Crushing and embedment of proppant packs under cyclic loading: An insight to enhanced unconventional oil/gas recovery

Crushing and embedment are two critical downhole proppant degradation mechanisms that lead to a significant drop in production outputs in unconventional oil/gas stimulation projects. These persistent production drops due to the non-linear responses of proppants under reservoir conditions put the fut...

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Published in:	Geoscience Frontiers
Main Author:	K.M.A.S. Bandara
Other Authors:	Pathegama Gamage Ranjith, T.D. Rathnaweera, W.A.M. Wanniarachchi, Sheng‐Qi Yang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier BV 2020
Subjects:	Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Rock Mechanics and Modeling Drilling and Well Engineering proppant crushing proppant embedment cyclic loading hydraulic fracturing ceramic proppant resin-coated proppant proppant size proppant concentration in-situ stress induced fractures siltstone microstructural analysis
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2020.02.017
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