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What's New in FracproPT 2007

We have made significant enhancements, and we have added numerous useful new features in FracproPT 2007.

Our goals for this release were improving ease-of-use, adding important information in the proppant and fluid libraries, providing the user with new modes allowing quick designs and diagnostic analysis as well as incorporating many other user requests.

Some of the major changes and additions to FracproPT 2007 are:

Version 10.4.48 to 56 | Version 10.4.43 to 47 | Version 10.4.42

Additions

  • 2D Schematic Van View screen, Current Value Dialog screen
  • Manage Model Results screen
  • Wellbore Configuration F7 screen, user-defined depth for wellbore transit time: added
  • Treatment Schedule - F6 screen, Actual Treatment Schedule tab; Design Treatment Schedule tab
    • Include Stage Aliases check-box
    • Stage Alias column
  • Select Fluid screen: Advanced Selection Table, in addition to Simple Selection Table
  • Fluid Data - Shift-F5 screen, Fluid Rheology Properties tab, Rheology for Selected Fluid panel
    (will be used for Fluid Rheology XY Plots as well)
    • Use Reservoir Temperature check-box
    • Pressure field (for Halliburton 2007 fluids)
    • Use Average Fracture Pressure check-box (for Halliburton 2007 fluids)
  • Log viewer / Layers Editor screen
    • Manage Tracks screen, Alias Name Library button
    • Alias Library for LAS Curves screen
  • Plot Preferences screen, Channel Info tab: Up and Down buttons (for order of channels)
  • ASCII Data Output screen: Use comments timeline check-box
  • Proppant Stage Total channel
  • [1D Wellbore] Schematic View screen; 2D [Wellbore] Schematic View screen, Current Values panel: added more channels
  • [1D Wellbore] Schematic View screen, Channels pane: added more channels
  • Integrated Profile, Stage Profile Pane: added Labels
  • Fonts screen: can modify font for Palette panel (in Integrated Profile, Stage Profile Pane)

Modifications

  • Template Manager screen (for Integrated Profile): various improvements
  • 2D [Wellbore] Schematic View screen: various improvements
  • Plot Display List - Alt + F8 screen: improved Copy functionality
  • System Configuration screen, File Options tab, ASCII Output Options panel: moved here from Model Parameters - Shift + F3 screen, Other Options tab
  • Treatment Schedule - F6 screen, Actual Treatment Schedule tab; Design Treatment Schedule tab, Wbore Volume field: displays volume to the top of the top perforation interval
  • Integrated Profile, Stage Profile Pane: floating Variable panel
  • spreadsheet tables, Copy and Paste:logic improved
  • Halliburton's Material Library: upgraded from v2.5 to v3.3
  • Main Menu, Help > Submit Problem Report > Support request e-mail message: changed e-mail address to Support@Fracpro.Com
  • FracproPT.cfg configuration file: removed
    All FracproPT configuration stored in Windows Registry now.
  • DataAcqPT, Setup Wizard, Saved Data File Settings screen, Save acquired data to panel: changed logic
  • Help documentation: improved.

