Proppant transport characterization of hydraulic-fracturing fluids using a high-pressure simulator integrated with a fiber-optic/light-emitting- diode (LED) vision system

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-49

  Shah, Subhash N ^a   Asadi, Mahmoud ^a   Lord, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; GELS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SAND; SLURRIES;

FLUIDIZED LAYER;

HYDRAULICS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; PROPPANT; RECOVERY TECHNIQUE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0035262056     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/69210-PA     Document Type: Article

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