ISSN: 2578-4846
Authors: Ndemanou BP, Anague Tabejieu LM, Malwe HB and Kemnang Tsafack AS*
The aim of this paper is to propose a completion design to prevent the production of sand in a well named "X" (for confidential reasons) by using suitable equipment. To reach this goal, the equipment materials (metals and elastomers) must be selected. The downhole gravel pack equipment must be chosen, the well schematic drawn and the installation procedure written. The data used are the well-completion design. The well schematics are drawn by using Power Draw 2019. The results show that the recommended metallurgy is stainless steel with 13 chrome. For this case, the best equipment is the wire-wrapped screen with its slot size ranging from 0.008 to 0.012 inch, and the wash pipe size is 1.66 inch. The gravel pack packer, closing sleeve, gravel pack extension, flapper valve, safety shear joint, blank pipe, screen, snap latch and hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber material are selected to meet the scope of work. The total cost of the lower completion operation is 354,200$.
Keywords: Cased Hole; Gravel Pack; Unconsolidated Reservoir; Sand; Downhole Equipment; Power Draw
