3M™ Ceramic Sand Screen

Sand control. Simplified


What is 3M Ceramic Sand Screen

A 3M Ceramic Sand Screen system comprises of a flexible stack of full body ceramic rings with a V-shaped or keystone slot opening design that’s assembled on a pre-perforated base pipe and secured by endcaps with an external metallic shroud.


Why 3M Ceramic Sand Screen

Optimize production potential and extend asset lifecycle management with 3M™ Ceramic Sand Screens. This globally proven downhole tool offers an efficient sand control technique to a wide range of reservoir conditions delivering the longevity of sand free production to maximise asset productivity return at reduced operational risk.
Integrating technical ceramic material into a downhole sand screen system delivers:
• Exceptional properties of erosion and corrosion resistance solves the common    metallic sand screen failure mechanism
• Superior service lifetime
• Extends stand-alone screen (SAS) application envelop beyond industry known    practices based on metallic filter medias

Benefits
Operational Simplicity
Increased Productivity
Enhanced Asset Lifecycle Management


Ceramic Sand Screen Technical Resources

Thanks to the excellent properties of technical ceramics, ceramic sand screens from 3M work beyond the limits of competing sand control techniques and outlast steel screens in an extreme hardness erosion test. Our Ceramic Sand Screen Systems resist chemical attack by hot sulfuric acid, aggressive completion fluids and other corrosive chemicals in the oil and gas operations industry. See the difference

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Sand Retention Testing
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3M Ceramic Sand Screens awarded ‘Best Example of Platform Intervention’

Offshore Well Intervention (OWI) 2023 awarded 3M’s Ceramic Sand Screens as ‘Best Example of Platform Intervention’ at its 4th annual Global Industry Awards Ceremony on 24th November 2023 in Aberdeen, Scotland. The expert Judging Pannel consisting ADNOC, BP, Shell, Chevron, Dragon Oil, Lekoil, Petrobras, CODA, Promethean Decom, Repsol Sinopec and the SPE Brazil Section.