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- Patent Title: Composition and method for hydraulic fracturing and evaluation and diagnostics of hydraulic fractures using infused porous ceramic proppant
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Application No.: US17706688Application Date: 2022-03-29
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Publication No.: US12037545B2Publication Date: 2024-07-16
- Inventor: Robert Duenckel , Mark Conner , Chad Cannan , Daniel Cady , Joshua Leasure , Thu Lieng , Todd Roper , Peter A. Read
- Applicant: CARBO CERAMICS INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: CARBO CERAMICS INC.
- Current Assignee: CARBO CERAMICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: C09K8/80
- IPC: C09K8/80 ; C09K8/66 ; E21B43/26 ; E21B43/267 ; E21B47/11

Abstract:
A composition and method for hydraulically fracturing an oil or gas well to improve the production rates and ultimate recovery using a porous ceramic proppant infused with a chemical treatment agent is provided. The chemical treatment agent may be a tracer material that provides diagnostic information about the production performance of a hydraulic fracture stimulation by the use of distinguishable both water soluble and hydrocarbon soluble tracers. The tracer can be a biological marker, such as DNA. The porous ceramic proppant can be coated with a polymer which provides for controlled release of the chemical treatment agent into a fracture or well bore area over a period of time.
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