Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-suspending proppants for hydraulic fracturing
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Application No.: US14958112Application Date: 2015-12-03
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Publication No.: US09644139B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Robert P. Mahoney , David S. Soane , Marie K. Herring , Kevin P. Kincaid , Rosa Casado Portilla , Phillip Wuthrich
- Applicant: SELF-SUSPENDING PROPPANT LLC
- Applicant Address: US OH Chesterland
- Assignee: Self-Suspending Proppant LLC
- Current Assignee: Self-Suspending Proppant LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Chesterland
- Agency: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Main IPC: B32B5/16
- IPC: B32B5/16 ; C09K8/80 ; C09K8/68 ; E21B43/267 ; C09K8/62

Abstract:
The invention provides for modified proppants, comprising a proppant particle and a hydrogel coating, wherein the hydrogel coating localizes on the surface of the proppant particle to produce the modified proppant, methods of manufacturing such proppants and methods of use.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160137913A1 SELF-SUSPENDING PROPPANTS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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