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What is New in FracproPT 2007?

Version 10.4.48 to 52 | Version 10.4.43 to 47 | Version 10.4.42

FracproPT 2007, the seventh release of the Gas Technology Institute’s (GTI) revolutionary fracture-stimulation engineering software from Pinnacle Technologies, is now available.

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 52

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 screen and Stage Profile 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 program folder

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 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 dialog 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 screen and Stage Profile 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 top 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

top | Version 10.4.48 to 52 | Version 10.4.42

Version 10.4.43 to 47

Additions

  • Emergency License screen: added FracproPT version information 43
  • Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen, Input tab, Pumping fields: allow step rate test for either of three Injections, instead of only Injection #1 43
  • Channel Inputs for Model - Shift + F6 screen:
    • added Smoothing # of Points field for Model Inputs Channels 45
    • added Use Stage Number Channel to Auto Stage checkbox;
      if selected,
      then Treatment Schedule and stage bar in Cursor Editing mode automatically recalculated 45
  • (2D) Schematic View screen:
    • change Schematic color and Background color with right-click 45
    • Palette bar: resizable 45
  • DataAcqPT, General Settings screen: if Emulate data acquisition from data stored in an FPA (ASCII) file radiobutton 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 listbox in Open screen for Browse button functionality 45
  • log XY Plot hardcopy: prints multiple Y Axis scales properly 45
  • new channels:
    • Total Friction: former Total Friction channel that was showing friction to the bottomhole gauge renamed to Modeled Friction 45
    • Surf Total Rate: includes N2 and CO2 at surface conditions 45
    • Surf Inj Total: includes N2 and CO2 at surface conditions 45
  • Screen Templates: save floating Numeric Output - Alt + F3 screen and floating XY Plots 45

Modifications

  • Numeric Output - Alt + F3 screen:
    • floating window 45
    • set number of decimal places for all channels 45
    • removed blinking 45
  • Clean Rate and Slurry Rate: use Slurry Rate if both are present 43
  • 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) 43
  • System Configuration screen, Units tab, Costs row: removed DM (Deutsche Mark) and F (French Franc), and added € (Euro) 43
  • XY Plots, Remove Tangent Line button: available in Cursor Editing mode 43
  • Log Analysis Wizard: improved 43, 44
  • 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 radiobutton is selected,
    then display time controls in hh:mm:ss format 45
  • 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     45
  • Save INP file when opening new INP file or exiting FracproPT: display Save FracproPT File screen to avoid overwriting INP files 45
  • Plot Edit > Channel Min/Max from main menu: improved logic for better consistency 45
  • DataAcqPT: improved writing of output FPA file to accommodate sharing it as input FPA file for another (remote) instance of DataAcqPT 45
  • Help documentation: improved text 43, 45

Fixes

  • Acid Fracturing Models: FracproPT no longer doubles calculated fracture conductivity each time model is run 43
  • Acid Fracturing Models with 2D Fracture Models: works now 43
  • Fluid Data - Shift + F5 screen, Fluid Friction Properties tab, Plot Data panel, Friction Pressure vs. Rate button and All Fluids radiobutton: works for all fluids 44
  • Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen, Rock Properties tab: if in Calculate Stress from... panel A, B, C radiobutton is not selected,
    then Closure Stress Grad column disabled 45
  • Fracture Design mode, Fluid and Proppant Selection - F5 screen, Fluid Selection tab: manually added fluid displays as qualifying fluid 45
  • 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 45
  • Treatment Schedule - F6 screen, Show Actual Rates and Conc. button: re-calculate N2 Rates and CO2 Rates columns for stages with zero Btm Slurry Foam Rates (that is, with N2- and CO2-only stages) 45
  • Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen: if General Single Scale radiobutton selected in Reservoir Data Options panel,
    then can shift values in columns down (by double-clicking column header, and selecting Shift ... By radiobutton) 45
  • XY Plots: display correct temperature for individual stages by not displaying channels after stage leaks off into formation 43
  • double-frame XY Plots: fixed current data display (if Show Current Data checkbox in Plot Options panel is selected) 43
  • Floating XY Plots: fixed broken functionality (such as setting stages, Wbore Transit Time, Esc key to close plot, F1 key for Help, Print) 45
  • Bar Plots: updating also when Real-Time Info box not displayed 45
  • Economic Optimization mode, XY Plots: fixed hardcopies 43
  • Cursor Editing mode: after setting stage, hot keys keep working 43
  • Horner Plot (Minifrac Analysis - Shift + F8 screen, Reservoir Pressure tab): display all data until end of shut-in 43
  • Minifrac Analysis tool, Perm Analysis Plot: fixed hardcopy 45
  • Halliburton 2007 fluids:
    • corrected calculation of wellbore friction 45
    • editing of fluid properties (Edit Halliburton Fluid screen) enabled for all users 45
  • Word Report: fixed incorrect propped dimensions for multiple perf intervals 45
  • Help > Submit Problem Report from main menu: enabled for all users 45
  • Installation Setup, Network Server mode: fixed bug 43
  • FracproXCHANGE: Prop Total channel working properly 45
  • DataAcqPT: recognize FPA files created by Halliburton 43
  • occasional crash when exiting FracproPT: fixed 44

top | Version 10.4.48 to 52 | Version 10.4.43 to 47

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 fracturing simulator and its associated screens

New Modules

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

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

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

New Plots

  • Proppant Sieve Distribution plot

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, select begin point on curve, press Begin button, select end point on curve, press 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 plot)
  • Floatable XY Plots: can be placed outside of main FracproPT screen
  • Display coordinates of 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 with FracproPT and DataAcqPT
    • 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, 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, 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
  • Resizeable screens:
    • Treatment Schedule - F6 screen
    • Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen
    • Plot Display List - Alt-F8 screen
  • Installation Setup: new installer program
  • Compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista operating system

New Input Fields and Controls

  • Reservoir Parameters - F9 screen, Additional Properties tab
    • HC Type panel with Gas Well or Oil Well radiobuttons
    • Drainage Area panel 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 listbox
    • Fracture Filter Cake panel with Fracture Filtercake Thickness field and Include Filtercake effects on Fracture Conductivity checkbox
    • Additional Damage Effects panel with Include effect of temperature / stress cycles on proppant permeability checkboxes
    • Permeability Diagram, Conductivity Diagram, and Beta Factor Diagram buttons
  • Treatment Schedule - F6 screen, Design Treatment Schedule tab
    • Edit Schedule button in Fracture Analysis mode
  • Fracture Design mode, Treatment Selection - F8 screen,
    Production Analysis mode, Fracture Parameters - F5 screen, and
    Economic Optimization mode, Treatment Schedule - F6 - Design Settings screen
    • Use Effective Propped Length checkbox

New Library Data

  • Baker Oil Tools fluids: in Select Fluid screen, Fluid Library panel
  • Non-Stim-Lab proppants: in Select Proppant screen, Proppant Library panel

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 Frac, 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 Channels screen for data plots)

Improved Navigation

  • Backward and forward icons in main toolbar

New Help Functionality

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

New Support Functionality

  • Installation Troubleshooting diagnostic / repair applications in FracproPT's License Troubleshooting folder, and on Pinnacle Technologies's web site, Support page

Discontinued Functionality

  • 3D Layered Analytical Model radiobutton: in Production Analysis Options - F4 screen, Model Options panel
  • Start / Stop Receiving Data from DataAcqPT buttons: 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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