Method of propping agent delivery to the well
A method for producing minerals and, more specifically, for producing hydrocarbons, by hydraulic fracturing of the rock, can be used for the optimization of formation fracturing crack processing conditions. The method includes splitting a main stream of a propping agent suspension in a fluid at a mixer output into at least two flows having different volume delivery rates, and comingling the at least two flows before delivering to the hydraulic fracturing zone.
1. A method for delivering a propping agent to a well, comprising:
delivering, from an outlet of a mixer, a main stream of alternating batch intervals in which batches comprising the propping agent suspended in a fluid are separated for a first time difference by batches of fluid not comprising the propping agent;
splitting the main stream into at least two flows having different volume delivery rates; and
comingling the at least two flows before delivery to a hydraulic fracturing zone such that the first time difference is modified to a second time difference.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein different volume delivery rates of the at least two flows are achieved by using different delivery pumps for pumping said flows.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein different volume delivery rates of the at least two flows are achieved by using different diameters of pipelines over which said flows are pumped.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein different volume delivery rates of the at least two flows are achieved by using different pipeline lengths.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second time difference is shorter than the first time difference.
6. A method for formation treatment, comprising:
hydraulically fracturing a formation;
creating a fluid flow from a mixer in a form of alternating batches of a fluid containing a propping agent and a fluid not containing a propping agent;
splitting the fluid flow into at least two flows having different volume delivery rates;
commingling the at least two flows, thereby reducing a time difference between the batches of fluid containing a propping agent; and
filling a created fracture, wherein the different volume delivery rates are provided by a choice of a parameter of pipelines for the at least two flows.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the parameter of the pipelines is a diameter.