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... ABSTRACT The high-conversion soaker cracking (HSC) process, an advanced continuous thermal cracking, has been used commercially for more than 20 years at a refinery converting heavy oil to valuable lighter distillates. The residue from the process is the heaviest liquid fuel in the world...

..., as well as high stability in high temperature and high shear conditions. However, borate fluids are not without notable disadvantages. The most obvious disadvantage is the presence of insoluble polymer residue that remains in the proppant pack after the gel has been broken with oxidizer breakers...