T11: Fracture Stimulation of Unconventional Reservoirs
Instructor:
Timothy Leshchyshyn, P.Eng., Senior Engineer, Century Frac Services
Who should attend:
Completions, reservoir and exploitation engineers, and engineering technologists.
Tutorial Description:
This course will cover the stimulation of coal, shale and tight sandstone formations. A variety of definitions of unconventional reservoirs will be reviewed. The reservoirs will be separated into types in a brief overview and how that leads to the selection of stimulation technique and technology.
A variety of stimulations will be covered in North America, including Canada . Empirical data will be introduced as much as possible, as well as ties to actual well production. The application of conventional frac models to unconventional reservoirs will be discussed.
Instructor Biography:
Timothy Leshchyshyn has a chemical engineering degree from the University of Alberta and is a P.Eng. with 12 years of experience working as a senior engineer and sales representative for Century Frac Services, A Division of Century Oilfield Services Inc. where roles include technical solutions to meet customer demands. In the past, he has worked for other fracturing companies: Fracmaster, Nowsco-Fracmaster and BJ Services. He is a member of APEGGA, the Petroleum Society of CIM and SPE, as well as an active author, speaker, technical co-chair and committee member for many professional societies. Technical roles have included specially-focused research projects, CBM expert, shale gas stimulations, deep basin tight sandstone fracturing, managed large databases, maintained engineering design and wellsite software, regional studies, field operation solutions and remote monitoring systems.
