US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering on Feb. 3 for "Proppant particles formed from fluid coke and flexicoke, fracturing fluids comprising such proppant particles, and methods related thereto" (Pennsylvania, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,273, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Proppant particles formed from fluid coke and flexicoke, fracturing fluids comprising such proppant particles, and methods related thereto" was invented by Peter A. Gordon (Yardley, Pa.) and P. Matthew Spiecker (Manvel, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fracturing fluid comprises a carrier fluid and thermally post-treated fluid coke and/or flexicoke proppant particles, comprising fluid coke and/or flexicoke particles, respectively, that have been thermally post-treated to a temperature in a range from 400deg C. to 1200deg C. for a p...