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Proppant Technology Products:
Ultra-conductive Ceramic Proppant
Featuring KRYPTOSPHERE, the most conductive ceramic proppant for high pressure and high temperature fracture environments.
Proppant-delivered Production Assurance
Technology that significantly reduces production maintenance requirements and costs, avoids workovers and eliminates the potential for production system failures.
High-transport Proppant
High-transport proppant technology helps operators avoid the introduction of gel into their fracs while improving reservoir contact and fracture conductivity.
Fracture Evaluation
Safely and efficiently evaluate your near-wellbore fracture height and width for the life of the well.
Microproppant
Ceramic microproppant reduces completion time, screen-out risks, and overall completion costs while improving the production contribution from all clusters and the reservoir matrix.
Proppant-delivered Flow Enhancement
Increase production and recovery by freeing your fracture of water and water-based fluids with proppant-delivered flow enhancement technology.
Proppant Pack Consolidation
Proppant pack consolidation technology that creates a bonded, high integrity proppant pack with or without closure stress.
Resin-coated Proppant
Proppant products that include our CARBOBOND resin-coating technology that improves proppant strength and productivity.
Featured technology videos
The Development of KRYPTOSPHERE Technology
Watch Terry Palisch and Dave Norman discuss the development of KRYPTOSPHERE, the world's strongest proppant technology.
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NANOMITE Technology Animation
NANOMITE C particles maintain production from microfractures and flatten the decline curve. Watch to see this technology at work.
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SCALEGUARD scale-inhibiting technology
Watch this video to see how SCALEGUARD technology is placed throughout the entire fracture as part of the standard fracturing process, providing long term protection after just one application.
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CARBOAIR vs Sand
CARBOAIR significantly lower density can be used to replace the same volume of sand proppant reducing the use of water & chemicals. Watch this short clip to see this technology at work.
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Fracture Evaluation
Safely and efficiently evaluate your near-wellbore fracture height and width for the life of the well. Learn More
High-transport Proppant
High-transport proppant technology helps operators avoid the introduction of gel into their fracs while improving reservoir contact and fracture conductivity. Learn More
Microproppant
Ceramic microproppant reduces completion time, screen-out risks, and overall completion costs while improving the production contribution from all clusters and the reservoir matrix. Learn More
Proppant Pack Consolidation
Proppant pack consolidation technology that creates a bonded, high integrity proppant pack with or without closure stress. Learn More
Proppant-delivered Flow Enhancement
Increase production and recovery by freeing your fracture of water and water-based fluids with proppant-delivered flow enhancement technology. Learn More
Proppant-delivered Production Assurance
Technology that significantly reduces production maintenance requirements and costs, avoids workovers and eliminates the potential for production system failures. Learn More
Resin-coated Proppant
Proppant products that include our CARBOBOND resin-coating technology that improves proppant strength and productivity. Learn More
Ultra-conductive Ceramic Proppant
Featuring KRYPTOSPHERE, the most conductive ceramic proppant for high pressure and high temperature fracture environments. Learn More
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Single-treatment scale prevention sustains production: Utah
Uinta Basin, Utah
SCALEGUARD proppant-delivered inhibition keeps oil flowing, eliminates frequent, high-cost remediation. Learn More
SCALEGUARD shows potential to double production life: Manitoba
Manitoba, Canada
Using SCALEGUARD avoids costly remediation and production decline due to severe scale deposition. Learn More
Traceable proppant provides fracture height to improve performance in low-permeability reservoir
Putumayo Basin, Colombia
Pilot study uses neutron log detection to identify chemical marker in formation Learn More
