Economic Conductivity™

What is Economic Conductivity?

Economic Conductivity is a sophisticated financial analysis of a stimulated reservoir’s ability to achieve maximum payout through optimized productive capacity.

Beyond simplistic formulas and basic models that try to predict a well’s production capacity, Economic Conductivity analysis factors in complex variables and downhole conditions such as closure stress, non-darcy flow, multiphase flow, fluid velocity and cyclic stress to determine the realistic conductivity of the reservoir.

The costs of hydraulic fracturing and other stimulation activities can then be assessed according to the corresponding increases in production, allowing producers to achieve the most cost-efficient production of oil and gas.

Economic Conductivity analysis can result in optimized conductivity under realistic conditions to provide the best return on investment.

Wikipedia entry about Economic Conductivity
Hierarchy of Conductivity
CARBO conducts Economic Conductivity analyses to individually optimize proppant choice – which has shown to increase productivity and EUR as much as 20 to 30%. Read more
Increased Volume
Under realistic conditions, the additional volume occupied by a superior quality, lightweight ceramic (LWC) proppant can provide 40% more flow area than intermediate density ceramic (IDC) proppant. Read more
Improved Flow Capacity
CARBO uses a myriad factors to select the optimum proppant, including non-darcy flow, multiphase flow, reduced proppant concentration, gel damage, cyclic stress, fines migration and temperature. Read more
Enhanced Profitability
How much would you be willing to spend to increase the profitability of your well by 20 to 30%? What is it worth to you to increase the estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) of your well by 30%? Read more