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Reservoir
formation

Filter
cake

Slurry.

Figure 12-1. Filter cake buildup over a hydraulically created fracture surface
(after Civan, ©1999 SPE; reprinted by permission of the Society of Petroleum
Engineers).

Filter Porous
cake formation

Figure 12-2. Linear filter cake over a flat surface of a core plug (after Civan,
©1999 SPE; reprinted by permission of the Society of Petroleum Engineers).