Resin-coated proppant for subterranean fractures

摘要

Resin-coated proppant particles are suspended in a fracturing fluid and deposited in a subterranean fracture and consolidated into high strength permeable masses. As the fractures are formed, a liquid hardenable resin component is continuously mixed with a liquid hardening agent component on-the-fly to form a hardenable resin composition. The hardenable resin composition is continuously coated onto dry proppant particles on-the-fly to form resin composition coated proppant particles, and the resin composition coated proppant particles are continuously suspended in the fracturing fluid on-the-fly.