Key in production optimization is the capacity to accurately assess reservoir potential. Our technology came about to develop and deploy advances in geomechanical technology to optimize production by accurately determining stimulated reservoir volume through modeling of the impact of anomalous microseismic surveys on the stimulated reservoir volume and, consequently, shale well performance. Our technology models the interaction between hydraulic fractures and natural fractures to predict how fractures will evolve when hydraulic fracturing is employed.

Reservoir Engineering

Our tools include:

Use of the Material Point Method (MPM) for the geomechanical simulation of hydraulic fractures interacting with natural fractures,
Use in geomechanical simulations of the Continuous Fracture Modeling (CFM) to describe the natural fractures as an Equivalent Fracture Model (EFM) interacting with multiple hydraulic fractures,
The ability to find optimal frac stage positions and irregular spacing between them,
The ability to quantify the impact of a sequential, parallel or zipper fracing and find the optimal fracing sequence in a well pad,
The ability to predict microseismicity numerically and validate it with real field data,
The ability to predict the initial distribution of the propped volume,
The ability to provide to common frac design software the asymmetric and variable half fracture lengths that correct for the lack of natural fractures in their formulation
The ability to provide to reservoir simulators the initial distribution of the stimulated permeability that allows the match of early well performance.