Self Suspending Fracturing Proppant

Properties of the Self Suspending Proppant arise from the hydrogel formulation used as their coating, conventional proppant particles are encapsulated with a thin layer of a high-molecular-weight hydrogel polymer, it can be self-suspended in the water. There is no need to add extra carrying fluid, so SSP saves the cost on gel system during fracturing process and also reduce the harm to ground environment. It exists as one single particle, so there will be better flowability in fracturing process and also avoid the sandup phenomenon.