PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS:
"1982 A Precipitous Decline, The Service Company, Bidding and Integrity," presented at the National Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers in San Francisco, October 1983, Ely, John W.
"A Variety of Tools Assist in Stimulation of Permian Basin Oil & Gas Wells," Southwest Petroleum Short Course, Texas Tech University, April 1992, Ely, John W., Schudbarth, Steven K., Wolters, Bradley C., Kromer, James C.
"Blowout Control: Response, Intervention and Management," World Oil, November 1993, Flak, Larry H., Wright, John W., Ely, John W.
“Common Myths about Hydraulic Fracturing” presented 2000, San Antonio SPE meeting, Ely, John W., Ely and Associates.
"Compositions for Fracturing High Temperature Well Formation," U.S. Patent 3,898,165, August 5, 1975, Ely, John W., et al.
"Conventional and Unconventional Kill Techniques for Wild Wells,” paper SPE 16674 presented at the 62nd Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of SPE, Dallas, September 27-30, 1987, Ely, John W., Holditch, Steven A.
"Design Considerations for Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments in the Devonian Shale," Eastern Devonian Gas Shales Technology Review, March 1988, Ely, JohnW.
"Development of a Coal Seam Fracture Design Manual," paper SPE 8976 presented at the Coalbed Methane Symposium, The University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa, April 17-20, 1989, Holditch, Steven A., Ely, John W., and Carter, R. H.
“Ecosphere Energy Services - Total Frac Water Management,” given to various oil companies, 2008-2009, Ely, John W.
"Enhanced Recovery of Coalbed Methane Through Hydraulic Fracturing," paper SPE 18250 presented at 63rd Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, October 2-5, 1988, Holditch, Steven A., Carter, R.H., Semmelbeck, M.E., Ely, John W., Hinkel, J.J., Jeffrey, R.G.
“Enhanced Fracture Stimulation in the Deep Morrow Sandstone in Western Oklahoma” paper SPE 80932 presented at the SPE Production and Operations Symposium held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 23-25 March 2003, Ely, John W., Martin, Michael A., Duenas, Jose J., Trythall, Jerry.
"Experience Proves Forced Fracture Closure Works," World Oil, January 1996, 37-41, Ely, John W.
"Evaluation of a Crosslinked CMHEC Fracturing Fluid in Stimulation of Fruitland Coal Seams in the San Juan Basin," paper SPE 28582 presented at the 1994 SPE National Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, Ely, John W., Zimmerman, Scott.
"Field Experience with the GRI Rheology Unit," paper SPE 17715 presented at SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Dallas, June 13-15, 1988, Ely, John W. and Haskett, S.E.
“Field Investigation of Heat Transfer in Hydraulic Fractures and the Effect of Heat Transfer on Fracturing Fluid Design,” paper SPE 36494 presented at the 1996 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado 6-9 October 1996, Craig, David P., Brown, Ted, Ely, John W.
"Field Measurement of Fracturing Fluid Viscosity at In-Situ Conditions of Temperature and Shear," paper SPE 16915 presented at the 62nd Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, September 27-30, 1987, Ely, John W. and Haskett, S.E.
"Field Unit Enhances Fracture Investigation," Journal of Petroleum Technology, November 1989, 1194-1198, Ely, John W., Haskett, S.W., and Holditch, Steve A.
“First Horizontal Cementless HP/HT Completion Performed in STX on a Deep Wilcox Well Dramatically Increases Production”, presented at the Coiled Tubing & Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition, April 1-2, 2008. R.L. Hinkie, B.D. Maddox, M. Wharton, B.P. Balcer, M. Farabee, Ely, John W.
"Frac-Fluid Quality-Controlled In Field Lab," Oil and Gas Journal, July 3, 1989, 42-46, Ely, John W., Haskett, S.E., and Holditch, Steven A.
"Frac Pack Design and Implementation in the Gulf of Mexico," presented at the Gulf Coast Region SPE Production monthly meeting, April 24, 1996, Ely, John W.
“Frac Packs – State of the Art,” paper SPE 36456 presented at the 71st Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver, CO, October 6-10, 1996, Tiner, Robert L., Ely, John W. Schraufnagel, R.
