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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Peter A. Gordon, Yardley, PA (US);
Michael Siskin, Westfield, NJ (US);
Harry W. Deckman, Clinton, NJ (US);
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
Proppant particulates like sand are commonly used in hydraulic fracturing operations to maintain one or more fractures in an opened state following the release of hydraulic pressure. Fracturing fluids and methods of hydraulic fracturing may also use proppant particulates composed of flexicoke material. Such proppant particulates may have improved transport into fractures because of lower density than traditional proppants like sand and may produce fewer fines that reduce fluid flow through proppant packs.