Session 5: Sand Management for Challenging Reservoirs
19 Aug 2026
Session Managers:
• Ertiawati Bt Mappanyompa , Staff Production Technologist, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
• Sunanda Magna Bela , Principal Wells Completion & Completion Superintendent, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
As operators pursue increasingly complex and marginal reservoirs, effective sand management is essential to sustain production, protect asset integrity and ensure economic viability. Challenging reservoirs—including heavy oil, thinly laminated formations, deepwater and HPHT environments, mature fields, and high drawdown or water prone systems—pose elevated risks of sand production, erosion, and equipment failure. In these contexts, sand management strategy selection can be project defining. It can make or break a project. This session will examine integrated sand management approaches across the full production system, from reservoir to surface facilities. Focus areas include sand failure characterisation, sanding risk prediction under dynamic operating conditions, and fit for purpose completion and production solutions. Case studies will highlight data driven workflows, advanced modelling, innovative materials, and real time monitoring technologies enabling safe, reliable and cost-effective development of challenging reservoirs.
• Ertiawati Bt Mappanyompa , Staff Production Technologist, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
• Sunanda Magna Bela , Principal Wells Completion & Completion Superintendent, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
As operators pursue increasingly complex and marginal reservoirs, effective sand management is essential to sustain production, protect asset integrity and ensure economic viability. Challenging reservoirs—including heavy oil, thinly laminated formations, deepwater and HPHT environments, mature fields, and high drawdown or water prone systems—pose elevated risks of sand production, erosion, and equipment failure. In these contexts, sand management strategy selection can be project defining. It can make or break a project. This session will examine integrated sand management approaches across the full production system, from reservoir to surface facilities. Focus areas include sand failure characterisation, sanding risk prediction under dynamic operating conditions, and fit for purpose completion and production solutions. Case studies will highlight data driven workflows, advanced modelling, innovative materials, and real time monitoring technologies enabling safe, reliable and cost-effective development of challenging reservoirs.