AUTHOR=Liu Huifeng , Wang Xiaohan , Xu Ning , Chen Zhangxin , Peng Yan 

TITLE=Research on the transport behavior of microparticle proppants inside natural fractures

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Earth Science

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1418783

DOI=10.3389/feart.2024.1418783

ISSN=2296-6463

ABSTRACT=volume of microparticle proppants inside fractures. When the width ratio of multi-branch fractures exceeds 2, this effect becomes obvious. (4) Particle size has an effect on proppant placement. 200mesh proppants can obtain uniform distribution of proppants among natural fractures. 140-mesh proppants can obtain maximum proppant volume among natural fractures. Sand concentration significantly affects proppant placement performance. The optimal sand concentration is 60kg/m 3 .The pumping rate for a single cluster fracture should not be excessively low. The pumping rate should be larger than 0.5m 3 /min and the optimal pumping rate 2m 3 /min.