This paper discusses the planning and application of
expandable systems to provide effective open-hole sand
control with zonal isolation. It will present a case history of
the world’s first completion set inside an expandable system to
provide a single selective well, where one could selectively
produce, or commingle from different zones. Control of the
formation sand was provided by expandable screen, open-hole
zonal isolation by expandable packers with solid pipe and a
conventional completion packer set inside expanded solid pipe
for selectivity. The expandable system was run in a synthetic
oil base drilling fluid that was used to inhibit swelling of
exposed shale.