Hydraulic fracturing

Hydraulic fracturing is a technique used in gas and oil wells to increase the permeability of zones to enhance production. It is a standard practice used today as wells get older and permeability decreases or new wells are being drilled in less permeable formations. The process includes creating a fracture, or fissure, in low permeable zones, filling the fracture with proppants which pack and hold the fractures open all yielding an enhanced permeable pathway to the wellbore for the oil or gas.

 Proppant Definition

Proppants are synthetic or natural grains such as coated sand or sintered bauxite ceramics used in the oil well drilling industry to hold fractures open around the wellbore to enhance fluid extraction after hydraulic facturing processes. They can increase the output of Oil & Gas wells.

Type of Proppants

There are a variety of hydraulic fracturing proppants, such as quartz sand, aluminum balls, walnut shells, glass beads, plastic balls, ceramic, resin-clad sand.

 Ceramic Proppants

Ceramic fracturing proppant is a product of ceramic particles with high fracture strength, mainly used for oil field down hole support to increase oil and gas production, an environmentally friendly product. This product uses high-quality bauxite and other raw materials, ceramic sintering, is a alternative product of natural quartz sand, glass balls, metal balls and other low-strength proppants, has a positive effect to the oil and gas production.