hydraulic fracturing

This paper details efforts in 2024 at the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy field laboratory to explore the feasibility of hydraulically fracturing thermally conductive granite formations to create an enhanced geothermal system.

In this work, microseismic observations are integrated with strain and other observations to investigate the microseismic response in relation to the underlying hydraulic fracture geometry for different rock types.

This work proposes a method to interpret far-field strain-change and pressure data to quantify fracture connectivity and properties at the cluster level.

Data mining techniques are unlocking new insights from the performance of thousands of Bakken wells. This article explores how those insights are helping refine completion optimization.

US shale producers have stepped up their use of simultaneous fracturing techniques to cut costs and accelerate well delivery.

Natural gas-powered electric fleets look to pave the way for the next generation of power generation.

Advanced tracer technology was deployed in Oklahoma to analyze production across lateral well sections.

The service giant shares new details about its automated fracturing spreads that slash human operator workload by 88%.

In the Marcellus, Repsol is slicing and dicing legacy data to evolve its completions strategy, while in the Permian, ExxonMobil is mastering the 4-mile lateral drillout using lessons learned.

Two new studies from completions experts suggest the global upstream industry has a major opportunity in medium-quality reservoirs.