Glossary
ASR (Allowable or acceptable Sand Rate)
The maximum amount of sand or solids that can be produced without causing significant damage to the well or production equipment.
MASR (Maximum Allowable Sand Rate)
The maximum amount of sand or solids that can be produced without causing significant damage to the well or production equipment.
Optimal Flow Rate
The rate of fluid production that ensures maximum output whilst minimising operational risks.
Online Jetting
The process of removing solids with high-pressure jets inside a production separator or other vessel, whilst ensuring continuous production.
Sand management
Controlling and monitoring the impact of sand on production, to maintain efficient and safe operations.
5K/10K technology
5K and 10K describes the equipment pressure class. In other words, a 5K DualFlow desander means that it is rated for a working pressure of 5,000 psi.
Produced Water
Produced water is industrial waste, which must be managed. Whether re-injected to a well or discharged back into the ocean, produced water has significant economic and HSE associations. Removing the sand upstream the production separator can improve the quality of produced water.
PFR (Production Flow Recovery)
Our PFR methodology allows you to maximize your sandy wells’ potential – ensuring optimal production rates without the limitations of solids. We apply the methodology to all solids management challenges – powered by data, experience and our state-of-the-art solids management technology.
Desander
Our Desander technology removes sand and solids from produced fluids, maximizing production and ensuring safer operations.
Coiled Tubing
Steel tubing rolled on a coil used to perform interventions of wellbores.
CTCO (Coiled Tubing Clean Out)
The process of cleaning out solids that have accumulated in the wellbore using coiled tubing.
Screen out
Term used in hydraulic fracturing when excessive sand or proppant accumulation prevents fluid from being pumped into the formation.
Bean-up well
Process of gradually increasing the production rate.
Bbl/day
Barrels per day
MMscfd
Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day
SMaaS
Sand Management as a Service
IOR
Improved Oil Recovery
SMART system
Sand Management and Removal Technology system
Micron
A micron is a unit of length that is one millionth of a meter.
Production restoration
Restoring production to previous levels through sand management.
Deferred wells due to sand production
Wells that are temporarily shut down due to excessive sand production.
Solids
Another word for sand but also including other particles or materials present in oil, gas or produced fluids that are in a solid state.