Patent ID: 11859129
Assignee: ALTAROCK ENERGY INC.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  E | IPC C  E

Claim 0:
1. A method of forming a permeable proppant pack in a geothermal formation, comprising:
injecting a fracturing fluid into a fracture of a geothermal formation having a formation temperature greater than about 230° C., wherein the fracturing fluid comprises proppants having a core of a solid material that is thermally stable at the formation temperature, wherein the core is at least partially coated with a resin coating, wherein the resin coating comprises a polymer having a decomposition temperature below the formation temperature and a melting temperature below the decomposition temperature; and
allowing the resin coating to be decomposed by heat from the geothermal formation, wherein the core of the proppants remains in the fracture after the resin coating has decomposed.