The magic of nanotechnology is on display in the form of a dull silver ball created by Baker Hughes.
What looks like solid metal is a composite that is light enough to flow through a well, strong enough to stand up to the impact and pressure associated with opening a sleeve on a multistage fracturing job, and then disappear when it is done.
The company is making 1,500 of the balls each week and based on customer calls, it could sell a lot more, said James King, director of applications engineering for sales and operations support at Baker Oil Tools, US Land. The company plans to increase sales, and add new products, but the supply of the material used to make the balls is limited.
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