Carlo Peruzzo

Senior Software Engineer

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Prior to joining ResFrac, Carlo worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the EPFL Geo Energy Laboratory, where he earned his Ph.D. with a thesis titled ‘Three-dimensional Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Media.’

He also played a role in developing and optimizing the EPFL Geo Energy Laboratory solver for simulating the propagation of 3D-planar hydraulic fractures. Before joining EPFL, Carlo conducted research on hydraulic fracture propagation in porous media at the International Center for Mechanical Sciences CISM-Lab.

Carlo holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering, both obtained from the University of Padua. In 2023, he was awarded the Best Paper Award at the American Rock Mechanics Association Symposium.

In his free time, Carlo enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, reading, and traveling.

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Carlo's posts

Interesting Papers from the 2026 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference (HFTC)

The 2026 HFTC included 50+ technical paper presentations, a special session highlighting papers from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA), and a dynamic opening session featuring the Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, and a diverse panel discussion with representatives from Chevron, Exxon, US Department of Energy, and Colorado School of Mines.

Production impact of horizontal fractures

At the 2025 SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, we (Dontsov, Zoback, McClure, and Fowler) presented “Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Along Bedding Planes Might Be More Prevalent Than We Think” (SPE-226637). The paper reviewed case studies with evidence of horizontal or bedding plane fractures from microseismic, fiber optics, core observations, and casing deformation.

Testing the new Kryvenko model for proppant washout

What controls proppant placement during hydraulic fracturing? As described in Chapter 8 from McClure et al. (2025), ResFrac incorporates a variety of physical processes – viscous drag, gravitational settling, hindered settling, clustered settling, bed slumping, and more. In addition, ResFrac accounts for the complex physics associated with proppant flowing out of the wellbore (Dontsov, 2023; Ponners et al., 2025).