US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering on May 26 for "Proppant particulates formed from delayed coke and methods related thereto" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,611, issued on May 26, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Proppant particulates formed from delayed coke and methods related thereto" was invented by Peter A. Gordon (Yardley, Pa.) and Lang Feng (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proppant particulates like sand are commonly used in hydraulic fracturing operations to maintain one or more fractures in an opened state following the release of hydraulic pressure. Fracturing fluids and methods of hydraulic fracturing may also use proppant particulates composed of petroleum coke material. Such proppant particulates may have improved transport i...