Wolfcamp Focus: Proppant Types and Well Performance Rex Tucker Chief Operating Officer
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Practical Shale Approaches to General Frac Proppant Characteristics Proppant Design Selection Delivery A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 3
Permian Rig Count Snapshot November November County Total 11 13 Eddy 44 -1 43 Glasscock 29 +13 42 Reeves 37 0 37 Martin 44 -8 36 Lea 26 +8 34 Upton 29 -1 28 Howard 13 +13 26 Ector 18 +5 23 Midland 40 -18 22 Andrews 45 -24 21…
Switch from Vertical to Horizontal November 11 November 13 November 11 November 13 County Vertical Vertical Horizontal Horizontals Eddy 21 -10 20 +9 Glasscock 24 +6 4 +8 Reeves 7 -17 11 +11 Martin 43 -14 1 +5 Lea 6 +7 17 +8…
Shale Characteristics A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY
Wolfcamp Topography 10,000 9,000 Depths Across Wolfcamp Vary 5,000 on the Eastern side of shale 8,000 10,000 on the Western side of shale 7,000 6,000 5,000 A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 7
Wolfcamp Characteristics Pioneer Investor Presentation, October 2013 Soft and Impermeable Environment A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 8
Bone Spring Activity Cimarex Corporate Update, July 2013 A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 9
Todays Considerations Long routes to get proppant to Permian Basin Additional transportation and handling Logistics Considerations Exposed to weather Mix of crosslink, hybrids and slick water Increasing number of stages Fracture…
Practical Approaches to Proppant Delivery A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY
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Logistics Problems Possibility for product segregation or degradation Super sacks exposed to weather and heat Limited Storage on-site Rented Rail Cars Potential Storm Water Issues Temporary, Low Capital Cost Solutions A NEW…
Supply Chain Logistics Long, treacherous rail routes to get to Permian Basin Added transportation costs and handling Eau Claire, WI N. Mankato, MN 1,238 Miles 1,180 Miles Mine, Truck, Shortline, Mine, Truck, Shortline, Mainline,…
Permian Basin Storage Facilities Storage Facilities are centralized throughout the Levelland basin Hobbs, NM Stanton Anything railed in Odessa Big Spring Midland requires torturous Rankin Brady (Cadre) Mason routes Ft.…
Old vs. New Transloads Old Transloads: Short tracks New Transloads: Side Spouts Multiple unit trains 2 platforms with scales under silos A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 16
Future of Storage on Location 2,520,000 lbs. per six silo configuration A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 17
Cadres Solution Proppant-on-Demand System 90 million pounds of on-site storage 7 loading bays with individual scales Single handling from plant-site to well-site A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 18
General Frac Design A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY
So we don't have enough data to the north yet. But the rule of thumb, it should work, just like it has to the south and just as it has in Eagle Ford. The longer laterals, the more sand you put in, the increase in production and an…
Unified Fracture Design = = ( ) Economides, M. J., Oligney, R.E. and Valk, P.P.: Unified Fracture Design, Orsa Press, Houston, May 2002. A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 21
Goal: Maximum NPV The goal of well stimulation is maximizing the financial return for the operator (NPVmax) NPV is sensitive to fracture geometry, fluids and proppant selection A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 22
Proppant Selection A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY
Historical Proppant Selection Petrowiki.spe.org Fracture Treatment Design A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 24
Buying Proppants Based On Required Carrying Capacity CfD = 31.4159*k*Lf o CfD = required conductivity o k= reservoir permeability in millidarcy o Lf = Fracture Half Length Cinco-Ley, H., Samaniego-V., F., and A.N., D. 1978.…
Changes in Service Company Sand Buying Mesh Size 2011 2013 100 Mesh 8.7% 18.5% 40/70 12.7% 26.3% A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 26
Wolfcamp Completions and Proppant Selection Q. Robert L. Christensen- Canaccord Genuity, Research Division Was there any kind of -- can you describe the completion you put on the Wolfcamp D, amount of fluid pumped, amount of proppant,…
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Cadre Premium Hickory Sand Permian Wells A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 29
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Premium Hickory Sand Success Pioneer Investor Presentation, October 2013 A NEW GENERATION OF PROPPANT COMPANY 31
Conclusions Wolfcamp optimization isnt complete-- spacing, depth, lateral length and proppant selection are still being tested Targeting the least expensive means of maximizing frac/reservoir volume ratio means jobs will continue…