Session Managers:

• Ertiawati Bt Mappanyompa , Staff Production Technologist, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
• Sunanda Magna Bela , Principal Wells Completion & Completion Superintendent, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
• M Farris Bakar, Principal Wells Completion Engineer, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
• Gordon Goh, Project Manager, SLB

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.

Discussion Leaders:

• Sand Production Risk Assessment for CCS Injection Wells by Sadegh Asadi, Geomechanics Advisor and Abbas Khaksar, Global Geomechanics Advisor, Baker Hughes
• Operational Resilience in Shallow, High-Water Cut Reservoirs: Overcoming Sand Influx and Intervention Challenges in the Sadad Field by Adnan Saif Al Hinai, Production Technologist, Petroleum Development Oman
• Reducing Completion Costs Through Seismic-Based Sand Control Optimization in Shallow Unconsolidated Gas Reservoirs by Clara Armiliany, Analyst Development & Planning, PT Pertamina Hulu Mahakam
• A Comparative Study on Integrated Sand Management Approaches in Deepwater Malaysia: Strategies, Challenges and Surveillance Learnings by Hasmizah Bakar, Principal Production Technology, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.and Zurita Johar, Principal Production Technologist, PETRONAS
• Revisiting Sand Control Reliability in a Heavy-Fines Reservoir: Lessons from X76 Well Failure and Recovery Challenges by Siti Nurhazimah Haji Abu Bakar, Senior Production Technologist, Brunei Shell Petroleum Co.