Society
of Petroleum Engineers
Distinguished Lecturer 2004-05 Lecture Season
“Sand
Management” – Integrated Solution for Sand Control
Anwar
Husen Akbar Ali
Schlumberger
Oilfield Services
Abstract:
Sand
Management (SM) is the complete process to optimize well productivity maximizing
the clients ROI (Return On Investment) by proper management of fluids and sand
production throughout the entire life of a field. SM promotes and uses the
synergy created with integrated services and processes. Success in preventing or
delaying sand production results from knowing how to properly integrate and
optimize relevant technologies. The operator benefits by taking advantage of the
synergy created when cross-discipline services are directed towards a common
objective. By providing integrated, rather than isolated, sand management
technologies, the Sand Management Solution addresses specific sand production
problems while offering the highest level of value from technical innovations.
Sand Management Solutions go beyond standard mechanical sand control methods and
encompass numerous technologies that focus on preventing or eliminating produced
sand. The techniques analyze the root cause of sand problems, not just today,
but throughout the life of the well or field. It’s as much about using better
processes as it is about using better technology. Screenless completion is one
of the techniques of completing a well in a “poorly” consolidated formation
whereby no screen is employed to eliminate formation sand production.
A screenless completion can be as simple as a well-designed perforation
scheme with controlled reservoir drawdown or as complex as consolidating the
near wellbore formation with resin followed by a fracture stimulation treatment
including proppant flowback control. Actual case histories from Sakhalin, South
America, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia are presented where candidate selection
process and results are discussed.
Biography:
Anwar Husen
Akbar Ali received his BSc. (Hons) in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from
University Technology of Malaysia in 1988. In 1997, he obtained Masters Degree
in Integrated Reservoir Management from IFP, France (collaboration with
University of Delft, Holland and Imperial College, London). He joined
Schlumberger in 1988 as a field engineer and has worked and been associated in
projects in almost every country in the Middle East and Asia region. He also
worked in Houston as Senior Technical Engineer in the Production Enhancement
Group back in 1996-97. He was the project coordinator for the first fracturing
campaign in Vietnam (1994), handled the technical issues and was involved in the
initiation of the Angsi fracturing campaign for Petronas (2000-2002). Very
active in various Production Enhancement and Field Development projects; he has
been a Technical Advisor for high permeability fracturing for CanOXY, Yemen
(2000); Production Enhancement project for Bombay High field, ONGC, India
(1999); Screenless Completions project for Marathon in Sakhalin, Russia (1999)
and Well Test Interpretation for Hydraulically Fractured complex gas condensate
reservoir for Saudi Aramco (2003). He has been responsible for introducing many
new technologies in stimulation and being the mentor for field and technical
engineers. He has presented production, reservoir and stimulation engineering
courses to various international/national oil companies and Universities in the
Middle East and Asia region. He is an active SPE member, invited as a Panelist
for "IOR Experiences - Best Practices and Lessons Learnt". He has also
served as steering committee member in many SPE Forum, ATW, ATCE and SPE local
chapter. He has authored many technical papers. Currently based in Cairo, Egypt;
he is Production Engineering Advisor for Schlumberger Middle East and Asia.
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