Characterizations of a New Polymer-Nanocomposite Proppant from Agro-Waste Products for Hydraulic Fracturing Operations | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||
| Volume 68, Issue 2, February 2025, Pages 561-572 PDF (367.8 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2024.324018.10527 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed M. Kandil1; Abdulaziz M. Abdulaziz* 2; Rehab M. El-Maghraby3; Ahmed M. Youssef4 | ||
| 1Khalda petroleum company, 8 Rd. 290, 3rd Sector, New Maadi - Cairo – Egypt. | ||
| 2Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt | ||
| 3Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Suez University. | ||
| 4Packaging Materials, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Hydraulic fracturing is the main operation to stimulate wells and starts with pumping fracturing fluids into the well to raise bottom hole pressure above formation fracturing pressure. Once a fracture is induced, a slurry with proppant is injected to keep flow path open for reservoir fluids towards the wellbore at a higher rate. Due to the high expense of conventional proppant types that reaches up to 40% of the stimulation job, the need for new proppants has become a very important topic of research. This research comprises an experimental study to characterize a proppant prepared from Polymer Nano-composite materials added to the rice husk to act as a possible propping agent. The physical and mechanical properties are investigated, and a fracture conductivity test is implemented to characterize the efficiency of the new proppant material. The experimental results are compared to the commonly known walnut hull proppant (ULW-1.25) and Chemically Modified and Reinforced Composite Proppant (CMRCP). The new polymer Nano-composite proppant showed promising results according to the established ISO/API standards. These results may lead to a consequent improvement towards high strength Nano-composite proppants for applications in hydraulic fracturing operations and other petroleum engineering applications. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| A new polymer; Nano-composite proppant; hydraulic fracturing; well stimulation; Fracture conductivity test | ||
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