Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tagged propping agents and related methods
- Patent Title (中): 标签支持剂及相关方法
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Application No.: US11667324Application Date: 2005-03-22
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Publication No.: US07921910B2Publication Date: 2011-04-12
- Inventor: Brett A. Wilson , Robert Duenckel , Thomas C. Palamara
- Applicant: Brett A. Wilson , Robert Duenckel , Thomas C. Palamara
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Carbo Ceramics Inc.
- Current Assignee: Carbo Ceramics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Thompson Coburn LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2005/009511 WO 20050322
- International Announcement: WO2005/100746 WO 20051027
- Main IPC: E21B49/08
- IPC: E21B49/08 ; E21B47/00 ; E21B43/267

Abstract:
A proppant composition comprises a non-radioactive, detectable tracer at least partially embedded in a ceramic composition. The composition may be prepared by agglomerating granules of the ceramic material and granules of the non-radioactive, detectable material to produce the particle by compression. Backflow of proppants in a fractured subterranean formation into which a plurality of particles of the proppant composition have been introduced may be tracked by analyzing a sample of the backflow by detecting for presence of the tracer in the sample.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080210421A1 Tagged Propping Agents and Related Methods Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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