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Multiple zones chemical sand consolidation jobs are often avoided because of low success ratio. Strict operational and technical limitations must be respected to ensure the quality of the treatment. Conventional chemical sand consolidation operations performed in Delta Mahakam were done by using coiled tubing and packer to inject the resin into single reservoir. Multi-zone chemical sand consolidation poses additional risk of interfering with newly treated formation. Therefore, a temporary plug was installed in between the reservoirs which serve as temporary isolation to prevent the newly treated formation. The plug needs to withstand maximum differential pressure which would be exerted during the treatment. Other important factors include to test the limitations of resin curing time prior to proceed with the next treatment.