Light weight proppant with improved strength and methods of making same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10233386
APP PUB NO 20160222281A1
SERIAL NO

15003211

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Methods are described to make strong, tough, and/or lightweight glass-ceramic composites having a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase generated by viscous reaction sintering of a complex mixture of oxides and other materials. The present invention further relates to strong, tough, and lightweight glass-ceramic composites that can be used as proppants and for other uses.

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  • HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chatterjee, Dilip Houston, US 7 286
Coker, Christopher E Houston, US 37 1655
Pham, Jody Houston, US 4 40
Wu, Shanghua Houston, US 24 527
Xie, Yuming Houston, US 80 1175

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