Fixes

  • Fracture Design mode, searching for qualifying fluids: improved
  • screen re-sizing: improved
  • Reservoir Parameters screen, deviated wellbores, TVD and MD display: improved
  • Fluid Data - Shift + F5 screen, Halliburton fluids: properties at surface conditions to make them consistent with other fluid library fluids; only exception is fluid rheology at bottomhole conditions.
  • Plot Display List - Alt + F8 screen: fixed bugs and improved plot copying
    Copy any plot to an empty slot without having to select a full row.
  • Channel Inputs for Model - Shift + F6screen, cumulative channels, when clean rate is being monitored: fixed bugs Production Analysis mode, XY Plots, hardcopy:  fixed plotting of symbols
  • [1D Wellbore] Schematic View screen; 2D [Wellbore] Schematic View screen (Floating Plot mode): improved
  • Fluid Rheology XY Plots: plotting multiple fluids: fixed bug
  • Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen, Layers tab, Depth Entry Mode panel
    • Enter TVD radio-button selected: cannot enter values into Depth TVD column, can only enter into Depth MD column: fixed bug
    • Enter MD radio-button select: can enter values into Depth MD column, but also into Depth TVD column: fixed bug
  • spreadsheet tables, display on non-primary monitors: fixed bug (did not always display)
  • Fracture Analysis Options - F4 screen, Additional Options tab, Multiple Perf Intervals panel, Limited Entry General Iteration radio-button: fixed bug (could not always be selected)
  • Model Recording screen; Integrated Profile screen:
    • Options screen, External Analysis panel, Model (prior run) check-box
    • Open Model Data tool-bar button
      • fixed problems with FPX file (display of recorded hydraulic fractures) display
      • automatic saving of Model Output to FPX files
  • Integrated Profile screen: fixed problem with Stage Profile (pane) not displaying when pressing its tool-bar button, for metric units
  • hardcopies: color (was grey-scale, partially at least)
    • Integrated Profile screen
    • Log Viewer / Layers Editor screen
  • FracproPT data output in ASCII FPA format: fixed bug with incorrect saving
  • Slurry Stage Tot channel; Clean Stage Tot channel
    • Slurry Stage Tot channel computed from Slurry Rate channel
    • Clean Stage Tot channel computed from Clean Rate channel (instead of from Slurry Rate channel)
      (but other parts of model only use Slurry Rate channel when it is available, and Clean Rate channel otherwise)
  • Word Report, Fracture Analysis Summaries / Fracture Geometry Summary (for Limited Entry hydraulic fractures), propped dimensions & closure stress data for multiple intervals: fixed bug
  • model not running in v59: fixed bug
  • fixed various bugs
  • DataAcqPT, Setup Wizard, Saved Data File Settings screen, Save acquired data to panel: fixed bug (could not always save file)
  • DataAcqPT, configuration file: changed logic
  • DataConvertPT, merging files with different start times: fixed problem
  • DataConvertPT: fixed various bugs

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Version 10.4.48 to 56

Additions

  • Log Viewer / Logs Editor screen: generate hardcopy on infinite paper
  • Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen, Closure Stress tab, all plots: intersection method in addition to deviation method for closure stress picking
  • Data Plots: print various time formats
  • Integrated Fracture Profile - Alt + F2 screen and Stage Profile - Ctrl + F5 screen: Proppant Location display
  • No Valid License Found screen
  • Enter Emergency License Code screen
  • License Troubleshooting Tools screen
  • most screens resizable
  • DataAcqPT: second input data source

Modifications

  • Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen, Input tab: fixed logic that sometimes forced unnecessary plot re-generation
  • Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen: can change input parameters while Fracture Model running
  • Microsoft Windows Vista compliance: save user files in user's Application Data folder instead of FracproPT's Program folder; default locations:
    • Application Data folder for Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Pinnacle Technologies\FracproPT 2007\
    • Application Data folder for Windows Vista: C:\users\[user]\Application Data\Pinnacle Technologies\FracproPT 2007\
    • FracproPT's Program folder: C:\Program Files\Pinnacle Technologies\FracproPT 2007\Program\
  • Help documentation: improved text

Fixes

  • Wellbore Configuration - F7 screen, Directional Survey tab, Load Survey button: fixed crashes related to loading wellbore trajectory file
  • Log Analysis Wizard screens: fixed incorrect screen sizing
  • Fluid Data - Shift + F5 screen, Fluid Rheology Properties tab and Fluid Library Data screen, Rheology Data tab: decreased minimum allowed Apparent Viscosity from 0.5 to 0.1 cp
  • Fluid Data - Shift + F5 screen and Fluid Library Data screen, user-defined Halliburton fluids: edit Vendor, System and Description
  • Proppant Data screen: edit Source
  • Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen, Closure Stress tab: added error threshold when checking whether to display screen asking user to change closure stress
  • Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen, Reservoir Pressure tab, all plots: fixed bugs with plot hardcopy
  • Data Plots: fixed bug with saving changed plots
  • Integrated Fracture Profile - Alt + F2 screen and Stage Profile - Ctrl + F5 screen: fixed incorrect Slurry Temperature display
  • Report Setup - Shift + F2 screen, Word Report Content and Layout tab: fixed crash caused by presence of deleted plots
  • 2D Fracture Models: fixed bugs
  • main tool-bar, Forward and Backward buttons: available for disabled Navigation Tree
  • main menu, Data > Export DEX: fixed bug with saving Treatment Schedule to XML file
  • fixed one potential source of program hanging
  • fixed potential memory fault errors
  • DataConvertPT: fixed bugs with incorrect decimal and thousand symbol recognition; added ability to manually set them and also column delimiter in case current program logic cannot recognize them automatically.
  • DataConvertPT: fixed crash in invert functionality

