{"title":"Flow Characteristics of Hydraulic Fracture Proppants Subjected to Repeated Production Cycles","authors":"S. Holditch, D. Blakeley","doi":"10.2118/19091-PA","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"When fracture proppants are subjected to cyclic loading, the conductivity of the fracture is reduced. This paper presents laboratory results to quantify the degradation of sand and intermediate-strength proppants (ISP's) as closure stress is loaded cyclically to the proppant. The results imply that, if a deep gas well is opened and then shut in repeatedly, permanent damage to the hydraulic fracture will occur.","PeriodicalId":22020,"journal":{"name":"Spe Production Engineering","volume":"99 1","pages":"15-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Spe Production Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2118/19091-PA","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
When fracture proppants are subjected to cyclic loading, the conductivity of the fracture is reduced. This paper presents laboratory results to quantify the degradation of sand and intermediate-strength proppants (ISP's) as closure stress is loaded cyclically to the proppant. The results imply that, if a deep gas well is opened and then shut in repeatedly, permanent damage to the hydraulic fracture will occur.