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Record W4410909321 · doi:10.2118/0625-0015-jpt

Technology Focus: Hydraulic Fracturing Operations (June 2025)

2025· article· en· W4410909321 on OpenAlexaff
Vibhas J. Pandey

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Petroleum Technology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
Canadian institutionsConocoPhillips (Canada)
Fundersnot available
KeywordsHydraulic fracturingFocus (optics)Petroleum engineeringGeologyMining engineering

Abstract

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_ Modern completions often are equipped with downhole measurement devices that provide critical real-time data not only during the hydraulic fracturing treatment but also during the ensuing production phase. In paper SPE 223581, the authors propose a method to interpret changes in far-field strain and pressure data obtained during treatment and well production to estimate fracture connectivity at the perforation-cluster level. Based on their novel interpretation method, the authors show that the level of connectivity between the treatment well and the monitoring well is higher during the treatment than is observed during production. The authors suggest that the proposed approach can assist in improving treatment designs and spacing to maximize long-term fracture conductivity. The use of hydraulic fracturing to create an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) for geothermal wells has gathered considerable interest in recent years. Paper SPE 223519 details the outcome of some of the studies conducted at the Utah FORGE project. The authors detail the test matrix consisting of several stages where fluid, proppant, and perforation clusters were varied to understand their influence on well performance. The data acquisition consisted of microseismic surveys and fiber-optic cables for strain measurement, along with routine pressure and temperature measurements. Post-treatment review and analysis, including short- and long-term circulation tests, are shared by the authors. In paper SPE 223533, the authors highlight the aseismic nature of some rock formations, which often raises questions on fracture placement after treatment or a lack thereof. To investigate this issue, the authors integrated the miscroseismic observations with strain measurements to reach conclusions that offer plausible explanations for the occurrence of quiescent zones during active microseismic surveys. The authors attribute the phenomenon to rock makeup, such as those with predominantly nonshear failures, and others to interbedding of shaly layers contacted by the fractures. Summarized Papers in This June 2025 Issue SPE 223581 - Approach Quantifies Well Connections With Monitoring-Well Responses by Jingyu Liu, Texas A&M University et al. SPE 223519 - Study Details 2024 Enhanced Geothermal System Hydraulic Fracturing Campaign at Utah FORGE by Kevin England, E-K Petro Consulting, et al. SPE 223533 - Approach Interprets Fracture Growth Through Microseismic Quiescent Zones by Shawn C. Maxwell, Ovintiv, et al. Recommended Additional Reading at OnePetro: www.onepetro.org SPE 223567 - Far-Field Drainage Along Hydraulic Fractures: Insights From Integrated Modeling Studies in the Bakken and Permian Basin by Ankush Singh, ResFrac, et al. SPE 221046 - Acid Job Limit in Proppant-Fractured Formations Across Various Formation Types by O. Karazincir, Chevron, et al. SPE 223572 - Acid-Fracturing-Treatment Design Optimization in North Sea Chalk Wells in Norway by Vibhas J. Pandey, ConocoPhillips, et al.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.842
Threshold uncertainty score0.830

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0040.002
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.004
GPT teacher head0.227
Teacher spread0.223 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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