CPC C09K 8/685 (2013.01) [C09K 8/80 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 2208/04 (2013.01); C09K 2208/20 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01); C09K 2208/32 (2013.01); C09K 2208/34 (2013.01); E21B 43/2607 (2020.05)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of hydraulic fracturing comprising:
mixing a first liquid proppant mixture having a first proppant concentration with a base fluid to produce a first fracturing fluid having a second proppant concentration, wherein the first concentration of the first liquid proppant mixture is diluted to the second proppant concentration of the first fracturing fluid by the base fluid;
mixing at least a second liquid proppant mixture having a third proppant concentration with the base fluid to produce a second fracturing fluid having a fourth proppant concentration, wherein the third proppant concentration of the second liquid proppant mixture is diluted to the fourth proppant concentration of the second fracturing fluid by the base fluid, and wherein the second proppant concentration of the first fracturing fluid and the fourth proppant concentration of the second fracturing fluid are not equivalent proppant concentrations,
wherein the first liquid proppant mixture comprises proppant particles having an average particle size that is disjointed from an average particle size of proppant particles in the second liquid proppant mixture; and
conveying the first fracturing fluid and then the second fracturing fluid to two or more wellbores simultaneously, wherein the two or more wellbores penetrate a subterranean formation.
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