Method for testing a proppant
AssigneeTrue Crush Testing, LLC
InventorMatthew D. Bryant
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Abstract
In the specification and drawings a method for testing a proppant is described and shown that involves: obtaining a proppant sample; separating the proppant sample into a plurality of sub-samples according to grain size; subjecting each sub-sample to a pressure that is sufficient to crush at least a portion of the proppant within at least one of the plurality of sub-samples; and independently analyzing each sub-sample to determine at least one of: i) the amount of proppant that was crushed within each sub-sample; and ii) the amount of proppant that was not crushed within each sub-sample.
Claims20
A method of testing proppant comprising:
- a. obtaining a plurality of pre-pressure subjected proppant samples;
- b. measuring the amount of at least two of the pre-pressure subjected proppant samples to determine a pre-pressure subjected proppant sample value for each of the at least two pre-pressure subjected proppant samples;
- c. subjecting each of the at least two pre-pressure subjected proppant samples to a pressure, resulting in a corresponding post-pressure subjected proppant sample for each of the at least two pre-pressure subjected proppant samples;
- d. determining a post-pressure subjected proppant sample value for each of the at least two post-pressure subjected proppant samples by measuring at least one of:
- i) the amount of proppant that experienced a change, if any, within each of the at least two post-pressure subjected proppant samples due to said subjecting the at least two pre-pressure subjected proppant samples to a pressure;
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- ii) the amount of proppant that did not experience a change, if any, within each of the at least two post-pressure subjected proppant samples due to said subjecting the at least two pre-pressure subjected proppant samples to a pressure.
A method of testing proppant comprising:
- a. obtaining a proppant sample;
- b. separating the proppant sample into a plurality of sub-samples;
- c. subjecting each sub-sample to a pressure;
- d. independently analyzing each sub-sample;
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- e. measuring at least one of:
- i) the amount of proppant that experienced a change, if any, within each sub-sample due to said subjecting each sub-sample to a pressure;
- and
- ii) the amount of proppant that did not experience a change, if any, within each sub-sample due to said subjecting each sub-sample to a pressure.
A method of testing proppant comprising:
- a. obtaining a proppant sample;
- b. separating the proppant sample into a plurality of sub-samples;
- c. subjecting each sub-sample to a pressure;
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- d. independently analyzing each sub-sample to determine whether a change to the proppant occurred within each sub-sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.