Fiber Technology Enhances Proppant Distribution
Proppant settling can reduce the deliverability of the fracture, causing a significant negative impact on productivity. FiberFRAC proppant distribution technology
- decouples proppant transport from fluid viscosity to reduce settling
- creates a fiber-based network within the fracturing fluid, providing a mechanical means to transport, suspend, and place the proppant
- can be tailored to reservoir conditions to optimize fracture geometry
- maintains good proppant transport, even at high temperatures, using a low-viscosity fluid.
In addition to fracture height containment, the retained proppant pack permeability can be significantly increased because of the lower polymer loading required. When less polymer is used, more of the propped fracture contributes to production, yielding a longer effective fracture half-length.
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