Safely charting the course for emerging play development: Middle East
Middle East
CARBONRT inert tracer technology validates diversion effectiveness, provides keen insight for future unconventional completions. Learn More
New technology sets IP milestone in deep gas well: Pennsylvania
Greene County, PA
KRYPTOSPHERE LD reduces completion costs while delivering among Utica’s highest flow rates Learn More
Study shows avoiding overflushing could hike production 10%: Permian
Permian, West Texas
Sweeping fracture-height analysis with non-radioactive tracer projects 30% higher near-wellbore conductivity. Learn More
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CARBOAIR vs Sand
CARBOAIR significantly lower density can be used to replace the same volume of sand proppant reducing the use of water & chemicals. Watch this short clip to see this technology at work. Learn More
FUSION proppant pack consolidation technology
Watch CARBO's FUSION proppant pack consolidation technology at work. With FUSION, you can now create a bonded, high integrity proppant pack without closure stress. Providing well integrity critical to inject and produce at ultra-high rates required to improve well economics and increase EUR. Learn More
CARBOAIR high-transport, ultra low-density ceramic proppant technology
Watch this video to see how CARBOAIR high-transport, ultra low-density ceramic proppant technology can increase your production. Learn More
KRYPTOSPHERE Animation
Watch to see how KRYPTOSPHERE LD ultra-conductive, low-density ceramic proppant technology significantly exceeds the conductivity, compressive strength and durability of existing low-density proppant. Learn More
FRACTUREVISION: Proppant-delivered Fracture Evaluation Services
Learn more about our proppant-delivered fracture evaluation services. Learn More
Fracture Technologies
Develop integrated solutions to optimize well performance and optimize returns with CARBO's innovative fracture and proppant technologies. Learn More
KRYPTOSPHERE Ultra-conductive Ceramic Proppant Technology
Build higher production and increase ROI throughout the life of your well with KRYPTOSPHERE technology. Learn More
Proppant-Delivered Production Assurance
Reduce your costs and increase production with the GUARD family of proppant-delivered production assurance technologies Learn More
CARBO Production Enhancement Solutions
Increase your production and optimize your frac with CARBO's production-enhancing technology Learn More
Low Density Proppant in Slickwater Applications Improves Reservoir Contact and Fracture Complexity - A Permian Basin Case History
The use of slickwater fluid systems in hydraulic fracture design has grown tremendously in recent years relative to "conventional" linear gel or cross-linked fluid systems. The primary drivers for this change in design methodology are cost, proppant pack damage minimization, fracture complexity and environmental footprint. The efficiency of proppant placement in the fracture using slickwater systems remains a subject of ongoing research none-the-less. Learn More
The Development and Qualification of a Novel Proppant System to Enhance Performance of High Rate Soft Sand Water Injection Wells With Cased Hole Sand Control Completions
With the rapid increase in number of major development projects in soft sand reservoirs in the last 20 years the industry has had to develop a range of sand control completion technologies to deliver high rate, reliable wells to support the production and injection. Learn More
New Technology Yields Ultra-High Strength Proppant
Nearly all of the proppant available on the market today can be classified into one of three tiers – sand, resin-coated sand and ceramic. The products contained in these three tiers have served the industry well and have typically covered the broad spectrum of applications required by completions engineers. Learn More
Ultra-High Strength Proppant Developed for Deep, Offshore Completions
As the industry has moved to the development of deeper reservoirs, drilling and completion equipment have undergone significant upgrades to allow for the successful exploitation of these higher pressure, higher temperature applications. Learn More
Pioneering a New Method to Prevent Scale in Deep Water, High Pressure Reservoirs - A Gulf of Mexico Case Study
