Paper Library
ResFrac-related technical papers coauthored by ResFrac personnel
A Physics-Based Approach to Characterize Productivity Loss in the Haynesville Shale
Chad Jongeling; Jerrod Ryan; Christopher Ponners; Dominick Wytovich; Joe Miller; Josh Jackson; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
A Case Study of Bakken Development Optimization with Complex Constraints
C. Mark Pearson; Janz Rondon; Stacy Strickland; Larry Griffin; Dave Ratcliff; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Marcellus Field Development Optimization: Multi-Bench Evaluation in Bradford County, PA
Jose Zaghloul; Roberto Wagner; Travis Glauser; Chance Morgan; Patrick Crump; Ashley Mercer; Matt Mantell; Dave Ratcliff; Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. Paper Number: URTEC-4044722-MS
The Perfect Frac Stage, What’s the Value?
Craig Cipolla; Ankush Singh; Mark McClure; Michael McKimmy; John Lassek
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Modeling of Proppant Flowback to Quantify and Predict its Impact on Shale Gas Production under Different Drawdown Strategies – A Vaca Muerta Case Study
Agustin G. Garbino; D. Nicolas Espinoza; Mark McClure; Marcelo Pellicer; Iñaki Barrangu; Sebastian Olmos; Raul Varela
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Interference Testing in Shale: A Generalized ‘Degree of Production Interference’ (DPI) and Developing New Insights into the Chow Pressure Group (CPG)
Chris Ponners; Mohsen Babazadeh; Craig Cipolla; Karan Dhuldhoya; Qin Lu; Ripudaman Manchanda; Daniel Ramirez Tamayo; Steve Smith; Mojtaba Shahri; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Avoiding the Salts: Strategic Fracture Propagation Management for Enhanced Stimulation Efficiency in the Cane Creek Play
No’am Zach Dvory; John David McLennan; Ankush Singh; Brian James McPherson
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Stimulation and Long-Term Fluid Circulation at the Utah FORGE Project
Mark McClure; Rohan Irvin; Kevin England; John McLennan
Proceedings of the 49th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA on February 12-14, 2024.
Case Studies in Integrated Fracture Design and Well Spacing Optimization in Shale
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Ankush Singh; Rohan Irvin; Dave Ratcliff; Chris Ponners; Janz Rondon
Paper presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 2024.
- IPTC-24396-MS
- 2024
Practical Optimization of Perforation Design with a General Correlation for Proppant and Slurry Transport from the Wellbore
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Ponners; Kevin Torbert; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2024.
- SPE-217771-MS
- 2024
Impact of Well Orientation on Well Productivity
Sama Morsy; Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; David Ratcliff
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2024.
- SPE-217782-MS
- 2024
Sensitivity Analysis of the Main Variables Affecting the EUR Response Under Parent-Child Effect, Using a Comprehensive Simulation Workflow in the Core of Vaca Muerta
David Martins Cruz; Mauro Iván Weimann; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Latin America Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 2023.
Two is Better Than One: How Measuring Twice Substantiates Surprising Results. Three Cases Studies from North American Unconventionals
Garrett Fowler; Karen Olson; Maggie Albrecht; Jackson Heffener; Jake Li; Rohan Irvin; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, September 2023.
- SPE-215649-MS
- 2023
Thermoelastic fracturing and buoyancy-driven convection – Surprising sources of longevity for EGS circulation
Mark McClure
This article was originally posted as a ResFrac blog post, and published on arXiv in August 2023.
- arXiv:2308.02761
- 2023
Using in-situ strain measurements to evaluate the accuracy of stress estimation procedures from fracture injection/shut-in tests
Yves Guglielmi; Mark McClure ; Jeffrey Burghardt ; Joseph P. Morris; Thomas Doe; Pengcheng Fu; Hunter Knox; Vince Vermeul; Tim Kneafsey;The EGS Collab Team
Received 31 January 2023, Revised 3 May 2023, Accepted 2 July 2023, Available online 17 July 2023, Version of Record 17 July 2023.
A new method for interpreting well-to-well interference tests and quantifying the magnitude of production impact: theory and applications in a multi-basin case study
Mouin Almasoodi, Thad Andrews, Curtis Johnston, Ankush Singh & Mark McClure
Paper published on July 13, 2023 in the Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, Volume 9.
An upscaling based three parameter elastic anisotropy model
Egor Dontsov
This paper was published by Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering on 10 July 2023.
A Model for Optimizing Proppant Distribution Between Perforations
Egor Dontsov; Chris Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 2023.
- ARMA-2023-0348
- 2023
A Success Story: Screening and Optimizing Refracs in the Eagle Ford
Garrett Fowler; Jose Zaghloul; David Jones; Lindsey Hall-Wiist; Drew Hopson; Sarah Allen; Matteo Picone; Adrian Morales; Matteo Marongiu Porcu; Mark McClure; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 2023.
Analysis of Uniformity of Proppant Distribution Between Clusters Based on a Proppant-Wellbore Dynamics Model
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 2023.
Technical Barriers for Deep Closed-Loop Geothermal
Mark McClure
This article was originally posted as a ResFrac blog post, and published on arXiv in March 2023.
- arXiv:2303.12689
- 2023
Calibration Parameters Required to Match the Utah FORGE 16A(78)-32 Stage 3 Stimulation with a Planar Fracturing Model
Mark McClure
Proceedings of the 48th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 6-8, 2023.
Sealed Wellbore Pressure Monitoring (SWPM) and Calibrated Fracture Modeling: The Next Step in Unconventional Completions Optimization
Karen Olson; Joshua Merritt; Rair Barraez; Garrett Fowler; Jackson Haffener; Kyle Haustveit
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, January 2023.
- SPE-212367-MS
- 2023
A Catalogue of Fiber Optics Strain-Rate Fracture Driven Interactions
Gustavo Ugueto; Kan Wu; Ge Jin; Zhishuai Zhang; Jackson Haffener; Shahri Mojtaba; David Ratcliff; Rob Bohn; Andres Chavarria; Yinghui Wu; Artur Guzik; Aishwarya Srinivasan; Richard Gibson; Alexei Savitski
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, January 2023.