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Version 10.4.43 to 47

Additions

  • Emergency License screen: added FracproPT version information
  • Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen, Input tab, Pumping fields: allow step rate test for either of three Injections, instead of only Injection #1
  • Channel Inputs for Model - Shift + F6 screen:
    • added Smoothing # of Points field for Model Inputs Channels
    • added Use Stage Number Channel to Auto Stage check-box;
      if       selected,
      then       Treatment Schedule and stage bar in Cursor Editingmode automatically recalculated
  • (2D) Schematic View screen:
    • change Schematic color and Background color with right-click
    • Palette bar: resizable
  • DataAcqPT, General Settings screen: if Emulate data acquisition from data stored in an FPA (ASCII) file radio-button is selected in Data Acquisition Mode panel,
    then     in Emulation Settings screen, Emulation File Name panel, added CSV files (*.csv) option to File of type list-box in Open screen for Browse button functionality
  • log XY Plot hardcopy: prints multiple Y Axis scales properly
  • new channels:
    • Total Friction: former Total Friction channel that was showing friction to the bottomhole gauge renamed to Modeled Friction
    • Surf Total Rate: includes N2 and CO2 at surface conditions
    • Surf Inj Total: includes N2 and CO2 at surface conditions
  • Screen Templates: save floating Numeric Output - Alt + F3 screen and floating XY Plots

Modifications

  • Numeric Output - Alt + F3screen:
    • floating window
    • set number of decimal places for all channels
    • removed blinking
  • Clean Rate and Slurry Rate: if both are present,
    then     useSlurry Rate
  • Halliburton 2007 fluids: fluid properties calculated using Surface Rock Temperature (from Heat Transfer Parameters - Shift + F9 screen, Parameters for Heat Transfer Model panel) instead of Reservoir Temperature (from Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen, Layers tab)
  • System Configuration screen, Units tab, Costs row: removed DM (Deutsche Mark) and F (French Franc), and added € (Euro)
  • XY Plots, Remove Tangent Line button: available in Cursor Editing mode
  • Log Analysis Wizard: improved
  • Cursor Editing mode and in Axis Limits screen for X-Axis: if in Plot Preferences screen, Axis Pref tab, X Axis panel, Label Format panel, Date & Time radio-button is selected,
    then     display time controls in hh:mm:ss format
  • Simulation Control Screen - F10 screen, Model Input & Control panel, Start Time field: if Clean Rate and Slurry Rate channels are zero,
    then     checking N2 Rate and CO2 Rate channels for automatic sensing of Start Time
  • Save INP file when opening new INP file or exiting FracproPT: display Save FracproPT File screen to avoid overwriting INP files
  • Plot Edit > Channel Min/Max from main menu: improved logic for better consistency
  • DataAcqPT: improved writing of output FPA file to accommodate sharing it as input FPA file for another (remote) instance of DataAcqPT
  • Help documentation: improved text