Production of hydrocarbons in deep water reservoirs involves the economical flow of hydrocarbons from the reservoir to the point of sale. One important consideration is effectively preventing / handling solid deposits which can be both organic (i.e. paraffin, asphaltenes) and inorganic (i.e. calcite, barite, halite) in nature. Learn More
Ultra-High-Strength Proppant: An Update on Deepwater Applications in the Gulf of Mexico
With the advent of the development of lower Tertiary formations in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, a gap in proppant technology was identified at the beginning of the decade. No existing conventional proppant could provide the required conductivity at the anticipated 15,000 psi (and higher) prevailing closure stress. To meet these challenges a new proppant was developed, with the goal of achieving twice the baseline conductivity of any conventional proppant at 20,000 psi. Learn More
Hydraulic Fracturing Design to Unlock Light Tight Oil Resources in South Oman
Field "A" produces from a mixed-wet formation comprising of fine grained silicilite. The field is a sour light tight oil reservoir with permeability range from 0.001 – 0.1 mD, the only way to flow the existing vertical wells is through hydraulic fracs. Historically the wells have been fracced using water based frac fluids, which have caused severe negative consequences related to well integrity and reduced productivity. Learn More
Twenty Years, One Fracture and the Future of a North Sea Asset
The Andrew asset is a strategic hub for BP in the Central North Sea and has been producing from the Palaeocene oil reservoir for the past twenty-two years through a small fixed platform. Learn More
Julia Case History of the Stimulation and Lower Completion to Meet the 10kpsi Drawdown Tertiary Challenge
The Lower Tertiary Wilcox Julia field is a large resource with low permeability (average 10 mD) and 20 cP in-situ viscosity oil. In order to achieve optimum production rates and ultimate recovery, ultra-high 10,000 psi drawdown is required from a multi-zone fracture stimulated lower completion. Learn More
Sieve Distribution vs Sand Retention: The Impact of Mono-Sieved Gravel on Sand Control
Traditional sand control sizing has typically been based on "standard", wide-sieve gravel distributions (i.e. 20/40, 16/30, etc). Learn More
Recent Advancements in Far-Field Proppant Detection
The combination of multistage hydraulic fracture treatments with horizontal drilling technology has been the primary driver to the successful development of resource plays. Learn More
A New Nuclear Method to Locate Proppant Placement in Induced Fractures
Traditional proppant placement evaluation in hydraulically induced fractures utilizes detection of radioactive tracers pumped downhole with the "frac?? slurry. Learn More
Field Application of a New Proppant Detection Technology
Traditional proppant placement evaluation in hydraulically induced fractures has utilized detection of radioactive tracers pumped down hole with the proppant. Learn More
Far-Field Proppant Detection Using Electromagnetic Methods - Latest Field Results
Over 100 billion lbm of proppant are placed annually in wells across the globe, with the majority in unconventional reservoirs. The location of the proppant in these horizontal wells and formations is critical to understanding reservoir drainage, well spacing and stage spacing. Learn More
Improvements in Downhole Chemical Delivery: Development of Multifunctional Proppants
Ceramic proppants can provide the highest fracture conductivity under most conditions relative to natural frac sand and resin coated sands. Learn More
Effective Scale Prevention Using Chemically Infused Proppant - A Uinta Basin Case History
Scale deposition down hole is a well-known and common production problem throughout the industry. Successful treatment of scale where it is first deposited near wellbore can be challenging in many cases, and sometimes impossible in others. Learn More
Pioneering a New Method to Prevent Scale in Deep Water, High Pressure Reservoirs - A Gulf of Mexico Case Study
Production of hydrocarbons in deep water reservoirs involves the economical flow of hydrocarbons from the reservoir to the point of sale. Learn More
A Novel Technique for Determining Screen Failure in Offshore Wells: A GOM Case History
Offshore completions in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) must typically address sand control. Our industry has made significant progress with respect to sand control equipment and implementation. Learn More
