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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2008
Zinaida Yurievna Usova, Tomsk, RU;
Elena Mikhailovna Pershikova, Moscow, RU;
Zinaida Yurievna Usova, Tomsk, RU;
Elena Mikhailovna Pershikova, Moscow, RU;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A low-density ceramic proppant is formed from a light aggregate of a natural mineral and a ceramic binding material in the form of a proppant granule. The light aggregate expands in volume when burnt so that the density of the aggregate is changed. A method of preparing a proppant material is carried out by pre-crushing and pre-mixing of raw components. This is followed by their granulation into proppant granules, drying and screening of the granules to a selected size. The raw components include at least a ceramic binding material and a light aggregate of a natural mineral that, when burnt, expands in volume so that the specific volume of the aggregate is changed. The burning of the light aggregate may be accomplished before or after the aggregate is mixed with the binding material.