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GB2037727B - Sintered spherical ceramic pellets for gas and oil well proppants - Google Patents

Sintered spherical ceramic pellets for gas and oil well proppants

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GB2037727B
GB2037727B GB7940365A GB7940365A GB2037727B GB 2037727 B GB2037727 B GB 2037727B GB 7940365 A GB7940365 A GB 7940365A GB 7940365 A GB7940365 A GB 7940365A GB 2037727 B GB2037727 B GB 2037727B
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gas
oil well
spherical ceramic
ceramic pellets
sintered spherical
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Unifrax I LLC
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Carborundum Co
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01F—COMPOUNDS OF THE METALS BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ALUMINIUM, CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM, THORIUM, OR OF THE RARE-EARTH METALS
    • C01F7/00—Compounds of aluminium
    • C01F7/02—Aluminium oxide; Aluminium hydroxide; Aluminates
    • C01F7/021—After-treatment of oxides or hydroxides
    • C01F7/025—Granulation or agglomeration
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2/00—Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic
    • B01J2/14—Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic in rotating dishes or pans
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K8/00—Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
    • C09K8/60—Compositions for stimulating production by acting on the underground formation
    • C09K8/80—Compositions for reinforcing fractures, e.g. compositions of proppants used to keep the fractures open
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/25—Methods for stimulating production
    • E21B43/26—Methods for stimulating production by forming crevices or fractures
    • E21B43/267—Methods for stimulating production by forming crevices or fractures reinforcing fractures by propping
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    • C01P2004/00—Particle morphology
    • C01P2004/30—Particle morphology extending in three dimensions
    • C01P2004/32—Spheres
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    • C01P2004/00—Particle morphology
    • C01P2004/60—Particles characterised by their size
    • C01P2004/61—Micrometer sized, i.e. from 1-100 micrometer
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    • C01P2006/00—Physical properties of inorganic compounds
    • C01P2006/10—Solid density

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  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
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GB7940365A 1978-12-13 1979-11-22 Sintered spherical ceramic pellets for gas and oil well proppants Expired GB2037727B (en)

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US96912278A 1978-12-13 1978-12-13

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DE (1) DE2948584A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2450245A1 (en)
GB (2) GB2092561B (en)

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US4427068A (en) 1982-02-09 1984-01-24 Kennecott Corporation Sintered spherical pellets containing clay as a major component useful for gas and oil well proppants
US4623630A (en) 1982-02-09 1986-11-18 Standard Oil Proppants Company Use of uncalcined/partially calcined ingredients in the manufacture of sintered pellets useful for gas and oil well proppants
US7387752B2 (en) 2004-07-09 2008-06-17 Carbo Ceramics Inc. Method for producing solid ceramic particles using a spray drying process
US7615172B2 (en) 2005-03-01 2009-11-10 Carbo Ceramics, Inc. Methods for producing sintered particles from a slurry of an alumina-containing raw material
US7654323B2 (en) 2005-09-21 2010-02-02 Imerys Electrofused proppant, method of manufacture, and method of use
US7678723B2 (en) 2004-09-14 2010-03-16 Carbo Ceramics, Inc. Sintered spherical pellets
US7721804B2 (en) 2007-07-06 2010-05-25 Carbo Ceramics Inc. Proppants for gel clean-up
US7828998B2 (en) 2006-07-11 2010-11-09 Carbo Ceramics, Inc. Material having a controlled microstructure, core-shell macrostructure, and method for its fabrication
US8063000B2 (en) 2006-08-30 2011-11-22 Carbo Ceramics Inc. Low bulk density proppant and methods for producing the same
US8562900B2 (en) 2006-09-01 2013-10-22 Imerys Method of manufacturing and using rod-shaped proppants and anti-flowback additives

