Effect of fracture width and fluid rheology on proppant settling and retardation: An experimental study

SPE Annual Technical Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Liu, Y ^a,b   Sharma, M M ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84995462362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/96208-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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