Participants will gain knowledge about rock mechanical aspects of sand management and sand control. Basics of sand production followed by various applications related to sand control and risk management for different completion scenarios will be discussed. The course is fully covered with field cases and exercise.
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPH 205 | 6 - 9 Oct 2025 | Online | 1790 |
| PPH 205 | 17 – 20 Feb 2025 | Online | 1990 |
| PPH 205 | 21 – 24 Apr 2025 | Paris | 3990 |
| PPH 205 | 3 – 6 Nov 2025 | Stavanger | 3990 |
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
The objectives of this course are to provide participants with rock mechanics, borehole stability at different environments of sand production and related problems. Sand “life cycle” and different sand production prediction techniques including wellbore stability, sand lifting & wellbore sand transport and wellhead erosion risk will be introduced and discussed. The course will introduce the concept of Sand Management along with Classical Sand Control techniques including discussions of well productivity, sand transport, sand monitoring, surface facilities design and sand disposal. Two field cases where different field development & sand management strategies will be discussed in groups and presented.
o Introduction
o Fundamentals of rock mechanics
o Borehole stability and sand production
o Sand production environments
o R&D background
o Geomechanical model
o Sand prediction models I
o Sand prediction models II
o Risk analysis
o Well completion options
o Sand control technologies I
o Sand management vs sand control
o Heavy oil
o Sand control technologies II
o Sand life cycle management
o Field cases & group discussions
Johan Tronvoll holds M.Sc. in petroleum engineering and Ph.D. in geomechanics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Master of Management from the Norwegian School of Management BI-Executive School. Johan has experience from North Sea drilling operations, and worked within subsurface R&D at SINTEF Petroleum Research in Norway as Senior Scientist later Research Director.
He has several years experience working for operators through private companies ORMIS (as co-founder), Weatherford (former ResLab) and co-founded Kyaw Tin Htay International Energy Services in Myanmar. Johan has +30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and has experience in geomechanics, drilling, completion, production, reservoir management and P&A. Johan published about 50 technical articles and papers in international journals and conferences. He has performed numerous field studies within geomechanics, wellbore stability and sand production and has given several in-house training courses to E&P operators and service providers.
The course is designed for petroleum engineers and drilling engineers with basic knowledge
and experience in mechanics or geology. The objective is to establish a foundation for the
participant to be able to participate in well planning and well operation processes as well as
completion design related to sand management and sand control.
o Intermediate to Advance
The participants will learn:
o The physics of sand production
o How to select the best sand control method to minimize production losses
o Discuss on new technologies for sand control
o Sand management and sand control options
Registration is now OPEN!
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
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