- SPE-212370-MS
- 2023
Results from a Collaborative Industry Study on Parent/Child Interactions: Bakken, Permian Basin, and Montney
Mark McClure; Magdalene Albrecht; Carl Bernet; Craig Cipolla; Kenneth Etcheverry; Garrett Fowler; Aaron Fuhr; Amin Gherabati; Michelle Johnston; Peter Kaufman; Mason MacKay; Michael McKimmy; Carlos Miranda; Claudia Molina; Christopher Ponners; Dave Ratcliff; Janz Rondon; Ankush Singh; Rohit Sinha; Anthony Sung; Jian Xu; John Yeo; Rob Zinselmeyer
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, January 2023.
- SPE-212321-MS
- 2023
Results From a Collaborative Parent/Child Industry Study: Permian Basin
Mark McClure; Magdalene Albrecht; Carl Bernet; Kenneth Etcheverry; Aaron Fuhr; Amin Gherabati; Claudia Molina; Christopher Ponners; Dave Ratcliff; Janz Rondon; Rohit Sinha; Anthony Sung; Jian Xu
- SPE-211899-MS
- 2022
A Novel and Fast Approach for Estimating Reservoir Permeability and Fracture Surface Area Using the Flowback DFIT (“DFIT-FBA”)
Danial Zeinabady; Christopher Clarkson; Farshad Tabasinejad; Mark McClure
Journal Paper posted in the November 2022 SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Volumt 25, Issue 04.
- SPE-210560-PA
- 2022
Estimating Reservoir Permeability and Fracture Surface Area Using the Flowback DFIT (DFIT-FBA)
Danial Zeinabady; Christopher Clarkson; Farshad Tabasinejad; Mark McClure
Journal paper published in SPE Res Eval & Eng 25 (04): 704–718.
- SPE-210560-PA
- 2022
Field Development Optimization of Haynesville Shale Wells
Samiha Morsy; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the ASME 2022 Onshore Petroleum Technology Conference, September 20-21, 2022, in Houston, TX, USA.
A continuous fracture front tracking algorithm with multi layer tip elements (MuLTipEl) for a plane strain hydraulic fracture
E.V. Dontsov
Paper printed in the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 217, October 2022.
- 110841
- 2022
Design and Implementation of Field Tests in Unconventional Reservoirs: Practical Perspectives
Mark McClure; Maggie Albrecht; Craig Cipolla; Claudia Molina
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA, October 2022.
- SPE-210477-MS
- 2022
A comparison of hydraulic fracture front tracking algorithms
E. V. Dontsov; C. W. Hewson; M. W. McClure
Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022.
- ARMA-2022-0114
- 2022
Impacts of Variations of the Minimum Horizontal Stress on Hydraulic Fracture Growth and Microseismicity
A. Kohli; M. Zoback; A. Singh
Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022.
- ARMA 22-2335
- 2022
Using Quantitative Tracer Analysis to Calibrate Hydraulic Fracture and Reservoir Simulation Models: A Permian Basin Case Study
Magdalene Albrecht; Shannon Borchardt; Chase Murphree; Mark McClure; Janz Rondon
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Using Geochemical Production Allocation to Calibrate Hydraulic Fracture and Reservoir Simulation Models: A Permian Basin Case Study
Magdalene Albrecht; Shannon Borchardt; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Lithologically-Controlled Variations of the Least Principal Stress with Depth and Resultant Frac Fingerprints During Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
Mark Zoback; Troy Ruths; Mark McClure; Ankush Singh; Arjun Kohli; Brendon Hall; Rohan Irvin; Malcolm Kintzing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Optimizing Well Spacing and Completion Design Using Simulation Models Calibrated to the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site 2 (HFTS-2) Dataset
Sriram Pudugramam; Rohan J. Irvin; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Fadila Bessa; Yu Zhao; Jichao Han; Han Li; Arjun Kohli; Mark D. Zoback
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Utilizing Thermally Controlled Fluid to Improve Cluster Uniformity and Efficiency
Misfer J. Almarri; Murtadha J. AlTammar; Garrett Fowler; Khalid M. Alruwaili
Paper presented at the SPE Symposium: Unconventionals in the Middle East – From Exploration to Development Optimisation, Manama, Bahrain, March 2022.
- SPE-209940-MS
- 2022
Predicting variations of the least principal stress with depth: Application to unconventional oil and gas reservoirs using a log-based viscoelastic stress relaxation model
Ankush Singh; Mark Zoback
This paper was published online on 24 Feb 2022 and in print on 01 May 2022 in GEOPHYSICS 87: MR105-MR116.
- ISSN: 0016-8033
- 2022
Modeling Frac Hits: Mechanisms for Damage Versus Uplift
Garrett Fowler; Dave Ratcliff; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 2022.
- IPTC-22194-MS
- 2022
Estimating Stress from Fracture Injection Tests: Comparing Pressure Transient Interpretations with In-Situ Strain Measurements
Yves Guglielmi; Mark Mcclure; Jeffrey Burghardt; Joseph Orris; Thomas Doe; Pengcheng Fu; Hunter Knox; Vince Vermeul; Tim Kneafsey
PROCEEDINGS, 47th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 7-9, 2022 SGP-TR-223
Optimization and Design of Next-Generation Geothermal Systems Created by Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing
Mark McClure; Charles Kang; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209186-MS
- 2022
A New Crack Propagation Algorithm That Enables Accurate Simulation Of Propagation Across Thin Layers In A Practical Field-scale Fracturing Model
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209146-MS
- 2022
Optimizing Shale Economics with an Integrated Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Simulator and a Bayesian Automated History Matching and Optimization Algorithm
Charles A. Kang; Mark W. McClure; Somasekhar Reddy; Mariyana Naidenova; Zdravko Tyankov
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209169-MS
- 2022
Modelling of Parent Child Well Interactions
Dave Ratcliff; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Brendan Elliot; Austin Qualls
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209152-MS
- 2022
Best Practices in DFIT Interpretation: Comparative Analysis of 62 DFITs from Nine Different Shale Plays
Mark Mcclure; Garrett Fowler; Matteo Picone
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, January 2022.
- SPE-205297-MS
- 2022
The Impact of Extended-Time Proppant Conductivity Impairment on the Ultimate Recovery from Unconventional Horizontal Well Completions
C. Mark Pearson; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, January 2022.
- SPE-205294-MS
- 2022
Predicting Variations of Least Principal Stress with Depth in Unconventional Reservoirs from Laboratory Data Using the Concept of Viscoelastic Stress Relaxation
A. Singh; M. D. Zoback; S. Xu
Paper presented at the ARMA/DGS/SEG International Geomechanics Symposium, Virtual, November 2021.
