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Commercializing a Resin-Coated Proppant

Alkhasov, Solomon S
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1404838630

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2014, Master of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Physics.
HD Proppants, an early stage venture requesting strategic direction, has set out to commercialize a novel coating chemistry for resin-coated sand, a proppant that operators use to extract oil and natural gas from hydraulically-fractured shale. This study discusses technologies that have made shale fracturing economically feasible, introduces the proppant’s role in hydraulic fracturing, and presents fundamental physics equations that govern proppant performance. A financial framework and competitive landscape help describe the commercial viability, technical feasibility, and marketplace value of HD Proppants in comparison to competitors’ products and strategies. Absent major developments that change the context, this study finds that HD Proppants should abandon independent business development. Alternatively, HD Proppants should aggressively pursue a licensing arrangement to initiate joint venture product development with a competitive resin-coated sand company that would most value the incremental innovation possible from using HD Proppants’ novel coating chemistry.
Edward Caner (Committee Chair)
Bruce Terry (Committee Co-Chair)
Rigoberto Advincula, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
111 p.
Business Costs; Geophysics; Management; Materials Science; Physics
Proppants; Hydraulic Fracturing; Market Analysis; Value Proposition; Strategy; Technology; Technical Feasibility; Strategic Analysis; Petrophysicists

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  • Alkhasov, S. S. (2014). Commercializing a Resin-Coated Proppant [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1404838630

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Alkhasov, Solomon. Commercializing a Resin-Coated Proppant. 2014. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1404838630.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Alkhasov, Solomon. "Commercializing a Resin-Coated Proppant." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1404838630

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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