hydraulic fracturing

Pennsylvania children living near unconventional oil and gas developments at birth were two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia between the ages of 2 and 7 than those who did not live near this oil and gas activity, after accounting for other factors that could influence cancer risk, a novel study from the Yale School of Public Health finds.

This paper presents a work flow that has been applied to crossdipole sonic data acquired in a vertical pilot well drilled in the Permian Basin.

This paper describes a new intelligent dosing technology to reduce liquid loading in an unconventional tight gas reservoir.

The paper provides insights on diffusion in organic matter to correct a primary source of underestimation of gas production in shale-gas models.

This paper presents a mathematical analysis of how incorrect estimates of initial reservoir pressure may affect rate-transient analysis in ultralow-permeability reservoirs.

The key element of hydraulic-fracture modeling is the prediction of the generated fracture geometries. Research conducted over the years has trickled down predictive software. Nevertheless, the ability to design optimal fracture treatments is hampered, as we cannot “see” the subsurface.

This paper illustrates efforts undertaken to evaluate high-viscosity friction reducers and crosslinked gel products, their successful field application, and the importance of maintaining an effective field/laboratory/field cycle.

Hitting the next well during fracturing happens all the time. Predictably doing that on a large scale in granite looks a lot harder.

The latest ruling reverses a lower court decision to block the Ecopetrol and ExxonMobil programs in the Andean nation.