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A sensitivity study of relevant parameters on sand

production in unconsolidated sandstone reservoirs
Mohamad Tabaeh Hayavi* and Mahmood Abedifar
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Omidiyeh, Iran.
Received 5 December, 2016; Accepted 10 January, 2016

Sand production is a prevalent problem during oil and gas production from weakly consolidated or
unconsolidated formations. It can erode downhole equipment and surface facilities, cause pipeline
blockage, leakage and damage casing and generate additional need for sand disposal. Decision for
appropriate sand control strategy requires engineering analysis of the key parameters affecting sand
production to evaluate timing and severity of sanding over the life of field conditions. This paper
presents the effects of reservoir and geomechanical parameters including well trajectory, poroelastic
stress coefficient, Biot’s factore, maximum horizontal stress, horizontal stress anisotropy ratio, cohesive
strength and Uniaxial Compressive Strength (UCS) on sand production from openhole wells. The results
indicated that the critical bottomhole flowing pressure increases with increasing the poroelastic stress
coefficient, Biot’s factor, maximum horizontal stress and horizontal stress anisotropy ratio, but
decreases with increasing the cohesive strength and UCS of rocks. Furthermore, the results show that
the wellbore inclination and azimuth have a significant role in sanding potential during production. Also,
it is concluded that in normal stress regime the critical bottom hole flowing pressure of a horizontal
borehole is greater than the vertical borehole, so the vertical boreholes have less potential for sanding
than the horizontal boreholes and almost all the deviated wells. Accurate prediction of the conditions for
sand production is critical to the design of cost effective completion.

Key words: Sand production, geomechanical parameters, well trajectory, biot’s factor, horizontal stress.

INTRODUCTION

Production of oil and gas from hydrocarbon-bearing and has been observed in field data. Wells drilled into
reservoirs can result in a reduction of the reservoir pore depleting fields will experience this change in the stress
pressure (formation pressure) unless pressure support is acting within the field. This has important implications for
provided from a gas cap or an aquifer. A reduction in the well design as an increasing number of wells are being
reservoir pressure, in turn, results in a reduction in the designed as openhole or barefoot completions. Well
stresses acting within the reservoir. This stress-depletion design is also becoming increasingly customised in order
response is known from simple theoretical calculations to minimise the number of wells required to drain a field.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: m.hayavi2013@gmail.com. Tel: +98 939 183 5971.

