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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Keane Group Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NexTier Completion Solutions Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/82 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 3/22 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/805 (2013.01); C09K 3/22 (2013.01); C09K 8/82 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
Proppant dust suppression compositions including: (a) at least one sugar alcohol ester or a sugar alcohol esters or a plurality of sugar alcohol esters; or (b) a mixture of at least one glyceride or a glyceride or a plurality of glycerides and at least one sugar alcohol ester or a sugar alcohol esters or a plurality of sugar alcohol esters and methods for using the compositions, where the treated proppant composition has between about 30% and 100% proppant dust reduction and wherein the at least one sugar alcohol ester improves flowability of treated proppant so that the treated proppant has reduced screen out propensity.