1. Fundamental rock mechanics theory of sand production from oil and gas reservoirs 2. Natural completion 3. Completion methods for weak formation 4. Sand control for heavy oil reservoirs 5. Guideline of solving sand problems for water or gas injection wells 6. Erosion and sand production monitoring
Appendix A. Proof of continuity and uniqueness of displacement with compatibility condition B. Erosion equations
Nobuo Morita is a professor at the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. He teaches courses on boundary element methods for application to petroleum engineering problems, non-linear mechanics and finite element methods for geomechanics. He is a supervising professor of the Texas A&M Geomechanics Joint Industry Project. He holds sand control, borehole stability and hydraulic fracturing workshops twice per year around the world and has provided consulting services in major oil companies around the world. He was previously employed by ConocoPhillips for 14 years.