A review on proppant transport modelling

BR Barboza, B Chen, C Li - journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Proppant transport is a critical physical process in hydraulic fracturing which has been
extensively used for reservoir stimulation in petroleum engineering. Proppants injected …

A comprehensive review of proppant transport in fractured reservoirs: Experimental, numerical, and field aspects

A Isah, M Hiba, K Al-Azani, MS Aljawad… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2021 - Elsevier
The physics of proppant transport in fractured reservoirs is of great interest to the oil and gas
industry; nevertheless, the outcomes are controversial. This study provides a comprehensive …

Effect of proppant addition schedule on the proppant distribution in a straight fracture for slickwater treatment

X Hu, K Wu, G Li, J Tang, Z Shen - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The slickwater treatment is widely used in the unconventional fracturing. The proppant
addition schedule is an important aspect of slickwater treatment. However, the effect of …

ResFrac technical writeup

M McClure, C Kang, S Medam, C Hewson… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
ResFrac is a combined hydraulic fracturing, reservoir, and hydraulic fracturing simulator. It
describes multiphase fluid flow (black oil or compositional), proppant transport, transport of …

Experimental study on the effect of fracture surface morphology on plugging efficiency during temporary plugging and diverting fracturing

L Yuan, F Zhou, B Li, J Gao, X Yang, J Cheng… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020 - Elsevier
Temporary-plugging-and-diverting fracturing (TPD fracturing) is widely used to enhance
hydrocarbon recovery from unconventional reservoirs. During TPD fracturing, diverters are …

Numerical investigation on hydraulic fracturing of extreme limited entry perforating in plug-and-perforation completion of shale oil reservoir in Changqing oilfield …

F Zhang, X Wang, M Tang, X Du, C Xu, J Tang… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing for shale oil reservoirs is developing toward
a shorter cluster spacing and a larger number of clusters per stage. The objective is to …

Advancement of hydraulic fracture diagnostics in unconventional formations

A Mahmoud, A Gowida, MS Aljawad… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multistage hydraulic fracturing is a technique to extract hydrocarbon from tight and
unconventional reservoirs. Although big advancements occurred in this field, understanding …

Proppant placement in complex fracture geometries: A computational fluid dynamics study

Y Gong, M Mehana, I El-Monier… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020 - Elsevier
Proppant transport in activated natural fractures and induced secondary fractures has been
increasingly receiving attention. However, the roughness and the non-planarity of hydraulic …

A new model for simulating particle transport in a low‐viscosity fluid for fluid‐driven fracturing

X Hu, K Wu, X Song, W Yu, J Tang, G Li… - AIChE Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fluid‐driven fracture (ie, Hydraulic fracturing) is an important way to stimulate the well
productivity in the development of unconventional reservoirs. A low‐viscosity fluid called …

Experimental flow-through a single fracture with monolayer proppant at reservoir conditions: A case study on Caney Shale, Southwest Oklahoma, USA

A Katende, J Rutqvist, C Massion, M Radonjic - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Global energy systems are undergoing a crucial transition to clean energy sources, thereby
moving away from fossil-fuel based energy with the ultimate aim of reducing carbon dioxide …