Ankush Singh

Reservoir and Completions Technical Team Lead

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Ankush Singh is a Senior Reservoir and Completions Engineer, as well as a Reservoir and Completions Technical Team Lead at ResFrac, where he provides value to the energy industry by optimizing the development of fracturing and reservoir projects. He is a geoscientist with expertise in geomechanics and over 10 years of academic and industry experience in research, asset development, and operations.

Ankush received his Ph.D. in Geophysics from Stanford University in 2021. His thesis was focused on predicting variations of stress with depth and analyzing its impact on hydraulic fracture propagation and fault slip. He utilized physics-based modeling and machine learning for geomechanical applications in Unconventionals, Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), and induced seismicity. Ankush also received a master’s degree in Geology from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.

Ankush also worked as a geoscientist at Shell for 6 years at various international locations including India, Russia, and New Zealand. His role was focused on performing geological modeling, uncertainty quantification and value of information analysis for global oil & gas fields.

Outside of work, Ankush enjoys hiking, geological trips, and cooking. He is also a keen soccer follower and an avid Manchester United fan.

Please click here for a list of Ankush’s publications.

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The influence of well configuration on water loss in Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Recently, ‘water loss’ has been a hot topic of discussion for EGS. Fervo reported that they have been producing only 70% of the fluid volumes that they have been injecting at their Project Red. The FORGE project reported a roughly 10% water loss rate. Because projects will have finite water rights, these results have led to concern that growth of EGS will be limited by excessive water consumption. This is a valid concern, and water availability is a legitimate factor in site-selection and project engineering. However, I believe that the problem has been overstated.

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2026 ResFrac Annual Symposium Recap

On June 25, 2026, we got the ResFrac community together both in-person at the ExxonMobil campus in Spring, Texas, and virtually around the globe for our Annual Symposium. With our community growing as fast as it is, the energy in the room was absolutely buzzing. We had a jam-packed day of operator case studies, deep-dive technical sessions, and some incredible geomechanical insights from industry legends.

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FracTest – An Online Tool for DFIT Interpretation

This week, we are releasing FracTest, a web-based application for interpretation of diagnostic fracture injection tests (DFITs). FracTest is available at resapps.resfrac.com, alongside our other two ResApps, StageOpt and IntTest. DFITs are small-volume fracture injection tests used to estimate stress, pore pressure, and permeability. These quantities form the foundation of the fracture and reservoir engineering work that we do in ResFrac, and so we view DFIT interpretation as one of the most important parts of our workflow.

Ankush Singh

Reservoir and Completions Technical Team Lead

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