SCIENCE-DRIVEN, ENGINEERING-DRIVEN, AND DATA-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER AND CONSULTING COMPANY
TecTOC, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was launched to create a link between the cutting-edge, yet practical, applied research performed by Tight Oil Consortium (TOC), and subsurface energy industry technology and service needs. TOC is an industry- and government-sponsored multi-disciplinary research group, hosted at the University of Calgary, which has been advancing field- and laboratory-based reservoir characterization and evaluation methods and technologies for low-permeability (“unconventional”) hydrocarbon reservoirs since 2011 (www.tightoilconsortium.com).
Examples of TOC-first and TOC-leading technologies include:
DFIT-FBA:
(diagnostic fracture injection test – flowback analysis), a TOC-first field-based method for performing DFIT analysis that can obtain all the same information as a conventional (pump-in/shut-in) DFIT, but in a fraction of the time, enabling exploration and development applications for DFITs not previously possible.
FBA:
(flowback analysis), a TOC-leading field-based method for performing rate-transient analysis on early-time, post hydraulic fracture stimulation production data enabling early estimates of hydraulic fracture and reservoir properties; this information can be used to inform hydraulic fracture design, optimize development, and design flowback strategies.
PFPD:
(post-fracture pressure decay), a TOC-leading field-based method for performing stage-by-stage analysis of pressure falloff data after hydraulic fracture stage stimulation in order to evaluate fracture efficiency and fracture/resevoir properties; this information can be used to inform hydraulic fracture design.
RTA:
(rate-transient analysis), a TOC-leading, classic reservoir engineering technique applied to long-term production rates and flowing pressures in order to evaluate reservoir/fracture properties and fluid-in-place; this information can be used help optimize field development and for reserves assessment
RTAPK:
(rate-transient analysis, porosity and permeability), a TOC-first laboratory-based method that reproduces conditions under which wells produce in the field, with the data being analyzed in the same way (using rate-transient analysis techniques); multiple estimates of permeability and porosity can be obtained (as a function of stress) in a fraction of the time required for conventional commercial lab tests.
The remit of TecTOC is to offer TOC-first/leading technologies and know-how to the subsurface energy industry (e.g., oil and gas, geothermal energy) through provision of consulting and software tools, and laboratory services, related to the above technologies and more. Please explore what we have to offer…