... reducer, proppants (ceramic particles with a particle size of 0.212–0.425 mm), and deionized water were used. Fourier transform IR (FTIR) spectrometer (6700, Thermo Scientific, USA), NMR analyzer (AVANCE III HD 400, Bruker, USA), gas chromatography-MS (QP2010 Ultra, Shimadzu, Japan), petroleum...

... a base case. 17 6 2022 12 9 2022 22 8 2022 9 11 2022 10 5 2023 Copyright © 2023 Society of Petroleum Engineers proppant artificial intelligence upstream oil & gas optimization problem optimization fracturing fluid fracture tight gas fracturing materials...

... was built using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and validated against laboratory data. We then conducted parametric studies to investigate the impact of treatment rate, proppant concentration, proppant size, and fluid viscosity on perforation erosion. Our results demonstrated that a higher treatment rate...

.... The CFD modeling methodology used to achieve the correct erosional pattern observed in the field is presented. Throughout this work, four different hydraulic fracturing completion parameters are investigated to determine the respective roles in perforation erosion. The four parameters include proppant...

... with the control wells. 23 6 2022 22 8 2022 2 8 2022 12 9 2022 8 2 2023 Copyright © 2023 Society of Petroleum Engineers upstream oil & gas fracturing fluid production enhancement hydraulic fracturing proppant production chemistry completion installation...

... to improve production and store CO 2 underground. The fracturing design consisted of the injection of a supercritical CO 2 prepad (with a target injected volume of 5,000 tons per well) followed by a traditional slickwater or hybrid proppant slurry. The CO 2 was captured from point-source plants that would...

...Shabeeb Alajmei; Jennifer Miskimins Summary Proppant transport in horizontal wellbores has received significant industry focus over the past decade. One of the most challenging tasks in the hydraulic fracturing of a horizontal well is to predict the proppant concentration that enters each...

... of compositions for different temperature applications. Blending proppant with PLA has been seen to significantly improve the strength of the deposited FFD. Therefore, PLA powder and silica proppant are blended to develop Generation-1 FFD (FFD-Gen1). However, many silica proppants have greater density than PLA...

... height recession mode. This mode tends to result in rapid screenout and difficulty in placing high proppant concentrations. Regarding interpretation, the G-function derivative curve for this mode can have more than one plateau, an outcome that is possibly indicative of features that have not been widely...

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... fluid and proppant distributions across all perforation clusters. It is commonly believed that both fracturing fluid and proppant contribute to unconventional well performance. Achieving uniform fluid and proppant placement in all perforation clusters is an important step toward optimal stimulation...

...Ashtiwi Bahri; Jennifer Miskimins Summary In this paper, we discuss proppant transport behavior in a complex slot system. Specifically for this study, focus is placed on two different fluid systems, a water/glycerin solution and a water/sodium chloride solution, which represent varying fluid...

... productivity will increase as the ratio of the pillar radius to the length of channel fracture decreases, provided that the proppant pillars are stable and the fracture width is held constant. Under the conditions of smaller fracture width and larger matrix permeability, the effect of using channel fracturing...

...David D. Cramer; Junjing Zhang Summary In multiple-stage hydraulic fracturing treatments performed in horizontal wells, treatment confinement is the state in which fracturing fluid and proppant flow out of the wellbore only through the specific perforations targeted for the fracturing stage...

...Tamaralayefa A. Timiyan; Boyun Guo Summary Fracture packing is a well-known completion technique used in the hydraulic fracturing of low-permeability reservoirs. As much as fracture packs are very effective, the proppant-pack permeability damage formed from particle intrusion reduces...

...Maryam Tabatabaei; Arash Dahi Taleghani; Yuzhe Cai; Livio Santos; Nasim Alem Summary Proppant bed can play a critical role in enhancing oil and gas production in stimulated wells. In the last 2 decades, there have been consistent efforts to improve shape characteristics and mechanical strength...

...Troy Chun; Dawei Zhu; Zhuo Zhang; Shaowen Mao; Kan Wu Summary The use of hydraulic fracturing has taken off over the past decade, and the importance of efficient proppant placement in fractures has increased accordingly. Connection with weak‐formation bedding planes brings about distinctive...

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...David Cramer; Kyle Friehauf; Glyn Roberts; Jeff Whittaker Summary The primary objectives of perforating a lengthy cased‐and‐cemented wellbore section for fracture stimulation are to enable extensive communication with the reservoir and control the allocation of fluid and proppant into multiple...