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The Macondo explosion and oil spill occurred 5 years ago this month, freezing activity in the US Gulf of Mexico and putting the industry in a negative spotlight for weeks. -
Getting through this latest downturn in oil prices will require a balancing act between short-term measures to reduce costs while maintaining a long-term perspective on growth in the industry.
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As shale operators look for ways to survive amid the current downturn in oil prices, accelerating the refracturing of older horizontal wells is turning into one of the most attractive options.
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At the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, one of the most innovative ideas discussed was a liquid proppant designed to turn into strong spherical balls to keep a fracture open.
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In this cost-cutting market environment, completion engineers face added pressure to maximize the return on every dollar invested when putting unconventional wells into production.
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In its pursuit to enhance recovery from major producing reservoirs, the company is emphasizing high-impact technologies to achieve breakthroughs.
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The necessity to cut costs amid low oil prices has pushed shale operators to use well data more effectively to get the most value out of their fracturing stimulation treatments.
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This paper reviews two newly developed novel completion systems that significantly reduce time spent performing multistage stimulation in environments where cost and consequence of failure are high.
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This paper describes the design, testing, and execution of a unique deepwater completion system that adapts a known multistage ball-drop system used in onshore unconventional reservoirs.
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To the casual observer of completions and hydraulic fracturing, it might appear that multifractured horizontal wells are a relatively recent concept that materialized just as we required them for unconventionals.