- ARMA-IGS-21-082
- 2021
Guest Editorial: Why Multistage Stimulation Could Transform the Geothermal Industry
Mark McClure
Journal Paper published in the Journal of Petroleum Technology on October 1, 2021.
- SPE-1021-0009-JPT
- 2021
A Feasibility Study on Three Geothermal Designs: Deep Closed-Loop (with and without Conductive Fractures) and Open-Loop Circulation Between Multifractured Laterals
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure
Conference paper published in the October 2021 GRC Transactions, Vol. 45, 2021.
High Fidelity Fibre-optic Observations and Resultant Fracture Modeling in Support of Planarity
Mojtaba Shahri; Andrew Tucker; Craig Rice; Zach Lathrop; Dave Ratcliff; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, May 2021.
- SPE-204172-MS
- 2021
Optimization of Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing in Unconventional Reservoirs in the Context of Stress Variations with Depth
Ankush Singh; Mark Zoback; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, October 2020.
- SPE-201739-MS
- 2020
Making Sense Out of a Complicated Parent/Child Well Dataset: A Bakken Case Study
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Craig Cipolla
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, October 2020.
- SPE-201566-MS
- 2020
Near-Wellbore Deposition of High Conductivity Proppant To Improve Effective Fracture Conductivity And Productivity of Horizontal Well Stimulations
C. Mark Pearson; Garrett Fowler; K. Michelle Stribling; Jeromy McChesney; Mark McClure; Tom McGuigan; Don Anschutz; Pat Wildt
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, October 2020.
- SPE-201641-MS
- 2020
RTA Assisted History Matching with a Combined Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Simulator
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Jeff Allen
Paper presented at the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Virtual, July 2020.
- SPE-199149-MS
- 2020
Case History of Drainage Mapping and Effective Fracture Length in the Bakken
Craig Cipolla; Michael Litvak; R. S. Prasad; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2020.
- SPE-199716-MS
- 2020
Nuances and Frequently Asked Questions in Field-Scale Hydraulic Fracture Modeling
Mark McClure; Matteo Picone; Garrett Fowler; Dave Ratcliff; Charles Kang; Soma Medam; Joe Frantz
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2020.
- SPE-199726-MS
- 2020
Applying Field-Proven Surface Modified Proppant SMP to Increase Gas Production: A Case Study from Marcellus Shale
Vidya Sagar Bammidi; Millad Mortazavi; Mark McClure; Sarkis Kakadjian; Dave Sobernheim
Paper presented at the SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, October 2019.
- SPE-196607-MS
- 2019
A Utica Case Study: The Impact of Permeability Estimates on History Matching, Fracture Length, and Well Spacing
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Craig Cipolla
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2019.
- SPE-195980-MS
- 2019
A Collaborative Study on DFIT Interpretation: Integrating Modeling, Field Data, and Analytical Techniques
Mark McClure; Vidya Bammidi; Craig Cipolla; Dave Cramer; Lucas Martin; Alexei Savitski; Dave Sobernheim; Kate Voller
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
Optimizing Completions in Tank Style Development
Peter Kaufman; Mark McClure; Nick Franciose; Sean Owens; Fabiano Srur; David Russell
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
Integrated Analysis of the Coupling Between Geomechanics and Operational Parameters to Optimize Hydraulic Fracture Propagation and Proppant Distribution
Ankush Singh; Shaochuan Xu; Mark Zoback; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2019.
- SPE-194323-MS
- 2019
Applying a Combined Hydraulic Fracturing, Reservoir, and Wellbore Simulator: Staged Field Experiment #3, Cluster Spacing, and Stacked Parent/Child Frac Hits
Mark W. McClure; Charles A. Kang
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Garden Grove, California, USA, April 2018.
- SPE-190049-MS
- 2018
An accurate and efficient method for calculating fluid exchange between fractures and matrix with a non-conforming mesh
Mark McClure
Paper published to arXiv: 1709.02493 on Mon, 11 Sep 2017.
A Three-Dimensional Reservoir, Wellbore, and Hydraulic Fracturing Simulator that is Compositional and Thermal, Tracks Proppant and Water Solute Transport, Includes Non-Darcy and Non-Newtonian Flow, and Handles Fracture Closure
Mark W. McClure; Charles A. Kang
Paper presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Conference, Montgomery, Texas, USA, February 2017.
- SPE-182593-MS
- 2017
A Physics-Based Approach to Characterize Productivity Loss in the Haynesville Shale
Chad Jongeling; Jerrod Ryan; Christopher Ponners; Dominick Wytovich; Joe Miller; Josh Jackson; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Marcellus Field Development Optimization: Multi-Bench Evaluation in Bradford County, PA
Jose Zaghloul; Roberto Wagner; Travis Glauser; Chance Morgan; Patrick Crump; Ashley Mercer; Matt Mantell; Dave Ratcliff; Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. Paper Number: URTEC-4044722-MS
The Perfect Frac Stage, What’s the Value?
Craig Cipolla; Ankush Singh; Mark McClure; Michael McKimmy; John Lassek
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Modeling of Proppant Flowback to Quantify and Predict its Impact on Shale Gas Production under Different Drawdown Strategies – A Vaca Muerta Case Study
Agustin G. Garbino; D. Nicolas Espinoza; Mark McClure; Marcelo Pellicer; Iñaki Barrangu; Sebastian Olmos; Raul Varela
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Avoiding the Salts: Strategic Fracture Propagation Management for Enhanced Stimulation Efficiency in the Cane Creek Play
No’am Zach Dvory; John David McLennan; Ankush Singh; Brian James McPherson
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Stimulation and Long-Term Fluid Circulation at the Utah FORGE Project
Mark McClure; Rohan Irvin; Kevin England; John McLennan
Proceedings of the 49th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA on February 12-14, 2024.
Case Studies in Integrated Fracture Design and Well Spacing Optimization in Shale
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Ankush Singh; Rohan Irvin; Dave Ratcliff; Chris Ponners; Janz Rondon
Paper presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 2024.
