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Hydraulic Fracture Design and Well Production Results in the Eagle Ford Shale: One Operator's Perspective (SPE 155779)
Multiple stage hydraulic fracturing is a key technology driving the development of unconventional resources in North America. This technique began in the Barnett shale and its application has opened the door for the successful development of nearly every shale play in the world, including the Eagle Ford shale.Read the complete resource
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Examining Our Assumptions - Have Oversimplifications Jeopardized Our Ability To Design Optimal Fracture Treatments? (SPE 119143)
In the design of hydraulic fractures, it is necessary to make simplifying assumptions. Fifty years ago, our industry was mathematically obliged to describe fractures as simple, planar structures when attempting to predict fracture geometry and optimize treatments. Read the complete resource
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Haynesville
Gone are the days of expansion and buoyan texpectations. The industry has turned on a dime and, in the midst of world tumult and economic crises, companies are sorting through their prospects. In 2009’s dour reality, one play that remains at the head of most lists is the Haynesville shale.
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Successfull Hybrid Slickwater-Fracture Design Evolution: An East Texas Cotton Valley Taylor Case History
As the development of tight/unconventional and partially depleted gas reservoirs has increased, so has the demand for more-innovative hydraulic-fracture designs. Operators are increasingly placing proppant with slickwater, linear gel, or hybrid fracture designs. Read the complete resource
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Production Acceleration or Additional Recovery? A Look Back at Three Published Field Trials--Long-Term Benefits of Improved Fracture Treatments
Improved fracture-treatment designs can increase production rates from many reservoirs. However, do these changes merely accelerate recovery, or is incremental production gained by changing the fracture design? The authors re-examined three tight gas case studies published in the past 10 years. Read the complete resource
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The Hierarchy of Oily Conductivity
In 2010, the US petroleum industry accomplished a feat that not many thought was possible only a few years ago—annual production of crude oil on American soil rose two consecutive years for the first time in almost 25 years. This is incredible, considering the battering this industry suffered during the 2008 financial crisis. Read the complete resource
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Resolving Created, Propped, and Effective Hydraulic-Fracture Length
The full-length paper compares the strengths, weaknesses, and limitaions of fracture modeling, porduction-data analysis (PDA), pressure-transient analysis (PTA), and numerical reservoir modeling in estimating effective fracture lengtj and conductivity. Read the complete resource
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CARBO Ceramic's focus:improving production rates
EDITOR’S NOTE: Business is booming for CARBO Ceramics, which helps energy companies enhance the productivity and financial performance of new and existing oil and gas wells around the globe. Read the complete resource
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Frac Design Optimizes Bakken Wells
BILLINGS, MT.–The Middle Bakken play of the Williston Basin has generated significant interest, with more than 45 companies completing wells in North Dakota and Montana. However, no industry consensus has yet emerged regarding the optimal drilling and stimulation strategies. Read the complete resource
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