Slick Water and Hybrid Fracturing Treatments: Some Lessons Learnt

Abstract

To better understand the process of fracturing tight gas sands, a comprehensive data set was gathered and analyzed for the Bossier formation in the Dowdy Ranch field.The bottomhole treating pressures were higher than expected on the basis of the measured stress profiles. Effective fracture lengths derived from pressure-buildup analysis and history matching of production data were significantly shorter than designed fracture lengths (or those predicted from uncalibrated fracture models). The data collected and analyzed provided valuable insight into the performance of water and hybrid fracturing treatments in tight gas formations.

Year of Publication
2005
Magazine
Journal of Petroleum Technology
Volume
57
Issue Number
03
Number
03
Number of Pages
38-40
Date Published
03/2005
ISSN Number
0149-2136
Other Numbers
SPE-0305-0038-JPT
DOI
10.2118/0305-0038-JPT