- IPTC-24396-MS
- 2024
Practical Optimization of Perforation Design with a General Correlation for Proppant and Slurry Transport from the Wellbore
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Ponners; Kevin Torbert; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2024.
- SPE-217771-MS
- 2024
Impact of Well Orientation on Well Productivity
Sama Morsy; Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; David Ratcliff
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2024.
- SPE-217782-MS
- 2024
Sensitivity Analysis of the Main Variables Affecting the EUR Response Under Parent-Child Effect, Using a Comprehensive Simulation Workflow in the Core of Vaca Muerta
David Martins Cruz; Mauro Iván Weimann; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Latin America Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 2023.
Two is Better Than One: How Measuring Twice Substantiates Surprising Results. Three Cases Studies from North American Unconventionals
Garrett Fowler; Karen Olson; Maggie Albrecht; Jackson Heffener; Jake Li; Rohan Irvin; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, September 2023.
- SPE-215649-MS
- 2023
Thermoelastic fracturing and buoyancy-driven convection – Surprising sources of longevity for EGS circulation
Mark McClure
This article was originally posted as a ResFrac blog post, and published on arXiv in August 2023.
- arXiv:2308.02761
- 2023
An upscaling based three parameter elastic anisotropy model
Egor Dontsov
This paper was published by Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering on 10 July 2023.
A Model for Optimizing Proppant Distribution Between Perforations
Egor Dontsov; Chris Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 2023.
- ARMA-2023-0348
- 2023
A Success Story: Screening and Optimizing Refracs in the Eagle Ford
Garrett Fowler; Jose Zaghloul; David Jones; Lindsey Hall-Wiist; Drew Hopson; Sarah Allen; Matteo Picone; Adrian Morales; Matteo Marongiu Porcu; Mark McClure; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 2023.
Analysis of Uniformity of Proppant Distribution Between Clusters Based on a Proppant-Wellbore Dynamics Model
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 2023.
Calibration Parameters Required to Match the Utah FORGE 16A(78)-32 Stage 3 Stimulation with a Planar Fracturing Model
Mark McClure
Proceedings of the 48th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 6-8, 2023.
Sealed Wellbore Pressure Monitoring (SWPM) and Calibrated Fracture Modeling: The Next Step in Unconventional Completions Optimization
Karen Olson; Joshua Merritt; Rair Barraez; Garrett Fowler; Jackson Haffener; Kyle Haustveit
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, January 2023.
- SPE-212367-MS
- 2023
Results From a Collaborative Parent/Child Industry Study: Permian Basin
Mark McClure; Magdalene Albrecht; Carl Bernet; Kenneth Etcheverry; Aaron Fuhr; Amin Gherabati; Claudia Molina; Christopher Ponners; Dave Ratcliff; Janz Rondon; Rohit Sinha; Anthony Sung; Jian Xu
- SPE-211899-MS
- 2022
Field Development Optimization of Haynesville Shale Wells
Samiha Morsy; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the ASME 2022 Onshore Petroleum Technology Conference, September 20-21, 2022, in Houston, TX, USA.
A continuous fracture front tracking algorithm with multi layer tip elements (MuLTipEl) for a plane strain hydraulic fracture
E.V. Dontsov
Paper printed in the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 217, October 2022.
- 110841
- 2022
Design and Implementation of Field Tests in Unconventional Reservoirs: Practical Perspectives
Mark McClure; Maggie Albrecht; Craig Cipolla; Claudia Molina
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA, October 2022.
- SPE-210477-MS
- 2022
A comparison of hydraulic fracture front tracking algorithms
E. V. Dontsov; C. W. Hewson; M. W. McClure
Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022.
- ARMA-2022-0114
- 2022
Impacts of Variations of the Minimum Horizontal Stress on Hydraulic Fracture Growth and Microseismicity
A. Kohli; M. Zoback; A. Singh
Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022.
- ARMA 22-2335
- 2022
Using Geochemical Production Allocation to Calibrate Hydraulic Fracture and Reservoir Simulation Models: A Permian Basin Case Study
Magdalene Albrecht; Shannon Borchardt; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Lithologically-Controlled Variations of the Least Principal Stress with Depth and Resultant Frac Fingerprints During Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
Mark Zoback; Troy Ruths; Mark McClure; Ankush Singh; Arjun Kohli; Brendon Hall; Rohan Irvin; Malcolm Kintzing
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Optimizing Well Spacing and Completion Design Using Simulation Models Calibrated to the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site 2 (HFTS-2) Dataset
Sriram Pudugramam; Rohan J. Irvin; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Fadila Bessa; Yu Zhao; Jichao Han; Han Li; Arjun Kohli; Mark D. Zoback
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Utilizing Thermally Controlled Fluid to Improve Cluster Uniformity and Efficiency
Misfer J. Almarri; Murtadha J. AlTammar; Garrett Fowler; Khalid M. Alruwaili
Paper presented at the SPE Symposium: Unconventionals in the Middle East – From Exploration to Development Optimisation, Manama, Bahrain, March 2022.
- SPE-209940-MS
- 2022
Predicting variations of the least principal stress with depth: Application to unconventional oil and gas reservoirs using a log-based viscoelastic stress relaxation model
Ankush Singh; Mark Zoback
This paper was published online on 24 Feb 2022 and in print on 01 May 2022 in GEOPHYSICS 87: MR105-MR116.
- ISSN: 0016-8033
- 2022
Modeling Frac Hits: Mechanisms for Damage Versus Uplift
Garrett Fowler; Dave Ratcliff; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 2022.
- IPTC-22194-MS
- 2022
Optimization and Design of Next-Generation Geothermal Systems Created by Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing
Mark McClure; Charles Kang; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209186-MS
- 2022
A New Crack Propagation Algorithm That Enables Accurate Simulation Of Propagation Across Thin Layers In A Practical Field-scale Fracturing Model
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209146-MS
- 2022
Optimizing Shale Economics with an Integrated Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Simulator and a Bayesian Automated History Matching and Optimization Algorithm
Charles A. Kang; Mark W. McClure; Somasekhar Reddy; Mariyana Naidenova; Zdravko Tyankov
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209169-MS
- 2022
The Impact of Extended-Time Proppant Conductivity Impairment on the Ultimate Recovery from Unconventional Horizontal Well Completions
C. Mark Pearson; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, January 2022.
- SPE-205294-MS
- 2022
Predicting Variations of Least Principal Stress with Depth in Unconventional Reservoirs from Laboratory Data Using the Concept of Viscoelastic Stress Relaxation
A. Singh; M. D. Zoback; S. Xu
Paper presented at the ARMA/DGS/SEG International Geomechanics Symposium, Virtual, November 2021.
