发明名称 |
Method of treating subterranean formations using sequential proppant stages |
摘要 |
An increase in effective propped lengths is evidenced in hydraulic fracturing treatments by the use of ultra lightweight (ULW) proppants. The ULW proppants have a density less than or equal to 2.45 g/cc and may be used as a mixture in a first proppant stage wherein at least one of the proppants is a ULW proppant. Alternatively, sequential proppant stages may be introduced into the formation wherein at least one of the proppant stages contain a ULW proppant and where at least one of the following conditions prevails: (i.) the density differential between the first proppant stage and the second proppant stage is greater than or equal to 0.2 g/cc; (ii.) both the first proppant stage and the second proppant stage contain a ULW proppant; (iii.) the rate of injection of the second proppant stage into the fracture is different from the rate of injection of the first proppant stage; or (iv.) the particle size of the second proppant stage is different from the particle size of the first proppant stage.
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申请公布号 |
US8127850(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2012.03.06 |
申请号 |
US201113079636 |
申请日期 |
2011.04.04 |
申请人 |
BRANNON HAROLD DEAN;WOOD WILLIAM DALE;EDGEMAN RANDALL;RICKARDS ALLAN RAY;STEPHENSON CHRISTOPHER JOHN;WALSER DOUG;MALONE MARK;BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED |
发明人 |
BRANNON HAROLD DEAN;WOOD WILLIAM DALE;EDGEMAN RANDALL;RICKARDS ALLAN RAY;STEPHENSON CHRISTOPHER JOHN;WALSER DOUG;MALONE MARK |
分类号 |
E21B43/267 |
主分类号 |
E21B43/267 |
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