Halliburton Shale Field Development
Workflow
Customer Presentation
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What is the Shale Field Development workflow?
This workflow uses shale reservoir
modeling and planning tools to
improve well placement,
completion systems and
stimulation design to more
accurately predict production and
improve reservoir understanding
Why are customers interested in the Shale Field
Development workflow?
 Enhance short term and
long term production
 Reduce the total cost of field
development
 Maximize economic return
 Improve understanding of:
– Reservoir geology & quality
– Well placement & spacing
– Completion & stimulation
design
Unique Features - Complex Fracture Design Model
 Model the fracture
network
 Measure and predict
complex fracture
growth using
microseismic and
statistical tools.
 Incorporate complex
fracture designs into
field planning and
reservoir modeling
Unique Features – Shale Reservoir Model

Model reservoir attributes that
determine production potential
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Shale algorithms to predict lateral
extent, fracture spacing and their
production dependence
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Algorithms to predict/observe presence
and density of natural fractures
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Geomechanical attributes linked so the
impact of draw-down and closure stress
on fracture conductivity can be included
in production estimates
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Automated gridding from data input to
reservoir simulators
Unique Features – Shale Reservoir Simulator

Simulate impact of wellbore and
completion scenarios and fracture
characteristics on production
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Quantify impact of fracture
treatment on field productivity by
coupling shale reservoir simulator
to standard fracture modeling tools
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Simulate expected production using
SRV and fracture density
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Measure success by matching
observed production to expected
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Simulation within an uncertainty
and optimization framework for field
productivity
Unique Features - Integrated with DecisionSpace Desktop
 View fracture treatment
results relative to other wells
in the region
 View and calculate SRV in
context of the geological and
geophysical environment
 Use microseismic data to
validate the complex network
fracture design model,
fracture density and intensity
Unique Features – Shale Field Planning Tools
 Well placement optimization in
the DecisionSpace Desktop
conditioned to predicted
complex fracture network
 Optimized well placement
based on reservoir attributes
that indicate high productivity
potential
How we do it – integrated model
Summary
 Improve geological screening to more easily identify attractive
opportunities
 Improve well placement where reservoir quality is best
 Optimize designs for lateral length, number of fracture
treatment stages and fracture treatment design; Optimize well
spacing
 Identify bypassed reserves opportunities through advanced
reservoir visualization solutions
 Improve earth modeling linked to reservoir stimulation and
modeling for history matching and reliable production forecasts
 Increase total recoverable reserves and enhance production
rate