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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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Diagnostics II

Thursday, 6 February
Waterway Ballroom 5-8
Technical Session
This session continues the comprehensive overview and cases studies of state-of-the-art techniques and tools providing valuable insights into optimizing well performance and the efficiency of well completions and hydraulic fracturing. 
Chairperson
Lucas Bazan - Bazan Consulting Inc
Somnath Mondal - Shell Exploration & Production Co
  • 0830-0915 223533
    Fracture Growth Through Microseismic Quiescent Zones: Indication Of Stealth Or Complex Fracturing?
    S. Maxwell, Ovintiv USA, Inc.; R. Holman, Ovintiv; B. Bryce, Ovintiv Inc.; S. Doss,
  • 0915-0940 223538
    Bedding Plane Slippage And Fault Reactivation Captured By Cross-well LFDAS Monitoring During Hydraulic Fracturing
    W. Wang, J. Mjehovich, IFDATA LLC; L. Chen, Research Institute of Shale Gas, PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company; G. Jin, Colorado School of Mines; J. Li, Shale Gas Research Institute of Petrochina Southwest O&G Co.; X. FU, Beijing Opto-Electronics Technology Co. Ltd.
  • 0940-1005 223583
    Analysis of Acoustic Signals Generated by Proppant Slurry Flow Through Perforations
    J. Chen, D. Zhu, A. Hill, Texas A&M University
  • 1035-1100 223575
    Evaluating Offset Strain Response On A Single Wellbore Equipped With Permanent And Disposable Fiber
    C. Cox, F. Aljawfi, M. LeBlanc, G.D. Byrd, Halliburton
  • 1100-1125 223516
    Flowback Analysis For Propped-Fracture Evaluation In Low-Permeability Reservoirs
    C.F. Silva-Escalante, Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP); B.R. Martinez-Perez, Veracruzana University (UV)
  • 1125-1150 223563
    Evaluating The Effect Of Input Model Uncertainties On Hydraulic Fracture Modeling And Pressure History Matching
    A. Sarmah, Texas A&M; H. Nasrabadi, Texas A&M University; R. Suarez-Rivera, RSR ROCKS LLC
  • Alternate 223555
    Where Is The Heart-shape Fiber Response? Impact Of Poroelasticity On Strain And Frac Height Estimation
    R. Ratnayake, A. Ghassemi, University of Oklahoma
  • Alternate 223522
    Determining A Minimum Polymer Concentration To Optimize Dynamic Proppant Suspension And Transport At A Particular Shear Rate And Proppant Concentration
    C. McGoran, PureChem Services; C. Stephens, CES Energy Solutions