Since the advent of multi-staged fracture stimulation treatments in horizontal wellbores, the challenge of placing proppant in hydraulic fractures while leaving the wellbore free of proppant material for deployment of mechanical isolation equipment such as frac balls and composite plugs has necessitated the practice of over-displacing each propped treatment with a clean flush fluid. Despite …

  The SPE Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test (DFIT) - Processes and Applications Workshop will investigate and validate best practices, analysis methods and theories. Additionally, this workshop will identify common issues, both operational and analytical, and determine how to incorporate the data in an existing workflow. Attendees  will gain keen insights on how to properly conduct a DFIT operation …

Sponsor: DrillingInfo, Inc.   Throughout the commodity downturn, the Permian Basin has established itself as home to the premier onshore resource plays and has been the site of most of the major milestones that hallmark the recent oil price “green shoots.” After a distinct pivot from a Gulf of Mexico player to a pure-play Permian operator, …