Design better to produce more
Seismos-FRAC™ has established itself in the completions and engineering domain by simply providing operators measurable results that drive production. Experts have found value in applying these results to the following:
Well-to-well optimization:
From understanding a new field and providing clarity on its fracture system to exploring a completion after changing the treatment schedule
Real-time optimization:
Because of the ability to analyze measurements in real time, completion treatments can receive changes on the fly as well as bring assurance to operators that any issues that may arise can be swiftly detected and resolved.
Well-to-well optimization
New field development
This application can be extremely valuable when an operator is moving into a new area and trying to determine what works and what does not. It can provide clarity on what the fracture system looks like and what well spacing might be most appropriate. It can also provide insight into understanding correlations between stimulation designs, geology and fracture-network properties.
Sensitivity studies
Seismos-Frac measurements can also quantify how sensitive the completion is to any changes implemented in the treatment schedule. It is not unusual for operators to experiment with changes in slurry volumes, pump rates, proppant concentrations, chemical additives, etc. Real time, quantitative feedback on how these changes impact fracture geometry and fracture-network properties affords the operator greater insight to help decide whether to adopt a new completion approach. In addition to the real time value brought by sensitivity studies on a stage-by-stage basis, they are also useful after the fact to plan for the next well.
Real-time optimization
Completion optimization
When operating in well-understood areas, the value of these measurements is realized in real time, stage-by-stage completion optimization. The original treatment schedule assumes an anticipated geometry and set of fracture-network properties. The metrics that most completion engineers use to gauge fracturing performance are pounds of proppant per lateral foot or barrels of treatment fluid per lateral foot. When wells perform outside of expectations, they presume it is related to these metrics or that it is due to poorly distributed proppant. By monitoring each stage, compliance can be assessed, and the treatment adjusted as needed. When adjustments are required, the monitoring also provides measurements to quantify the impact of each treatment change to the resulting fracture system.
Operational assurance
In some scenarios, the focus will be on operational efficiency. By monitoring treatments on the fly, an operator can detect issues - such as leaking plugs, hydraulic communication with previous stages or even screenouts - as they develop. Providing an additional tool to detect these events enables the operator to do a better job of reacting to them and ultimately in adjusting the approach to avoid them.
Interactive 3D view of your data at your fingertips
Thanks to the stage by stage 3D well plot, you as the operator can now visualize the effectiveness of your completions and explore fracture parameters individually or combined.
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Seismos' unique data and insights gave us the confidence we needed to finally change pump designs. With Seismos’ help we were able to successfully maximize the performance of each stage.
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Seismos-FRAC TM helped us optimize our diverter usage and cluster spacing.
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The well we implemented with Seismos outperformed the offsets by 55%.
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Seismos-FRAC TM technology gave us clear and actionable data. We were amazed as to how outdated other technologies seemed in comparison.
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From an operators standpoint, it was almost intuitive to make on the fly changes to our pump designs given the data provided by Seismos.
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Seismos helped us reduce our costs tremendously simply by shedding some light on ways we could change up our treatment designs.
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We were surprised to see just how much granularity Seismos provided on a stage-by-stage basis. In all our years in the industry, we have never encountered such a thing.
