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Completion Optimization of Child Wells in a Depleted Environment, a Duvernay Example
Available to PurchasePublisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-199986-MS
... fractures propagation patterns. energy economics reservoir characterization reservoir geomechanics asset and portfolio management equation of state reservoir simulation fracturing materials field development optimization and planning shale gas proppant fracturing fluid upstream oil...
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Improved Refracturing Evaluation Workflow: An Integrated Methodology Incorporating Advanced Geomechanical Modeling
Available to PurchaseEnric Ibáñez, Ricardo C. Bezerra de Melo, Yixin Wang, Yan Dong, José Alvarellos, M. R. Lakshmikantha, Christie Webb
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-199997-MS
...-stimulated compared to historical average stimulation metrics, i.e. fewer stages/clusters and larger spacing, lower proppant loading, and less fluid volume pumped, were chosen as the final candidates for geomechanical modeling. Third, the wells were modeled with in-house advanced geomechanical fracture...
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Learning from Behavioral Frac Maps: A Montney Case Study in Integration of Modern Microseismic and Production Data Analyses
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Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-200021-MS
.... production control log analysis fluid modeling production logging hydraulic fracturing reservoir geomechanics proppant well logging flow in porous media tight gas complex reservoir reservoir characterization fracturing materials artificial intelligence shale gas drillstem testing machine...
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Machine Learning Interpretability Application to Optimize Well Completion in Montney
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Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-200019-MS
... fracture parameters such as proppant injected volume, length of stimulated horizontal wells, and number of stages per well in the course of two years. This finding raises the concern of whether operators are properly optimizing completion design. After comparing all machine learning methods, Random Forest...
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Future of Hydraulic Fracturing Application in Terms of Water Management and Environmental Issues: A Critical Review
Available to PurchaseAbdulaziz Ellafi, Hadi Jabbari, Olusegun S. Tomomewo, Michael D. Mann, Mohammed Ba Geri, Clement Tang
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-199993-MS
... models to evaluate the feasibility of reused water in shale plays development. The outcomes show that recycling water with high TDS in a high-temperature environment can create a fracture network and proppant transport when high viscosity friction reducers with surfactant (HVFR-PRS) was used. In addition...
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Chemical Proppant Generated in the Fracture from the Novel Fracturing Fluid System
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Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-200004-MS
..., such as reservoir damage, equipment abrasion, low effective propped area, and early screen-out. Therefore, a novel self-propped fracturing fluid (SPFF) was proposed, which remains in the liquid-phase before entering the fracture, and forms solid proppant particles when stimulated by the reservoir temperature after...
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Insights on Trigger Mechanisms of Two Large Hydraulic Fracturing-Induced Earthquakes and Sensitivity Analysis
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Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-199996-MS
..., and the low angle between the fault strike and the maximum horizontal stress. fracturing materials upstream oil & gas earthquake hydraulic fracturing eaton reservoir characterization proppant orientation reservoir geomechanics fracturing fluid reactivation fault 1 sensitivity analysis...
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Pressure Sink Mitigation: Effect of Preloading Parent Wells to Better Control Infill Hydraulic Fracture Propagation
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Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, September 28–October 2, 2020
Paper Number: SPE-199969-MS
... for optimizing recovery from hydraulically fractured formations. intervención de pozos petroleros reservoir surveillance flow in porous media well intervention reservoir characterization enhanced recovery downhole intervention hydraulic fracturing proppant production control fracturing materials...
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Need for Speed: Data Analytics Coupled to Reservoir Characterization Fast Tracks Well Completion Optimization
Available to PurchasePiyush Pankaj, Steve Geetan, Richard MacDonald, Priyavrat Shukla, Abhishek Sharma, Samir Menasria, Tobias Judd
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, March 13–14, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-189790-MS
... and production optimization in unconventional reservoirs require extensive earth modeling, fracture simulation, and production simulations. With considerable effort and wide scale of sensitivity, studies could enable optimized well completion design parameters such as optimal cluster spacing, optimal proppant...
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Nano-Particle Surfactant in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids for Enhanced Post Frac Oil Recovery
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Paper presented at the SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, March 13–14, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-189780-MS
... of hydraulic fracturing fluids, produced hydrocarbons, and formation rock interactions. shale gas fracturing fluid Montney formation crude oil proppant concentration recovery fracturing materials complex reservoir sessile drop nano-particle surfactant montney condensate wettability surface...