- ARMA-IGS-21-082
- 2021
Guest Editorial: Why Multistage Stimulation Could Transform the Geothermal Industry
Mark McClure
Journal Paper published in the Journal of Petroleum Technology on October 1, 2021.
- SPE-1021-0009-JPT
- 2021
A Feasibility Study on Three Geothermal Designs: Deep Closed-Loop (with and without Conductive Fractures) and Open-Loop Circulation Between Multifractured Laterals
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure
Conference paper published in the October 2021 GRC Transactions, Vol. 45, 2021.
High Fidelity Fibre-optic Observations and Resultant Fracture Modeling in Support of Planarity
Mojtaba Shahri; Andrew Tucker; Craig Rice; Zach Lathrop; Dave Ratcliff; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, May 2021.
- SPE-204172-MS
- 2021
Optimization of Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing in Unconventional Reservoirs in the Context of Stress Variations with Depth
Ankush Singh; Mark Zoback; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, October 2020.
- SPE-201739-MS
- 2020
Near-Wellbore Deposition of High Conductivity Proppant To Improve Effective Fracture Conductivity And Productivity of Horizontal Well Stimulations
C. Mark Pearson; Garrett Fowler; K. Michelle Stribling; Jeromy McChesney; Mark McClure; Tom McGuigan; Don Anschutz; Pat Wildt
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, October 2020.
- SPE-201641-MS
- 2020
Case History of Drainage Mapping and Effective Fracture Length in the Bakken
Craig Cipolla; Michael Litvak; R. S. Prasad; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2020.
- SPE-199716-MS
- 2020
Nuances and Frequently Asked Questions in Field-Scale Hydraulic Fracture Modeling
Mark McClure; Matteo Picone; Garrett Fowler; Dave Ratcliff; Charles Kang; Soma Medam; Joe Frantz
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2020.
- SPE-199726-MS
- 2020
Applying Field-Proven Surface Modified Proppant SMP to Increase Gas Production: A Case Study from Marcellus Shale
Vidya Sagar Bammidi; Millad Mortazavi; Mark McClure; Sarkis Kakadjian; Dave Sobernheim
Paper presented at the SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, October 2019.
- SPE-196607-MS
- 2019
A Utica Case Study: The Impact of Permeability Estimates on History Matching, Fracture Length, and Well Spacing
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Craig Cipolla
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2019.
- SPE-195980-MS
- 2019
Optimizing Completions in Tank Style Development
Peter Kaufman; Mark McClure; Nick Franciose; Sean Owens; Fabiano Srur; David Russell
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
Integrated Analysis of the Coupling Between Geomechanics and Operational Parameters to Optimize Hydraulic Fracture Propagation and Proppant Distribution
Ankush Singh; Shaochuan Xu; Mark Zoback; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2019.
- SPE-194323-MS
- 2019
Applying a Combined Hydraulic Fracturing, Reservoir, and Wellbore Simulator: Staged Field Experiment #3, Cluster Spacing, and Stacked Parent/Child Frac Hits
Mark W. McClure; Charles A. Kang
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Garden Grove, California, USA, April 2018.
- SPE-190049-MS
- 2018
An accurate and efficient method for calculating fluid exchange between fractures and matrix with a non-conforming mesh
Mark McClure
Paper published to arXiv: 1709.02493 on Mon, 11 Sep 2017.
A Three-Dimensional Reservoir, Wellbore, and Hydraulic Fracturing Simulator that is Compositional and Thermal, Tracks Proppant and Water Solute Transport, Includes Non-Darcy and Non-Newtonian Flow, and Handles Fracture Closure
Mark W. McClure; Charles A. Kang
Paper presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Conference, Montgomery, Texas, USA, February 2017.
- SPE-182593-MS
- 2017
An upscaling based three parameter elastic anisotropy model
Egor Dontsov
This paper was published by Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering on 10 July 2023.
A continuous fracture front tracking algorithm with multi layer tip elements (MuLTipEl) for a plane strain hydraulic fracture
E.V. Dontsov
Paper printed in the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 217, October 2022.
- 110841
- 2022
A comparison of hydraulic fracture front tracking algorithms
E. V. Dontsov; C. W. Hewson; M. W. McClure
Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022.
- ARMA-2022-0114
- 2022
A New Crack Propagation Algorithm That Enables Accurate Simulation Of Propagation Across Thin Layers In A Practical Field-scale Fracturing Model
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209146-MS
- 2022
Optimizing Shale Economics with an Integrated Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Simulator and a Bayesian Automated History Matching and Optimization Algorithm
Charles A. Kang; Mark W. McClure; Somasekhar Reddy; Mariyana Naidenova; Zdravko Tyankov
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209169-MS
- 2022
An accurate and efficient method for calculating fluid exchange between fractures and matrix with a non-conforming mesh
Mark McClure
Paper published to arXiv: 1709.02493 on Mon, 11 Sep 2017.
A Three-Dimensional Reservoir, Wellbore, and Hydraulic Fracturing Simulator that is Compositional and Thermal, Tracks Proppant and Water Solute Transport, Includes Non-Darcy and Non-Newtonian Flow, and Handles Fracture Closure
Mark W. McClure; Charles A. Kang
Paper presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Conference, Montgomery, Texas, USA, February 2017.
- SPE-182593-MS
- 2017
A Physics-Based Approach to Characterize Productivity Loss in the Haynesville Shale
Chad Jongeling; Jerrod Ryan; Christopher Ponners; Dominick Wytovich; Joe Miller; Josh Jackson; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
The Perfect Frac Stage, What’s the Value?
Craig Cipolla; Ankush Singh; Mark McClure; Michael McKimmy; John Lassek
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Interference Testing in Shale: A Generalized ‘Degree of Production Interference’ (DPI) and Developing New Insights into the Chow Pressure Group (CPG)
Chris Ponners; Mohsen Babazadeh; Craig Cipolla; Karan Dhuldhoya; Qin Lu; Ripudaman Manchanda; Daniel Ramirez Tamayo; Steve Smith; Mojtaba Shahri; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Two is Better Than One: How Measuring Twice Substantiates Surprising Results. Three Cases Studies from North American Unconventionals
Garrett Fowler; Karen Olson; Maggie Albrecht; Jackson Heffener; Jake Li; Rohan Irvin; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, September 2023.
