《《JIP TO IMPROVE EAGLE FORD HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TECHNOLOGY》.pdfVIP

JIP TO IMPROVE EAGLE FORD HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TECHNOLOGY SUBMITTED TO: Oil Operators Service Companies Drilling Contractors National Oil Companies DR. WILLIAM MAURER MAURER ENGINEERING INC AUSTIN, TX 78733 MAY 9, 2011 TP11-1 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………….3 PROJECT DESCRIPTON 10 PROJECT GOALS 12 BENEFITS OF IMPROVED FRACTURE DESIGNS……………………………………….13 FRACTURING ISSUES 13 BENEFITS TO PARTICIPANTS 15 CANDIDATE PARTICIPANTS……………………………………………………………… 16 PROJECT PROPOSAL 18 WORK STATEMENT 21 WORK STATEMENT SLIDES 31 TIME SCHEDULE………………………………………………………………………43 BUDGET……………………………………………………………………………………44 APPENDIX 1 MAURER ENGINEERING QUALIFICATIONS…………… ….…………….45 REFERENCES 46 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EAGLE FORD FRACTURING The Eagle Ford shale has nanodarcy permeability and therefore a large surface area of the shale must be opened up with massive hydraulic fracturing to produce oil and gas economically. These massive fracs are very expensive, costing from $3 to $5 million each since typically four million gallons of water and five million pounds of proppants required in addition to up to 40,000 horsepower of high pressure pumping equipment. Since the Eagle Ford is a new field operators and fracing companies are on the steep slope of the learning curve and major improvements will be made in the next five ye