FRACTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING HUMAN INGESTIBLE MATERIALS
The disclosure contained herein provides fracturing systems, methods, and proppant including human ingestible materials.
1 . A method for stimulating an oil and/or gas reservoir with human ingestible products comprising:
storing HPF under pressure on a location of the reservoir to maintain it in a liquid state;
transferring HPF under pressure to high pressure fracturing pumps;
storing mesoporous silica proppant in a container;
feeding the mesoporous silica proppant from the storage vessel into an auger;
mixing the HFP and the mesoporous silica proppant to create a slurry upstream of the high pressure fracturing pumps;
elevating pressure sufficiently high to fracture a formation.
2 . The method of claim 1 , the transferring of HPF under pressure comprising a boost pump.
3 . The method of claim 1 , the elevating pressure carried out via high pressure pumps.
4 . The method of claim 1 , the feeding comprising gravity feeding.
5 . A system for the production of petroleum comprising:
a wellbore;
formation fractures produced by stimulating a formation region with a human ingestible slurry comprising a fluid and a proppant.
6 . The system of claim 5 , the fluid being HFP.
7 . The system of claim 5 , the proppant selected from the group consisting of: amorphous silica, boron laced amorphous silica, meso-porous amorphous silica, and boron laced meso-porous amorphous silica.
8 . The system of claim 5 , the human ingestible slurry ingestible via at least one of inhalation with pulmonary placement, all alimentary routes, contact with the integument, and intravenous injection.
9 . The system of claim 5 , the human ingestible slurry being a mineral oil.
10 . A proppant safe for human ingestion comprising a meso-porous amorphous silica.