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The 2024 annual meeting will be hosted by the Abilene Geological Society and will be held at the Abilene Convention Center April 27th-30th. Current plans include a field trip on Saturday, a short course on Sunday, an Icebreaker Sunday evening, a social event Monday evening, and technical presentations all day Monday and Tuesday.
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Our Annual Symposium is the primary source of fund raising to support the scholarships handed out every year to students across Texas. Our Board members work collectively to provide an exciting line up of speakers and panelists to discuss the most relevant financial, legal, and technical challenges facing the energy Industry.
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Title: Estimating Fracture Growth Behavior using Fracture Depletion Mapping for Infill Wells
Abstract: In 2019, a process was developed that uses standard drilling data, obtained on virtually every well, to identify and quantify areas of localized depletion that occur around producing fractures in unconventional shale reservoirs. While this data is most often used to mitigate fracture interactions, this talk will examine the insights gained from quantifying the frequency of depleted fractures identified in infill wells drilled at varying distances from a producing well. It will show how the number of depleted fractures decreases as infill wells move further away from the producing offset. Furthermore, we’ll show how this data is used to build a correlation between fracture length and volume, and the impact of heterogeneity and completion design on fluid distribution among perf clusters. Ultimately, providing insights to well spacing and completion design impacts for overall development strategy planning.
Kristin Trahan’s Bio:
Kristin Trahan, Technical Advisor at Drill2Frac, is a seasoned engineer with more than a decade of experience in the upstream Oil and Gas industry. Her data-driven approach and technical expertise are valuable assets to her colleagues and customers alike.
Kristin is committed to leveraging technology and analytics to drive innovation and enhance performance in the oil field. She has dedicated her career to optimizing well-completion operations for midsize energy companies, with a proven track record of leading multimillion-dollar capital projects. Prior to joining Drill2Frac, she served as Senior Engineering Lead at WPX/Devon Energy.
A graduate of Montana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Management Engineering, Kristin brings a robust academic foundation to her practical experience in the field.
Meg Dodge’s Bio:
Meg Dodge, Vice President of Sales and Business Development, has been an integral part of Drill2Frac’s strategic endeavors since 2018. A solutions-driven professional always advocating for the needs of E&P operators, she combines more than 18 years of experience in sales and marketing, including direct involvement with geological analytics.
Prior to joining Drill2Frac, Meg honed her skills as an Account Manager at Weatherford Laboratories, where she discovered her love for rock science, along with a knack for fostering collaborative client relationships in the Oil & Gas industry.
Meg is a true proponent of advancing the industry through her passion for completion efficiency and the “Geology matters” mindset. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a minor in Mass Comm Studies from Texas State University.
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MAXIMIZING PRODUCTION FROM LOW GOR OIL RESERVOIRS CHESAPEAKE’S SPADE RANCH PROJECT
MITCHELL COUNTY, TEXAS
Low GOR oil represents the second stage of hydrocarbon generation from Type 2 Kerogen. This stage represents the largest expulsion of oil. Due to the low gas present (lack of buoyancy), migration of low GOR oil in rocks with small pore throats becomes frozen if the source fails or is cut off, such as by a fault.
The concept was developed at Chesapeake Energy during the analysis of the Mississippian formation in the Midland Basin. Oil production from the Mississippian had low GORs and oil recoveries less than14% of the OOIP. Even horizontal drilling and fracking failed to increase the recoveries.
Extensive mapping of the Midland Basin indicated potential OOIP reserves of over 2 billion barrels. Low GOR oil was found in sandstones, carbonates, dolomites, and cherts. Chesapeake chose to pursue the chert facies due to its high porosities (storage space) in Mitchell and Sterling Counties, specifically on the Spade Ranch. Additional encouragement came from Mississippian production in Renderbrook Field where a non-patterned waterflood increased production by 30+% (CHK).
Mapping in this area showed a potential of 350 MMBO, averaging 7.2 MMBO/section. With estimated waterflood recoveries of 40% of the OOIP, production could potentially be 140 MMBO. Using seismic, Chesapeake laid out a pilot project on the southeast portion of the Spade Ranch.
Chesapeake worked with the concept of drilling horizontal wells and initiating waterflood operations from the beginning of production. In low GOR reservoirs, the lack of solution gas and low compressibility of oil means that water injection response is measured in weeks not months or years.
A source well was drilled on an Ellenberger high and across a fault, three attempts were made to drill horizontal Mississippian chert wells. Unfortunately, Chesapeake was unable to successfully drill the horizontal legs in repeated tries due to difficult downhole conditions. Before further work was proposed, Chesapeake’s Permian properties were put up for sale.
Later, one of the horizontal wells vertical legs was completed producing 2613 BO and 277 MCFG, GOR 106, and the Ellenberger source well was completed in the Mississippian producing 11,903 BO and 2,550 MCFG, GOR 214.
The Spade Ranch project was a geologic success and horizontal failure but using conventional waterflood vertical wells for production and source, should result in obtaining the 40% recoveries.
Low GOR oils are common to most oil basins.
BIO :
Mr. Bedford began his career as an exploration geophysicist working offshore for Mobil Oil . After that he became a geologist working for Texas Oil and Gas and several small operators in South Texas.
Upon moving to East Texas, he combined his skills becoming a basin analyst working for his own company and several independents before becoming the lead geoscientist for Arco Permian concentrating on the Cotton Valley (Haynesville) reef play. It was with ARCO Permian that the initial development of what would become the East Texas Strawn Reef play began. With the acquisition of ARCO by BP, he continued as an independent before being hired by Chesapeake Energy as a Senior East Texas earth scientist. At Chesapeake, he worked with a small group who was instrumental in bringing Chesapeake into the Haynesville and Bossier Shale plays before moving into the New Ventures group. In New Ventures, he and the team worked on all the shale plays in the US including the Eagleford, Woodford, Marcellus, Utica, and the Bakken.
Chesapeake added responsibilities to expand and develop the Permian waterfloods purchased as a part of various shale acquisitions. Exploring adjacent fields lead to the development of the migration pathway concept for the Midland Basin Mississippian. When Chesapeake decided to pursue the concept, he moved into the Permian group. During this period the East Texas Strawn play was further developed by Chesapeake. He left Chesapeake when the decision was made to sell the Permian assets.
After Chesapeake, he became the acquisition manager and the Florida manager for Kerogen Exploration.
From Kerogen, he became the Rockies Asset Manager for CNOOC.
In the past years he has worked for various groups and is currently working to develop geothermal projects in oil and gas fields.
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