“Frac Packs Stimulate Wells, Control Sand Production,” The American Oil & Gas Reporter Special Report: Well Stimulation and Completion, Kirby, R.L., Clement, C.C., Asbill, S.W., Ely, John W.
“Frac Pack Technology Still Evolving” Oil and Gas Journal, October 23, 1995 OGJ Special, pp. 60-70, Ebinger, Charles D., Ely and Associates, Inc.
“Fracture Optimization On Every Well” Harts Petroleum Engineer International January 1998, Ely, John W., Tiner, Robert L., Ely and Associates, Inc.
"Fracture Treatment Monitoring, Quality Control and Fluid Rheology Research," In Focus - Tight Gas Sands, April 1989, 24-28, Ely, John W.
"Fracturing Techniques Depend on Coal Seam Characteristics," Oil & Gas Journal, July 23, 1990, pp. 33-37, Ely, John W. and Holditch, Steven A.
"Fracturing Fluids: State-of-the-Art," presented at the 27th Annual Petroleum Short Course, in Lubbock, Texas, April 1981, Ely, John W.
"Gas Well Stimulation in the Middle East," presented in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 14, 1976 at a meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Ely, John W.
"GRI's Fracture Fluid Rheology Unit-Portable Equipment for Measuring Fluid Behavior Under Simulated Downhole Conditions," In-Focus Tight Gas Sands, September 1987, pp. 5-17, Ely, John W.
“GRI Restimulation Program Finds Success in Enhancing Recoverable Reserves” World Oil, December 2000. Ely, John W. Ely and Tiner, Robert L., Ely and Associates, Inc., Rothernberg, Mark, Barrett Resources, Krupa, Anthony, EOG Resources, McDougal, Fred, UPR, Conway, Mike, Stim Lab, Reeves, Scott, ARI.
"High Proppant Concentration/Low Volume Fracture Treatment Combined with Forced Closure Yields Success in Clearfork Formation," paper presented at the 38th Annual Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Lubbock, TX April 17-18, 1991. Ely, John W., Wolters, Bradley C., Schubarth, S.K., Jacoby, M.A., Sommers, G.E., Jacoby, M.A.
"High Temperature Well Treating with Crosslinked Gel Solutions," U.S. Patent 4,210,206, July 1, 1980, Ely, John W., et al.
"High Viscosity, High Proppant Frac Jobs Pay Off In Deep Wells," presented at the 47th Annual Fall Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, San Antonio, October, 1972, Holditch, Steven A., Ely, John W.
“How Intense Quality Control Improves Hydraulic Fracturing” pp. 59-68 World Oil, November 1996. Ely, John W, Ely and Associates, Inc.
"How to Develop a Coalbed Methane Prospect: A Case Study of an Exploratory Five-Sport Well Pattern in the Warrior Basin, Alabama." paper SPE 20666 presented at the 65th Annual Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, September 23-26, 1990. Ely, John W., Zbitowsky, R.L., and Zuber, M.C.
"Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids, Fracturing Fluid Additives, and Onsite Job Control," presented at the Eastern Devonian Shales Workshop, Charleston, September 1988, Ely, John W.
"Hydraulic Fracturing Method Using Benzoic Acid to Further Increase the Viscosity of Liquid Hydrocarbon," U.S. Patent 3,799,267, March 26, 1974, Ely, John W., et al.
"Improved Job Execution and Stimulation Success Using Intense Quality Control," paper presented at the 37th Annual Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Lubbock, TX, April 18-19, 1990, Ely, John W., Wolters, Bradley C., Holditch, Steven A.
"Improved Hydraulic Fracturing Strategy for Fruitland Coal-Bed Methane Recovery San Juan Basin, New Mexico & Colorado," Geology and Coal-Bed Methane Resources of the Northern San Juan Basin, Colorado and New Mexico, J.E. Fassett (ed.), Rocky Mountain Association of Geologist, Denver 1988, pp155-158, Ely, John W., Holditch, Steven A., Carter, R.H.
"Methods For Fracturing High Temperature Well Formations," U.S. Patent 3,768,566, October 30, 1973, Ely, John W., et al.
“Method for Reducing Permeability Restriction Near Wellbore” US Patent 6,945,327 B2 September 20, 2005, Ely, John W., Wolters, