US Patent Issued to CARBO CERAMICS on March 18 for "Infused and coated proppant containing chemical treatment agents and methods of using same" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,648, issued on March 18, was assigned to CARBO CERAMICS INC. (Houston).

"Infused and coated proppant containing chemical treatment agents and methods of using same" was invented by Robert Duenckel (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Mark Conner (Coraopolis, Pa.), Chad Cannan (Lancaster, N.Y.), Todd Roper (Katy, Texas), Joshua Leasure (Houston), Thu Lieng (Richmond, Texas), Daniel Cady (Houston) and Peter A. Read (Dorchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proppant compositions and methods for using same are disclosed herein. In particular, a proppant composition for use in hydraulic fracturing is disclosed herein. The proppant ...