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Multivariate Analysis Using Advanced Probabilistic Techniques for Completion Design Optimization
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Paper presented at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, February 15–16, 2017
Paper Number: SPE-185077-MS
... plays in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin: a gas play, a liquids-rich gas play and an oil play. machine learning Reservoir Surveillance fracturing fluid completion length impact input parameter unit production performance fracturing materials proppant pcd chart selection...
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A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Proppant Placement in Hydraulic Fracture Networks
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Paper presented at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, February 15–16, 2017
Paper Number: SPE-185083-MS
... Abstract This study aims to study the driving mechanism of proppant transport from wellbore to hydraulic fracture networks (HFN) by fracturing fluid, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). We simulated multiphase slurry flow containing proppant based on the Euler-Euler multiphase flow model...
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Fracturing Fluid Distribution in Shale Gas Reservoirs Due to Fracture Closure, Proppant Distribution and Gravity Segregation
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Paper presented at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, February 15–16, 2017
Paper Number: SPE-185043-MS
... Abstract Many stimulated shale gas wells experience surprisingly low fracturing fluid recoveries. Fracture closure, gravity segregation, fracture tortuosity, proppant distribution, and shut-in (soaking) time have been widely postulated to be the contributing factors. This study examines...
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Proppant Optimization for Foam Fracturing in Shale and Tight Reservoirs
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Paper presented at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, February 15–16, 2017
Paper Number: SPE-185071-MS
... damages the fracture surface and proppant pack. Other issues include large water consumption, water damage, and high water disposal cost. Recently, a non-damaging, less water-intensive fracturing fluid system with improved sand placement efficiency, known as polymer-free foam (PFF), is developed by Gu...
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Asset Evaluation Utilizing Multi-Variate Statistics Integrating Data-Mining, Completion Optimization, and Geology Focused on Multi-Bench Shale Plays
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Paper presented at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, February 15–16, 2017
Paper Number: SPE-185018-MS
... are depth (TVD), reservoir pressure, existing PVT/GOR studies, and prior knowledge of faults/fractures. The completions parameters that influence production have a wide range. However, it is reasonable to assume that length of lateral, stage spacing, type of fluid, proppant amount, rate of pumping...
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Water-Free Fracturing: A Case History
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, October 20–22, 2015
Paper Number: SPE-175988-MS
... in formations free from water damage and maintaining the intended proppant pack conductivity with no polymer residue. This paper presents in-depth information on a case history where liquid CO 2 is used to fracture a formation. The presented data includes background, modeling, liquid CO 2 implementation...
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Increasing Completions Efficiency and Cost Savings Using Microseismic Monitoring
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, October 20–22, 2015
Paper Number: SPE-175895-MS
... fracture tends to locate within the completions interval and the second in the upcoming interval. This creates significant overlap, which has implications for proppant distribution, stage spacing and production. Wells with two trends also generate a greater number of microseismic events early...
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Carboxymethylcellulose a Cost Effective Alternative to Guar, CMHPG and Surfactant-Based Fluid Systems
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, October 20–22, 2015
Paper Number: SPE-175904-MS
... alternatives to industry-established fluid systems, and shows that these can be successfully implemented without additional risk or cost. fracturing materials hydraulic fracturing Upstream Oil & Gas proppant guar production comparison linear gel efficiency plot dunvegan sundance fracturing...
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Estimating Effective Fracture Pore-Volume from Early Single-Phase Flowback Data and Relating It to Fracture Design Parameters
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, October 20–22, 2015
Paper Number: SPE-175892-MS
... fracture pore-volumes are compared with fracture design parameters such as total injected volume of water, soaking time, gross perforated interval, and proppant concentration. The results indicate that fracture closure is the main mechanism for single-phase water flowback. Therefore, effective fracture...
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Coupled Fluid-Solid Geomechanical Modeling of Multiple Hydraulic Fractures Interacting with Natural Fractures and the Resulting Proppant Distribution
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Paper presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, October 20–22, 2015
Paper Number: SPE-175972-MS
... Abstract The application of a new Material Point Method (MPM) approach to model the proppant distribution in a reservoir where hydraulic fractures interact with natural fractures is presented and validated with an Eagle Ford well. The new MPM approach uses particles to represent the slurry...
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