10142 New Sand Management System Integrating Erosion Based and Acoustic Sensors in New Generation Management Software

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Product Number: 51300-10142-SG

ISBN: 10142 2010 CP

Author: Kjell Wold, Tommy Jakobsen, Svein Erik Lilleland, Sean Hopkins and Oystein Brandal

Publication Date: 2010

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Intrusive, erosion-based sand probes, as well as non-intrusive, acoustic sand probes, are commonly used in the oil and gas producing industry. Each system has its advantages and disadvantages, and the choice of technology is most commonly dependent on the flow conditions and the purpose of the monitoring.

This paper examines the development of intrusive and non-intrusive sand monitoring as well as more recent market drivers, such as the move towards technology integration; the development of sand management software systems; and how a specialized Windows-based field monitoring software system can enable operators to watch their fields remotely and in more detail and put in place an effective control-based system.

The end goal is where acoustic and erosion-based sand sensors can be combined and integrated with new sand management software, leading to increased monitoring, reliability and redundancy, more extensive information, and improved alarm settings.

The following paper presents examples of applications and field data from sand monitoring in an offshore field in Norway, where the goal was to put in place a more effective sand monitoring system for erosionbased sand sensors. The system has been used to secure control of massive sand production and to establish maximum sand-free production rates.