Research Article
Laboratory Investigation on Optimum Selection of a Sand Control Method for an Interbedded Sandstone and Mudstone Reservoir
Table 3
Experiments of the effect of well inclination on the blockage of a screen under directional wells.
| Sand control method | Sand control parameters | Well inclination (°) | Flow rate (L/h) | Pressure drop (MPa) | Permeability (mD) |
| SAS | 225 μm | 0 | 1900 | 0.758 | 17446.31 | 225 μm | 30 | 1850 | 0.800 | 16095.37 | 225 μm | 45 | 1835 | 0.800 | 15964.87 | 225 μm | 60 | 1760 | 1.123 | 10908.18 | 225 μm | 75 | 1680 | 1.160 | 10080.23 | 225 μm | 90 | 1640 | 1.17 | 9756.126 | OHGP | 16-30 mesh | 0 | 1870 | 0.79 | 16475.32 | 16-30 mesh | 30 | 1860 | 0.789 | 16407.98 | 16-30 mesh | 45 | 1845 | 0.79 | 16255.06 | 16-30 mesh | 60 | 1820 | 0.792 | 15994.31 | 16-30 mesh | 75 | 1812 | 0.796 | 15843.98 | 16-30 mesh | 90 | 1810 | 0.81 | 15552.95 |
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