North Dakota Petroleum Council Annual Conference- "Super Fracs" presentation

•Completions Matter!


•More “intense” fracturing results in higher initial well production, which results in higher EUR


•Two designs have shown significant production improvement over other completion designs
           –Large SlickwaterFracswith moderate amounts of proppant (the “Liberty” design)
           –Large volumes of sand (1000-2000 lb/ft) with XL gel fluids

•Current “Super Frac” Optimization:
           –Cost Reduction!
           –Slickwater
           –Larger proppant volumes
           –Perforation cluster optimization

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