Patents Assigned to Fairmount Minerals, LTD
  • PROPPANT COMPOSITION FOR GAS AND OIL WELL L FRACTURING
    Publication number: 20020058581
    Abstract: An aluminosilicate ceramic, spherical pellet made from spent ceramic catalyst. More specifically, a spherical ceramic pellet made from spent fluid cracking catalyst. The pellets can be made by grinding the catalyst particles, forming them into spherical pellets, and then sintering the pellets. The final product is useful as a proppant in oil and gas well fracturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Fairmount Minerals, Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Youngman, Patrick R. Okell, Syed Akbar
  • Proppant composition for gas and oil well fracturing
    Patent number: 6372678
    Abstract: An aluminosilicate ceramic, spherical pellet made from spent ceramic catalyst. More specifically, a spherical ceramic pellet made from spent fluid cracking catalyst. The pellets can be made by grinding the catalyst particles, forming them into spherical pellets, and then sintering the pellets. The final product is useful as a proppant in oil and gas well fracturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Fairmount Minerals, LTD
    Inventors: Robert Youngman, Patrick R. Okell, Syed Akbar