Prediction of proppant transport from rheological data

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 550-555

  Harris, Phillip C ^a,b   Walters, Harold G ^a   Bryant, Jason ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Halliburton Duncan Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; FRACTURING FLUIDS; SHEAR VISCOSITY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CROSS-OVER FREQUENCIES; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OSCILLATORY MEASUREMENTS; STEADY SHEAR VISCOSITY; VIS-COELASTIC FLUIDS; VISCO-ELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS; VISCOSITY PARAMETERS;

PROPPANTS;

DRILLING FLUID; ELASTIC MODULUS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 73949145247     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/115298-PA     Document Type: Article

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