Sand causes a wide variety of costly problems when oil and gas are produced from unconsolidated reservoirs. The most costly problem is usually the loss of production resulting from formation damage ...

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 ...

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 ...

A drone photo taken on Sept. 12, 2025 shows workers laying sand barriers at Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been ...

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 ...

A worker uses a reaper to harvest licorice in the Ulan Buh Desert, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2019. A plant designed to combat desertification has not only helped buffer ...

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 ...

Workers pave straw checkerboard barriers at Tengger Desert, the fourth largest desert in China. Xinhua YINCHUAN - The distance between the southern edge of the Tengger Desert and the city of Zhongwei ...