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Consequently, large horizontal well sections are drilled the critical production rate at which the cavity becomes
with multilateral branches - several horizontal well unstable should be determined during oil and gas
sections drilled from one producing well. An important production in weakly consolidated or unconsolidated
aspect of the design for these customised and multilateral formations.
wells is the openhole stability over the lifetime of the field, Morita et al. (1987) by separating the effect of well
which is dependent on how the reservoir stresses will pressure and local pressure gradient around the cavity,
change with depletion (Addis, 1997). proposed an analytical approach to study the effects of
In the petroleum industry, the term ―sand production‖ many parameters on sand production. It was pointed out
refers to the production of solid particles together with the that the following parameters may affect sand production:
formation fluids from depleted reservoirs. This (1) Boundary loads such as well pressure and in-situ
phenomenon is common mainly in weak sandstone stresses; (2) Fluid flow induced force which is dependent
reservoirs and is a possible consequence of the on such factors as flow rate, permeability, viscosities of
degradation of the mechanical properties of the rock fluids, relative permeability for multiphase flow and fluid
surrounding the wellbore caused by drilling, completion, saturation, (3) rock deformation character, (4) rock
and production operations particularly, during the strength character, (5) perforation cavity geometry and
production phase, the decrease of pore pressure causes shot density, (6) cyclic loading history.
a concentration of stresses around the wellbore and the Sanding onset prediction involves stress calculation at
perforation tips which, in turn, can lead to the failure of cavity (including wellbore or perforation tunnel) surface.
the rock. When the right conditions are met, e. g. Even though a numerical model, such as finite element
production rates sufficiently high, then the failed rock can model, is more general, analytical or semi-analytical
be mobilized and the fluid flow can drag to the surface models may be more convenient and easier to use under
grains, particles or aggregates of the damaged rock special conditions. Besides, an analytical model is always
(Volonté et al., 2010). useful to verify numerical models. In petroleum
Sanding can erode downhole equipment and surface engineering, the vertical/horizontal wellbore, perforation
facilities, cause pipeline blockage, leakage and damage tunnel and their adjacent formation are often
casing due to formation subsidence, lead to more approximated as thick-walled hollow cylinder. Using this
frequent well intervention and workovers, and generate approximation, it can be able to obtain an analytical or
additional need for sand disposal (Addis, 1997). Decision semi-analytical solution for the near wellbore/perforation
for appropriate sand control strategy requires engineering tunnel stress state and use it in sand production
analysis of the key parameters affecting sand production prediction (Yi, 2003).
to evaluate timing and severity of sanding over the life of Drilling the wellbore or creating any cavity like
field conditions. perforations, changes the stress pattern in the medium
Sand production mechanisms can be summarized into around the cavity (Dai et al., 2014). Increase of
the following points (Wang et al., 2005): (1) Shear failure drawdown augments effective stresses in an interval
induced by fluid pressure drawdown can lead to the around the wellbore. This is attributed to the fact that
breaking of sand grain bonds and the alteration of the pore pressure recovers much more slowly compared to
material’s mechanical properties; (2) Tensile failure total stresses. Therefore, shear stresses increase around
caused by high hydrocarbon production rates can lead to the cavities once higher drawdowns are used. In this
dilation of solid skeleton and the loss of solid particles respect, acts depletion very similarly to drawdown in
mechanical interactions through disaggregation; (3) High increasing shear stresses around the cavities. Shear
stresses due to completion cause the formation to fail (in failure induced by fluid pressure drawdown takes place
compression) whereas fluid viscous drag forces bring the once shear stresses exceed limit shear strength of the
failed materials from the perforation tunnels into the intact rock and can lead to the breaking of sand grain
wellbore. bonds and the alteration of the material’s mechanical
There are many factors that must be considered to properties. Shear failure mechanism is mainly active
obtain a comprehensive understanding of how and why around the cavities where two major criteria are fulfilled.
sand production occurs and such factors include: (1) First, shear stresses are very high and second,
Geological factors. (2) Rock composition. (3) Mechanical differential deformations are possible (Nouri et al., 2003).
factors. (4) Drilling practices. (5) Production operations Sanding related studies can go back to the 1920’s, and
(Joseph et al., 2012). before the 1970’s, most studies were associated with
Tao et al. (2008) reported that as the flow rate is sand control, and then the interests shifted to the
increased, the wellbore pressure decreases and the determination of onset of sand production and a Mohr-
effective tangential stress in the elastic zone increases. Coulomb (M-C) type shear failure was initially postulated
On the other hand, the effective stresses in the plastic (Luo et al., 2012).
zone decrease with increasing flow rates due to the The objective of this paper is to present the sensitivity
increase in the pore pressure gradient. analyses of reservoir and geomechanical parameters on
Increasing the flow rate can initiate sanding, therefore the sand production from open hole wellbores.
 Figure 1. Stress transformation geometry for a deviated borehole (12).

STRESS CONCENTRATION AROUND A WELLBORE

AT PRODUCTION CONDITION

The stress concentration around a well drilled in an (2)

isotropic, elastic medium under anisotropic in-situ stress
condition (Maximum and minimum horizontal stresses
Where and are the maximum and minimum
are different) is described by the Kirsch equations. The
horizontal stresses, respectively, is the vertical stress,
general expressions for the stresses at the wellbore wall
i is wellbore inclination and is the azimuth angle due to
for a deviated well in the production situation are Fjær et
the maximum horizontal stress ( ) direction (Degree).
al. (2008):
Figure 1 shows the stress transformation system in a
deviated borehole where is the rotation angle around
the z′-axis (measured from the x′-axis) and i is the
( )
rotation angle around the y′-axis (measured from the z′-
axis) and is the poroelastic stress coefficient defined as
( ) (Al-Shaaibi et al., 2013):

(3)

(1) Where is Biot’s factor.

The shear failure known as sanding is expected to
Where is the radial stress, is the tangential (hoop) happen at the wellbore wall and at the point of maximum
°
stress, is the axial stress induced around the wellbore, tangential stress (θ=90 ) where the rock is under
Pwf is the bottomhole flowing pressure, θ is measured maximum compression. For a vertical borehole, the
from the azimuth of maximum horizontal stress (Degree) , inclination angle (i) is set to zero and the x-axis is
is the Poisson’s ratio and is the farfield pore oriented so that it coincides with the major horizontal
pressure. The shear stresses at the wellbore wall are principal stress axis (that is, =0°). However, for a
denoted , and , while the in-situ stresses in (x, y, vertical well the maximum stress values will always be at
z) coordinate system, denoted , , , , and θ=90° for any values of the in-situ stresses and Equation
, and they are defined as (Al-Shaaibi et al., 2013): (1) becomes:

( )
 z = v +2 H h + (Pwf Ppf ) Pwf Introducing Equations 4 into 9 (major and minor effective
(4) principal stresses are tangential and radial stresses,
respectively), the critical bottom hole flowing pressure for
Where is the effective radial stress, is the effective prevention of sand production from a open hole wellbore
tangential (hoop) stress, is the effective axial stress is:
induced around the wellbore. For a laterally large
reservoir compared to its thickness, the change in vertical
stress is considered negligible and therefore it is usually (11)
kept constant (Rahman et al., 2008). The maximum and
minimum horizontal stresses are updated as follows,
respectively: CONSTRUCTION OF MECHANICAL EARTH MODEL

