Patent Document ID: 9026419
Application ID: 13973732
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for use in predicting sand production from a geomechanical reservoir system, comprising: receiving data indicative of plastic deformation and sanding of material within the geomechanical reservoir system; computing, on a computer system, a value of one or more hardening parameters based on a first fit of a hardening model to the received plastic deformation data; wherein said hardening model models plastic deformation behavior of said material within the geomechanical reservoir system; computing a value of a critical plastic strain based on a second fit of the geomechanical model comprising said hardening model to the received sanding data; computing a value of at least one parameter of a production function based on a third fit of the geomechanical model comprising said production function to the received sanding data and using a value of at least one value of said hardening parameters and said value of said critical plastic strain; wherein said production function predicts sand production from said geomechanical reservoir system; and outputting to a user interface device, a monitor, a computer readable storage medium, a local computer, or a computer that is part of a network, at least one value of said one or more hardening parameters, said value of said critical plastic strain, or said value of at least one parameter of said production function.