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- Horizontal hydraulic fractures in ResFrac
- Advanced ‘proppant transport in the well’ capabilities are now implemented in ResFrac!
- Digesting the Bonkers, Incredible, Off-the-Charts, Spectacular Results from the Fervo and FORGE Enhanced Geothermal Projects
- Previewing the Seven(!) ResFrac Papers to be Presented at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
- Introducing StageOpt – State-of-the-Art Calculations for Optimizing Perforation Design
- Thermoelastic fracturing and buoyancy-driven convection – Surprising sources of longevity for EGS circulation
- Fervo Energy’s ‘Project Red’ Results Are a Historic Breakthrough for Geothermal Energy – What Comes Next?
- A New Approach for Interference Test Analysis: Quantifying the Degree of Production Impact
- Optimization of perforation orientation for achieving uniform proppant distribution between clusters
- Interesting papers from the 2023 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference
- Proppant distribution between perforation clusters
- ResFrac’s Automated Economic Optimization Tool
- Geothermal Power Is a Climate Moon Shot Beneath Our Feet
- Is There a Hydraulic Fracturing ‘Blind Spot’ in Conventional Reservoirs?
- Refracs vs. Recompletions: Maximizing Well Performance and Economics
- Danial Zeinabady awarded the ASTech Award in Energy- for work on Development of Revolutionary New Well-Testing Method for the Energy Industry
- Rolf Emmermann Medal awarded to Mark Zoback
- Maximizing Production Efficiency: Advanced Well Stimulation & Refrac Techniques
- Case Study: Innovative Approach To Increase Well Productivity by Adapting Drilling Targets and Completion Methodology
- Frac Automation To Deliver Strong Returns By Enabling Perfect Stages
- Fervo Showed Fractured Geothermal Works, Now Must Do It Bigger, Cheaper, and Soon
- Fervo Showed Fractured Geothermal Works, Now Must Do It Bigger, Cheaper, and Soon
- Real-Time Changes To Completion Designs Are Poised to Unlock Value
- Operators Quantify How Completions Tweaks Drive Production
- Where, When and How to Refrac—Weighing All the Options
- From the American Oil and Gas Reporter: Geothermal Needs Oil Field Expertise
- Test Shows Fracturing Can Also Create Underground Water Heating Systems
- ResFrac Featured as Pioneering Software Technology in Hart Energy’s 2023 Hydraulic Fracturing Techbook
- Fervo Energy sees ‘breakthrough’ in enhanced geothermal technology, opening path for firm, clean power
- Hart Exclusive: Making Informed Subsurface Decisions
- ResFrac’s Garrett Fowler is named 2023 SPE Distinguished Lecturer
- DOE Innovators Roundtable on Enhanced Geothermal Systems with Secretary Granholm
- The Fracturing Plan: Hit a Well 300 ft Away—How Hard Could That Be?
- What Is Really Happening When Parent and Child Wells Interact?
- Why Multistage Stimulation Could Transform the Geothermal Industry
- TWA Energy Influencers 2021
- Frac Tech: Simulation Sheds Light On Complex Relationships Between Parent-Child Wells
- Exclusive 360 Energy Expert Network Video Interview: Understanding Your Reservoir – A conversation w/Mark McClure, CEO, ResFrac
- Obserintelligence Podcast interviews ResFrac CEO Mark McClure
- Hart Energy Profiles ResFrac as Innovative, Disruptive Technology
- ResFrac Corporation Closes Equity Financing with Altira Group and Launches New User Interface
- ResFrac on the Oil and Gas Startups Podcast
- Questions Over Permeability Prompt Producer-Led Group To Rebuild Key Fracture Diagnostic
- ATCE Startup Competition Names People’s Choice and Rising Star Winners
- University Group Lists “Most Promising” Oil & Gas Startups of the Year
- New Modeling Code Sees Deep Inside Fractures, May Change Thinking on Well Spacing
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Recent content from the ResFrac blog
Horizontal hydraulic fractures in ResFrac
Horizontal hydraulic fracture propagation is believed to be widespread in shale plays where the frac gradient approaches the overburden – such as the Vaca Muerta, Utica, and Montney. However, horizontal propagation is nearly always ignored in hydraulic fracture modeling. In ResFrac, we are obsessed with ‘getting the physics right’, and so naturally, we extended our simulator to handle horizontal fracturing. The first version of this new capability was released earlier this year. We are eager to start collecting feedback from users, which will help us to fine tune the algorithm and workflow.
Advanced ‘proppant transport in the well’ capabilities are now implemented in ResFrac!
Proppant transport in the well is an intriguing topic that has attracted a lot of interest in recent years [1-8]. Proppant transport processes determine the uniformity of proppant placement, which has a direct impact on productivity. Cipolla et al. estimate that the difference between poor and excellent proppant uniformity is about $2.5M in net present value per well.
Digesting the Bonkers, Incredible, Off-the-Charts, Spectacular Results from the Fervo and FORGE Enhanced Geothermal Projects
I’m out of superlatives – I used them all up in the title. But seriously – Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) projects have had a really, really good summer. In this article, I summarize the results that have been recently presented by Fervo and FORGE. At their annual Tech Day and in a white paper posted this week (Norbeck et al., 2024), Fervo Energy provided their first update on Project Cape, a Utah project where they are developing 400 MWe of new production over the next two years. So far, fourteen wells have been drilled, and three of them have been stimulated.