A New Method to Identify Proppant Location in Induced Fractures
A new technique is discussed and tested in this work for proppant placement determination. A high thermal neutron capture compound (HTNCC) is inseparably incorporated into a ceramic proppant during manufacturing in sufficiently low concentration that it does not affect proppant properties. Learn More
Field Study Compares Hydraulic Fracture Diagnostic Technologies
raditional proppant placement evaluation in hydraulically induced fractures utilize detection of radioactive (R/A) tracers such as iridium 192, scandium 46 and antimony 124, which are manufactured in nuclear reactors, and then shipped to the wellsite and pumped downhole with the frac slurry. Learn More
Field Application of New Proppant Detection Technology - A Case History of the Putumayo Basin of Colombia
Traditional fracture-height and/or proppant-placement evaluation following a hydraulic fracture stimulation treatment has relied on the detection of radioactive (R/A) tracers pumped downhole with the proppant. Learn More
Novel Traceable Proppant Enables Propped Frac Height Measurement While Reducing the Environmental Impact
Fracture height is typically used by fracturing engineers to calibrate propagation models. Having an accurate height measurement reduces the uncertainty and non uniqueness of fracture pressure matching, better determining placed frac length and width, stress profile across the target zone and its boundaries, and fracture containment. Learn More
Traceable Proppant Eliminates Need For Radioactive Detection Material
A new ceramic proppant has made detection possible without placing radioactive material downhole. Learn More
Fracture Optimization Applying a Novel Traceable Proppant and a Refined Mechanical Earth Model in the Congo Onshore
Fracture stimulation has been adopted as an integral part of the completion in the M'Boundi field given the results achieved in enhancing well productivity, as well as the positive impact realized on field development economics. Learn More
Hydraulic Fracture Geometry Evaluation Using Proppant Detection: Experiences in Saudi Arabia
Accurate determination of the propped fracture geometry compared to the stimulation design can help fine-tune geomechanical models and to optimize future hydraulic fracture treatments. Learn More
A New Nuclear Logging Method to Locate Proppant Placement in Induced Fractures
Traditional proppant placement evaluation in hydraulically induced fractures uses detection of radioactive tracers such as iridium-192, scandium-46 and antimony-124, which are manufactured in nuclear reactors and then shipped to the wellsite and pumped downhole with the frac slurry. Learn More
Environmental Stewardship: Global Applications of a Non-Radioactive Method to Identify Proppant Placement and Propped Fracture Height
Accurate assessment of intervals receiving proppant and the determination of near well bore fracture heights are valuable in assessing and optimizing stimulation strategies. Learn More
Application of Integrated Advanced Diagnostics and Modeling To Improve Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation Analysis and Optimization
Economic development of unconventional resources relies heavily on the effectiveness of propped hydraulic fracture stimulation treatments (HFS or “fracs”). Learn More
Application of Integrated Advanced Diagnostics and Modeling To Improve Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation Analysis and Optimization
Economic development of unconventional resources relies heavily on the effectiveness of propped hydraulic fracture stimulation treatments (HFS or “fracs”). Learn More
Reducing Hydraulic Fracturing HSE Footprint through the Application of a Non-Radioactive Method for Proppant Placement and Propped Fracture Height Assessment
The identification of intervals receiving proppant and accurate assessment of near wellbore fracture height are valuable in evaluating and optimizing stimulation strategies. Learn More
Fracture Optimization Applying a Novel Traceable Proppant and a Refined Mechanical Earth Model in the Congo Onshore
Fracture stimulation has been adopted as an integral part of the completion in the “M” field given the results achieved in enhancing well productivity, as well as the positive impact realized on field development economics. Learn More
Can Proppants Do More Than Hold The Fracture Open?
In the 1940’s experimental fracture treatments were performed without proppant. However in most formations unpropped fractures heal quickly with no sustained benefit, and in 1947 river sand was introduced as proppant. Learn More
Non-Radioactive Detectable Proppant First Applications in Algeria for Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments Optimization
Bir Rebaa Nord (BRN) and Bir Sif Fatima (BSF) fields, operated by Groupement Sonatrach-Agip (GSA, a JV between ENI and Sonatrach), are located in the Berkine basin in north-eastern Algeria. Learn More
A Determination of the Capability of Using Gadolinium Tagged Proppant To Evaluate Propped Fracture Width
The ability of induced fractures to improve well production is dependent upon three primary characteristics of the fracture geometry: fracture height, fracture width, and fracture length. Learn More
Development and Field Testing of a Novel Technology for Evaluating Gravel Packs and Fracture Packs
Many completions require some sort of pack to prevent fines migration associated with the high production rates necessary for economic recovery. Learn More
New Applications of Multidetector Pulsed Neutron Technologies in Gravel Pack Completions
Gravel Pack (GP) and Frac Pack (FP) are common sand control completion designs. There are various well known methods to evaluate effectiveness of gravel placement in the screen - casing annulus, allowing top of pack detection, void location and gross pack quality assurance. Learn More
A Novel Technology for Locating and Evaluating Hydraulic Fractures in Horizontal Wells – Modeling and Field Results
Non-radioactive tracer tagged proppant technology has been used successfully in over 200 vertical wells to obtain fracture height and gravel pack coverage, but had yet to be modeled or tested in horizontal wells, where the borehole and fracture geometry is radically different. Learn More
First Successful Proppant Fracturing Treatment in Cretaceous Carbonate formation in Kuwait – Part II Tuba Reservoir
Proppant fracturing treatments in sandstone formations are routinely executed in Kuwait, however when carbonate formations are the target, acid fracturing is the preferred treatment method. Learn More
Novel Proppant Surface Treatment Yields Enhanced Multiphase Flow Performance and Improved Hydraulic Fracture Clean-Up
This paper describes the development and testing of a new proppant designed to exhibit a neutrally wet surface. The modified surface does not have a preferential affinity for oil, gas, or water and therefore will not promote the preferential entrapment of any phase within the proppant pack. Learn More
Can Proppants Do More Than Hold The Fracture Open?
In the 1940’s experimental fracture treatments were performed without proppant. However in most formations unpropped fractures heal quickly with no sustained benefit, and in 1947 river sand was introduced as proppant. Learn More
Controlling Proppant Wettability Leads to Increase Flowback Recovery and Flow in Frac-Packs
Recovery of frac-pack fluids is often poor in offshore operations. Large amounts of stimulation fluids left in the fracture may leak-off into the porous formation or block part of the proppant pack thus impairing hydrocarbon production. Learn More
Can Proppants Do More Than Hold The Fracture Open?
In the 1940’s experimental fracture treatments were performed without proppant. However in most formations unpropped fractures heal quickly with no sustained benefit, and in 1947 river sand was introduced as proppant. Learn More
A Novel Technology for Providing Long Term Scale Prevention in an Alaskan North Slope Waterflood
Most North Slope Alaska oilfields undergo waterflood for pressure maintenance and improved oil recovery. Both recycled produced water, as well as treated seawater are injected into the reservoir which then mixes with connate water in the formation. Learn More
Sieve Distribution vs Sand Retention: The Impact of Mono-Sieved Gravel on Sand Control
Traditional sand control sizing has typically been based on "standard", wide-sieve gravel distributions (i.e. 20/40, 16/30, etc). Historic sand retention testing has therefore been limited to these standard gravel (i.e. proppant) sizes. Learn More
Prevention of Halite Formation and Deposition in Horizontal Wellbores: A Multi Basin Developmental Study
Halite scale is a wide spread problem throughout several basins in the United States. This scale can form in surface equipment, downhole tubulars as well as affecting production. Traditional remediation of halite can be accomplished by dissolving the scale in fresh water as well as recycled water. Learn More
Can Proppants Do More Than Hold The Fracture Open?
