Lightweight proppants for deep gas-well stimulation. First annual report, July 1979-July 1980
Existing high strength proppants have desirable strength characteristics for propping deep hydraulic fractures, but also have high specific gravities when compared to sand. The high specific gravity necessitates high viscosity fracturing fluids and/or high pumping rates, along with low proppant concentration, which make fracture control and high conductivity fractures difficult to obtain. Theoretical stress and strength analyses of the proppants suggest that hollow spheres, as well as porous high purity ceramics, offer an alternative to dense bauxite proppants. Several novel ceramics, with specific gravities lower than conventional bauxite, are recommended for further evaluation in massive hydraulic fracturing (MHF).
- Research Organization:
- Terra Tek, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC19-79BC10038
- OSTI ID:
- 5993696
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BC/10038-19; ON: DE82000950
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALUMINIUM ORES
BAUXITE
CERAMICS
COMMINUTION
COMPRESSION STRENGTH
DATA
DENSITY
DEPTH
DIMENSIONS
EXPANSION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FABRICATION
FRACTURING
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
INFORMATION
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MINERALS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROPPING AGENTS
SAND
STIMULATION
TESTING
THERMAL EXPANSION
VISCOSITY
WELL STIMULATION
WELLS