Email this article Experimental Analysis of Proppant Embedment Mechanism
- Authors: Liu Y.1, Guo J.1, Lu C.1
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Affiliations:
- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University
- Issue: Vol 54, No 2 (2018)
- Pages: 204-210
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0009-3092/article/view/235447
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-018-0915-x
- ID: 235447
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Abstract
Proppant embedment in hydraulic fracturing can reduce remarkably the fracture width and thus damage the fracture conductivity. This paper describes a study of the proppant embedment mechanism. Two groups of experiments were carried out. A proppant embedment mechanism was proposed. An analysis showed that proppant embedment is not an elastic process but could be a plastic or even failure process depending on the surface microstructure of the formation core.
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Yuxuan Liu
State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University
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Email: Liuyx_6@163.com
China, Chengdu
Jianchun Guo
State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University
Email: Liuyx_6@163.com
China, Chengdu
Cong Lu
State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University
Email: Liuyx_6@163.com
China, Chengdu
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