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- Title
Aperture Design Optimization of Wire-Wrapped Screens for SAGD Production Wells.
- Authors
Pallares, Jesus David Montero; Wang, Chenxi; Haftani, Mohammad; Nouri, Alireza
- Abstract
Wire-wrapped screens have been established as one of the primary sand control devices in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) wells due to the high open-to-flow area and superior plugging attributes. However, their design is still a point of interest for thermal operations. Generally, existing approaches rely on one or more particular points of reservoir sands' particle size distribution (PSD) and rules of thumb inferred from other devices like the slotted liners. This study used Sand Retention Testing (SRT) to analyze the performance of WWS under various testing conditions, which were neglected in the current design criteria. The experimental investigation leads to a set of graphical design criteria that provide an optimum aperture size window. The results show that the sand retention performance of WWS is highly dependent on the flow velocities of the wetting phase. Moreover, the testing showed satisfactory plugging performance of WWS even with narrow aperture sizes, proving a superior performance for low-quality oil sands.
- Subjects
PARTICLE size distribution; OIL sands; FLOW velocity; WIRE
- Publication
Eng, 2023, Vol 4, Issue 2, p1058
- ISSN
2673-4117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/eng4020062