Characterization of Local Sand as Proppant in Gravel Packing

Malaysia's gravel pack wells have been using proppant, manufactured from other
countries due to unavailability of gravel pack proppant manufacturer in Malaysia. Using
local sand as the material, this project will focus on characterizing local sand as potential
material for proppant for gravel pack completion by comparing its characteristic with
market proppant which are ceramic proppant Schlumberger and Halliburton.
The project consisted of four main parts. First, the literature review on
Malaysia's sand reservoir, gravel pack, proppants, and standard test as recommended by
API and other technical report. Second, the acquirement of sand samples at 6 differrent
places in Terengganu. Third, analyze particle size distribution of samples using sieve
analysis. Finally, analyze characteristic oflocal samples as compared to industry
proppant as mention above.
The findings from this project are as follows:
1. Factor of different points at the same area of study lead to different
results can be neglected
2. The samples passed the API recommended specifications are Meraga and
KualaAbang
3. All samples perform better than conventional proppant for size set of
30/50.
The study concluded that Meraga and Kampung Rantau Abang B samples are passing
the API requirement and perform better than conventional proppant of size set 30/50.