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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2010
Ying LI, Houston, TX (US);
Zhijie Huang, Houston, TX (US);
Shengming Lin, Ningde, CN;
Wenzhong Wu, Ningde, CN;
Ying Li, Houston, TX (US);
Zhijie Huang, Houston, TX (US);
Shengming Lin, Ningde, CN;
Wenzhong Wu, Ningde, CN;
Prop Supply and Service, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An ultra-lightweight, high strength ceramic proppant made from mixture of naturally occurring clays, preferably porcelain clay, kaolin and/or flint-clay, earthenware clay or other naturally occurring clays having an alumina content between about 5.5% and about 35%. The proppant has an apparent specific gravity from about 2.10 to about 2.55 g/cc, and a bulk density of from about 1.30 to about 1.50 g/cc. This ultra-lightweight proppant is useful in hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells, and has greater conductivity than sand at pressures up to 8,000 psi as measured by Stim-Lab after 50 hours and 275° F. on Ohio Sandstone, in the presence of deoxygenated aqueous 2% solution of KCI.