Michael T. Hecker

Advancements in Openhole Completion Technology - Establishing and Sustaining Differentiating Sand Control Completion Performance

Openhole completions are often selected as the preferred completion technique to maximize reservoir flow potential and provide reliable, high capacity, low skin completions. In many environments, these completions will also require some form of sand control. To meet development objectives, operators are continually challenged to select, design, and install fit-forpurpose completion strategies to optimize ultimate recovery for these fields. These challenges necessitated the creation of new practices, procedures, and hardware to ensure consistent delivery of reliable wellbores, across the entire organization, to achieve long-term, economic success.