API 19C : 2008 : R2016
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MEASUREMENT OF PROPERTIES OF PROPPANTS USED IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AND GRAVEL-PACKING OPERATIONS
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28-08-2018
English
01-01-2016
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API Foreword
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Abbreviations
4 Standard proppant sampling procedure
4.1 General
4.2 Particle segregation
4.3 Equipment
4.4 Number of required samples - Bulk
4.5 Sampling - Bulk material
4.6 Sampling - Bagged material
5 Sample handling and storage
5.1 Sample reduction
5.2 Sample splitting
5.3 Sample and record retention and storage
6 Sieve analysis
6.1 Purpose
6.2 Description
6.3 Equipment and materials
6.4 Procedure
6.5 Calculation of the mean diameter, median diameter and
standard deviation
6.6 Sieve calibration
7 Proppant sphericity and roundness
7.1 Purpose
7.2 Description
7.3 Apparatus capability
7.4 Procedure
7.5 Alternate method for determining average sphericity
and roundness
8 Acid solubility
8.1 Purpose
8.2 Description
8.3 Equipment and materials
8.4 Procedure
9 Turbidity test
9.1 Purpose
9.2 Description
9.3 Equipment and materials
9.4 Equipment calibration
9.5 Procedure
10 Procedures for determining proppant bulk density, apparent
density and absolute density
10.1 Purpose
10.2 Description
10.3 Bulk density
10.4 Apparent density
10.5 Absolute density
11 Proppant crush-resistance test
11.1 Purpose
11.2 Description
11.3 Equipment and materials
11.4 Sample preparation
11.5 Crush-resistance procedure
12 Loss on ignition of resin-coated proppant
12.1 Objective
12.2 Apparatus and materials
12.3 Loss-on-ignition procedure for whole-grain proppant
Annex A (informative) - Formazin solution preparation
Bibliography
Describes standard testing procedures for evaluating proppants used in hydraulic fracturing and gravel-packing operations.
| DevelopmentNote |
Also numbered as ISO 13503-2. (05/2008) Supersedes API 56 & API 58. (06/2011)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
42
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| ProductNote |
Reconfirmed 2016
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| PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| API 56 : 1995 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR TESTING SAND USED IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS |
| API 60 : 1995 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR TESTING HIGH-STRENGTH PROPPANTS USED IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS |
| ASTM E 11 : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves |
| API 58 : 1995 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR TESTING SAND USED IN GRAVEL PACKING OPERATIONS |
| ANSI B74.4 : 1992(R2007) | PROCEDURE FOR BULK DENSITY OF ABRASIVE GRAINS |
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