Infused and coated proppant containing chemical treatment agents and methods of using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11739260-B2
Application number	US-202117480130-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2021
Priority date	Sep 17, 2014
Publication date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023

Abstract

Proppant compositions and methods for using same are disclosed herein. In particular, a proppant composition for use in hydraulic fracturing is disclosed herein. The proppant composition can contain a plurality of particulates and at least one particulate of the plurality of particulates containing a chemical treatment agent. The at least one particulate having a long term permeability measured in accordance with ISO 13503-5 at 7,500 psi of at least about 10 D. The at least one chemical treatment agent can separate from the at least one particulate when located inside a fracture of a subterranean formation after a period of time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A proppant composition, the composition comprising:
a proppant particulate;
a non-degradable coating disposed onto the proppant particulate, the non-degradable coating comprising a phenol-formaldehyde resin having a molar ratio of formaldehyde to phenol of about 1:1 to about 2.4:1;
a degradable shell encapsulating at least a portion of the non-degradable coating; and
a chemical treatment agent, wherein a first portion of the chemical treatment agent is blended with the non-degradable coating.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the proppant particulate has an internal interconnected porosity of about 5% to about 75%.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the chemical treatment agent comprises a hydrocarbon soluble chemical treatment agent.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the non-degradable coating is phenol formaldehyde resin.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a second portion of the chemical treatment agent is blended with the degradable shell.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the degradable shell comprises one or more water-soluble polymers.

7. A proppant composition, the composition comprising:
a proppant particulate;
a hydrocarbon-soluble chemical treatment agent;
a semi-permeable substantially non-degradable coating disposed onto the proppant particulate and surrounding the hydrocarbon-soluble chemical treatment agent, wherein the semi-permeable substantially non-degradable coating comprises a phenol-formaldehyde resin having a molar ratio of formaldehyde to phenol of about 1:1 to about 2.4:1;
a degradable shell encapsulating at least a portion of the semi-permeable substantially non-degradable coating and the hydrocarbon-soluble chemical treatment agent, wherein the degradable shell is hydrocarbon-soluble; and
wherein the hydrocarbon-soluble chemical treatment agent is configured to separate from the proppant particulate and to elute through the semi-permeable substantially non-degradable coating upon degradation of the degradable shell.

8. The composition of claim 7 , wherein the proppant particulate has an internal interconnected porosity of about 5% to about 75% and wherein at least a portion of the hydrocarbon-soluble chemical treatment agent is disposed in the internal interconnected porosity of the proppant particulate.

9. The composition of claim 3 , wherein the hydrocarbon-soluble chemical treatment agent comprises an asphaltene inhibitor.

10. The composition of claim 9 , wherein the hydrocarbon-soluble chemical treatment agent elutes from the proppant composition at a rate of less than 1 ppm/(gram*day) for at least about 2 hours after contacting a subterranean formation and at a rate of at least about 0.1 ppm/(gram*day) for at least 2 weeks after contacting an aqueous phase solution and/or a hydrocarbon phase solution in the subterranean formation.

11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon-soluble chemical treatment agent is mixed with the semi-permeable substantially non-degradable coating.

12. The composition of claim 7 , wherein the degradable shell comprises one or more C8-C20 fatty acids.

13. A proppant composition, the composition comprising:
a proppant particulate;
a non-degradable coating disposed onto the proppant particulate, the non-degradable coating comprising a phenol-formaldehyde resin having a molar ratio of formaldehyde to phenol of about 1:1 to about 2.4:1;
a degradable shell encapsulating at least a portion of the non-degradable coating; and
a chemical treatment agent, wherein a first portion of the chemical treatment agent is blended with the non-degradable coating, a second portion of the chemical treatment agent is disposed between the non-degradable coating and the degradable shell, and a third portion of the chemical treatment agent is blended with the degradable shell.

14. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the proppant particulate has an internal interconnected porosity of about 5% to about 75% and a fourth portion of the chemical treatment agent is disposed in the internal interconnected porosity.

15. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the chemical treatment agent comprises a scale inhibitor, a salt inhibitor, a hydrogen sulfide scavenger, an iron sulfide scavenger, or any combination thereof.

16. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the scale inhibitor comprises diethylenetriamine penta(methylene phosphonic acid) or one or more potassium salts of maleic acid copolymers and the salt inhibitor comprises potassium ferricyanide.

17. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the degradable shell comprises one or more water-soluble polymers.

18. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the particulate is a ceramic proppant.

19. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the chemical treatment agent is disposed in the internal interconnected porosity of the proppant particulate.

20. The composition of claim 9 , wherein the asphaltene inhibitor comprises fatty esters of acrylic polymers.

21. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the degradable shell comprises a hydrocarbon soluble degradable shell comprising C 8 -C 20 fatty acids.

Assignees

• Carbo Ceramics Inc

Inventors

• Duenckel Robert
• Conner Mark
• Cannan Chad
• Roper Todd
• Leasure Joshua
• Lieng Thu
• Cady Daniel
• Read Peter A

Classifications

• C09K8/805 Primary

  Coated proppants · CPC title

• C09K8/524 Primary

  organic depositions, e.g. paraffins or asphaltenes · CPC title

• C09K8/528

  inorganic depositions, e.g. sulfates or carbonates · CPC title

• C09K8/602

  containing surfactants · CPC title

• C09K8/605

  containing biocides · CPC title