Petroleum ETC is proud to bring you this highly anticipated course. Advanced Frac School offers a unique learning experience throughout its week-long run. This course on hydraulic fracturing covers advanced topics and is recommended for engineers with at least 5 years of experience. This highly anticipated school will be taught by Dr. John Lee and Dr. Peter Valkó (Texas A&M University faculty), Dick Zinno (Weatherford), Bruce Meyers (Meyer & Associates Fracturing Software), Mike McCoy (consultant) as well as John Ely (Ely & Associates).

We are pleased to announce that the first ever Advanced Frac School will be held in Houston Texas, February 8-12th, 2010! Registration is now open.

• 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

The location of the Houston Advanced Frac School will be announced soon.