Sand production in this field has historically limited gas …
