Crosswell Strain

This service images the arrival of fractures from an offset monitor well. This can be achieved by monitoring a permanent fiber installation in the monitor well or by temporarily deploying fiber optic wireline into the monitor well by pump-down or tractor.

Crosswell Strain can help you understand:

• Stimulation Cluster Efficiency
• Fracture Length and Height
• Fracture Azimuth
• Hydraulic Communication
• Pump Rate and Volume vs. Fracture Geometry
• Completion Sequence vs. Fracture Geometry
• Subsurface Features vs. Fracture Geometry
• Parent-Child Interaction
• Plug Failure
• Poor Cement Isolation

Crosswell Strain is a direct measurement of fracture driven interaction (FDI). It is an excellent indicator of hydraulic conductivity between the monitor well and the well or wells being stimulated. Monitoring from a well landed in a formation higher than the stimulation well can constrain height growth estimates. Similarly, monitoring from the same horizon can confirm hydraulic half-length. Understanding fracture geometry and when it is achieved during the pumping of a stage is critical to optimizing completion design.