Hi Andrey,
Hope you made some progress. It would be great if you can update on your final plan. My current PhD research is on failure of sand in wellbores. I met a screen supplier yesterday in a conference in Aberdeen. If you need contact details, I can send them. I can also provide you with...
It is better to design an appropriate sand control scheme before deciding on using screens (which is one of the options, of course). A suitable scheme depends on flow rate, sand PSD, lithology, formation strength, production method (pump, etc) and frequency of production interruptions. The...