BENCH SCALE AND PILOT PLANT EXPERIMENT FOR FRAC SAND PRODCUTION FROM ARDUMA AND KILO 180 DEPOSITS USE IN PETROLEIUM INDUSTRIES

Abstract

Abstract This research was carried out on bench as well as pilot plant scales experiments in the Central Laboratories of the Iraq Geological Survey, which deals with the evaluation of Arduma and kilo 180 sands which are located in the Western Desert of Iraq for proppant (frac sand) production. The tests result indicated that the characteristics of Arduma sand meets the specifications set by the American petroleum Institute /API (RP-56) 1995 for proppant sand. Kilo 180 sand on the other hand was unsatisfactory because most of its sand grains are pitted therefore crush resistance test was not accordance with the API standard requirements.