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US 2023/0407166 A1Published application
Proppants and methods of making and use thereof
AssigneeUS Ceramics LLC
InventorsTonia BOUTELLE, Bradley RICHARDS, Jondahl DAVIS, Dustin JOHNSON, Trent BRASWELL
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes proppants and methods of making the proppants. The proppants herein may contain titanium dioxide, silicon dioxide, and/or aluminum dioxide. Also included in the present disclosure are methods of using the proppants to treat a reservoir.
Claims20
1-14. (canceled)
A method of making a proppant, the method comprising:
- granulating a clay that comprises kaolinite and from about 5% to about 25% by weight titanium dioxide;
- and
- sintering the granulated clay.
33-36. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.