Tams Crawford Whitson (June 3, 1928 – Nov. 8, 1999) was born in Capitol Hill “packing town” Oklahoma City, lived his entire life in the Oklahoma City area, passing away at the Norman Veterans Center. He served in the U.S. Army for 2 years at the end of WWII, stationed in Anchorage Alaska. During his […]
We’re happy to share the latest release of whitson+, fresh out of the coding oven. There is a lot of new functionality in this release, and we’ve highlighted the main ones in this video https://youtu.be/6vvd53W5jWE whitson+ – comprehensive software updates list The updated manual can be found here: https://manual.whitson.com/. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank […]
Last updated: 24 January 2023 Powder River Basin – Multi-Client Study The Powder River Basin (PRB) multi-client project was first initiated in 2022. The main objective of the study was to create one, field-wide equation of state (EOS) model for the entire PRB. Since then, more data has been incorporated into the model, resulting in […]
This week we wanted to highlight and share a paper we think everyone in tight unconventionals should read, namely URTEC-1884129-MS, “Shale PVT Estimation Based on Readily Available Field Data” by Tao Yang et al. The paper is a few years old now, but is a “go-to” paper on using mud gas for PVT predictions. Accurate […]
This week we wanted to highlight and share a paper we think everyone in tight unconventionals should read, namely URTeC 2967, “Numerically Enhanced RTA Workflow – Improving Estimation of Both Linear Flow Parameter And Hydrocarbons In Place” by Braden Bowie and James Ewert. The paper is a few years old now, but is one our […]
This week we wanted to highlight and share a paper we think everyone in tight unconventionals should read, namely URTeC 2118, “Rate Transient Analysis of Fracture Swarm Fractal Networks” by Jorge Acuna. The paper is a few years old now, exemplifies how RTA can be formed on wells with complex fracture networks. Fractal techniques are […]
We wanted to highlight and share a paper we think everyone in tight unconventionals should read, namely URTeC 2670034, “Sampling a Stimulated Rock Volume: An Eagle Ford Example” by Kevin Raterman and Helen Farrell et al. The paper is a few years old now, but has fundamentally changed the mental model for how unconventional rocks […]
We wanted to highlight and share a paper we think everyone in tight unconventionals should read, namely SPE-191407-PA, “A New Technique for Quantifying Pressure Interference in Fractured Horizontal Shale Wells” by Weichun Chu, Kyle Scott, Ray Flumerfelt, Michael Zuber and Chih-Cheng Chen. The paper is a few years old now, but has become the “go-to” […]
We wanted to highlight and share a paper we think everyone in tight unconventionals should read, namely URTeC 3719890, “Closing the Gap in Quantifying the Extension of Depletion: A Practical Workflow to Convert Analytical Fracture Half-Length to Actual Non-Uniform SRV” by Vivek Muralidharan and Soodabeh Esmaili. The paper addresses an important challenge in leveraging RTA […]
Accurate and reliable flowing bottomhole pressure (BHP) data is crucial for various engineering applications, such as reservoir simulation, production diagnostics, nodal analysis, RTA/PTA, and material balance. It allows engineers to make informed decisions about well production, reservoir management, and optimization strategies. However, manually gathering and calculating BHP data can be a time-consuming and error-prone process. […]