The Ways and Means: Numerous proppants and fluids have been designed to meet the challenges of nearly any reservoir condition

摘要

The toolbox is pretty impressive. Decades of development have resulted in fluids and proppant combinations for almost every application. Along with attendant breaker systems and additives, these systems provide a multitude of options for just about any reservoir condition. Today, choosing the best treatment for the application often is more challenging than lack of a particular tool. That does not mean things have come to a fat and happy standstill - far from it. Innovative synthetic proppants and new investigation into the conductivity and quality of traditional white sand characterizes prop-pant development. Fluids science, after decades of focus on linear and cross-linked systems, is exploring low-polymer and no-polymer systems with impressive results (see Fracture Lite on page 11).