Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol.56, No.9, 81-81, 2004
Sand management for high-rate gas wells
Formation damage, sand production, and a high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) sour-gas environment are major challenges in field development of the Sawan gas reservoir in Pakistan. Meeting individual-well productivity targets requires large-bore or monobore completions, minimizing formation damage by use of underbalanced perforating, and maintaining sand production below tolerable limits. An integrated completion and sand-management strategy has delivered well production rates greater than 100 MMscf/D, with sand production below tolerable limits.