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Effects of Particle Size and Shape of Unconventional Oil and Gas Proppants on Breakage Rate and Fracture Conductivity
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Jun-ting WANG1, 2, Dong-jin XU1, 2, *, Zhen-qiang TAO1, 2, Yan-ying QU1, 2, Ying-song WU1, 2
Science Technology and Engineering | 2025, 25(9) : 3672 - 3679
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Science Technology and Engineering | 2025, 25(9): 3672-3679
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Effects of Particle Size and Shape of Unconventional Oil and Gas Proppants on Breakage Rate and Fracture Conductivity
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Jun-ting WANG1, 2, Dong-jin XU1, 2, *, Zhen-qiang TAO1, 2, Yan-ying QU1, 2, Ying-song WU1, 2
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  • 1 Oil Engineering College of Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China
  • 2 Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Drilling and Production Engineering for Oil and Gas, Wuhan 430100, China
Published: 2025-03-28 doi: 10.12404/j.issn.1671-1815.2403596
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Proppant performance is very important to the hydraulic fracturing design of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs. Few scholars have studied the micro performance parameters of proppant in terms of particle size and shape. The effect of particle size and shape on proppant breakage rate and fracture conductivity in shale gas reservoir was quantitatively characterized through laboratory experiments. The results show that when the closing pressure is lower than 28 MPa, the same type of proppant with uniform particle size and high spherical degree is compared with the proppant with poor sorting, the crushing rate is reduced by 15% and the fracture conductivity is increased by 10%. When the closing pressure exceeds the compressive strength of the proppant, the well-separated proppant can maintain the fracture conductivity better as the flow channel is further blocked by the debris generated by the broken proppant. The experimental results provide a reference for in-situ fracturing design of shale formation, improving the quality control level of downhole materials and selecting proppant.

unconventional oil and gas  /  proppant  /  particle size and shape  /  breakage rate  /  fracture conductivity
Jun-ting WANG, Dong-jin XU, Zhen-qiang TAO, Yan-ying QU, Ying-song WU. Effects of Particle Size and Shape of Unconventional Oil and Gas Proppants on Breakage Rate and Fracture Conductivity[J]. Science Technology and Engineering, 2025 , 25 (9) : 3672 -3679 . DOI: 10.12404/j.issn.1671-1815.2403596
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doi: 10.12404/j.issn.1671-1815.2403596
  • Receive Date:2024-05-15
  • Online Date:2025-07-09
  • Published:2025-03-28
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  • Received:2024-05-15
  • Revised:2024-12-27
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    1 Oil Engineering College of Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China
    2 Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Drilling and Production Engineering for Oil and Gas, Wuhan 430100, China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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