Rheology controlled heterogeneous particle placement in hydraulic fracturing

A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore includes preparing a treatment fluid with shear thinning, non-monotonic rheological properties, injecting the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, and inducing shear rate softening phase transition in the treatment fl...

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Hauptverfasser: AYOUB JOSEPH A, SULLIVAN PHILIP F, HUANG HAIYING
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Zusammenfassung:A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore includes preparing a treatment fluid with shear thinning, non-monotonic rheological properties, injecting the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, and inducing shear rate softening phase transition in the treatment fluid. The non-monotonic rheology properties can be such that in the relationship between shear stress ( ) versus strain rate ({dot over (γ)}), where {dot over (γ)}1