Research Materials (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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- 3Sand Control
- 2SAGD
- 1Clay content
- 1Fines migration
- 1Full-scale Completion Testing Facility
- 1Particle Size Distribution (PSD)
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A Novel Sand Control Testing Facility to Evaluate the Impact of Radial Flow Regime on Screen Performance and its Verification
Download2020-05-11
Mohammad Haftani, Omar Kotb, Phuong H. Nguyen, Chenxi Wang, Mahmoud Salimi, Alireza Nouri
Optimum design of the sand control devices in oil sand reservoirs plays a vital role in minimizing the sand production and increasing the reservoir productivity in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) operations. Various sand control testing facilities have been developed to evaluate the...
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Effect of Stress Build-up around Standalone Screens on the Screen Performance in SAGD Wells
Download2018-01-01
Yujia Guo, Morteza Roostaei, Alireza Nouri, Vahiddodin Fattahpour, Mahdi Mahmoudi, Heeseok Jung
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is the primary thermal recovery technology currently employed to extract heavy oil and high-viscosity bitumen from Alberta oil sands. In the nearwellbore region, the initial stresses are nearly zero, and as the SAGD chamber grows, the stresses tend to...
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2016-01-01
Mahdi Mahmoudi, Vahidoddin Fattahpour, Alireza Nouri, Saad Rasool, Michael Leitch
The quantification of fines migration in the vicinity of sand control screens in SAGD wells is of paramount importance to operating companies, who require the wells to operate under optimum conditions for a period of 10-15 years. Fines migration can lead to the plugging of pore spaces...