在工作的世界里，我们都知道时间就是金钱。 在西德克萨斯州尤其如此，因为公司正在寻找寻找黑金的新方法。
A UT Permian Basin professor is working on a new model that would save companies both time and money as they’re drilling for more oil. Ahmed Alzahabi博士正致力于提高水力压裂的效率。
在过去的四年里，他一直在研究页岩以及如何从页岩中提取石油。
“For you to deal with this rock, you have to understand the nature of the rock,” Dr. Alzahabi said.
阿尔扎哈比博士说，页岩是一种非常坚硬、复杂的岩石。 对于压裂人员来说，这意味着没有一种方法可以从中提取石油。 In fact, at times finding the ‘sweet spot’ can be very difficult.
Dr. Alzahabi recently co-authored a book, Optimization of Hydraulic Fracture Stages and Sequencing in Unconventional Formations, where it’s states “the early determination of sweet spots for well site selection and fracturing in shale reservoirs is a challenge for many operators.”
“Every operator wants to know if their well will make money or not. Every operator wants to know if this frac stage will produce a contributing amount of oil,” he said.
在这个过程中，工作人员在一个地点钻了多口井，并将传感器发送下去，希望每口井都能找到石油。 Though as Alzahabi explains in his book, this method does not always ‘result in optimal production.’
That’s why he is working on a model that will eliminate the guess work. Dr. Alzahabi believes a special algorithm and screening criteria on the surface of a drilling site can more accurately determine the ‘sweet spot.’
“We believe companies will be able to cancel unnecessary wells. They can cancel unnecessary frac stages before even drilling it,” he said. “We will save companies billions of dollars.”
Once the model is finished, crews will be able to punch in several key pieces of drilling information and Dr. Alzahabi’s model will measure how much oil will likely come out of that area and how many frac stages are needed.
“It sounds unconventional, but we’re finding that these companies are listening very well and are sending us data,” he said. “It’s a crazy method but this is the future.”
阿尔扎哈比博士正在使用完成策略的数据来构建模型。 He says UT Permian Basin is the perfect place to develop this type of technology -- it’s in the heart of the drilling industry.
“澳门博彩官网 is capable of helping the community. This is a very good thing,” Dr. Alzahabi said.
模型仍在建造中。 一旦完成，阿尔扎哈比博士计划开始测试。
