Solids Production

The Solids Production (SPP) module in JewelSuite Geomechanics, models sand production for open hole and cased hole completions based on analytical equations.

The source for sand production is the presence of disintegrated sand grains around the wellbore or perforation walls due to rock failure around the hole. The Solids Production module calculates:

• Tangential and shear stresses at wellbore wall (or perforation)
• Sanding is predicted if maximum effective stress exceeds the effective rock strength
• Critical Bottom Hole Flowing Pressure (BHFP)
• Critical Drawdown

This module produces the following output:

• Sanding evaluation log
• Mass of produced sand
• Sand-free operating envelope
• Optimum perforation and wellbore trajectory for both Open Hole and Cased perforated completions

Details of the analytical model used are available. See Solid Production.