Charles A. Kang

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

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Charles Kang is an engineer experienced in developing software tools for the modeling, optimization, and visualization of subsurface and energy systems.

Prior to ResFrac, he served as R&D Director at Tiandi Energy, an oilfield data services company. Charles received a PhD in energy resources engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics from UC Berkeley. Charles’s academic research is focused on the optimization of energy systems and hydraulic fracturing.

His awards include:

Hank Ramey Award for Outstanding Research and Service to the Department, Stanford Department of Energy Resources Engineering, 2014
Illich-Sadowsky Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship, Stanford Vice Provost for Graduate Education, 2012

Click here for a list of Charles’ publications.

Charles's posts

Advanced ‘proppant transport in the well’ capabilities are now implemented in ResFrac!

Proppant transport in the well is an intriguing topic that has attracted a lot of interest in recent years [1-8]. Proppant transport processes determine the uniformity of proppant placement, which has a direct impact on productivity. Cipolla et al. estimate that the difference between poor and excellent proppant uniformity is about $2.5M in net present value per well.

Digesting the Bonkers, Incredible, Off-the-Charts, Spectacular Results from the Fervo and FORGE Enhanced Geothermal Projects

I’m out of superlatives – I used them all up in the title. But seriously – Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) projects have had a really, really good summer. In this article, I summarize the results that have been recently presented by Fervo and FORGE. At their annual Tech Day and in a white paper posted this week (Norbeck et al., 2024), Fervo Energy provided their first update on Project Cape, a Utah project where they are developing 400 MWe of new production over the next two years. So far, fourteen wells have been drilled, and three of them have been stimulated.

What ‘company culture’ means to us

We recently held our annual company retreat. This is an important event because we are a fully remote company, and it gives us the chance to get together in-person and spend quality time. This year, we did the retreat in Houston, following URTeC and our annual symposium. We visited Space Center Houston, went to an Astros game, and ate BBQ and Tex-Mex. As a Houston native, I picked some of my favorite things to do in town! We also held a meeting on ‘company culture.’ I asked the group – how do you perceive our company culture? What do we do well, and what could we do better? Here are the highlights.