1) 30/50 lightweight and intermediate ceramic proppant
2) 7500psi and 10,000psi are available
3) main product of our company
4) stim-lab
2) 7500psi and 10,000psi are available
3) main product of our company
4) stim-lab
Application Situation of Ceramic Proppant in the Oil and Gas Wells
Oil fracturing proppant is a vital material used in the fracturing operations of oil and gas low permeable wells.
In the fracturing operations of deep wells, ceramic proppants are filled in the rock cracks of low permeable mineral deposits
under the circumstance of high pressure to have a high closed fracturing process and then spill apart the oil and gas terrane.
The non closed function of supporting fracturing cracks not only increases oil production and also extends the service life of
oil and gas wells.
Therefore, fracturing technology plays a significant role in global oil exploitation. However, the usage of oil fracturing proppants
directly affects successful operation of fracturing technology because high-quality proppant is crucial in the oil exploitation.
Application Situation of Ceramic Proppant in the Shale Wells
What is shale gas? Natural gas is found in shale. Shale gas is considered an “unconventional” source of natural gas found
in shale. As a new separate mineral, formation and enrichment of shale gas has the unique features mainly distributed in the
thick and widespread shale source rock within basins.
Compared with natural gas, Shale plays tend to be large in scale and offer long lived production so as to produce shale gas at
a steady rate. However, these reservoirs of shale plays are also characterized by matrix porosity, lower permeability, a larger
content of organic matter, and multiple gas storage mechanisms that control fluid flow. For shale gas and oil plays, it requires
all the shale wells to be hydraulically fractured to create accesses to the gas.
So,shale oil and gas exploitation can't do without fracturing technology application while one of the most important materials is
proppant.Proppants are used to hold the fracture open once the fracturing pressure is released in order to create a pathway for
the transmission of hydrocarbons and maintain the porosity and the permeability needed to allow the flow of oil and gas.
Compared with conventional proppants, ceramic proppant holds the characteristics drilling companies needed such as
symmetrical size, stable chemical property, heat resistance and high pressure resistance,superior compatibility with sand and
no deformation under the high pressure of deep wells.
Performance Index
20/40 mesh lightweight ceramic proppant
Bulk Density (g/cm3) 1.58-1.62
Specific Gravity (g/cm3) ≤2.80
Turbidity ≤70
Roundness >0.9
Sphericity >0.9
Acid Solubility (%) ≤7.0
Crush Resistance (%)
52MPa(7500 psi)
69MPa(10,000 psi)
86MPa(12,500 psi)
52MPa≤6.0
69MPa≤10.0
20/40 mesh intermediate ceramic proppant
Bulk Density (g/cm3) 1.75-1.85
Specific Gravity (g/cm3) ≤3.25
Turbidity ≤60
Roundness >0.9
Sphericity >0.9
Acid Solubility (%) ≤6.0
Crush Resistance (%)
52MPa(7500 psi)
69MPa(10,000 psi)
86MPa(12,500 psi)
52MPa≤4.0
69MPa≤6.0
86MPa≤9.0
30/50 lightweight bauxite proppant
Bulk Density (g/cm3) 1.58-1.62
Specific Gravity (g/cm3) ≤2.80
Turbidity ≤70
Roundness >0.9
Sphericity >0.9
Acid Solubility (%) ≤7.0
Crush Resistance (%)
52MPa(7500 psi)
69MPa(10,000 psi)
86MPa(12,500 psi)
52MPa≤5.0
69MPa≤8.0
30/50 intermediate bauxite proppant
Bulk Density (g/cm3) 1.75-1.85
Specific Gravity (g/cm3) ≤3.25
Turbidity ≤60
Roundness >0.9
Sphericity >0.9
Acid Solubility (%) ≤6.0
Crush Resistance (%)
52MPa(7500 psi)
69MPa(10,000 psi)
86MPa(12,500 psi)
69MPa≤4.0
86MPa≤8.0
40/70 lightweight bauxite proppant
Bulk Density (g/cm3) ≤1.50
Specific Gravity (g/cm3) ≤2.80
Turbidity ≤70
Roundness >0.9
Sphericity >0.9
Acid Solubility (%) ≤8.0
Crush Resistance (%) 86MPa≤10.0 86MPa≤5.0
40/70 intermediate bauxite proppant
Bulk Density (g/cm3) ≤1.75
Specific Gravity (g/cm3) ≤3.25
Turbidity ≤60
Roundness >0.9
Sphericity >0.9
Acid Solubility (%) ≤7.0
Crush Resistance (%) 86MPa≤5.0