Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lightweight proppant and methods for making and using same
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Application No.: US16416141Application Date: 2019-05-17
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Publication No.: US11339323B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Todd Roper , Thu Lieng , Olatunji Orekha , William Scott Woolfolk
- Applicant: CARBO CERAMICS INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: CARBO CERAMICS INC.
- Current Assignee: CARBO CERAMICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: C09K8/80
- IPC: C09K8/80 ; E21B43/26 ; E21B43/267 ; E21B43/04
Abstract:
Lightweight proppant particles are disclosed. The lightweight proppant particle can include a proppant particle having an apparent specific gravity of at least about 1.5 g/cc, a coating of a hydrophobic material formed on an outer surface of the proppant particle, and a coating of an amphiphilic material formed on an outer surface of the coating of the hydrophobic material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190338183A1 LIGHTWEIGHT PROPPANT AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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