CARBO Ceramics

Proppant pack consolidation technology – With FUSION proppant pack consolidation technology you can create a bonded, high-integrity proppant pack with or without closure stress. The technology improves well productivity by forming a stable, high-permeability proppant pack that prevents proppant washout from the non-compressive annulus and near-wellbore areas. It features durable, high-conductivity ceramic proppant with a proprietary resin coating that enables controlled bonding of the pack using a unique chemical activator, forming a strong, flexible bond without compression even in low-temperature environments. FUSION combines several innovative CARBO technologies: durable, high-conductivity ceramic proppant; proprietary coating technology; chemical bonding activator; and inert tracer technology.

Ultra high-performance, low-density ceramic casting media – KRYPTOCAST LD low-density ceramic casting media provides a unique combination of consistent thermal, physical, and chemical properties, offering performance advantages over the various sand products used for metal casting production. It is a sintered ceramic technology engineered with mullite and cristobalite crystals that generate high hardness and durability, and is chemically inert and compatible with various metals, resins, and additives used in metal casting. Features: uniform size and shape maximizes mold porosity and enhances permeability to resist gas defects and breakdown; very low thermal expansion significantly reduces defects, scrappage, and cleaning; extraordinary strength and durability to resist particle breakdown and reduce media consumption; no quartz silica content for improved QHSE and sustainability; excellent roundness for increased flowability and production cycle rates; exceptionally smooth surface reduces resin usage and associated binder costs.

Ultra-conductive, high-density ceramic proppant – KRYPTOSPHERE HD ultra-conductive, high-density ceramic proppant technology has been specifically engineered for high closure stress and risk environments, including ultra-deepwater regions such as the Gulf of Mexico. As the only proppant suitable for ultra-high closure stress environments, it provides a step-change in conductivity, compressive strength, and durability, significantly outperforming any other proppant available-attaining higher flow rates at the highest closure stresses to increase recovery and return on investment. Features: precision-engineered, strong, durable, round, single-mesh-sized, and smooth proppant grains; excellent roundness, sphericity, and smoothness with significantly less erosion to equipment during pumping; extraordinary strength and durability that maintains higher conductivity and flow for the life of the well; uniform size and shape for optimal proppant packing; round and smooth to reduce flow path tortuosity and non-Darcy impacts. Benefits: higher production and increased recovery in ultra-high closure stress environments.

Ultra-conductive, low-density ceramic proppant – KRYPTOSPHERE LD ultra-conductive, low-density ceramic proppant technology significantly exceeds the conductivity, compressive strength, and durability of existing low-density products. It provides comparable and, in many cases, higher conductivity than intermediate-density and bauxite ceramics while delivering improved proppant transport and increased propped fracture volume. The higher flow rates and larger propped volume increase recovery and return on investment, lowering finding and development costs per barrel of oil equivalent. Features: precision-engineered, strong, durable, round, single-mesh-sized, and smooth proppant grains; excellent roundness, sphericity, and smoothness with significantly less erosion to equipment during pumping; improved proppant transport and higher propped volume compared to intermediate-density proppant; extraordinary strength and durability that maintains higher conductivity and flow for the life of the well; uniform size and shape for optimal proppant packing; round and smooth to reduce flow path tortuosity and non-Darcy impacts. Benefits: lower F&D costs and increased recovery.

Neutral wettability relative permeability modification technology – RPM relative permeability modification technology is engineered to alter the wettability of proppant to neutral, preventing the retention of water-based fluid in the proppant pack. It increases the effective fracture length, conductivity, and permeability of the pack to hydrocarbons, leading to higher production and increased ultimate recovery. RPM is a surface modification coating applied during manufacturing and available as a flow enhancement to any CARBO ceramic proppant. Features: surface modification that alters the wettability of treated proppant to neutral with a contact angle ~90°; coating stable up to 400°F (205°C), suitable for most wells; treated proppant compatible with fracturing fluids; available as a flow enhancement to any CARBO ceramic proppant. Benefits: increases oil and gas production; improves water-based fracture fluid clean-up after stimulation; prevents water-based fluids from becoming trapped in pack pore throats; increases effective fracture length, conductivity, and permeability; reduces pressure drop due to multiphase flow effects; virtually eliminates capillary forces in the proppant pack; increases condensate production to help combat condensate banking.