(5) A Mechanical Earth Model (MEM) is an explicit

(6) description of the mechanical properties of the reservoir
and overburden formations, including rock strength and
Where elastic properties, the state of in-situ stresses and their
direction as well as pore pressure. It forms the basis for
(7) any geomechanical analysis, such as wellbore stability
analysis, sanding prediction evaluation, hydraulic fracture
and and are the maximum and minimum horizontal design, mechanical characterization of fractured
stresses at current production condition, respectively. formation, fault seal evaluation, reservoir compaction and
and are the initial and current reservoir pressures, subsidence evaluation, etc. Therefore, the reliability of
respectively. sanding prediction analysis largely relies on robustness
of the MEM (Mohiuddin et al., 2009). The field and
laboratory data required for this study are provided from a
SANDING ONSET PREDICTION MODEL number of production wells in one of fields located in the
south west of Iran.
To predict the well pressure at which sanding will occur
the stress equations at the borehole wall must be
compared against the failure criterion. The stress Calculation of rock mechanical properties
equations based on linear poroelastic constitutive laws
The mechanical properties of formations and dynamic
for deviated and vertical wellbores were introduced
elastic constants of subsurface rocks can eb derived from
earlier. These equations will be inserted in to the Mohr-
the measurement of elastic wave velocities and density of
Coulomb criterion to obtain the critical wellbore pressure
the rock. Sonic logging and waveform analysis provide
for sanding onset (Pw) (Al-Shaaibi et al., 2013).
the means for obtaining continuous measurements of
The Mohr-Coulomb criterion is the simplest and most
compressional and shear velocities. These data, in
commonly used strength criterion for geomaterials. The
conjunction with a bulk density measurement, permit the
Mohr-Coulomb criterion can be expressed in terms of in-situ measurement and calculation of the mechanical
shear stress and effective normal stress on the shear properties of the rock. The elastic moduli relationships, in
plane as follows (Zhang et al., 2010): terms of elastic wave velocities (or transit times) and bulk
density can be calculated from following equations
(8) (Alipour Tabrizy and Mirzaahmadian, 2010):
Where is the shear stress, the effective normal
stress, and and , respectively, the cohesive strength ( )
and the internal friction angle of the rock. The Mohr-
Coulomb criterion can also be expressed in terms of the ( )
major and minor effective principal stresses, that is, the
tangential stress and the radial stress: [ ( ) ]

(9)

Where the uniaxial compressive strength of the rock

and q is a parameter related to internal friction angle ( ( )
):

(10) ( ) (12)
 Young modulus (psi).

In-situ stresses and pore pressure

In-situ stress magnitudes and orientations play a very

important role in geomechanical analysis, and they are
the most basic parameter inputs in analysis of sand
production. Vertical stress is induced by the weight of the
overlying formations. The vertical stress can be
calculated by integration of rock densities from the
surface to the depth of interest based on Equation 16. In
fact, density log can be used to calculate overburden
stress:

v ∫ ̅ (16)

Where σv is vertical stress (psi), z is depth of interest (ft),

ρ(z) is the density as a function of depth (gr/cm 3), g is
gravitational acceleration (ft/s2) and ̅ is the mean
overburden density of rocks (gr/cm3). Rocks of Asmari
formation have an average density of 2.5 g/cm 3. By
considering horizontal strain and deformation effect,
Hooke’s law can be applied to derive the horizontal
stresses and strains relationships (Perchikolaee et al.,
Figure 2. Pore pressure and in-situ stresses profiles of Asmari 2010). The following equations are obtained, and are
formation. used to calculate the minimum and maximum horizontal
stress with tectonic strain effects (Al-Qahtani and Rahim,
2001).
Where is the dynamic Poisson’s ratio , Ed is the
dynamic Young’s modulus (psi), Δts is shear wave travel ( v ) (17)
time (ft/s), Δtc is compressional wave travel time (ft/s), kB
is dynamic bulk modulus (psi), KR is the rock modulus
( v ) (18)
(psi), ρb is the bulk density (gr/cm 3), ρgr is the grain
density (gr/cm 3), and ―b‖ is the constant coefficient which
is equal to 1.34*1010. For the Asmari formation of Where ε1 and ε2 are strains due to tectonic forces in
mentioned oilfield, an equation developed for estimation maximum and minimum directions and considered 1 and
of shear wave travel time by Nabaei et al. (2009) was 1.5, respectively. Based on drilling information pore
used: pressure gradient is estimated 0.365 psi/ft. Figure 2
shows the stresses and pressure profiles in the study
(13) area. The study area is associated with a normal faulting
stress regime, where the maximum principal stress is
Dynamic data cannot directly be utilized to develop vertical stress ( h < H < v).
mechanical models. So, they should be first converted
into static data through some calculation changes made
and then used in geomechanical model (Wang, 2000). Uniaxial compressive strength
Poisson’s ratio and static Young’s modulus are both
calculated via the following relations in south west of Iran. The uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) is defined as
The results show good conformity with laboratorial data following correlation based on rock lithology and core
(Abdideh and Fathabadi, 2013): measurements for Asmari formation, which is described
by an exponential relationship between uniaxial
(14) compressive strength (psi) and sonic wave travel time
(ft/s) (Khaksar et al., 2009):
(15)
( ) (19)
Where the static Poisson’s ratio and Es is is the static
 Figure 3. Sand free operating envelope plots for different values of cohesive strength.

