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.

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Automatic Report Generation in ResFracPro

This month’s release has a feature that I am particularly excited about – automatic report generation. The reports are generated automatically when a simulation finishes. Also, reports can be generated on-demand for simulations that have already been completed. The reports are highly customizable, allowing the user to generate different line plots, 3D visualizations, preview plots, and tabular data. The user can provide a template PPT, so that the report is made with their preferred PPT style.

Introducing ResFrac’s New Multisector Capability

This month’s ResFrac release has a ton of new capabilities. The most important is called ‘multisector’ – the ability to split different sections of the well across different computers. This capability provides a computationally efficient and practical way to run larger models and handle complex scenarios. Hats off to Danial Zeinabady and Michael Nole, who have been the main developers on this project. Beyond them, it’s been a big team effort, pulling in folks from cloud, simulator, and user-success. First, let’s review – what is sector modeling? Why do we need a ‘multi’ version of it?

Abstract illustration with multiple outlined maps over a green-to-yellow gradient and light beams.

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.

Ankush Singh

Reservoir and Completions Technical Team Lead

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