The quest for improved proppant placement: Investigation of the effects of proppant slurry component properties on transport

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1151-1165

  Brannon, H ^a   Wood, B ^a   Wheeler, R ^a  

^a BJ SERVICES COMPANY

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; RHEOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FLUID RHEOLOGICAL STABILITY; LARGE-SCALE SLOT APPARATUS; PROPPANT SLURRY COMPONENT; SLURRY FLOW RATE;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 33644812788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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