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SAND FRACTURING [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

An operation designed to loosen or break up tight formations which contain oil or gas, thus causing such formations to have more permeability and greater production.

OBS

This operation involved the injection of a mixture or blend of crude oil and sand into the producing formation under high pressure by means of pressure pumps, followed by injections of rubberized nylon balls to seal off the fractured formation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Fracturation hydraulique utilisant de l'huile brute comme fluide de fracturation et du sable comme agent de soutènement de la fracture créée.

Spanish

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