Step Energy Services Ltd.

Trican Well Service Ltd.

Darren Michael Maley

Kewei Zhang

Bailey Todd Epp

Bill O'Neil

Michael Edward Burvill

Andrew James McMurray

Mark Errol Abesamis Manipon

Diversion material is particulate material used during wellbore treatment to temporarily seal a wellbore fluid passage such as a fracture. A method and apparatus for diversion material testing permits simulation of wellbore fracture parameters and testing thereof against a selected diversion material. The apparatus comprises: a fluid piping system including a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end; a fracture simulator chamber including a fracture-simulating outlet slot through a wall of the chamber, the fracture simulator chamber being releasably connectable to the fluid outlet end; a pump to pump fluid through the fluid piping system from the fluid inlet line to the fluid outlet end and into the fracture simulator chamber; a diversion material launch system connected in communication with the fluid piping system between the fluid inlet end and the fluid outlet line; and a pressure transducer in the fluid piping system to measure pressure in the fluid piping system.

Method and apparatus for selecting diversion material for a wellbore operation

A proppant composition includes: a volume of water; a self-suspending proppant, including a plurality of proppant granules each with a hydrophilic polymer coating, the hydrophilic polymer coatings of the self-suspending proppant together defining a total polymer volume; and an untreated proppant, where a concentration of the self-suspending proppant in the water is sufficient (i) to reduce the water to an unabsorbed volume of less than 25% of the volume of water and (ii) to hydrate at least 75% of the total polymer volume.

Self-suspending proppant for hydraulic fracturing

Hydrocarbon fluid compositions comprising a liquid hydrocarbon, an aluminum soap, a hydrocarbon foaming agent and a gas. The fluids can be used in various oil field operations.

Hydrocarbon fluid compositions and methods for using same

Growing community of inventors

Calgary, Canada

Darren Michael Maley