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  • Improved Frac Design and Reservoir Simulation Using Strain Derived from Geomechanical Modeling - Application to the Fayetteville Shale

    McKetta, S., Vargas-Silva, S., Ouenes, A., (2016). Paper SPE 179157, SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Conference.

  • Sweet Spot Identification for Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing Using Geophysics, Geology, and Geomechanics. Application to the Buda and Georgetown

    Cortez, T., Wilson, S., Ingles, D., Fackler, M., Mediani, M., Lezzar, K., Taylor, S., Umholtz, N., Ouenes, A.,(2016). Unconventional Play, RMAG 3D Symposium, Denver.

  • Combining Seismically Driven Sweet Spot Identification and Natural D-Limonene Based Nanofluids for Optimal Production of Unconventional Wells: Application to the Marble Falls Play

    Ouenes, A., Jedidi, A., Awosemo, O., Attia, B., Umholtz, N., Paryani, M., Poludasu, S., (2016). Spring AICHe Meeting, Houston.

  • The Effects of Faults on Induced Seismicity Potential During Water Disposal and Hydraulic Fracturing

    Umholtz, N, Ouenes, A. Paper SPE-180461-MS SPE Western Regional Meeting to be held 23-26 May 2016 in Anchorage, Alaska.

  • Estimation of Optimal Frac Design Parameters for Asymmetric Hydraulic Fractures as a Result of Interacting Hydraulic and Natural Fractures - Application to the Eagle Ford

    Paryani, M., Poludasu, S., Sia, D., Ouenes, A. (2016). Paper SPE-180460-MS SPE Western Regional Meeting to be held 23-26 May 2016 in Anchorage, Alaska.

  • Quantifying the Impact of Fault Networks on Induced Seismicity Potential: Geomechanical Tools to Support Social License

    Umholtz, N., Ouenes, A, (2016). EAGE, Vienna.

  • Facies Driven Extended Elastic Inversion - Application to the Niobrara

    Kiche, Y., Ouhib, L., Balogh, D., Ouenes, A. (2016). EAGE, Vienna.

  • Using geomechanical modeling to quantify the impact of natural fractures on well performance and microseismicity: Application to the Wolfcamp, Permian Basin, Reagan County, Texas. Interpretation

    Ouenes, A., Umholtz, N.M., Aimene Y. (2016). Interpretation, 4(2), SE1-SE15. doi: 10.1190/INT-2015-0134.1.

  • Efficient Development of Unconventional Reservoirs Using 3G Workflows – Breaking the Silos to Achieve True Integration with Multidisciplinary Software

    Ouenes, A, Kiche, Y., Ouhib, L., Smaoui, R., Paryani, M., Poludasu, S., Bachir, A., Balogh, D., (2016). First Break, Volume 34, May.

  • Geomechanical Tools to Bolster Social License: Quantifying the Mechanical Effects of Faults on Induced Seismicity Potential

    Umholtz, N., Ouenes, A., (2016). paper URTec 2447633, San Antonio.

  • Optimized completion workflow validated in the Wolfcamp

    Paryani, M., Smaoui, R., Poludasu, S., Siddiqui, M., Ouenes, A. (2016). E&P Magazine, July 2016.

  • Geomechanical Modeling of Fault Systems Using the Material Point Method – Application to the Estimation of Induced Seismicity Potential to Bolster Hydraulic Fracturing Social License

    Umholtz, Nicholas M.; Ouenes, Ahmed. Journal of Sustainable Energy Engineering, Volume 4, Numbers 3-4, December 2016, pp. 262-277(16). DOI: https://doi.org/10.7569/JSEE.2016.629515

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FracGeo provides decision makers, asset managers, engineers and geoscientists with Reservoir Management solutions for conventional and unconventional reservoirs. FracGeo was started in 2014 with the mission of building a fully integrated software workbench for modeling unconventional reservoirs with a robust geomechanical approach. Based on Continuous Fractured Modeling (CFM) and powered by neural network based algorithms, the aim was to capture all relevant elements of fractured reservoirs – petrophysical, geological and geophysical , and build the best representatives' models for sweet spot detection, engineering simulations and production forecasting.
Along the way, as a direct response to the demand generated by the growing shale business in North America, additional capabilities were built to handle more complex geomechanical problems, hydraulic fracture generation and propagation in the presence of natural fractures. This was done by combining the advantages of Material Point Method (MPM), a meshless numerical method and CFM. These remain as modular add-ons to our reservoir characterization portfolio.
A third area of expertise also developed – in the collection, curation and analysis of drilling data to gain foresight on geomechanical properties of a reservoir prior to hydraulic stimulation. A patent was awarded based on original work undertaken by principals of the company.
The first prototype software package, FracPredictor was widely tested by many industrial collaborators and clients. Much valuable feedback was collected, and the company utilized the 2020 and 2021 disruptive breaks to regroup, redesign and streamline our software. The new software and technologies were widely applied in the successful development of a large tight oil play in Africa.
Today, three distinct product lines make up our software portfolio : Flow Palette, Stim Palette and Drill Guidance. We offer both the finished tools as well as the underlying IP on commercial terms.

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