COMPETING APPROACHES: Geometric frack patterns arbitrarily place perf clusters at set distances from one another, while a geomechanical design places perf clusters in rock with similar characteristics to improve production. Photo: Drill2Frac

Perfecting the perf process

A new approach to data optimisation helps operators plan more effective hydraulic fracturing campaigns, without having to go back to the well for more information.

6 March 2017 11:38 GMT Updated 6 March 2017 11:38 GMT

By Jennifer Pallanich

By some estimates as many as half of the perforation clusters in geometric shale hydraulic fracturing plans are not effectively stimulated,

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Perfecting the perf process