- SPE-215649-MS
- 2023
Using in-situ strain measurements to evaluate the accuracy of stress estimation procedures from fracture injection/shut-in tests
Yves Guglielmi; Mark McClure ; Jeffrey Burghardt ; Joseph P. Morris; Thomas Doe; Pengcheng Fu; Hunter Knox; Vince Vermeul; Tim Kneafsey;The EGS Collab Team
Received 31 January 2023, Revised 3 May 2023, Accepted 2 July 2023, Available online 17 July 2023, Version of Record 17 July 2023.
Sealed Wellbore Pressure Monitoring (SWPM) and Calibrated Fracture Modeling: The Next Step in Unconventional Completions Optimization
Karen Olson; Joshua Merritt; Rair Barraez; Garrett Fowler; Jackson Haffener; Kyle Haustveit
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, January 2023.
- SPE-212367-MS
- 2023
A Catalogue of Fiber Optics Strain-Rate Fracture Driven Interactions
Gustavo Ugueto; Kan Wu; Ge Jin; Zhishuai Zhang; Jackson Haffener; Shahri Mojtaba; David Ratcliff; Rob Bohn; Andres Chavarria; Yinghui Wu; Artur Guzik; Aishwarya Srinivasan; Richard Gibson; Alexei Savitski
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, January 2023.
- SPE-212370-MS
- 2023
Results From a Collaborative Parent/Child Industry Study: Permian Basin
Mark McClure; Magdalene Albrecht; Carl Bernet; Kenneth Etcheverry; Aaron Fuhr; Amin Gherabati; Claudia Molina; Christopher Ponners; Dave Ratcliff; Janz Rondon; Rohit Sinha; Anthony Sung; Jian Xu
- SPE-211899-MS
- 2022
A Novel and Fast Approach for Estimating Reservoir Permeability and Fracture Surface Area Using the Flowback DFIT (“DFIT-FBA”)
Danial Zeinabady; Christopher Clarkson; Farshad Tabasinejad; Mark McClure
Journal Paper posted in the November 2022 SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Volumt 25, Issue 04.
- SPE-210560-PA
- 2022
Estimating Reservoir Permeability and Fracture Surface Area Using the Flowback DFIT (DFIT-FBA)
Danial Zeinabady; Christopher Clarkson; Farshad Tabasinejad; Mark McClure
Journal paper published in SPE Res Eval & Eng 25 (04): 704–718.
- SPE-210560-PA
- 2022
Design and Implementation of Field Tests in Unconventional Reservoirs: Practical Perspectives
Mark McClure; Maggie Albrecht; Craig Cipolla; Claudia Molina
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA, October 2022.
- SPE-210477-MS
- 2022
Using Quantitative Tracer Analysis to Calibrate Hydraulic Fracture and Reservoir Simulation Models: A Permian Basin Case Study
Magdalene Albrecht; Shannon Borchardt; Chase Murphree; Mark McClure; Janz Rondon
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Using Geochemical Production Allocation to Calibrate Hydraulic Fracture and Reservoir Simulation Models: A Permian Basin Case Study
Magdalene Albrecht; Shannon Borchardt; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Optimizing Well Spacing and Completion Design Using Simulation Models Calibrated to the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site 2 (HFTS-2) Dataset
Sriram Pudugramam; Rohan J. Irvin; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Fadila Bessa; Yu Zhao; Jichao Han; Han Li; Arjun Kohli; Mark D. Zoback
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Estimating Stress from Fracture Injection Tests: Comparing Pressure Transient Interpretations with In-Situ Strain Measurements
Yves Guglielmi; Mark Mcclure; Jeffrey Burghardt; Joseph Orris; Thomas Doe; Pengcheng Fu; Hunter Knox; Vince Vermeul; Tim Kneafsey
PROCEEDINGS, 47th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 7-9, 2022 SGP-TR-223
Best Practices in DFIT Interpretation: Comparative Analysis of 62 DFITs from Nine Different Shale Plays
Mark Mcclure; Garrett Fowler; Matteo Picone
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, January 2022.
- SPE-205297-MS
- 2022
High Fidelity Fibre-optic Observations and Resultant Fracture Modeling in Support of Planarity
Mojtaba Shahri; Andrew Tucker; Craig Rice; Zach Lathrop; Dave Ratcliff; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, May 2021.
- SPE-204172-MS
- 2021
RTA Assisted History Matching with a Combined Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Simulator
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Jeff Allen
Paper presented at the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Virtual, July 2020.
- SPE-199149-MS
- 2020
A Utica Case Study: The Impact of Permeability Estimates on History Matching, Fracture Length, and Well Spacing
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Craig Cipolla
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2019.
- SPE-195980-MS
- 2019
A Collaborative Study on DFIT Interpretation: Integrating Modeling, Field Data, and Analytical Techniques
Mark McClure; Vidya Bammidi; Craig Cipolla; Dave Cramer; Lucas Martin; Alexei Savitski; Dave Sobernheim; Kate Voller
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Stimulation and Long-Term Fluid Circulation at the Utah FORGE Project
Mark McClure; Rohan Irvin; Kevin England; John McLennan
Proceedings of the 49th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA on February 12-14, 2024.
Thermoelastic fracturing and buoyancy-driven convection – Surprising sources of longevity for EGS circulation
Mark McClure
This article was originally posted as a ResFrac blog post, and published on arXiv in August 2023.
- arXiv:2308.02761
- 2023
Technical Barriers for Deep Closed-Loop Geothermal
Mark McClure
This article was originally posted as a ResFrac blog post, and published on arXiv in March 2023.
- arXiv:2303.12689
- 2023
Calibration Parameters Required to Match the Utah FORGE 16A(78)-32 Stage 3 Stimulation with a Planar Fracturing Model
Mark McClure
Proceedings of the 48th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 6-8, 2023.
Utilizing Thermally Controlled Fluid to Improve Cluster Uniformity and Efficiency
Misfer J. Almarri; Murtadha J. AlTammar; Garrett Fowler; Khalid M. Alruwaili
Paper presented at the SPE Symposium: Unconventionals in the Middle East – From Exploration to Development Optimisation, Manama, Bahrain, March 2022.
