01-01 – Hydraulic Fracturing Market
01-02 – Course Objectives
01-03 – What is Hydraulic Fracturing
01-04 – Fracturing as an Integrated Technology

02-01 – First Experimental and First Commercial Frac Treatments
02-02 – Treating Iron
02-03 – Wellhead Rig-up
02-04 – Equipment Setup
02-05 – Equipment and Pump Descriptions
02-06 – Job Setup
02-07 – Offshore Workboats
02-08 – Safety and Hazards

03-01 – The Many Stresses/Pressures Experienced in Fracturing
03-02 – Stress Magnitude
03-03 – Effect of Geologic Structures
03-04 – Stress Logs and Borehole Breakouts
03-05 – Stress Azimuth Effects
03-06 – Determination of Stress Differences
03-07 – Stress Measurement
03-08 – Effect of Stress on Proppant
03-09 – Demonstration of Stress and Proppant Conductivity using Spreadsheet and Fracschool 1 Problem

04-01 – Variables Affecting Post -Frac Productivity
04-02 – Flow Regimes
04-03 – Equivalent Wellbore Radius (Rw’)
04-04 – Dimensionless Fracture Conductivity (Fcd)
04-05 – Calculation of “Folds of Increase” FOI
04-06 – Limitation of the Calculation
04-07 – Folds of Increase for Acid Fracturing
04-08 – Fracture Transient Flow Effects
04-09 – Natural Fractures

05-01 – Basic theory – Material Balance Equation
05-02 = H vs Hloss vs Hnet
05-03 – Variables and Their Definitions
05-04 – PKN, GdK and Radial Fracture Models
05-05 – Fracture Geometry and Net Pressure
05-06 – Apparent Toughness
05-07 – In-Situ Stress Variations vs Fracture Height
05-08 – Lumped Pseudo 3D Model
05-09 – Sensitivity Problem Exercise and Results

06-01 – Fracture Height
06-02 – Modulus
06-03 – Fluid Loss
06-04 – K1c
06-05 – Fluid Viscosity
06-06 – Pump Rate
06-07 – Development of a Basis of Design Using Spreadsheet

07-01 – Perfect Transport Fluids
07-02 – Banking Fluids
07-03 – Tip Screenout (TSO) Designs
07-04 – Develop a Pump Schedule for Fracschool 1 Using Spreadsheet

08-01 – Pressure Analysis Workflow
08-02 – Micro-Frac Stress Tests
08-03 – Step-Rate Tests
08-04 – DFIT Injection-Decline Stress Test
08-05 – Mini-Frac
08-06 – Constant Rate Flow Back Test
08-07 – Pulse/Rebound Test
08-08 – Step-Down Test
08-09 – Pressure Decline Behavior Type Curve
08-10 – “β” Factor Net Pressure Correction
08-11 – Material Balance from Closure Time vs Pressure Behavior From ∆P* and Ps
08-12 – Dimensionless Closure Time vs Fluid Efficiency
08-13 – Exercise using Fracschool 1 and Spreadsheet

09-01 – Bottomhole Treating Pressure Interpretation
09-02 – Nolte-Smith Diagnostic Log-Log Net Pressure Plot
09-03 – Nolte-Smith Field Examples
09-04 – Fracture Videos
09-05 – Exercise Using Fracschool 1 and Spreadsheet

10-01 – Importance of Conductivity
10-02 – Proppant Types
10-03 – Proppant Usage and Forecast
10-04 – Natural Frac Sands
10-05 – Resin Coated Proppants
10-06 – Ceramic Proppants
10-07 – Gravel Selection for Unconsolidated Sands
10-08 – Long Term Conductivity Measurements
10-09 – API Standards for Proppants
10-10 – “Other” Proppants (tagged, Chemical tracers, Ultra lightweight etc.)
10-11 – Conductivity Loss Mechanisms
10-12 – Flow Convergence

11-01 – Rheological Models
11-02 – Frac Fluid Types and Additives
11-03 – Guar and Guar Based Derivatives
11-04 – HPG, CMG and CMHPG
11-05 – Friction Reducers
11-06 – Visco-Elastic Thickeners
11-07 – Crosslinkers
11-08 – Breakers
11-09 – Other Additives (pH buffers, Gel Stabilizers, FLA, Clay Control)
11-10 – Oil Based Fracturing Fluids
11-11 – Shear History Viscosity Measurements

12-01 – Post-Frac Temperature Surveys
12-02 – Temperature Surveys
12-03 – Post Frac Radioactive Tracers
12-04 – Chemical Tracers
12-05 – Micro Seismic Monitoring
12-06 – Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DTS and DAS)
12-07 – Tiltmeters

13-01 – Normal Perforating Gun Questions
13-02 – Geomechanics of Horizontal Wells
13-03 – Stage and Cluster Spacing
13-04 – Limited Entry and Perforation Erosion

14-01 – What is Quality Control
14-02 – Pre-Job Planning
14-03 – Logistics and Planning
14-04 – Operation and Location Limits
14-05 – Environmental Stewardship
14-06 – Water Source and Quality
14-07 – Fluid Testing and QC
14-08 – Proppant Testing and QC
14-09 – Pre-job Safety Meeting
14-10 – Frac QC Checklist
14-11 – Execution QC and Monitoring
14-12 – Post Frac QC
14-13 – Service Evaluation Form
14-14 – Safety Video “There are no Clowns”

15-01 – Estimate Design Variables
15-02 – Design Goals
15-03 – Fracturing Pressure Data/Pressure History Matching
15-04 – Final Design & Economics