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Exxon Ramps Up Use of Its Custom Proppant After Positive Results
The black sand made at refineries is delivering production gains of up to 18% in comparison tests as a lightweight proppant, Exxon engineers said at URTeC.
For Best EOR, Add (or Reduce) Salt in Frac Fluid Recipe
Changing the salinity of frac fluid in a reservoir may boost EOR efforts, according to a research paper presented at URTeC.
Produced Water: One Man’s Garbage is Another Man’s Gold
It will take time to figure out which solutions to the produced water problem scale up the best. Good legislation is going to be crucial, experts say.
Chesapeake COO: Shale Gas Basins See Exploration, Step-out Activity
U.S. gas producers continue to wade through low commodity prices, a situation made even stickier by record Permian gas production, said Chesapeake COO Josh Viets. But with a “constructive” natural gas market on the horizon, producers are consolidating and exploring for drilling runway.
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Exxon Ramps Up Use of Its Custom Proppant After Positive Results
The black sand made at refineries is delivering production gains of up to 18% in comparison tests as a lightweight proppant, Exxon engineers said at URTeC.
For Best EOR, Add (or Reduce) Salt in Frac Fluid Recipe
Changing the salinity of frac fluid in a reservoir may boost EOR efforts, according to a research paper presented at URTeC.
Produced Water: One Man’s Garbage is Another Man’s Gold
It will take time to figure out which solutions to the produced water problem scale up the best. Good legislation is going to be crucial, experts say.
Chesapeake COO: Shale Gas Basins See Exploration, Step-out Activity
U.S. gas producers continue to wade through low commodity prices, a situation made even stickier by record Permian gas production, said Chesapeake COO Josh Viets. But with a “constructive” natural gas market on the horizon, producers are consolidating and exploring for drilling runway.
Uncertainty at URTeC: Balancing Transition and Security
Panelists discussed the energy transition-energy security conundrum at URTeC’s opening plenary session, but may have had more questions than answers.
URTeC: E&Ps Tap Refrac Playbook for Eagle Ford, Bakken Inventory
Refracs and other redevelopment projects might not be needle-moving growth drivers—but they’re becoming more common for E&Ps levered in maturing plays like the Eagle Ford and Bakken, experts discussed at URTeC 2024.
URTeC: Providing a Clearer Picture of the Subsurface [WATCH]
Hart Energy's Jaxon Caines speaks with Pete Shelton, head of business development at Stryde about a new seismic acquisition sensor that can help develop a clearer picture of the subsurface.
URTeC: Chevron’s Strategy—Making Teammates of Competitors [WATCH]
Chevron's methane reduction manager of strategy and sustainability, Vanessa Ryan, spoke with Hart Energy's Jennifer Pallanich on the ways Chevron is teaming up with competitors to reduce methane emissions.
URTeC: Antero Harnessing Power of Completions, Efficiency [WATCH]
Hart Energy's senior technology editor Jennifer Pallanich spoke with Jon McEvers, Antero Resources' senior vice president of operations, about completions, efficiency and unconventionals.
URTeC: NOV's Pain, and Solution, with Data [WATCH]
National Oilwell Varco's Travis Thomas spoke with Hart Energy's Jaxon Caines on data and his company's digital completions data platform.