D959 Hydraulic Fracturing for Conventional, Tight and Shale Reservoirs
D959 Hydraulic Fracturing for Conventional, Tight and Shale Reservoirs
Business Impact: The course empowers attendees to evaluate if sub-surface fracturing plans are too big, too small, or just right. Either reducing costs, enhancing value, or providing assurance of quality operations.
This course addresses the multi-disciplinary technical and economic variables involved in the design and implementation of hydraulic fracturing. This flows from a reservoir evaluation of why/how to frac, to geoscience to quantify many design variables, to frac design and post-frac economic evaluation. Fracture mapping and implementation of multi-stage hydraulic fractures in horizontal wells are included.
Any subsurface activity is inherently the operator’s responsibility and in today’s environment that certainly includes stimulation, specifically hydraulic fracturing. This course prepares attendees to assume responsibility for, or intelligently evaluate stimulation design proposals from a service provider. Or, if not directly involved in detailed operations, this course prepares geologists and geoscientists to understand what input is required from them to optimize hydraulic fracturing.
A virtual classroom course divided into 8 webinar sessions, comprising lectures, discussion, case studies, and practical exercises to be completed by participants during and between sessions.
Participants will learn to:
1. Overview
2. In Situ Stress
3. Reservoir Aspects of Fracturing
4. Fracture Geometry
5. Treatment Design
6. Pre-Frac Testing
7. Materials
The course is designed for mid to senior level engineers and engineering supervisors/managers who are directly involved in hydraulic fracturing design and operations. It is also recommended for geologists, geoscientists and others who routinely supply input data for fracture design optimization.
There are no prerequisites for this course but some acquaintance with well completion operations, formation evaluation, and reservoir engineering principles and terminology is assumed.
Hydraulic fracturing is also addressed in N944 (Shale Gas and Shale Oil Completions Using Multi-Staged Fracturing and Horizontal Wells).
Related petroleum engineering courses include N484 (Reservoir Management for Unconventional Plays), N908 (Well Testing and Pressure Transient Analysis), N957 (Forecasting Production and Estimating Reserves in Unconventional Reservoirs), and N986 (Reservoir and Production Engineering of Resource Plays).
Background
Dr. Smith has over 30 years experience in rock mechanics, well completions, and hydraulic fracturing. While with Amoco Production Company, Mike co-developed the framework for fracturing pressure analysis which revolutionized fracturing technology. Along with worldwide consulting, Mike has served multiple times as a SPE Distinguished Lecturer, authored multiple chapters in the recent fracturing SPE Monograph, and developed and presented SPE short courses on Fracturing Pressure Analysis. Most recently, Mike was presented the SPE Lester C. Uren Award for his contributions to hydraulic fracturing technology
Affiliations and Accreditation
PhD Rice University - Rock Mechanics
Courses Taught
N959: Hydraulic Fracturing for Conventional, Tight and Shale Reservoirs
Background
Carl Montgomery is a Senior Engineer with NSI Technologies, where he specializes in well completion and production enhancement. Carl is recognized as an industry leader in all areas of stimulation, including hydraulic fracturing, acid fracturing, matrix stimulation, cavity completions, waste/cuttings injection, rock mechanics, and scale prevention/removal. Carl also has considerable experience in cementing, sand management, conformance control, perforating strategy, and formation damage.
Carl’s career has included stints with ConocoPhillips (2000-2009), Arco (1989-2000), and Dowell Schlumberger (1973-1989), and he has worked on wells in 54 different countries around the world. Carl has served the SPE as a Distinguished Lecturer, was the first SPE International Technical Director for Completions, presents SPE short courses on Fracturing, and was awarded the 2007 SPE Drilling and Completions award.
Carl is the co-author of the book “Hydraulic Fracturing”, has authored numerous papers and chapters in several stimulation and cementing books, and holds 27 US/International patents.
Affiliations and Accreditation
MSc Ball State University - Biochemistry
BSc Colorado State University - Biochemistry
Courses Taught
N959: Hydraulic Fracturing for Conventional, Tight and Shale Reservoirs
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