Dreaming of Electric Frac Fleets?
In 2019, the virtues of switching diesel-powered frac fleets to gas-powered electric have been extolled by companies such as EOG, Shell, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Evolution and US Well Services. The…
Re-Frac Economics. How much uplift?
This model assesses the production-uplifts and well-level economics of re-fracturing shale wells in the Permian and the Eagle Ford, to improve recovery of previously missed pay. The opportunity is interesting…
New Diverter Regimes for Dendritic Frac Geometries?
…large fractures, then flowed back. The second fluid contains temporary, near-field diverting agents, which will dissolve in situ, usually within 24-72 hours, to expand the fracture network. Similarly, the third…
EOG’s Completions: Plugged-In?
EOG has patented a system to deploy pressure and temperature sensors in its frac plugs, which are then retrieved at the surface, providing low cost data on each frac stage….
Hydraulic Fracturing: where’s the IP?
This data-file tracks 17,000 hydraulic fracturing patents filed by geography, by company, by year, since 2010; but particularly in 2019. $299.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Frac patents peaked in 2017-18…
Hydrocarbon Energy Research
…a gas processing spread of $0.7/mcf for a 10% IRR off $2/mcf input gas, or in turn, an average NGL sales price of $350/ton. Costs of gas fractionation vary and…
Flaring reduction: screen of service and equipment companies?
…the well site then requires compressors, pipelines, small-scale LNG, CNG or using gas in basin, e.g., for dual-fuel rigs or frac services or in-basin power generation. Sometimes it is not…
Overview of mining equipment companies?
…10x more emissions than the company emits directly. Another of the largest mine equipment manufacturers in the world notes that its product suite will naturally extend to electrification of frac…
Diet and climate: should energy transition include agriculture?
…frac sand mine in Texas. There were a couple of cows standing around on the property. And the manager explained that these cows enabled the facility to claim a legitimate…
Wet sand: what impacts on shale breakevens and CO2?
…efficiency and lower the CO2 intensity of oil and gas production. This note profiles the exciting new prospect of ‘wet sand’ for hydraulic fracturing in shale plays. It can reduce…