Instructor: Dr. R.D. Barree, Halliburton Technology Fellow, Production Enhancement

Description: The course covers the fundamental physical processes controlling hydraulic fracturing in both conventional and unconventional reservoir developments. Knowledge of the GOHFER software is not required, and the software is not used by the students during this course. 

Topics covered:

  • Fracturing Objectives and Why Should We Design?
  • Multi-disciplinary Design Inputs
  • Modeling Fracture Geometry
  • Input Data and Log Processing for Fracture Design Models
  • Diagnostics in Unconventional Reservoirs
  • Predicting Final Fracture Conductivity, Cleanup and Production
  • Fracturing Fluid Rheology and Leakoff
  • Horizontal Well Stimulation issues
  • Economic Optimization of Completions

Who Should Attend: The course content assumes a sound foundation in petroleum engineering or geoscience. It is appropriate for reservoir, completion, and operations engineers, development geologists, petrophysicists, and managers involved in development planning. Graduate students currently working on dissertations are encouraged to attend.

Training classroom

Registration: To register, please complete and return the registration form. The total cost of the course is $2,500.00.  Registration is on a first-come first-served basis due to limited seating capacity.

Time & Location information: This course consists of 36 hours of in person training.  It will run from 8 am until 5 pm with a 1 hour break for lunch from 12 noon until 1 pm.  On Friday the course will run from 8 am until 12 noon.

Please notify us if you have special dietary requirements. We will do our best to accommodate your needs. A menu of the selected foods is available upon request.

Course will be held at our office in Lakewood, Colorado.

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Cancellation Policy

If a cancellation is required greater than 14 days before the course start date, your refund will be the cost of tuition paid in excess of $500 USD in the same method that it was paid. The $500 USD tuition deposit is non-refundable and non-negotiable.

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