Table 1. Geomechanical and reservoir properties of target depth.

Geomechanical parameter
Vertical stress ( ) 9500 psi
Maximum horizontal stress ( ) 6100 psi
Minimum horizontal stress ( ) 4300 psi
Biot’s coefficient ( ) 0.744
Static Poisson’s ratio ( ) 0.3
Static Young’s Modulus (Es) 6* 10^6 psi
Reservoir properties
Wellbore radius (Rw) 0.416 ft
Initial reservoir pressure (Pri) 4200 psi
Farfield pore pressure ( Pfp) 4000 psi

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS termed Idealized cohesive strength (ICS). Figure 4 show

the values of initial and promoted cohesive strength (Soi
Effect of cohesive strength and Sop) for prevention of sand production at current
production condition as function of depth for Ahwaz
The behavior of sand free envelope plot based on the sandstone member of Asmari formation.
Critical Bottom Hole Flowing Pressure (CBHFP) of
wellbore for series of cohesive strength from 290 to 1370
psi at the depth of 8700 ft are shown in Figure 3. Table 1 Effect of uniaxial compressive strength
shows the geomechanical and reservoir properties of
target depth. It can be seen that, as the cohesive strength The behavior of sand free envelope plot for series of
of target sand is increased, the amount of sand free uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) from 1122 to 8000
drawdown and depletion becomes larger and if the value psi at the depth of 8700 ft is shown in Figure 5. It can be
of cohesive strength reaches 1370 psi, no sanding risk seen that, As the UCS of target sand is increased, the
considered for this well at mentioned depth and was amount of sand free drawdown and depletion becomes
 Figure 4. Prediction of cohesive strength for Ahvaz sandstone
member.

Figure 5. Sand free operating envelope plots for different values of UCS.
 Figure 6. Prediction of UCS for Ahvaz sandstone member.

strength (IUCS). Figure 6 show the values of initial and sanding potential is highly sensitive to the inclination in all
promoted uniaxial compressive strength (UCSi and direction or azimuth.
UCSp) for prevention of sand production at current
production condition as function of depth for Ahwaz
sandstone member. Effect of horizontal stress anisotropy

Figure 8 show the effects of maximum horizontal stress

Effect of well trajectory and horizontal stress anisotropy ratio (HSAR) on CBHFP.
The horizontal stress anisotropy ratio is defined as:
Figure 7 shows the two dimensional plot of critical bottom
hole flowing pressure of the wells with different inclination (20)
and azimuth in Ahvaz sandstone member. The vertical
axis is the wellbore inclination in degree, horizontal axis
is the azimuth in direction of maximum horizontal in As Figure 8 depicts, an increase in maximum horizontal
degree and the colored regions indicate the CBHFP. It is stress leads to increase in the CBHFP in an invariable
concluded that in normal stress regime the CBHFP of a HR. It can be seen that increasing HSAR tends to
horizontal borehole is greater than the vertical borehole, increase in the CBHFP.
so the vertical boreholes have less potential for sanding
than the horizontal boreholes and almost all the deviated
wells. In this case, the best drilling trajectory is a well with Effect of Biot’s factor and poroelastic stress
inclination of 30° and azimuth of 90° (Zare-Reisabadi et coefficient
al., 2012). It is also obvious that, drilling parallel to the
minimum horizontal stress direction is the best trajectory Figure 9 indicates the influences of the Biot’s factor and
in this case. In addition, it shows that the CBHFP or poroelastic stress coefficient on CBHFP. It can be
Figure 7. CBHFP for various wellbore trajectories in normal stress regime.

Figure 8. Effects of maximum horizontal stress and horizontal stress anisotropy on CBHFP.
 Figure 9. Effect of Biot’s factor and poroelastic stress coefficient on CBHFP.

concluded that the CBHFP increases by increasing of the and UCS of rocks.
poroelastic stress coefficient in particular Biot’s factor.
Also in a fixed poroelastic stress coefficient an increase
in Biot’s factor increases the CBHFP. Conflicts of Interests

The authors have not declared any conflict of interests.

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