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US4522731A (en) * 1982-10-28 1985-06-11 Dresser Industries, Inc. Hydraulic fracturing propping agent
US4658899A (en) * 1982-02-09 1987-04-21 Standard Oil Proppants Company, L.P. Use of uncalcined/partially calcined ingredients in the manufacture of sintered pellets useful for gas and oil well proppants
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US5120455A (en) * 1982-10-28 1992-06-09 Carbo Ceramics Inc. Hydraulic fracturing propping agent
US4537254A (en) * 1983-01-03 1985-08-27 Chevron Research Company Steam injection well gravel pack material of sintered bauxite
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CA1217319A (en) * 1983-02-07 1987-02-03 Arup K. Khaund Low density proppant
US4555493A (en) * 1983-12-07 1985-11-26 Reynolds Metals Company Aluminosilicate ceramic proppant for gas and oil well fracturing and method of forming same
US4944905A (en) * 1984-01-18 1990-07-31 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Particulate ceramic useful as a proppant
US4680230A (en) * 1984-01-18 1987-07-14 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Particulate ceramic useful as a proppant
US4668645A (en) * 1984-07-05 1987-05-26 Arup Khaund Sintered low density gas and oil well proppants from a low cost unblended clay material of selected composition
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US4632876A (en) * 1985-06-12 1986-12-30 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Ceramic spheroids having low density and high crush resistance
AU628700B2 (en) * 1989-12-22 1992-09-17 Comalco Aluminium Limited Ceramic microspheres
US7036591B2 (en) 2002-10-10 2006-05-02 Carbo Ceramics Inc. Low density proppant
BR0301036B1 (en) 2003-04-29 2013-09-10 suitable for hydraulic fracturing of oil or gas wells as well as method for reducing or eliminating the flow reversal phenomenon in oil or gas wells
RU2344156C2 (en) * 2007-02-28 2009-01-20 Шлюмбергер Текнолоджи Б.В. Proppant and method of well efficiency increase
DE102010007176A1 (en) * 2010-02-08 2011-08-11 Polysius AG, 59269 Method for producing a refractory material from bauxite
CA2824761C (en) 2011-01-25 2018-03-13 Oxane Materials, Inc. Extrusion process for proppant production
US20170121592A1 (en) * 2014-06-13 2017-05-04 Imerys Oilfield Minerals, Inc. Method of making proppants and anti-flowback additives using gear pelletizers

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CA1045027A (en) * 1975-09-26 1978-12-26 Walter A. Hedden Hydraulic fracturing method using sintered bauxite propping agent

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4427068A (en) 1982-02-09 1984-01-24 Kennecott Corporation Sintered spherical pellets containing clay as a major component useful for gas and oil well proppants
US4623630A (en) 1982-02-09 1986-11-18 Standard Oil Proppants Company Use of uncalcined/partially calcined ingredients in the manufacture of sintered pellets useful for gas and oil well proppants
US7387752B2 (en) 2004-07-09 2008-06-17 Carbo Ceramics Inc. Method for producing solid ceramic particles using a spray drying process
US7678723B2 (en) 2004-09-14 2010-03-16 Carbo Ceramics, Inc. Sintered spherical pellets
US7615172B2 (en) 2005-03-01 2009-11-10 Carbo Ceramics, Inc. Methods for producing sintered particles from a slurry of an alumina-containing raw material
US8216675B2 (en) 2005-03-01 2012-07-10 Carbo Ceramics Inc. Methods for producing sintered particles from a slurry of an alumina-containing raw material
US7654323B2 (en) 2005-09-21 2010-02-02 Imerys Electrofused proppant, method of manufacture, and method of use
US7828998B2 (en) 2006-07-11 2010-11-09 Carbo Ceramics, Inc. Material having a controlled microstructure, core-shell macrostructure, and method for its fabrication
US8063000B2 (en) 2006-08-30 2011-11-22 Carbo Ceramics Inc. Low bulk density proppant and methods for producing the same
US8562900B2 (en) 2006-09-01 2013-10-22 Imerys Method of manufacturing and using rod-shaped proppants and anti-flowback additives
US7721804B2 (en) 2007-07-06 2010-05-25 Carbo Ceramics Inc. Proppants for gel clean-up

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CA1117987A (en) 1982-02-09
GB2092561A (en) 1982-08-18
GB2037727A (en) 1980-07-16
FR2450245A1 (en) 1980-09-26
GB2092561B (en) 1983-10-05

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732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19971122