Overview of the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site 2 (HFTS-2) in the Permian Delaware Basin

Jordan Ciezobka, GTI

Jordan is a Senior R&D Manager at the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) in the Subsurface Technology Group. He has over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, much of it spent working on data-rich integrated diagnostic projects. He is the principal investigator and project manager for the DOE /NETL Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site I & II (HFTS) programs. These are collaborative, field-based integrated diagnostic pilots, focused on environmentally prudent development of unconventional resources. He holds several patents in hydraulic fracturing technology and has authored and co-authored papers on the topic. Before joining GTI in 2010, he held various technical positions at Halliburton. Ciezobka holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.

Subsurface Characterization of Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site - 2 (HFTS-2), Delaware Basin

Fadila Bessa, Occidental

Fadila Bessa is a Senior Geological advisor, PhD in Geoscience from the University of Hamburg, Germany. She started her career in 1993 worked as an international mobile Geoscientist and geo-modeler for Oil & Gas operators and a service company (BHP Billiton, Sonatrach and Schlumberger) in Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle East. She was certified as NEXT Instructor for reservoir characterization and modeling. She joined OXY Worldwide Engineering team in 2011, Oman (Middle East) projects. Then the Unconventional Resources Engineering Technology Team Since 2013 to present and worked on Permian basins projects.

Fracture Description of the HFTS-2 Slant Core, Delaware Basin, West Texas

Julia Gale, The University of Texas at Austin

Julia Gale obtained a Ph.D. in Structural Geology from Exeter University, UK in 1987, working on the Archean of southern West Greenland. She taught structural geology and tectonics for 12 years at the University of Derby, UK. Julia moved to the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, where she is a Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences. Her research focus is on natural fracture characterization and prediction in shale and carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs, and more recently on hydraulic fracture characterization.

Microseismic at HFTS2: A Story of Three Stimulated Wells

Bo Howell, Borehole Seismic

Mr. Howell is a graduate of The University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Bo began his career at Halliburton as a field and mechanical engineer, and later assisted in forming Borehole Seismic LLC in 2010. He resides in Houston with his wife and three children.

Mechanism of Microseismic Generation During Hydraulic Fracturing - With Evidence from HFTS 2 Observations

Yunhui Tan, Chevron

Yunhui Tan is geomechanics specialist working at Chevron Technical Center in Houston, Texas. His research is focused on geomechanical modeling, hydraulic fracturing, microseismic monitoring. He has published 20 peer-reviewed articles or conference proceedings. He graduated from Penn State University in 2015 with Ph.D in Geosciences. He obtained Bachelor Degree of Engineering in Resource Prospecting Engineering from China University of Petroleum (East China) in 2010.

HFTS-2 Completions Design and State-of-the-Art Diagnostics Results

Matt Jones, Occidental

Matt Jones graduated from Texas A&M University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering. His background is in production engineering, completion engineering, and workovers. From 2014-2017, he supported Anadarko’s Eagleford asset in South Texas as a Production Engineer, and his primary focuses where production surveillance, remedial workovers, and artificial lift design and optimization. From 2017-2019, he supported Anadarko’s Delaware Basin asset in West Texas as a Sr. Completions Engineer, and his primary focuses where hydraulic stimulations of unconventional horizontal wells, coiled tubing cleanouts, and other completion-based operations. When Occidental acquired Anadarko in late 2019, he transitioned roles to be a Completions Engineering Supervisor for the Delaware Basin asset. In May 2021, he moved to Occidental’s Worldwide Drilling & Completions Team as a Completions Engineering Advisor, which is his current role where he supports completions company-wide.

An Integrated View of Hydraulic Induced Fracture Geometry in Hydraulic Fracture Test Site 2

Gustavo Ugueto, Shell Exploration & Production Company

Gustavo Ugueto is Shell’s Fiber Optic Regional Deployment coordinator for the Americas and Principal Petrophysicist for Shell’s Unconventional Technology Organization. In 1982, he received a degree in Geological Engineering from Universidad Central de Venezuela. Gustavo began his career as Petrophysical Engineer at Petroleos de Venezuela in 1981, later joining Shell International in 1988 where he has worked as Petrophysical Engineer, Section Head of Petrophysics and Discipline Head of Petrophysics in The Hague, London, Nigeria and Brunei respectively. He transferred to Shell in the USA in 1997 where he worked in several exploration and development projects in the Shelf and in Deep Water Gulf of Mexico (Auger and Mars-Ursa Basin). Starting in 2005 he began his works on the development of Unconventional Tight Gas Sands and Shales Reservoirs as a lead Petrophysicist, Assets Technology Coordinator and Geoscience Advisor for multiple exploration and development assets in the US-Rockies, including Pinedale. During this time, he led multiple efforts aimed at the integration of frac-diagnostics and modeling and has participated in the installation and interpretation in most of Shell’s Fiber Optic deployments in Unconventionals (about 50 wells). In 2010, he became Shell’s Global Principal Technical Expert (PTE) for Data Acquisition and Special Processing within Petrophysics. He is currently the Focal Point for Frac Diagnostics within Unconventionals, concentrating on Fiber Optic development and data integration. Throughout his career Gustavo Ugueto has participated in several projects involving collaboration between academia and industry. He participated as industry advisor in the USGS/Stanford University San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD). He led the instrumentation and Fiber Optic interpretation of wells in GTI Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site #2 Consortium in the Permian Delaware Basin and more recently he is co-Pi in a University of Texas Austin project in the EGS FORGE in Utah.

Hydraulic fracture characterization by integrating multidisciplinary data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site 2 (HFTS-2)

Zhishuai Zhang, Chevron Technical Center

Analysis of Completion Design Impact on Cluster Efficiency and Pressure-Based Well Communication in HFTS-2 Delaware Basin

Andrea Vissotski, Chevron

Andrea Vissotski is a Well Stimulation Engineer with M.S in Petroleum Engineering and 9 years of global industry experience in delivering technical solutions and developing optimal and cost-effective technologies for hydraulic fracturing, acidizing and formation damage remediation. Current role as Well Stimulation Engineer in the Chevron Technical Center leading R&D projects and providing technical solutions to business Units with conventional and unconventional assets. Authored and co-authored 12 technical publications in well stimulation and holds 4 patent applications with focus on reducing environmental impact and HSE footprint of chemical compositions used in well stimulation. Active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.