Session Managers:
• Abbas Khaksar, Global Geomechanics Advisor, Baker Hughes
• Vikash Kumar, Staff Well Engineer, Brunei Shell Petroleum

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.