Proppant transport of fracturing gels is influenced by proppant type

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 27-36

  Harris, Phillip C ^a   Heath, Stanley J ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COATED MATERIALS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CATALYTIC EFFECTS; CHEMICAL ABSORPTION; DISTRIBUTION OF SIZE; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROPPANT TRANSPORTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; TYPICAL PROPERTIES;

PROPPANTS;

EID: 70449587535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/118717-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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