Research Article

Experimental Study of Sand Distribution among Perforation Clusters in Horizontal Wellbore of Shale Gas Reservoir

Table 1

Experimental groups and parameters.

GroupsEach cluster with 4 perforationsClusters contain 3, 4, and 5 perforations

Pumping rate, gallon/minute30, 50, 8030, 50, 80
Sand concentration, pound/gallon0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.00.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0