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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2016
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Roger D. Aines, Livermore, CA (US);
William L. Bourcier, Livermore, CA (US);
Eric B. Duoss, Dublin, CA (US);
Jeffery James Roberts, Livermore, CA (US);
Christopher M. Spadaccini, Oakland, CA (US);
Joshuah K. Stolaroff, Oakland, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A capsule for carrying a proppant for emplaced in a formation containing formation fluid by a hydraulic fracture operation using a fracturing fluid. The capsule includes a capsule body. The capsule body includes a proppant. There is a surface layer on the capsule body that is permeable to the formation fluid or the fracturing fluid or is permeable to both the formation fluid and the fracturing fluid. The proppant material is dry cement that interacts with the formation fluid or the fracturing fluid or both the formation fluid and the fracturing fluid that migrate through the surface layer and is taken up by the dry cement causing the dry cement to harden.