Complex Fluids and Hydraulic Fracturing

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages 415-453

  Barbati, Alexander C ^a   Desroches, Jean ^b   Robisson, Agathe ^c   McKinley, Gareth H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

^c SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex fluids; Hydraulic fracturing; Particulate transport; Porous media; Rheology; Suspension mechanics

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GELS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COMPLEX FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PROCESS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR; PARTICULATE TRANSPORT; STIMULATING HYDROCARBONS; SUSPENSION MECHANICS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOLVENT;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FLOW KINETICS; FRACKING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HYDRAULIC FRACKING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PETROLEUM; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHEOLOGY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84973621834     PISSN: 19475438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-080615-033630     Document Type: Review

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