Use Big-Hole Charge to Control Sand Production in North Monagas

Author: Luis Ortega, co-author
Event: INTEVEP workshop (Los Teques, Venezuela)
Publication date: 1995

This presentation displays the importance of gun type and charge sizes selection to prevent the sanding problem in the giant North of Monagas field in Venezuela. Despite high reservoir pressures, several wells have experienced severe sanding problems in the downhole tubulars and the erosion of surface equipment. To mitigate this problem the use Big Hole Charge Gun strategy was applied in the field.

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