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API 19C:2008

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MEASUREMENT OF PROPERTIES OF PROPPANTS USED IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AND GRAVEL-PACKING OPERATIONS
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

08-28-2018

Language(s)

English

Published date

10-05-2018

Special Notes
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)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
42
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 2008
PublisherName
American Petroleum Institute
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

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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