HyFTS March International Webinar Coming Up
Please join us for our SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technical Section International Webinar!
HyFTS Webinar (March 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – 09:15 AM CST)
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Keynote Speaker: Josef Shaoul, Engineering Manager and Partner, Fenix Consulting Delft
Title: Comparison of Matrix Acidizing, Acid Fracturing, and Proppant Fracturing for Stimulation of a Carbonate Exploration Prospect in Pakistan.
Abstract:
Pakistan has a long history of gas production from both carbonate and clastic formations. Current fields producing from carbonate formations depend on natural fractures due to low matrix permeability. A new exploration prospect has even lower matrix permeability and large uncertainty about natural fractures. Limited data is available from a number of wells that have penetrated the new prospect when being drilled to deeper targets. This paper shows a workflow to develop realistic stimulation designs and post-stimulation production forecasts for 3 different types of stimulation, based on the available data, relevant data from comparable formations around the world and taking into account the uncertainties in the key parameters. The results of this work were used to determine what type of stimulation made the most sense for a new exploration well.
Bio:
At Fenix Consulting Delft, Josef conducts fracture stimulation studies, on-site fracture engineering, welltest analysis, reservoir simulation studies and software development. Before he joined Fenix (then Pinnacle Technologies Delft) in 1996, Josef worked at RES, where he was the Lead Software Engineer for development of Fracpro. Prior to that, Josef worked for Hunter Geophysics, working on tiltmeter mapping applications. Josef has over 30 years of industry experience and received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Josef is active in the Society of Petroleum Engineering, co-chairing the European Stimulation Workshop for the last 10 years and serving on the committee of the International Hydraulic Fracturing Technical Conference since its inception. He has published 8 peer reviewed journal articles and 40 SPE papers in total.
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