GASFRAC Using Butane/Mineral Oil to Frack Utica Well

I read just a few lines in GASFRAC's press release of 11/14/14 that says:

"GASFRAC has just commenced fracturing its first well in the Utica Shale formation.  A number of exploration and production companies have an ownership interest in this well and are closely monitoring the project with the potential for GASFRAC to perform fracturing services on other wells in the Utica Shale formation."

Here is link to press release, but I have quoted all that is stated about the Utica fracking.

http://www.gasfrac.com/assets/files/Q3%202014%20GASFRAC%20Q3%20Pres...

Now today I read some comments made by EV Energy Partners saying:

"In other news EV Energy Partners said production could begin in December on a much watched Utica oil well in Tuscarawas County.  The company drilled the experimental well with eight other industry partners Walker(company's executive chairman) said. "This is a test of what could be EnerVest and EVEP's most valuable asset in the Utica," he said.  Getting oil from the Utica shale has proven to be difficult for drillers to date.  That well near Uhrichsville is being hydraulically fractured or fracked with liquid butane and mineral oil.  That should be complete in two weeks.  "We're excited but cautious as we are bringing new technology to bear in this process,"  said company president and CEO Mark Houser.  "We are in the middle of the completion operations and have completed five of the 20 (fracking) stages so far."

Source of these comments is at:

http://www.shaledirectories.com/news/Facts-Rumors-122-November-15-2014

Question is who are the other eight partners?

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Permalink Reply by Kangoo on March 9, 2015 at 11:25am

David,

I have no data on the Nettle well, but based on other wells that used hydrocarbon based frac fluids, in general initial production is higher than with water based fracs, but decline is higher (late life production is lower).

The higher initial production is due to improved clean up (fractures don't need to be cleaned from water). The lower later life production usually comes because the overall volume of these fracs is lower (water is so much cheaper and a bigger volume can be pumped). The smaller volume leads to a smaller overall stimulated rock volume and therefore worse drainage of the reservoir.

Again this is just general experience from a few years back and it doesn't mean it has to be the case for this well (these fracs might have comparable fluid volumes to water based fracs, I don't know)

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on March 9, 2015 at 1:32pm
Wouldn't the number of fracture stages have alot to do with decline ?

More stages - less decline.

Maybe have the best of both worlds with gas fracturing and more stages ?

Higher production and minimal decline without waste water.
Permalink Reply by Kangoo on March 10, 2015 at 1:31am

Correct, more stages will most of the time mean more initial production and in most cases also more long term production.

This is true for water or butane or any other frac fluid.

It all comes down to a question of cost vs. incremental production and the high costs of GasFrac have been a problem in the past (but maybe this is no longer an issue).

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on March 10, 2015 at 1:59am
Thanks Kg.

Good luck to all of us.
Permalink Reply by james david lamm on March 4, 2015 at 5:09am

Joe, my friend at the factory has ben hearing chatter in the field that Halliburton is the buyer. he also said the nettels well is doing quite well production wise. I have some numbers but best not post them. might get someone fired.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on March 4, 2015 at 6:50am
Halliburton.

Would you say they are of the Globalist NWO persuasion ?

I think I would file them into that category myself.

Not really the best news, all that IMHO.

If it is them, and they now own the technology, I'd wager that they keep a lid on it until they're good and ready to apply it (and that may be awhile - not too long awhile I hope).

Perhaps there are others who know how to fracture using Butane / other liquified / pressurized gas (perhaps N2) ?
Permalink Reply by james david lamm on March 4, 2015 at 8:14am

joe I was involved in co2 fracks in the east canton Clinton field over 30 years ago.Halliburton did the fracks for belden blake  wish I would have taken pictures. most of the time there were 2 transport tankers of co2 on site,but they did a job on schmuck farms using 20 transport loads of c02.it was a costly frack and the well turned out to be a dud. that was the last Clinton well drilled on the property back in 1986. there is a reason if they did buy gas frack why they did it and they probably got it dirt cheap. 

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on March 4, 2015 at 9:05am
I'm pretty sure you're 100% correct (buying for a reason) jdl.

I just hope they apply the technology and haven't just bought it to shelve it for an extended period of time.

They shouldn't be the only ones that have acquired the expertise (I'm thinking anyway). Would like to know if that's correct.

Also, to my knowledge, a given operational sequence / procedure can't be patented and anyone can develop their own.

Thinking there are more outfits out there that have been developing their technique (fracturing with a gas as a medium).

Do you know of any jdl ?
Permalink Reply by RICHARD BASILE on March 4, 2015 at 9:39am

evep pres , Mike Mercer, other day in a cc said CHK is doing an off-set to the Parker well  with a butane/ mineral frac, --gasfrac is still functional to my knowledge,---( u can operate in vj ) with court approval,which they have-

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on March 4, 2015 at 10:36am
'.............operate in vj)' ?

Please clarify.

Thanks.

J-O
Permalink Reply by tena marie west on March 4, 2015 at 11:31am

Hello, my husband was taking his daily walk today and said that they were moving some of the gasfrac tankers from the nettle well today. i dont know where they were taking them but i think they were being stored at the nettle well, from a picture that i think that Tree farmer had posted on this sight about a month ago.

Permalink Reply by David Perotto on March 4, 2015 at 10:53am

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