HOUSTON, June 2-- Saudi Aramco has developed a laboratory test for determining the downhole curing time needed for preventing resin-coated proppant flow back. During hydraulic fracturing, the large ...

Fracking operations along the Front Range of Colorado. Fracking operations are at the center of the shale revolution which has transformed the US energy picture in the past 20 years. Fracking has also ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. This article is more than 3 years old. Pumping water mixed ...

The stars have aligned for a product that is used deep in the earth. Hydraulic fracturing methods for natural gas recovery, which took off in 2007, have increased demand for proppants—grainy materials ...

Over the years, proppant technology has evolved from sands to engineered, high-strength proppants, cured and partially cured resin-coated proppants to prevent fines, lightweight and deformable ...

US and Canadian shale operators have adjusted completion designs and increased proppant volumes to maximize well productivity. McKinsey Energy Insights (MEI) expects this trend will continue at ...