Keeping it together

Screens are a popular, albeit expensive, solution to dealing with sand production. Engineers at Saudi Aramco are betting that nanoparticles will keep the sand in the reservoir and oil production flowing.

Up close: A micrograph shows sand treated with self-assembling nanoparticles and resulting available pore space.
Up close: A micrograph shows sand treated with self-assembling nanoparticles and resulting available pore space.
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Published 27 November 2017, 08:23Updated 27 November 2017, 14:15