Fixes

  • Acid Fracturing Models: FracproPT no longer doubles calculated hydraulic fracture conductivity each time model is run
  • Acid Fracturing Models with 2D Fracture Models: works now
  • Fluid Data - Shift + F5 screen,Fluid Friction Properties tab,Plot Data panel,Friction Pressure versus. Rate button andAll Fluids radio-button: works for all fluids
  • Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen, Rock Properties tab: if in Calculate Stress from... panel A, B, C radio-button is not selected,
    then     Closure Stress Grad column disabled
  • Fracture Design mode, Fluid and Proppant Selection - F5 screen,Fluid Selection tab: manually added fluid displays as qualifying fluid
  • Fluid Data - Shift + F5 screen,Fluid Loss and Thermal Properties tab, Other Fluid Loss Properties panel, Newtonian Leakoff Filtrate Viscosity field: changes take effect without opening Treatment Schedule - F6 screen
  • Treatment Schedule - F6 screen,Show Actual Rates and Conc. button: re-calculateN2 Rates and CO2 Rates columns for stages with zero Btm Slurry Foam Rates (that is, with N2- and CO2-only stages)
  • Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen: if General Single Scale radio-button selected in Reservoir Data Options panel,
    then     can shift values in columns down (by double-clicking column header, and selecting Shift ... By radio-button)
  • XY Plots: display correct temperature for individual stages by not displaying channels after stage leaks off into formation
  • double-frame XY Plots: fixed current data display (if Show Current Data check-box in Plot Options panel is selected)
  • floating XY Plots: fixed broken functionality (such as setting stages, Wbore Transit Time, Esc key to close plot, F1 key for Help, Print)
  • Bar Graphs: updating also whenReal-Time Info box not displayed
  • Economic Optimization mode, XY Plots: fixed hardcopies
  • Cursor Editing mode: after setting stage, hot keys keep working
  • Horner Plot (Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen, Reservoir Pressure tab): display all data until end of shut-in
  • Minifrac Analysis tool, Perm Analysis Plot: fixed hardcopy
  • Halliburton 2007 fluids:
    • corrected calculation of wellbore friction
    • editing of fluid properties (Edit Halliburton Fluid screen) enabled for all users
  • Word Report: fixed incorrect propped dimensions for multiple perf intervals
  • Help > Submit Problem Report from main menu: enabled for all users
  • Installation Setup, Network Server mode: fixed bug
  • FracproXCHANGE: Prop Total channel working properly
  • DataAcqPT: recognize FPA files created by Halliburton
  • occasional crash when exiting FracproPT: fixed

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Version 10.4.42

New FracproPT Modes

  • FracproXPRESS Design mode: Single screen Fracture Design
  • FracproXPRESS Minifrac mode: Single screen Minifrac Analysis
  • FracproXCHANGE: Limited version of FracproPT. Wellbore-only mode, without hydraulic fracturing simulator and its associated screens

New Modules

  • Log Analysis Wizard for Log-Layer Editor for Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen, Layers tab
  • Halliburton Material Library:
    • Add / Select Halliburton Fluid screen from Fluid and Proppant Selection - F5 screen,Fluid Selection tab
    • Edit Halliburton Fluid screen from Fluid and Proppant Selection - F5 screen, Fluid Selection tab
  • Save screen lay-out in templates: in main menu View > Screen Templates > Template Manager and View > Save Screen Layout

New or Redesigned Screens

  • Select Proppant screen: from Fluid and Proppant Selection - F5 screen,Proppant Selection tab
  • Plot Display List - Alt + F8 screen
  • Numeric Display: display real-time data in separate, configurable screens

New Screen Tabs

  • Well&Treatment Information - F3 screen,Fracture Diagnostic Results tab
  • Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen,Fracture Extension Pressure tab
  • Report Setup - Shift + F2 screen,Excel Report Content tab

New Plots

  • Proppant Sieve Distribution plot: Sieve Dist. button in Proppant Data screen

New Plot Functionality

  • Step-Down Test Analysis Plot: improved tool automatically locates step-down test, zooms in, and inserts re-designed step markers
  • Minimum, Maximum, Average values: for XY plot channels over user-selected time periods (in XY Plot, Cursor Editing Mode, select begin point on curve, select Begin button, select end point on curve, select End button, from main menu select Plot > Edit > Channel Min/Max)
  • Improved XY Plot begin / end dividers for time axis: for staging, step-down, min/max/average (green and red vertical lines with white horizontal bar at the top of the plot)
  • Floatable XY Plots: can be placed outside of main FracproPT screen (Floating Plot button in Plot Display List - Alt + F8 screen)
  • Display coordinates for points when they are not on a channel curve (but, for example, on a tangent line)
  • Color schemes for plots: full color instead of 16 colors