In the 1940’s experimental fracture treatments were performed without proppant. However in most formations unpropped fractures heal quickly with no sustained benefit, and in 1947 river sand was introduced as proppant. Learn More
Technology Improves Proppant Design
Evolving technologies are enabling oil and gas operators to use proppants that go deeper into fractures and provide superior conductivity, which results in greater yields and cost savings on frac jobs. The American Oil & Gas Reporter, February 2014 Learn More
New Tools Enable Better Completions
With production performance varying from one well to another on the same pad, and even from one stage to another along a single lateral, optimizing stimulation designs from the toe to the heel can have measurable impacts on a well's completion efficiency, economic performance, and ultimate recovery potential. The American Oil & Gas Reporter, March 2016 Learn More
Advancing shale science
The end game for operators in horizontal resource plays is simple: Maximize the stimulated reservoir volume and keep induced fractures propped open so hydrocarbons keep flowing. Accomplishing those objectives, says Don Conkle, vice president of marketing and sales at CARBO, is leading the industry to pump more proppant per well. The American Oil & Gas Reporter, February 2018 Learn More
Proppant Demand feature: Ceramics Innovate Through Downturn
...despite this trend, technical innovations for ceramics are continuing, with CARBO developing a ceramic proppant that will inhibit scale buildup in fractures and even a proppant that can be traced inside the wellbore. Drilling Contractor, September - October 2016 Learn More
Hydraulic fracturing proppant: Low-density Ceramics Proppant Boosts Utica Deep Gas Production
CONSOL Energy integrated CARBO's KRYPTOSPHERE LD ultraconductive, low-density ceramic proppant in the completion program of a well targeting the Utica deep gas horizon underlying its existing Marcellus Shale field in Greene County, Pa. Harts E&P, September 2016 Learn More
Improving reservoir contact with a high-transport proppant
Low-density proppant use in slickwater applications can help improve reservoir contact and fracture complexity. E&P Shale Solutions, April 2018 Learn More
Hydraulic fracturing: Beyond conductivity
For 70 years proppant technology has primarily consisted of uncoated frack sands, resin-coated proppant and ceramic proppant. These three tiers of proppant have served, and continue to serve, as the workhorse for propping open hydraulic fractures and have allowed for the successful development of many otherwise uneconomic reservoirs. Hart's E&P, February 2015 Learn More
New proppant technologies deliver cost savings in the GoM
New proppant technologies deliver cost savings in the GoM A combination of high-density proppant and scale inhibitor sees success in Lower Tertiary wells. Hart Energy E&P, July 2017 Learn More
System improves ability to detect location of proppants in reservoir
About 100 billion pounds mass of proppant is used annually in global unconventional reservoirs, with the location of the proppant critical to understanding reservoir drainage, well spacing and stage spacing. However, proppant detection has traditionally been limited to near-wellbore measurements. CARBO has developed a method to detect proppant in the far field, known as QUANTUM quantified propped reservoir volume imaging. Hart Energy E&P, July 2017 Learn More
CARBO engineered robust combination to sustain deepwater flow
CARBO recently engineered a ground-breaking solution for a super major - completing a series of ultra-deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico's Lower Tertiary where the economic exploitation of deep, low-permeability reservoirs requires hydraulic fracturing. The downhole environment was ripe for deposition of production-restricting scale, but using generally effective solid inhibitors would sacrifice proppant conductivity. Hart Energy E&P, May 2017 Learn More
Hydraulic fracturing: Key players CARBO Ceramics
CARBO Ceramics has become the largest supplier of ceramic proppants used in fracturing treatments and also sells resin-coated and uncoated white sand proppants. Among its technical achievements in the last year was maximized well production for a Permian Basin operator using low-density ceramic proppants as part of CARBO’s technologies to design, build and optimize the fracturing experience. Hart Energy, November 2014 Learn More
Multifunctional Proppant delivers "Plug-and Play" solutions
Advances in engineering have helped to expand the role of proppants from merely propping the fracture open to performing myriad actions downhole. Harts E&P, September 2016 Learn More
Proppant Pack Delivers Enhanced Flow
FUSION proppant pack consolidation technology creates a bonded, high-integrity proppant pack with or without closure stress. Harts E&P, September 2016 Learn More
Proppant prevents salt precipitation, eliminates freshwater injection costs
