Hydraulic Fracturing Technology and Reporting Continue to Evolve

摘要

Used commercially since the 1940s, hydraulic fracturing technology has consistently fulfilled its purpose of extending conductive pathways deep into the reservoir and maximizing production of hydrocarbons. Over the years, significant improvements in fracturing technology and technique have been made, and its application has become common. Since the advent of unconventional reservoir development, fracturing operations have increased several times over in terms of numbers of wells fractured, horsepower requirements, and volumes pumped. Today, for projects aimed at commercial exploitation of many unconventional resources, hydraulic fracturing has moved from a desirable option to necessity and, in many cases, the only way to economically produce these plays.