Advanced Frac School
Advanced Frac School 2012 will take place June 25-29, at the Bass Pro Shop Resort in Branson, MO.
Advanced Frac School can aid you with more creative and innovative solutions to frac problems. The course focuses more on design, new developments & results (fluids, staging and design) including reservoir topics and allows more time for questions.
This school is recommended for engineers with at least 5 years of experience. Advanced Frac School is taught by John Ely (Ely & Associates of Texas), Dr. Peter Valkó (Texas A&M University) and Steve Wolhart (Pinnacle).
The 2011 Advanced Frac School took place October 3-7 at the Horseshoe Bay Resort.
Topics Covered:
- Advanced Horizontal Well Completion Techniques
- – Newer Zonal Isolation Methods
- – Perforating Strategies
- – Horizontal/Deviated Well Techniques
- Well Spacing and Reserves for Unconventional/Shale Reservoirs
- – Well Spacing Decisions
- – Reserves for Unconventional Reservoirs
- – Fractured Horizontal Well Performance
- Advances in Fracturing Materials
- – New Fluid Systems
- – Proppants
- Monitoring Methods
- – Fracture Mapping
- – Logging (tracer, production)
- – Pressure Monitoring and Analysis
- Rigup for Special Environments and On-Site Decision Making
- – Special Considerations for Offshore, Artic, etc.
- – Safety Criteria for Oil Based Fluids, etc.
- Fracture Design and Post-Frac Analysis
- – Injection Tests
- – Data Gathering
Event Coordinator:

Ariel Rosentswieg
Phone: (979) 268-8959
Fax: (979) 268-8718
Email: ariel@petroleumetc.com
Advanced Frac School 2012 will take place June 25-29, at the Bass Pro Shop Resort in Branson, MO. Venue: Big Cedar Lodge – A Bass Pro Shop Resort 612 Devil’s Pool Road Ridgedale, MO 65739 1-800-225-6343