New Functionality

  • Fully automatic interaction between FracproPT and DataAcpPT
    • No operator intervention necessary
    • No need to define maximum acquisition time
    • Change incoming channel number, order and definition on the fly during real-time data acquisition
  • Set Lithology Properties screen: for General Single Scale Reservoir Data-Entry, in Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen, in Layers tab, double-clicking on row headers for Stress , Young's Modulus, Poisson's Ratio, Fracture Toughness , Composite Layering, and Pore Fluid Permeability
  • Set Values screen: in Treatment Schedule - F6 screen, in Design / Actual Treatment Schedule tab, double-clicking on row headers for Flow Rate, Prop Conc, and Stage Length
  • Current Flush Volume counter: in 1D / 2D Schematic Wellbore View screen
  • Resizable screens: Treatment Schedule - F6 screen, Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen, and Plot Display List - Alt + F8 screen
  • Compatible with Windows Vista operating system

New Input Fields and Controls

  • Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen,Additional Properties tab
    • HC Type section with Gas Well or Oil Well radio buttons
    • Drainage Area section with X-Direction Extent, Y- Direction Extent, and Well Spacing fields
    • Suggest Viscosity and Compressibility button
  • Fluid and Proppant Selection - F5 screen,Proppant Selection tab
    • Source column
  • Proppant Data screen
    • Source, Date of Measurements, Independent Lab Verification, and Comments fields
    • Turbulence Coeff a / b Low / High Stress , and Threshold Stress fields
    • Stress Cycle Exponent field
    • Sieve Dist button in Plot Data field
  • Proppant Perm Damage screen
    • Suggest value based on fluid type drop-down list-box
    • Fracture Filter Cake section with Fracture Filtercake Thickness field and Include Filtercake effects on Fracture Conductivity check-box
    • Additional Damage Effects section with Include effect of temperature on proppant permeability check-box and Include effect of stress cycles on proppant permeability check-box
    • Permeability Diagram, Conductivity Diagram, and Beta Factor Diagram buttons
  • Treatment Schedule - F6 screen,Design Treatment Schedule tab
    • Edit Schedule button in Fracture Analysis mode mode
  • Treatment Selection - F8 screen in Fracture Design mode,
    Fracture Parameters - F5     screen in Production Anaylsis mode, and
    Treatment Schedule - F6     screen, Design Settings tab in Economic Optimization mode
    • Use Effective Propped Length check-box

New Library Data

  • Baker Oil Tools fluids in Fluid Library in Select Fluid screen
  • non-Stim-Lab proppants in Proppant Library in Select Proppant screen

New Channels

  • Fracture Analysis channel type
    • Dimension Channels channel group: Etched Propped Length
    • Other Channels channel group: Avg Bottomhole Slurry Rate, Surf Total Proppant Conc, Dim'ls Cond Ratio, Avg Acid Conc in hydraulic fracture, Surf Acid Conc
  • Production Analysis channel type: Incremental Cash Flow
  • Economic Optimization channel type: Final App Prop Len
  • Friction Channels channel type: Total Friction, Observed Friction

(in Select Channel screen for data plots)

Improved Navigation

  • Backward and forward icons: in main tool-bar

New Help Functionality

  • Microsoft HTML Help with many new features instead of Microsoft WinHelp
  • Getting Started and Installation Troubleshooting Help with diagnostic / repair applications

Discontinued Functionality

  • 3D Layered Analytical Model radio-button in Model Options section of Production Analysis Options - F4 screen
  • Start Receiving Data from DataAcqPT / Stop Receiving Data from DataAcqPT button in Real-Time Control - Ctrl + F1 screen
  • Min and Max columns in Channel Inputs for Model - Shift + F6 screen: no more clipping of input data

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