Conference Description

Some questions we hope to answer during this conference include:

What parameters should be considered to define successful hydraulic fracturing?

• Define effectiveness of hydraulic fracturing
• Assessment of various measures of successful hydraulic fracturing: Productivity/mechanical/statistics/economical
• Historical cases showing successful hydraulic fracture well based or field based.
• No screen outs

Geomechanics parameters needed for the design /implementation of hydraulic fracture?

• What are the best parameters to estimate the ease with which a rock will frac (frac initiation or frac propagation)
• Practical definitions, characterization , and measurements of brittleness of a rock
• What log suite to use for a brittleness index
• Do we need new logs to define best distribution of hydraulic fractures in multi-zone stimulation in HW?

What are current diagnostic technologies to delineate hydraulic fractures geometries?

• What is microseismic (MS) really telling us about the success of a frac and its volume stimulated? What parameters cannot be obtained by MS techniques?
• How accurate is a downhole or surface microseismic technique?
• Microseismic event versus frac contribution
• What do chemical tracer techniques provide us?
• Is it justifiable to run PLT in HW with multiple transverse fractures?
• Does Well Test analysis tells us fracture geometry in tight and ultra-tight hydraulically fractured formations?
• Other diagnostics showing success on delineating HF geometry?

How can we relate log analysis to successful HF?

• What type of log analysis is needed to provide a pre and post hydraulic fracture assessment/
• How are logs integrated in well placement, sweet spots identification, and successful HF implementations?
• Influence of heterogeneity and layering on frac propagation

What are the completions techniques associated with successful HF?

• Openhole versus cased-hole
• Perforations, isolation, clean-up, flowback methods, new techniques, etc.

What are the current components associated with successful HF: and any new trends?

• Frac fluids, proppant, and isolations
• Multiple zonal and multiple wells stimulation and pumping techniques
• Frac placement versus frac success