US Patent Issued to CARBO CERAMICS on June 2 for "Electrically conductive proppant and methods for detecting, locating and characterizing the electrically conductive proppant" (New York, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,042, issued on June 2, was assigned to CARBO CERAMICS INC. (Houston).

"Electrically conductive proppant and methods for detecting, locating and characterizing the electrically conductive proppant" was invented by Chad Cannan (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Terrence Palisch (Richardson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrically conductive proppants and methods for detecting, locating, and characterizing same are provided. The electrically conductive proppant can include a substantially uniform coating of an electrically conductive material having a thickness of at least 500 nm. The method can include injecting a hydraulic fluid into a we...