Proppant

Hydraulic Fracturing
hydraulic fracturing is used to increase oil and gas wells in the permeability zones to improve the yield of a technology. Is currently used in wells age and permeability decreased or new wells are less permeable strata drilling a standard practice. This process includes creating cracks in the low permeability zone, or fissure, filling in cracks in the proppant to keep it open, in order to improve the permeability of oil and gas wells.

The definition and functions of proppant
Proppant is synthetic or natural particulate matter, such as coated sand or ceramic sintered bauxite, water and power in the oil drilling industry remain after fracturing around the wellbore fracture conductivity and permeability. Can increase the production of oil and gas wells.
Ceramic proppant is a ceramic particulate products, mainly for oil well support to increase oil and gas production, environmentally friendly products, with high fracture strength. The product is made   of high-quality bauxite and other raw materials, ceramic sintering, is a natural quartz sand, glass beads, metal balls and other low-strength  Proppant  alternative products, oil and gas production has a positive effect.

In the oil and gas exploration in deep, high pressure low permeability reservoirs by fracturing, the split rock containing the oil and gas, oil and gas collected from the cracks through the channels. Ceramic support material with the fracturing pressure into cracks, filling cracks in the rock, the fracture area does not crack due to stress caused by the release closure, so as to maintain the high conductivity of oil and gas, increase production. Practice has proved that the use of  Ceramic proppant  fracturing wells can yield 30-50%, but also extend the life of oil and gas wells.