Proppant
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- | '''Proppants''' such as sand or ceramic beads are used to prevent fractures in the shale rock from closing up. | + | '''Proppants''' such as sand or ceramic beads are used to prevent fractures in the shale rock from closing up once they have been [[hydro-fracture|hydro-fractured]]. |
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Proppants such as sand or ceramic beads are used to prevent fractures in the shale rock from closing up once they have been hydro-fractured.