... and cause the proppant to flow back from propped fractures. Closure stresses applied on proppant in the generated propped fractures are known to be low in the Permian Basin. Some RCPs have been specially formulated to consolidate only under high closure stress. Although this feature facilitates tubing...

... proppant (especially resin-coated proppants, or RCP–s) into a created fracture. Because the HS bob keeps the proppant mixed with the fluid during tests, it prevents the formation of a consolidated proppant plug at the bottom of the test cup, as can occur when the proppant is resin-coated (RC). This paper...

... of the appropriate resin-coated proppants and guidelines for their uses in proppant flowback control in hard-rock fracturing and in sand control of soft formations as in screenless fracpack completions. P. 587 spe 39582 completion fracture hydraulic fracturing rcp perforation upstream oil & gas...

... earlier experimental observations, but the findings from both studies are inconsistent with field data. Neither study included effects of RCP. Vreeburg et al. 8 and Almond et al. 9 studied proppant backproduction from wells treated with curable resin-coated proppant. Vreeburg et al. identified...