Sintered spherical pellets containing clay as a major component useful for gas and oil well proppants

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06405055

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Sintered, spherical composite pellets or particles comprising one or more clays as a major component and bauxite, alumina, or mixtures thereof, are described, along with the process for their manufacture. The pellets may have an alumina-silica (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -SiO.sub.2) ratio from about 9:1 to about 1:1 by weight. The use of such pellets in hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations is also described.

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  • CARBO CERAMICS INC.;THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY

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Fitzgibbon, Jeremiah J Lafayette, LA 5 268

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