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Screenout

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-003283

An undesirable event during hydraulic fracturing or gravel packing operations where proppant or gravel prematurely bridges and plugs the perforations or the annulus. This blockage prevents further injection of treatment fluid into the formation, leading to an incomplete treatment. It often results from improper fluid rheology, excessive proppant concentration, or insufficient pump rate.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-003283
FieldOil and gas
SubjectWell Completions
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-003283",
  "term": "Screenout",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "An undesirable event during hydraulic fracturing or gravel packing operations where proppant or gravel prematurely bridges and plugs the perforations or the annulus. This blockage prevents further injection of treatment fluid into the formation, leading to an incomplete treatment. It often results from improper fluid rheology, excessive proppant concentration, or insufficient pump rate.",
  "subject": "Well Completions",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/screenout/"
}

Record 3,488 of 4,469 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.