flowback
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[edit]Noun
[edit]flowback (countable and uncountable, plural flowbacks)
- The flowing backward of a fluid.
- 2013, Johannes Fink, Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals and Fluids Technology, page 213:
- The flowback of a proppant following fracture stimulation treatment is a major concern because of the damage to equipment and loss in well production.
- Any change back to a former place or situation by gradual movement.
- 2016, Laura Guazzone, The Middle East in Global Change:
- The flowback of returning Arab 'guest workers' from Arab oil-rich states may be decomposed into two components: […]