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Stability of Proppant Pack Reinforced with Fiber for Proppant Flowback Control

SPE Formation Damage Control Symposium, 1996
Abstract A new method has been developed to prevent proppant flowback from a propped hydraulic fracture. The method consists of mixing the proppant with fiber elements before pumping the proppant into the fracture. The results of an experimental program, in which the goal was to better understand the mechanics of the reinforcing fiber on
J. Romero, J.P. Feraud
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Proppant Flowback Control Additives

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 1996
Abstract This paper describes the laboratory and field development of thermoplastic film materials used to reduce proppant flowback that can occur after fracturing treatments. The paper provides a summary of flowback mechanism theories and laboratory tests comparing flowback tendency for various types of treating ...
Philip Nguyen, Jimmie Weaver, Mark Parker, Dwain King, Robert Gillstrom, Diederik van Batenburg   +5 more
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Factors Affecting Proppant Flowback with Resin Coated Proppants

SPE European Formation Damage Conference, 1995
ABSTRACT Resin coated proppants (RCP's) have been used to prevent proppant flowback for several years in the hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells. Proppant flowback problems, however, still exist with the commercially available RCP's and several operators report failures around the world under a variety of well conditions.
S.W. Almond, G.S. Penny, M.W. Conway
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Enhancing Proppant Flowback Control Through Surface Treatment of Proppant

International Petroleum Technology Conference, 2016
Abstract Post stimulation proppant flow back has long been an issue of the hydraulic fracturing process. The most common means of remedying proppant flowback has been to treat proppants with a resin coating. However, the most daunting factor in using resin-coated proppants is the resulting high price, which can be in excess of four times
Weibing Lu, Kewei Zhang, Bill O'Neil, Henry Agbogun, Chuan Wang   +4 more
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Novel Trends in Fracturing Proppant Flowback Control

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2020
Abstract The success of a fracturing treatment and long-term productivity highly depend on the residual proppant pack conductivity over time. One of the challenges operators face is the conductivity loss due to proppant flowback or sand production during production operations. As proppant particles come out of the fracture along with the
Mohamed ElSebaee, Alexey Alekseev, Vladimir Plyashkevich, Alexey Yudin, Abdullah AlSomali, Maxim Chertov   +5 more
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Evaluation of Diagenetic Scaling on Flowback Proppants

SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition, 2014
Abstract Proppants are used to keep hydraulic fractures open and maintain conductivity for hydrocarbons to produce at higher rates. Diagenetic growths or scales formed under in situ well conditions caused by interactions between proppants and formation minerals within the presence of water can reduce conductivity and cause a decline in ...
Jajati Nanda, Omprakash Pal, Anil Patil
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Proppant Flowback: Can We Mitigate the Risk?

SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, 2020
Abstract We propose a new model and workflow to predict, quantify and mitigate undesired flowback of proppant from created hydraulic fractures. We demonstrate several field cases in which we predict significant proppant flowback and propose options for mitigation.
Dimitry Chuprakov, Ludmila Belyakova, Aliia Iuldasheva, Alexey Alekseev, Denis Syresin, Maxim Chertov, Pavel Spesivtsev, Franck Ivan Salazar Suarez, Ivan Velikanov, Leonid Semin, Denis Bannikov   +10 more
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Proppant Flowback Control in High Temperature Wells

SPE Rocky Mountain Regional/Low-Permeability Reservoirs Symposium, 1998
Abstract The control of proppant flowback following fracturing operations can be obtained by several different methods such as resin coated proppant, inorganic fibres or polymer strips. However, each one of the presently available technologies has its limitations, e.g.
Simon James, Michael Samuelson, Glenn Reed, Steven Sullivan   +3 more
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Proppant Flowback Control in the Burgos Basin

International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition of Mexico, 1996
Abstract Proppant flowback following a hydraulic fracture treatment, is a major problem in the Northern Mexico area. Frequently, Proppant flows back as the well returns to production. Generating huge amount of cost associated with wellbore cleanouts and damage to surface facilities.
E. Prado-Velarde, J.M. Sanchez-Bujanos, A. Valenzuela, F. Fragachan   +3 more
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Increased Resistance to Proppant Flowback by Adding Deformable Particles to Proppant Packs Tested in the Laboratory

Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 1999
Abstract Numerous proppants, additives and remedial treatments now exist for the control of proppant flowback, yet it continues to be a problem in many oil and gas wells. These approaches to the problem can have certain merits but as a general rule they negatively impact production and are more costly than proppant alone.
Chris J. Stephenson, Allan R. Rickards, Harold D. Brannon   +2 more
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