SALTGUARD is an encapsulated, porous ceramic proppant infused with halite-inhibiting chemicals that is placed throughout the entire fracture as part of the standard fracturing process. Hart E&P, September 2018 Learn More
Novel Proppant Surface Treatment for Enhanced Performance and Improved Cleanup
The development and testing of a new proppant designed to exhibit a neutrally wet surface that does not have a preferential affinity for oil, gas, or water and therefore will not promote the preferential entrapment of any phase within the proppant pack. JPT, March 2016 Learn More
Getting a Better Look at Propped Fractures
Carbo Ceramics is getting a clearer look at where the proppant goes. The ceramic proppant maker showed much-improved images at this year’s conference (SPE 184880) compared with the ones shown last year, as well as a new set of images showing three stages of a Marcellus gas well. JPT, March 2017 Learn More
Electromagnetic Imaging Offers First Look at the Propped Rock
CARBO discusses new technology to visualize a propped fracture using specially coated proppant stimulated by electromagnetic (EM) energy. JPT, March 2016 Learn More
Technology Applications November 2017
Fracture-stimulation designs and cost structures are continually evolving in unconventional reservoirs. Consequently, slickwater ftacturing fluids are being deployed more frequently because they cost less, have a reduced impact on proppant pack damage, and have reduced chemical package requirements. JPT, November 2017. Learn More
CARBO Develops FUSION
CARBO has introduced FUSION, a proppant pack consolidation technology for deepwater injection and production wells. Offshore Engineer, September 2016 Learn More
New immobile proppant system bonds without closure stress
CARBO develops a new type of immobile proppant system to bond the highly conductive proppant pack in the formation and the annulus without closure stress. Offshore, September 2018 Learn More
Protection in every way
Joshua Leasure and Jeff Hebert, CARBO, USA, explain how conductive proppant-delivered scale inhibition has been engineered for today's challenges. Oilfield Technology, April 2015. Learn More
Pushing Beyond Propping
An overview of proppant technology capabilities in a range of global oil and gas applications. Oilfield Technology, July 2016 Learn More
Engineering Production Assurance - SCALEGUARD Feature
New proppant-delivered technology platform, designed to prevent reservoir damage and maximize production. Oilfield Technology, July 2017 Learn More
The Scale of the Problem
Joshua Leasure, CARBO, USA, describes a proppant-delivered solution to the widespread problem of scale deposition in the oilfield. Oilfield Technology, July 2018 Learn More
Precision-Engineered Proppants
Don Conkle, CARBO, USA, describes the development of a precision-engineered proppant, KRYPTOSPHERE, and reviews its performance. Oilfield Technology, March 2018 Learn More
A Slick Design for Slickwater Systems
The development of a new proppant technology to enhance the transport capabilities of slickwater fracture fluid systems in hydraulic fracturing applications. Oilfield Technology, September 2017 Learn More
Innovative Thinkers: Don Conkle - Proppant Innovation at Motocross Speed
A low-density proppant solution for slickwater systems
Slickwater systems tend to have low viscosity, which can attribute to difficulty with effectively suspending and transporting proppant in a fracture. Accordingly, a new, low-density proppant has been developed to enhance the transport capability in slickwater fluids and provide increased fracture conductivity. World Oil, September 2018 Learn More
Webinar: 20% uplift in production experienced using new high-transport proppant technology
CARBOBOND LITE
Resin coated low density, high performance ceramic proppant, frac fluids, deep well, drilling, sand, lightweight Learn More
CARBOECONOPROP
Low density ceramic proppant, sand, frac, fracking, cost, resin coated, conductivity Learn More
FUSION
Proppant pack consolidation technology, proppant pack, high rate production, injection wells, incorporating frac, sand control, closure stress, fusion, fusion technology Learn More
CARBOHSP
High-density sintered bauxite proppant Learn More
Gravel Pack Technologies Technical Information
Improve gravel pack operational efficiency, completion productivity and pack integrity Learn More
Gravel Pack Technology Solutions
Improve gravel pack operational efficiency, completion productivity and pack integrity Learn More
CARBO NRT for CEMENTING
Inert tracer technology for cementing applications Learn More
Proppants Keep Pace with Technology
Increasing lateral lengths and the addition of fracturing stages are driving proppant demand as providers continue to develop technological advances that allow operators to boost initial production and enhance estimated ultimate recoveries in U.S. resource plays. The American Oil & Gas Reporter, August 2014 Learn More