Patent ID: 7660670

Claim:
A method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, a surface network, and a process facility, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein, the method comprising: acquiring a critical drawdown pressure profile (CDPP) of a well, wherein the CDPP is generated based on pressure measurements obtained from the well; establishing a CDPP criteria according to a geomechanics based model; identifying sand failure according to the CDPP and the CDPP criteria; predicting zonal productivity of a drilling operation according to the sand failure; acquiring directional logging information using a directional survey tool; predicting a direction of the sand failure based on the directional logging information; and performing the operations of the oilfield based on the zonal productivity, wherein the operations are performed while maintaining a no drilling zone adjacent to the well along the direction of the sand failure.