A new simulation will help improve artificial sand-control measures designed to help combat desertification. In the fight against desertification, so-called straw checkerboard barriers (SCB) play a ...

Wind and sand control features are important tools for limiting desertification. Sand barriers are one of the oldest engineering measures used to reduce wind-sand hazards. Their efficacy and exact ...

SAN ANTONIO — Nov. 8, 2022 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has created a new, more effective method to evaluate changes in sand control screens used in oil and gas production wells. The new ...

The Optimized Single-Trip Multi-Zone ( OSTMZ) sand control system reduces rig time, lowers total cost of ownership for ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has created a new, more effective method to evaluate changes in sand control screens used in oil and gas production wells. The new evaluation method provides a more ...

New expandable sand screens with a close weave have made drilling and completing shallow, unconsolidated gas sands off the Netherlands commercial. In the past, companies often considered these sands ...

An aerial drone photo taken on May 12, 2026 shows a worker laying sand barriers in Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner of Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In recent years, Hangjin ...

LANZHOU -- After enduring harsh desert conditions, massive retired wind turbine blades are set to be locally repurposed as an innovative material used for sand control. Chinese "sand scientists" have ...