Our solutions

Simulation solutions to maximize return on investment

Turnkey fracture design and reservoir simulation solutions

Close collaboration

We work closely with clients to align on priorities and support business objectives. We've refined the process over dozens of projects across North and South America.

Understand the why

We don’t just hand you a solution. We help you understand the approach, think critically about simulation inputs, and explain what is happening in the reservoir and why.

Build your capabilities

We strive to transfer our knowledge so you can apply it to future well designs and projects.

Our hydraulic fracturing and reservoir simulation solutions apply to a broad range of applications

ResFrac optimizes operators’ return on investment by providing the industry’s only genuinely coupled hydraulic fracturing, wellbore, and reservoir simulator. The entire development life-cycle can be modeled in a single continuous simulation: from fracturing to production. Because ResFrac describes both multiphase flow and fracture reopening and propagation, complex sequences such as parent/child fracturing and production (with detailed description of frac hits), refracs, and huff and puff EOR can all be modeled. Users can quantitatively optimize landing zone, well spacing, parent-child relationships, cluster spacing, fluid volume, proppant volume, fluid and proppant type, refracturing, and/or EOR huff and puff schemes. ResFrac is used by small independents and supermajors alike, and has been applied across nearly every major American shale play: Permian, Eagle Ford, Bakken, SCOOP/STACK, Utica, Marcellus, Montney, Haynesville, and Vaca Muerta.

Mitigate parent-child problems

Reduce production loss when drilling infill wells.

Enhanced oil recovery in shale

Increase recovery factor.

Well spacing optimization

Optimize the distance between wells to maximize capital efficiency.

Landing depth optimization

Maximize reservoir contact and optimize well spacing in 3D.

Fracturing design optimization

Customize frac design to your formation and economic drivers.

Geothermal systems

Simulate hydraulic stimulation and long-term circulation in a single integrated model.

The process

Following the right modeling workflow is critical for a successful project. Every ResFrac project includes a series of ‘checkpoint’ meetings at key junctures to keep stakeholders aligned and ensure strong engineering design principles.

Model construction and setup

Ingest data, set up an initial model, and present back to confirm everything has been communicated successfully.

Model calibration

Determine ‘key observations’ to be matched from field data. Plan the calibration process in advance. Then, vary parameters to achieve a match.

Design optimization

Align on the design variables to optimize. Perform a quantitative optimization for NPV, investment efficiency, or any other objective.

Design field implementation

Establish baseline performance expectations. Establish performance metrics, and try to minimize uncontrolled variables.

Field implementation

Evaluate results

Compare actual production with predicted. What are the ‘key observations’ from the field data? How do they align with expectation? If there is variance, what are potential causes? Are there additional design changes to consider next?

Modern field-scale diagnostics provide exceptional data for model calibration, facilitating high-fidelity modeling.

Read the paper

A Marcellus case shows the full modeling process, from data collection to evaluation of alternative designs.

Read the paper

Recent content from the ResFrac blog

$Figure 2. The ResFrac model of the original completion: tall fractures that grow up into overlying benches while proppant stays mostly in the target interval.$

Targeting the reserves between clusters: modeling strategic refracs and infills in ResFrac

Older, wide-spacing Delaware Basin wells can leave high-pressure rock stranded between fractures. Devon used ResFrac to design liner refracs whose peak rates came in within 1% of forecast, and to show why an offset infill beats a refrac at tight cluster spacing.

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?