A mechanical methodology of improved proppant transport in low-viscosity fluids: Application of a fiber-assisted transport technique in East Texas

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Engels, J N ^a,b   Martinez, E ^a,b   Fredd, C N ^a,b   Boney, C L ^a,b   Holms, B A ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

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