- SPE-209940-MS
- 2022
Optimization and Design of Next-Generation Geothermal Systems Created by Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing
Mark McClure; Charles Kang; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209186-MS
- 2022
Guest Editorial: Why Multistage Stimulation Could Transform the Geothermal Industry
Mark McClure
Journal Paper published in the Journal of Petroleum Technology on October 1, 2021.
- SPE-1021-0009-JPT
- 2021
A Feasibility Study on Three Geothermal Designs: Deep Closed-Loop (with and without Conductive Fractures) and Open-Loop Circulation Between Multifractured Laterals
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure
Conference paper published in the October 2021 GRC Transactions, Vol. 45, 2021.
A Case Study of Bakken Development Optimization with Complex Constraints
C. Mark Pearson; Janz Rondon; Stacy Strickland; Larry Griffin; Dave Ratcliff; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Sensitivity Analysis of the Main Variables Affecting the EUR Response Under Parent-Child Effect, Using a Comprehensive Simulation Workflow in the Core of Vaca Muerta
David Martins Cruz; Mauro Iván Weimann; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Latin America Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 2023.
Two is Better Than One: How Measuring Twice Substantiates Surprising Results. Three Cases Studies from North American Unconventionals
Garrett Fowler; Karen Olson; Maggie Albrecht; Jackson Heffener; Jake Li; Rohan Irvin; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, September 2023.
- SPE-215649-MS
- 2023
A new method for interpreting well-to-well interference tests and quantifying the magnitude of production impact: theory and applications in a multi-basin case study
Mouin Almasoodi, Thad Andrews, Curtis Johnston, Ankush Singh & Mark McClure
Paper published on July 13, 2023 in the Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, Volume 9.
A Catalogue of Fiber Optics Strain-Rate Fracture Driven Interactions
Gustavo Ugueto; Kan Wu; Ge Jin; Zhishuai Zhang; Jackson Haffener; Shahri Mojtaba; David Ratcliff; Rob Bohn; Andres Chavarria; Yinghui Wu; Artur Guzik; Aishwarya Srinivasan; Richard Gibson; Alexei Savitski
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, January 2023.
- SPE-212370-MS
- 2023
Results from a Collaborative Industry Study on Parent/Child Interactions: Bakken, Permian Basin, and Montney
Mark McClure; Magdalene Albrecht; Carl Bernet; Craig Cipolla; Kenneth Etcheverry; Garrett Fowler; Aaron Fuhr; Amin Gherabati; Michelle Johnston; Peter Kaufman; Mason MacKay; Michael McKimmy; Carlos Miranda; Claudia Molina; Christopher Ponners; Dave Ratcliff; Janz Rondon; Ankush Singh; Rohit Sinha; Anthony Sung; Jian Xu; John Yeo; Rob Zinselmeyer
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, January 2023.
- SPE-212321-MS
- 2023
Results From a Collaborative Parent/Child Industry Study: Permian Basin
Mark McClure; Magdalene Albrecht; Carl Bernet; Kenneth Etcheverry; Aaron Fuhr; Amin Gherabati; Claudia Molina; Christopher Ponners; Dave Ratcliff; Janz Rondon; Rohit Sinha; Anthony Sung; Jian Xu
- SPE-211899-MS
- 2022
Optimizing Well Spacing and Completion Design Using Simulation Models Calibrated to the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site 2 (HFTS-2) Dataset
Sriram Pudugramam; Rohan J. Irvin; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Fadila Bessa; Yu Zhao; Jichao Han; Han Li; Arjun Kohli; Mark D. Zoback
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Modeling Frac Hits: Mechanisms for Damage Versus Uplift
Garrett Fowler; Dave Ratcliff; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 2022.
- IPTC-22194-MS
- 2022
Modelling of Parent Child Well Interactions
Dave Ratcliff; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Brendan Elliot; Austin Qualls
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209152-MS
- 2022
Making Sense Out of a Complicated Parent/Child Well Dataset: A Bakken Case Study
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Craig Cipolla
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, October 2020.
- SPE-201566-MS
- 2020
Case History of Drainage Mapping and Effective Fracture Length in the Bakken
Craig Cipolla; Michael Litvak; R. S. Prasad; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2020.
- SPE-199716-MS
- 2020
A Physics-Based Approach to Characterize Productivity Loss in the Haynesville Shale
Chad Jongeling; Jerrod Ryan; Christopher Ponners; Dominick Wytovich; Joe Miller; Josh Jackson; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
A Case Study of Bakken Development Optimization with Complex Constraints
C. Mark Pearson; Janz Rondon; Stacy Strickland; Larry Griffin; Dave Ratcliff; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Marcellus Field Development Optimization: Multi-Bench Evaluation in Bradford County, PA
Jose Zaghloul; Roberto Wagner; Travis Glauser; Chance Morgan; Patrick Crump; Ashley Mercer; Matt Mantell; Dave Ratcliff; Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024. Paper Number: URTEC-4044722-MS
Case Studies in Integrated Fracture Design and Well Spacing Optimization in Shale
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Ankush Singh; Rohan Irvin; Dave Ratcliff; Chris Ponners; Janz Rondon
Paper presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 2024.
- IPTC-24396-MS
- 2024
Impact of Well Orientation on Well Productivity
Sama Morsy; Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; David Ratcliff
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2024.
- SPE-217782-MS
- 2024
Sensitivity Analysis of the Main Variables Affecting the EUR Response Under Parent-Child Effect, Using a Comprehensive Simulation Workflow in the Core of Vaca Muerta
David Martins Cruz; Mauro Iván Weimann; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Latin America Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 2023.
A new method for interpreting well-to-well interference tests and quantifying the magnitude of production impact: theory and applications in a multi-basin case study
Mouin Almasoodi, Thad Andrews, Curtis Johnston, Ankush Singh & Mark McClure
Paper published on July 13, 2023 in the Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, Volume 9.
