FloTrac™ ultrahigh-resolution nanoparticle tracers are especially unique in that precise flow mapping at the stage level is now available to companies of all sizes. Until FloTrac, flow profiles at the stage level was accessible only to those with the resources to employ production logging tools, permanent and retrievable fiber optic-enabled distributed temperature surveys, distributed acoustic sensing and other extremely expensive and invasive diagnostics. In hundreds of multi-stage horizontal wells, FloTrac proved its capacity to quickly and very precisely identify non-producing or minimally producing stages and critical inter-well communication events, giving you all the insight required to make timely decisions and avoid otherwise unnecessary costs and optimize your production stream.
Concurrent with stage-level flow profiling, QuantumPro analytics allow you to clearly visualize where your lateral or vertical placement falls in relation to the most productive zone for each well. The wealth of post-frac performance data for each well we provide can be used to expeditiously tweak your existing design or guide your subsequent field development strategy by shaping optimal lateral placement, lateral length and stage spacing. These observations help you achieve maximum production from each stage and minimize unnecessary completion costs.
On tightly spaced multi-well pads in the unconventional oil and gas sector, production-draining direct inter-stage communication, or ''frac hits,'' has been blamed for billions of dollars in lost revenue. Field data shows the FloTrac ultrahigh-resolution nanoparticle tracer among the most viable and affordable solutions for not only pinpointing a frac hit in your well, but also for characterizing the type and severity of any detected inter-well communication event. By using FloTrac, you can quickly determine whether you are sustaining production draining direct prop frac-to-frac communication or something much less consequential, like simple fluid migration.
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The demonstrated efficacy of FloTrac ultrahigh-resolution nanoparticle tracers to identify and characterize inter-well communication events is especially critical in the rapidly growing geothermal sector. Contemporary multi-stage enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) require optimum and uniform flow and communication between the injection well and every producing well. Fortified with extreme temperature stability, FloTrac signals provide diagnostic insight to optimize injection rates, promote the best and most efficient cross-well communication and more efficiently extract heat to generate a clean and reliable power supply.
The capacity of FloTrac ultrahigh-resolution nanoparticle tracers to map flow behavior make them the obvious choice for improved oil recovery or enhanced oil recovery (IOR/EOR) projects. Beginning with designing the most optimum injection schedule, FloTrac-derived diagnostics provide valuable information that identifies any communication between injection and production wells, detects any water breakthrough or any otherwise unseen problem that could defeat the ultimate purpose of your IOR/EOR project.
Not all wells are constructed to deliver production streams. For wells drilled for saltwater disposal, cuttings re-injection, carbon storage and sequestration and the like, maintaining permanent wellbore and formation storage integrity is a must and mandated by environmental and regulatory requirements. To that end, return signals from FloTrac ultrahigh-resolution nanoparticle tracers ensure your injection wells are not landed in faults or other downhole hazards and that your injection processes are not breaching the sealing containment zone, which could lead to environmentally and economically devastating breeches and subsurface communication.
FloTrac ultrahigh-resolution nanoparticle tracers can help you meet your company's environmental, societal and governmental (ESG) initiatives. FloTrac uniquely tagged tracers distinctly require no hazardous radioactive sources, which in itself reduces your environmental footprint. What's more, the documented efficiency of FloTrac to guide you in avoiding the development of non-producing or minimally producing stages removes associated frac pumping and logistics-related emissions.
