Use of uncalcined/partially calcined ingredients in the manufacture of sintered pellets useful for gas and oil well proppants

Patent · Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6954733

Fitzgibbon, J J

This patent describes a composite, sintered, spherical pellet suitable for gas and oil well proppant which is prepared from materials consisting essentially of clay materials, bauxitic materials and alumina. The materials include at least one uncalcined or partially calcined ingredient selected from the group consisting of clay materials, bauxitic materials and dust collector fines produced during the calcination of clay materials and bauxitic materials, and alumina. The pellet has on a dry weight basis an alumina-to-silica ratio from about 9:1 to about 1:1 and at least about 6.51 percent by weight of other than alumina and silica, the pellet having an apparent specific gravity of less than 3.30.

• Assignee: Standard Oil Proppants Co., Dallas, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4623630
• OSTI ID: 6954733
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 30 Sep 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
PROPPING AGENTS
OIL WELLS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BAUXITE
CALCINATION
CLAYS
DENSITY
DRYING
DUSTS
FURNACES
MIXTURES
PARTICLE SIZE
PARTICULATES
PELLETS
QUANTITY RATIO
SILICA
SINTERED MATERIALS
VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE
WELL COMPLETION
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM ORES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
MATERIALS
MINERALS
ORES
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PYROLYSIS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
SIZE
SYNTHESIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WELLS
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