Shale Expert Takes Deep Dive into FDI Influencers

Better understanding fracture-driven interactions (FDI) in shale plays involves more than a closer look at cluster efficiency.

Optimizing Hydraulic Fracture Completion Designs through Fiber-optic Sensing

A retrievable fiber-optic well logging service visualizes entire well dynamics in real time much more rapidly than conventional technologies, reducing deferred production.

Frac Fluids: Improving Sustainability of Fracturing Operations by Reducing Strain on Freshwater Resources 

Surfactants enhance the performance of freshwater friction reducers in recycled water for oilfield applications.

Tech Trends (Week of Sept. 6, 2021)

This weekly section highlights the latest upstream technologies designed to improve efficiencies.

Hydraulic Fracturing: Catching up on FDIs

The industry continues its work on identifying and understanding fracture-driven interactions.

Shale Producers Talk Development Plans, ESG and Completion Designs

Leaders from Devon, Pioneer, Chevron and ConocoPhillips discuss the latest in unconventional development and how recent acquisitions have enabled greater efficiencies.

Specialized Chemistry Increases Sustainability of Traditional Hydraulic Fracturing

Newpark’s brine-tolerant stimulation fluids allow the utilization of saltier fracking water without operational or environmental problems. 

ChampionX Adds Autonomous Control for Rod Lift Wells with New XSPOC 3.1 Software

This release provides a number of powerful updates to the XSPOC platform, including advancements in setpoint optimization for rod lift wells and AI-driven autonomous control to better optimize production assets with less resources and time.

Halliburton and Optime Subsea Form Global Alliance

Companies will jointly commercialize and deploy innovative and efficient subsea interventions and controls.

LYTT Launches Real-Time Well, Reservoir Data Visualization Dashboard

LYTT’s cloud-based spotLYTT dashboard livestreams dynamic production data to operators’ workstations anywhere in the world, giving unprecedented visibility.