Session Managers:

• Abbas Khaksar, Global Geomechanics Advisor, Baker Hughes
• Vikash Kumar, Staff Well Engineer, Brunei Shell Petroleum
• Noppanan Nopsiri, Senior Engineer, Well Engineering, PTTEP

Modern sand management should integrate subsurface and surface facilities through system thinking or a Produce-to-Limit strategy. By linking reservoir characteristics & geomechanics principles, downhole sand control, surface infrastructure, integrated operating envelopes, standard practices and innovative thinking, operators can maximize recovery while protecting well integrity and facilities.

This session explores the technical synergy required to maintain safe operating envelopes and prevent system-wide failure through case studies. Focus areas include driving project value through cross-disciplinary optimization, integrated change management, real-time monitoring for end-to-end performance optimization, maintaining barrier integrity, data-driven workflows, balancing sand exclusion with surface tolerance, and cross discipline ways of working that maximize total project value over field life.

Discussion Leaders:

• From Risk-Averse to Risk-Tolerant: An Integrated Subsurface and Surface Approach to Sand Management by Tham Kah Meng, Staff Production Technologist and Fathin Shalihah, Petroleum Engineer, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
• Challenges and Innovative Solutions in Fine Sand Management in the Gulf of Thailand by Oranat Suwannakarn, Petroleum Engineer, Chevron Thailand E&P Ltd.
• Unlocking Production Potential in a Sand-Prone Gas Field Through Holistic Sand Management and Risk-Based Operations by Yip Pui Mun, Production Technologist, Searah (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
• Addressing Reservoir Depletion, Liquid Dropout, and Sand Carry-Over in Dry Gas Offshore Gas Facilities Through Integrated Flow Assurance and Computational Fluid Dynamics by Fianti Ramadhani, Head of Production, Husky CNOOC Madura Limited --