hydraulic fracturing

A novel approach uses the heart-shaped signal in low-frequency distributed acoustic sensing measurements to estimate the hydraulic fracture tip distance before the hydraulic fracture intersects the monitor well, offering critical insight into the characterization of hydraulic fracture propagation.

Hot rock is found worldwide, but the methods used to generate energy from it vary.

At SPE’s Permian Basin Energy Conference, operators shared behind-the-scenes details on innovations such as drilling horseshoe wells and trimulfrac completions along with in-basin challenges such as handling produced water.

A comprehensive, digitized water-management application has been designed to streamline and enhance the monitoring and management of water resources used in hydraulic fracturing.

This paper presents a specialized workflow that aims to quantify the severity of condensate banking and subsequently optimize reservoir development strategies for a deep formation in the Permian Basin.

This paper describes numerical modeling studies of fracture-driven interactions using a coupled hydraulic-fracturing-propagation, reservoir-flow, and geomechanics tool.

A proposed integrated workflow aims to guide prediction and mitigating solutions to reduce casing-deformation risks and improve stimulation efficiency.

Rig counts are down since 2023, but well productivity is marching forward.

Intelligent Wellhead Systems and ProFrac Services say the new method simplifies and streamlines data transfer during hydraulic fracturing.

A self-updating and customizable data-driven strategy for real-time monitoring and management of screenout, integrated with proppant filling index and safest fracturing pump rate, is proposed to improve operational safety and efficiency at field scale.