Hydraulic fracturing is a technique used in gas and oil wells

Hydraulic fracturing is a technique used in gas and oil wells to increase the permeability of zones to enhance production. It is a standard practice used today as wells get older and permeability decreases or new wells are being drilled in less permeable formations. The process includes creating a fracture, or fissure, in low permeable zones, filling the fracture with proppants which pack and hold the fractures open all yielding an enhanced permeable pathway to the wellbore for the oil or gas.As new proppants develop, resin coated proppant continue to evolve and become more specialized to specific wells and the geological conditions downhole. The resin technology is also being engineered to meet the needs of deeper wells which translate to higher pressures and temperature environmental conditions that the proppant must be able to withstand.