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What is a carrier in petroleum engineering?
Can you explain what proppants are and how they are used in fracking?
Proppants are solid particles, such as sand or ceramic beads, that are used to hold open the fractures created in the reservoir rock during hydraulic fracturing. They are mixed with the carrier fluid and pumped downhole at high pressure to create the fractures. The proppants then stay in place, preventing the fractures from closing and allowing natural gas or oil to flow more freely to the wellbore.