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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"proppant"”.
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Dimensionless groups for interpreting proppant transport in hydraulic fractures
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142).
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Proppant placement in low-viscosity slickwater type fracturing fluids
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-182).
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Coupled 3-d numerical simulation of proppant transport and fluid flow in hydraulic fracturing
… of slurry injection, fluid flow, fluid leak-off, proppant transport, proppant settling and interaction between fluid and proppant particles. In this study, the focus is on fluid and proppant motion within hydraulic fractures. The effectiveness of hydraulic fracturing treatment is highly dependent …
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Experimental investigation of proppant transport and behavior in horizontal wellbores using low viscosity fluids
… fluid at a high flow rate and then introducing proppant with the fluid to keep the fractures open after the pumping is stopped. One of the most significant concerns in this process is the proppant transport and distribution between multiple perforation clusters. Uneven proppant distribution …
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Investigating the performance of high viscosity friction reducers used for proppant transport during hydraulic fracturing
… fracture fluid system plays an essential role in proppant transport and minimizing or eliminating formation damage.</p> <p>This study investigates the influence of the use of produced water on the rheological behavior of HVFRs compared to a traditional linear guar gel. Experimental rheological …
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Numerical simulation of fluid flow, proppant transport and fracture propagation in hydraulic fractures for unconventional reservoirs.
The distribution of proppant injected in hydraulic fractures significantly affects fracture-conductivity and well-performance. The proppant transport and suspension in thin fracturing fluid used in unconventional reservoirs are considerably different from those of fracturing fluids in conventional …
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Effects of fracturing fluids on mechanical properties and associated proppant embedment in four shale systems, The
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-108).
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Modeling of Solid Particle Transport in Fractures and Its Applications to Proppant Placement During Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
… and distribution in hydrocarbon reservoirs, proppant placement within hydraulic fractures, and sand production is critical to the efficient and effective hydrocarbon exploitation. Considering the petrophysical complexity as well as the intricate interactions among particles, fluids, and rock …
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Pore-scale Study of Flow and Transport in Energy Georeservoirs
Optimizing proppant pack conductivity and proppant-transport and -deposition patterns in a hydraulic fracture is of critical importance to sustain effective and economical production of petroleum hydrocarbons. In this research, a numerical modeling approach, combining the discrete element method …
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Nanotechnology on Foam Stability for Hydraulic Fracturing Application
… or other hard solid particles, referred to as proppant, is added in later stages of pumping. The fracturing fluid is required to have sufficient viscosity to suspend and carry the proppant deep into the created fracture system to keep the fractures open after hydraulic fracturing operation and …
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Experimental, Theoretical, and Numerical Investigations of Geomechanics/Flow Coupling in Energy Georeservoirs
… Optimizing the conductivity of the proppant assembly is another critical component of designing subsurface hydrocarbon production using hydraulic fracturing. Significant fracture conductivity can be achieved at a much lower cost than conventional material costs, according to the …
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Physical Optimization of Acid Fracturing with Unified Fracture Design
… acid into the reservoir instead of conventional proppant slurry. The acid causes differential etching on the fracture walls, creating asperities. These asperities hold up the fracture wall, thus contributing to fracture conductivity. Acid fracturing is used mainly to stimulate carbonate rock. …
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The Comprehensive Study of High Viscosity Friction Reducers in High-TDS and High-Temperature Environments
… not only as friction-reducing agents but also as proppant carriers. Reusing of produced water has also been driven by both environmental and economic benefits. Currently, most friction reducers on the market are anionic friction reducers, which are fully compatible with most produced water with …
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Image-Based Modeling of Porous Media Using FEM and Lagrangian Particle Tracking
… work, we address two areas: (1) imaging of bulk proppants and proppant-filled fractures under varying loading stress and flow simulation in these systems and (2) nanoparticle (NP) transport modeling in porous media. These are briefly explained below. Rock fracturing, followed by proppant …
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Characterization of Filter Cake Buildup and Cleanup under Dynamic Fluid Loss Conditions
… the reservoir rock and uniformly transport proppant to create a highly conductive path that is kept open by the proppant after fracturing. This method is used to improve the productivity of the otherwise low permeability reservoirs. Hydraulic fracturing, though in general beneficial, is a …
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Comparison Study of Liquid CO2 and Water as a Fracturing Fluid for Improved Gas Production in Tight Reservoirs
… width, but due to low viscosity CO2 has low proppant carrying capacity. As a result propped fracture length was shorter than slickwater case. Also, different amount of proppant was pumped for pure CO2 case in order to see how that affects fracture geometry. The higher proppant amount the …
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Impact of Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity Modeling on Well Performance and Development in Unconventional Reservoirs
… processes, including fracture propagation, proppant transport, proppant placement, and stress-dependent permeability, making its accurate estimation difficult. Although commercial hydraulic fracturing software incorporates geomechanical and particle-transport algorithms to predict …
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Reservoir quality and well performance analysis in the middle member of the Lewis shale, greater Green River basin, Wyoming
… and producing a well. Therefore, the costs of proppant and completion fluid are significant in determining individual well or even field economic viability. A production analysis was made using the volume of proppant, the volume of fluid injected, the number of fracture stimulation stages, and …
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Fracture Stimulation by Nano-assisted Foam-based Fluids in High-Temperature Reservoirs
… fractures at the target reservoir interval. Proppants, such as coated sands and ceramic, are mixed within the fracturing fluid and distributed inside the fractures to keep the fractures open and maintain the conductive pathways for oil and gas flows. Therefore, fracturing fluids must have …
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Experimental and computational analysis of oil field operations
… temperature, and mass flow rate given a proppant pack design and specific fluid flow rate. Data were collected from various experimental studies conducted at high-flow rates through various proppant packs and using different experimental procedures. This study identifies the most …
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