Training Course - Hydraulic Fracturing: Geomechanics, Design and Analysis

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Course Description:

In tight and unconventional reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing is the primary stimulation strategy to enable commercial resource development. Creation of successful hydraulic fractures requires identification of the prevailing stress regime and an understanding of the target reservoir to implement an effective fracture stimulation strategy. This three-day course will provide participants with in-depth knowledge of the geomechanics and engineering aspects of hydraulic fracturing from two subject matter experts.

Who Should Attend (Target Audience)

Reservoir, drilling, stimulation and production engineers, geoscientists, and team leaders involved in integrated teams addressing reservoir stimulation design, execution or evaluation as well as field development planning and implementation. This course assumes foundation background knowledge in geology, reservoir engineering, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir characterization.

Course Outline

Topics to be covered include:

• Geomechanics – theory, rock-mechanical properties, pore pressure, rock strength
• The vertical stress profile, stress regimes and wellbore stability
• Determination of S-hmin, the diagnostic fracture injection test (DFIT) and DFIT before closure analyses (BCA) techniques
• DFIT after closure analysis (ACA) techniques
• Formation damage and stimulation strategies
• Hydraulic fracturing fluids, additives and proppants
• Hydraulic fracturing mechanics and simulation
• Hydraulic fracturing diagnostics and optimisation
• Production data analysis and frac optimisation

About the Instructors

Dr Raymond (Ray) L. Johnson, Jr is presently Professor of Well Engineering and Production Technology at the University of Queensland. In addition, he is Principal at Unconventional Reservoir Solutions, serves as Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and has been an Adjunct Fellow at the University of Queensland. He has a PhD in mining engineering, a MSc in petroleum engineering, a Graduate Diploma in Information Technology, and a BA in Chemistry. Ray is active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), past chair of the SPE Queensland Section, 2013 and 2015 Co-Chair of the SPE Unconventional Reservoir Conference and Exhibition Asia Pacific. He has over 37 years of hydraulic fracturing experience on several continents. Throughout his career, Ray has been involved as a technical committee member for numerous SPE technical conferences focusing on: reservoir geomechanics; hydraulic fracture design execution and evaluation; and, unconventional resource development.

Dr Emma Tavener is a Geomechanics Engineer with 15 years in the Petroleum industry. She has previously worked in Geomechanics with BP in the Drilling Exploration and Technology Group and with Santos as a Drilling and Completions Engineer. Emma holds a PhD from the University of Adelaide and is currently the Geomechanics Team Leader at Santos.

Forms of Payment

Preferred method via Credit Card at www.spe-sa.org/events

Electronic Funds Transfer to: (Please include your name in the transaction description) Account Name: Society of Petroleum Engineers SA

BSB : 085-070     Account # : 846313035