Flowback Analysis (FBA) Course

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This advanced course on Flowback Analysis (FBA) focuses on evaluating fracture properties using flowback and early-time production data from hydraulically fractured wells. Presented by recognized experts, the course covers essential concepts such as rate transient analysis, identifying flow regimes, and extracting critical fracture and reservoir parameters. Students will learn to assess flowback data quality, use modeling techniques to characterize hydraulic fractures, and understand the distinctions between flowback and online production analysis. The course also discusses applications in optimizing stimulation treatments, managing flowback choke strategies, and improving reservoir development and forecasting. Real-world case studies and workflows illustrate how to apply these methods in unconventional reservoirs like tight oil and shale gas formations.Read more...

Who Should Take This Course
• Advanced level industry practitioners
• Students with reservoir engineering background
• Reservoir engineers and completions specialists
• Professionals in unconventional reservoir development

What You Will Learn
• Identify flow regimes for analysis
• Extract hydraulic fracture properties
• Apply rate transient analysis techniques
• Interpret flowback and early production data

Why This Course Works
• Improve well productivity and recovery
• Optimize hydraulic fracture treatments early
• Develop effective flowback management strategies
• Support reserves assessment and development planning

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Course contents

Chapter 1 - FBA: Introduction

1.01 Course Introduction (12 min.) Sample Lesson

1.02 FBA Introduction (24 min.)

1.03 Workflows for RTA of Flowback and Early-Time Production Data (18 min.)

1.04 Overview of Identifying Flow Regimes (16 min.)

1.05 Flow Regime Signatures (18 min.)

1.06 Flow Regime Signatures - Shale Gas (9 min.)

1.07 Flow Regime Signatures for Online Production (11 min.)

1.08 Workflow to Improve Flow Regime Identification (15 min.)

Chapter 2 - FBA: Straight Line Analysis (SLA)

2.01 Straight Line Analysis Introduction (SLA) (39 min.)

2.02 Tight Oil & After Breakthrough Analysis (15 min.)

2.03 Tight Shale Analysis (21 min.)

2.04 Early-Time Online Production RTA (17 min.)

2.05 Early-Time Online Production RTA (2-Phase) (20 min.)

2.06 Early-Time Online Production RTA (Dynamic Drainage) (18 min.)

2.07 Multiphase Flow (26 min.)

Chapter 3 - FBA: Type-Curve Analysis (TCA)

3.01 Performing Type-Curve Analysis (8 min.)

3.02 Fetkovitch Type Curve Model Overview (8 min.)

3.03 Wattenbarger Type Curve Model Overview (13 min.)

3.04 Model History Match Overview (8 min.)

3.05 First General Models (10 min.)

3.06 Performing Model History Matching (19 min.)

Chapter 4 - FBA: Examples and Case Studies

4.01 Comparing the Flowback and Online Results (19 min.)

4.02 Additional Workflow Examples (19 min.)

4.03 Workflow for Flowback and Early Online Production (34 min.)

4.04 Case Studies Overview (19 min.)

4.05 Case Study #1: Integrated Frac-Through-Flowback from Montney (1:06 hours)

4.06 Case Study #2: FBA of Multi-Well Communication (27 min.)

4.07 Case Study #3: Semi-Analytical Analysis of Multi-Phase TLF (25 min.)

Chapter 5 - Progress In Flowback Analysis

05-01 - Update Overview (8 min.)

05-02 - FBA Case Study Review (19 min.)

05-03 - Experimental Results & Conclusions (32 min.)

05-04 - Overview Of Progress Made In FBA (7 min.)

05-05 - FBA With Spontaneous Imbibition (15 min.)

05-06 - FBA With Dynamic Fractures (13 min.)

05-07 - Current/Future Work (5 min.)

Chapter 6 - DFIT-FBA: Methodology and Innovative Applications

06-01 - DFIT-FBA Overview (9 min.)

06-02 - Theory & Methods (27 min.)

06-03 - A Field Example (7 min.)

06-04 - Innovative Applications & Key Takeaways (20 min.)