SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 1-- Monitoring microseismic and tilt meter events can help a company understand the geometry of the fractures created by hydraulic stimulations. Use of these tools has shown that ...

The latest available geophysics technology enables operators to avoid costly completion errors, ensuring maximum, sustainable production. Microseismic monitoring in real time helps companies evaluate ...

Chevron Corporation’s CVX subsidiary, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., in strategic partnership with Halliburton Company HAL, a Houston, TX-based oil and gas equipment and services firm, has unveiled a ...

Hydraulic fracturing has attracted a lot of attention in recent years with the rise of U.S. shale oil and gas drilling and production. Hydraulic fracturing is also at the center of heated debates, ...

Stimulation techniques are used to encourage production to flow from the reservoir rocks. Hydrocarbons are located in the spaces between pores of reservoir rock. Production is achieved when these pore ...

Suggested Citation: "3 Offshore Oil and Gas Development 101." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Offshore Well Completion and Stimulation: Using Hydraulic Fracturing and ...