SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition
24–26 January 2017, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
Number of conference papers: 56
Day 1
24 January 2017
Session 1: Fracture Diagnostics
This session will cover applications and new technologies or analysis
methods for evaluating stimulation distribution effectiveness, production
profiling results, inter-well Interference, effects of stress shadowing and
reservoir characteristics. Diagnostics presented include: Optic Fiber
Distributed Sensing (Acoustic and Temperature), Microseismic, Diagnostic
Fracture Injection Tests, Electromagnetic Imaging, and Geochemical
Fingerprinting. Several authors emphasize the value of integration
of complementary diagnostic methods to improve confidence in the
interpretations and analysis. Application of diagnostics to calibrate models
for frac geometry and well spacing evaluations are also presented.
Session 2: Proppant Transport / Conductivity
The focus of this session is on proppant transport mechanisms and proppant
conductivity. Both lab experiments and 3D modeling provide new insights
into proppant placement between clusters as well as along the created
fractures. In addition, the effects of varying rock mechanical properties and
brines will be presented and their effects on the proppant conductivity.
