A new simulation will help improve artificial sand-control measures designed to help combat desertification. In the fight against desertification, so-called straw checkerboard barriers (SCB) play a ...

SAN ANTONIO — Nov. 8, 2022 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has created a new, more effective method to evaluate changes in sand control screens used in oil and gas production wells. The new ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has created a new, more effective method to evaluate changes in sand control screens used in oil and gas production wells. The new evaluation method provides a more ...

New expandable sand screens with a close weave have made drilling and completing shallow, unconsolidated gas sands off the Netherlands commercial. In the past, companies often considered these sands ...

ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. has issued a global license for proprietary oil-well sand-control technology to Weatherford International Ltd. The technology, called MazeFlo, uses redundant screens ...

LANZHOU -- After enduring harsh desert conditions, massive retired wind turbine blades are set to be locally repurposed as an innovative material used for sand control. Chinese "sand scientists" have ...