System and method for utilizing oolitic aragonite as a proppant in hydraulic fracking
AssigneePisa Carolina, LLC
InventorsJames Duane Stover, Jayson Alexander Meyers
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Abstract
A system for utilizing oolitic aragonite as a proppant in hydraulic fracking is provided. The system includes a proppant storage tank including a stockpile of the oolitic aragonite. The system further includes a proppant pumping unit operable to pump the oolitic aragonite from the proppant storage tank, through an underground shaft, and into an underground fracture proximate to the underground shaft.
Claims18
A system for utilizing oolitic aragonite as a proppant in hydraulic fracking, comprising:
- a proppant storage tank including a stockpile of the oolitic aragonite;
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- a proppant pumping unit operable to pump the oolitic aragonite from the proppant storage tank, through an underground shaft, and into an underground fracture proximate to the underground shaft;
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- wherein the oolitic aragonite is configured for forming interlocking networks of needle-like crystals within the underground fracture;
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- wherein the oolitic aragonite is imbibed with anti-scaling chemicals.
A method for utilizing oolitic aragonite as a proppant in hydraulic fracking, comprising:
- within an underground horizontal shaft of an underground mining operation:
- providing a flow of water configured to create fractures in walls of the underground horizontal shaft;
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- providing with the flow of the water the proppant including the oolitic aragonite, wherein the proppant is provided into the fractures;
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- wherein the oolitic aragonite is configured for forming interlocking networks of needle-like crystals within the underground fracture;
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- wherein the oolitic aragonite is imbibed with anti-scaling chemicals.
A method for utilizing oolitic aragonite as a proppant in hydraulic fracking, comprising:
- identifying, within an underground mining operation, a fracture attaching a first underground chamber and a second underground chamber;
- maneuvering a nozzle operable to deposit the oolitic aragonite within or proximate to the fracture;
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- pumping a proppant deposit including the oolitic aragonite within the fracture;
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- wherein the oolitic aragonite is configured for forming interlocking networks of needle-like crystals within the underground fracture;
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- wherein the oolitic aragonite is imbibed with anti-scaling chemicals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.