Agenda

Changes to the products and processes we employ is at front of mind right now while we're adjusting to the new normal of commodity prices. New technologies, along with new methods to use existing technologies, will not only help us better understand the reservoir, but help us be more deliberate and targeted with our frac designs giving us confidence that every allocated to our completions is money well spent.

In today’s price environment, minimizing completion costs without sacrificing well performance is of paramount importance. One of the most impactive design changes is to be able to increase stage spacing without sacrificing well performance. Perforation design is critical to ensuring high cluster efficiency and as many effective fracture initiation points as possible. Parameters to be considered are the charge type, orientation, number of shots, hole size and cluster spacing as there are associated costs to be balanced with stage spacing. Speakers in this session will provide data and case histories that can be used to optimize perforation programs in various plays.

Near-wellbore geomechanical processes can control hydraulic fracture initiation, propagation, tortuosity and coalescence. Drilling, perforating, casing, and cementing all perturb near-wellbore stresses as the formation respond to all phases of wellbore construction. These perturbations impact horsepower requirements (i.e. to breakdown the formation and to initiate/propagate conductive near wellbore fractures) and on the resulting near-wellbore fracture characteristics. In this session, speakers will focus on geomechanical investigations of near-wellbore processes within the framework of field studies (data, analysis, operations and/or numerical models) in order to optimize completion design and maximize conductivity.

Two critical parts of well completion are the success of cement isolation and providing stable access to the formation. Cementing must stand up to cyclic fracturing stresses, as well as protect and support casing integrity, isolate fracs along the lateral and provide environmental protection. Interest in perforating methods, conveyance and monitoring has risen sharply in importance as extreme diversion methods have moved into center stage during perforating and methods of erosion control have become necessary.

Selecting the correct diagnostic tool(s) begins with defining the question at hand. This session will review the application of diagnostic tools, the answers they provide, and the changes made to completion designs as a result.  

Near-wellbore data collection informs our understanding of fracture propagation, both in the near-wellbore and far-field. In this session, we investigate how models of hydraulic fracture initiation and propagation can be calibrated using different near-wellbore data sources, and applied through an integrated approach to solve practical problems.

Parent-child interactions provide both challenges and opportunities. This session will highlight methods to interpret fracture induced interactions in parent wells and discuss methods and field experiences for reducing the impact of reservoir depletion on child well performance.

This session will be a live webcast discussion hosted by NSI Technologies and feature some of the most recognizable names in our industry discussing their learnings from the workshop topics and their individual opinions on the importance of technology, science and constant innovation.

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