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HIGH DENSITY 

 

Through years of experience and education, the oil and gas industry is learning that more stimulation intervals along the horizontal results in better production along the wellbore.

 

To help meet this need, our StackFRAC HD™ “High Density” system provides more stimulation intervals through improved staging technology. With the addition of RepeaterPORT® sleeves or by using our QuickFRAC® batch-fracturing system, you can further multiply the number of stages in each system. These technologies enable you to increase your production by running longer laterals with shorter stage lengths, while reducing costs by decreasing completion times and using less fracturing fluids.

 

 

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To learn more, please read the latest article in JPT by Dan Themig entitled, “New Technologies Enhance Efficiency of Horizontal, Multistage Fracturing”.

 

Introduction

Significant differences in completion philosophy are emerging within our industry. Even companies that practice a factory mentality (one size/method fits all) are beginning to see that the “sledgehammer approach” to hydrau­lic fracturing may not be the most effective in draining horizontal wells in resource plays. For several years, we have seen massive increases in fluid volume, pumping rate, total proppant volume, and pumping time to increase recovery. We have seen through micro­seismic as well as fracturing into off­set wells, that we are able to create massive and extremely long hydraulic fractures. Yet, when effective fracture length is calculated, the results are extremely disappointing. It only makes sense that “more is better.” However, after years of steadily increasing job size, stage number, perforating strategy, proppant volume, and lateral length, the only one that stands out as consis­tently improving recoveries is that more stages are required to effectively drain microdarcy permeability rock (Rankin et al., 2010).

 

 

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