Results from a Collaborative Industry Study on Parent/Child Interactions: Bakken, Permian Basin, and Montney
Mark McClure; Magdalene Albrecht; Carl Bernet; Craig Cipolla; Kenneth Etcheverry; Garrett Fowler; Aaron Fuhr; Amin Gherabati; Michelle Johnston; Peter Kaufman; Mason MacKay; Michael McKimmy; Carlos Miranda; Claudia Molina; Christopher Ponners; Dave Ratcliff; Janz Rondon; Ankush Singh; Rohit Sinha; Anthony Sung; Jian Xu; John Yeo; Rob Zinselmeyer
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, January 2023.
- SPE-212321-MS
- 2023
Field Development Optimization of Haynesville Shale Wells
Samiha Morsy; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the ASME 2022 Onshore Petroleum Technology Conference, September 20-21, 2022, in Houston, TX, USA.
Optimizing Well Spacing and Completion Design Using Simulation Models Calibrated to the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site 2 (HFTS-2) Dataset
Sriram Pudugramam; Rohan J. Irvin; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Fadila Bessa; Yu Zhao; Jichao Han; Han Li; Arjun Kohli; Mark D. Zoback
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2022.
Modelling of Parent Child Well Interactions
Dave Ratcliff; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Brendan Elliot; Austin Qualls
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2022.
- SPE-209152-MS
- 2022
Case History of Drainage Mapping and Effective Fracture Length in the Bakken
Craig Cipolla; Michael Litvak; R. S. Prasad; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2020.
- SPE-199716-MS
- 2020
A Utica Case Study: The Impact of Permeability Estimates on History Matching, Fracture Length, and Well Spacing
Garrett Fowler; Mark McClure; Craig Cipolla
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2019.
- SPE-195980-MS
- 2019
Optimizing Completions in Tank Style Development
Peter Kaufman; Mark McClure; Nick Franciose; Sean Owens; Fabiano Srur; David Russell
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
Modeling of Proppant Flowback to Quantify and Predict its Impact on Shale Gas Production under Different Drawdown Strategies – A Vaca Muerta Case Study
Agustin G. Garbino; D. Nicolas Espinoza; Mark McClure; Marcelo Pellicer; Iñaki Barrangu; Sebastian Olmos; Raul Varela
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
A Model for Optimizing Proppant Distribution Between Perforations
Egor Dontsov; Chris Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 2023.
- ARMA-2023-0348
- 2023
Analysis of Uniformity of Proppant Distribution Between Clusters Based on a Proppant-Wellbore Dynamics Model
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 2023.
Field Development Optimization of Haynesville Shale Wells
Samiha Morsy; Mark McClure; Garrett Fowler; Dave Ratcliff
Paper presented at the ASME 2022 Onshore Petroleum Technology Conference, September 20-21, 2022, in Houston, TX, USA.
The Impact of Extended-Time Proppant Conductivity Impairment on the Ultimate Recovery from Unconventional Horizontal Well Completions
C. Mark Pearson; Garrett Fowler
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, January 2022.
- SPE-205294-MS
- 2022
Near-Wellbore Deposition of High Conductivity Proppant To Improve Effective Fracture Conductivity And Productivity of Horizontal Well Stimulations
C. Mark Pearson; Garrett Fowler; K. Michelle Stribling; Jeromy McChesney; Mark McClure; Tom McGuigan; Don Anschutz; Pat Wildt
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, October 2020.
- SPE-201641-MS
- 2020
Applying Field-Proven Surface Modified Proppant SMP to Increase Gas Production: A Case Study from Marcellus Shale
Vidya Sagar Bammidi; Millad Mortazavi; Mark McClure; Sarkis Kakadjian; Dave Sobernheim
Paper presented at the SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, October 2019.
- SPE-196607-MS
- 2019
Using in-situ strain measurements to evaluate the accuracy of stress estimation procedures from fracture injection/shut-in tests
Yves Guglielmi; Mark McClure ; Jeffrey Burghardt ; Joseph P. Morris; Thomas Doe; Pengcheng Fu; Hunter Knox; Vince Vermeul; Tim Kneafsey;The EGS Collab Team
Received 31 January 2023, Revised 3 May 2023, Accepted 2 July 2023, Available online 17 July 2023, Version of Record 17 July 2023.
A Novel and Fast Approach for Estimating Reservoir Permeability and Fracture Surface Area Using the Flowback DFIT (“DFIT-FBA”)
Danial Zeinabady; Christopher Clarkson; Farshad Tabasinejad; Mark McClure
Journal Paper posted in the November 2022 SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Volumt 25, Issue 04.
- SPE-210560-PA
- 2022
Estimating Reservoir Permeability and Fracture Surface Area Using the Flowback DFIT (DFIT-FBA)
Danial Zeinabady; Christopher Clarkson; Farshad Tabasinejad; Mark McClure
Journal paper published in SPE Res Eval & Eng 25 (04): 704–718.
- SPE-210560-PA
- 2022
Estimating Stress from Fracture Injection Tests: Comparing Pressure Transient Interpretations with In-Situ Strain Measurements
Yves Guglielmi; Mark Mcclure; Jeffrey Burghardt; Joseph Orris; Thomas Doe; Pengcheng Fu; Hunter Knox; Vince Vermeul; Tim Kneafsey
PROCEEDINGS, 47th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 7-9, 2022 SGP-TR-223
Best Practices in DFIT Interpretation: Comparative Analysis of 62 DFITs from Nine Different Shale Plays
Mark Mcclure; Garrett Fowler; Matteo Picone
Paper presented at the SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, January 2022.
- SPE-205297-MS
- 2022
A Collaborative Study on DFIT Interpretation: Integrating Modeling, Field Data, and Analytical Techniques
Mark McClure; Vidya Bammidi; Craig Cipolla; Dave Cramer; Lucas Martin; Alexei Savitski; Dave Sobernheim; Kate Voller
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2019.
The Perfect Frac Stage, What’s the Value?
Craig Cipolla; Ankush Singh; Mark McClure; Michael McKimmy; John Lassek
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, June 2024.
Practical Optimization of Perforation Design with a General Correlation for Proppant and Slurry Transport from the Wellbore
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Ponners; Kevin Torbert; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, February 2024.
- SPE-217771-MS
- 2024
A Model for Optimizing Proppant Distribution Between Perforations
Egor Dontsov; Chris Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 2023.
- ARMA-2023-0348
- 2023
Analysis of Uniformity of Proppant Distribution Between Clusters Based on a Proppant-Wellbore Dynamics Model
Egor Dontsov; Christopher Hewson; Mark McClure
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 2023.
