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2026 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition
3–5 February 2026
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center | The Woodlands, Texas, USA

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Design Strategies and Diagnostics

Wednesday, 5 February
Waterway Ballroom 5-8
Technical Session
The first part of this session will review the evolution and applications of completion design strategies for conventional and unconventional developments with insights on optimizing strategies for future low permeability plays. This session will wrap up with multiple presentations on using perforation erosion and fiber data to optimize completion designs.
Chairperson
Alfred Hill - Texas A&M University
Toby Deen - Anschutz Exploration Corp.
  • 1400-1445 223561
    Conventional And Unconventional Developments Part I: What Applies, Where And Why ?
    M. Rylance, IXL Oilfield Consulting; M. Pearson, Liberty Resources LLC; G. Fowler, M. McClure, ResFrac Corporation
  • 1445-1510 223562
    Conventional And Unconventional Development Part II: Extrapolation Of Unconventional Horizontal Development To Low Permeability Reservoirs
    M. Pearson, Liberty Resources LLC; G. Fowler, M. McClure, ResFrac Corporation; M. Rylance, IXL Oilfield Consulting
  • 1510-1535 223550
    Evaluating And Optimizing Completion Designs In the Niobrara Formation Of Powder River Basin Using Multiple Diagnostic Datasets
    M. Jones, Y. Zhao, J. Borski, J. Puyear, J. Nilemo, J. Fernandez, K. Tan, N. Kethireddy, OXY
  • 1615-1640 223542
    Adding Depth: The Superiority Of Volumetric Perforation Erosion Analysis For Evaluating Stimulation Performance And Optimizing Completion Designs.
    M. Jones, OXY; C. Bourgeois, T. Pehlke, A. Battistel, C. Coupland, G. Handa, DarkVision Technologies Inc; J. Nilemo, K. Tan, OXY
  • 1640-1705 223565
    Evaluation Of Perforation Erosion And Fluid Allocation With Distributed Acoustic Sensing In Multi-stage Fracture Stimulation
    Y. Hamanaka, D. Zhu, A. Hill, Texas A&M University; E. Kerr, SM Energy Company
  • 1705-1730 223573
    Field Data Interpretation Of Cross-Well Strain Measurements With Slippage Effect Using Single-Use Fiber In The Anadarko Basin
    X. Song, Texas A&M University; G. Jin, Colorado School of Mines; K. Wu, Texas A&M University; K. Pelton, T. Ingle, Devon Energy Corporation
  • Alternate 223545
    Optimizing Fiber-casing Coupling Efficiency For Horizontal Wellbores: A Lab-scale Investigation Towards Improving Strain Measurements Using Disposable Fiber
    M. LeBlanc, Halliburton; X. Song, Texas A&M University; C. Cox, G. Byrd, Halliburton
  • Alternate 223579
    Unifying Dfos Diagnostics To Describe Fracture Morphology
    D. Byrd, T. Conner, C. Cox, F. Aljawfi, Halliburton