Number: TR-Gl-009 Rev 1

Technical Databook – Section 9 – Dated: 02-08-05

Proppant Supersedes:
Approved by:

1.0 Purpose
To acquaint user with Section 9 and it’s intended usage.

2.0 Scope
Applies to field and office personnel.

3.0 Definitions

4.0 Procedure

 Work through a sample of examples that relate to calculations required for fieldwork.
 A calculator, pen or pencil and work sheet is required.
 This material will be used in conjunction with course material for training purposes.

4.1 Section 9 - Proppant

 Page 9-1 contains information for various proppants pumped by CalFrac;
Column 1: Proppant name
Column 2: Proppant type
Column 3: API mesh or sieve size
Column 4: Bulk density; can be used in fill up calculations and account for how many
pounds of proppant will fit in 1 gallon of space, “loosely packed or loosely settled”.
Column 5: Absolute density; used in slurry calculations and account for how many
pounds of proppant in 1 gallon of space when packed without pore space, fluid or air
surrounding each grain.
Column 6: Absolute volume; the amount of space that 1 pound of proppant will
occupy; this can also be used in slurry calculations.

Econoprop example:

1 pound = 0.0444 gal per pound.

22.52 lb/gal
1 gal
And by multiplying this number by 100, you’ll know space
what 1 sack will occupy; this can be used to calculate
slurry volumes or yields by adding it to 1 gal fluid.
1 sack
0.0444 gal/lb x 100 lb/sack = 4.44 gal/sack

701163033.doc Page 1 of 3
  Page 9-2 contains information relative to sieve analysis and size.

 Page 9-3 is based on sand with an absolute density of 22.1 lb/gal

o 1st column relates to how many pounds of sand in 1 gal of clean fluid;
“Proppant to (Clean) Fluid Concentration or Blender concentration”
o 2nd column gives you how many pounds of sand in 1 gal of slurry in relation to the
“Proppant – Fluid Concentration” in Column 1.
o 5 remaining columns give you the density (lb/gal) of 1 gal slurry at a given blender
concentration for 5 different fluid densities for sand with an absolute density of
22.1 lbs/gal.
 Page 9-4 to 9-9 for sand fill up factors are based on:
Capacity (bbl/ft) x bulk density (lb/gal) = lb of proppant per foot.

 Pages 9-4 to 9-8 contains sand fill up information in annular situations based on the
bulk density of 20/40 proppant or 13.761 1b/gal, to use for proppant with a different
bulk density; multiply the factor by (13.761/new bulk density).

 Page 9-9 contains sand fill up information for casing based on the bulk density of 20/40
proppant 13.761 lb/gal, to use for proppant with a different bulk density; multiply the
factor by (13.761/new bulk density).

 Page 9-10 contains sand fill up information for tubing based on 20/40 sand with a bulk
density of 13.761 lb/gal, to use for a proppant with a different bulk density; multiply
the factor by (13.76/new bulk density).

5.0 Reference Documents

- Technical Databook – Section 9 – Worksheets

701163033.doc Page 2 of 3
 701163033.doc

1. Which is the heaviest or densest proppant listed?

2. What will 1 ton of 20/40 Frac sand occupy in absolute volume? _____ bbl/t

3. What will 1 ton of Interprop occupy in absolute volume? ________ bbl/t

4. What will 1 pound of sand fill in the annulus of 3 ½” tubing and 5 ½”, 17.00 lb/ft casing?

5. So how many feet will be filled if 110 lb is in the annulus for Question # 4?

6. How many pounds of sand are in 1 gal of 10 Proppant concentration slurry?

7. If we’re pumping at 10 bpm on our slurry pumps at 2 ppg blender concentration, what is
our sand rate in pounds per minute?

701163033.doc Page 3 of 3