A general correlation for proppant settling in VES fluids

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 39-54

  Malhotra, Sahil ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; PROPPANTS; RELAXATION TIME; SHEAR THINNING; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

CRITICAL RELAXATION; EXPERIMENTAL CORRELATION; GENERAL CORRELATIONS; INFLUENCE OF FLUID; PROPPANT TRANSPORTS; RETARDATION EFFECT; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 79959452073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/139581-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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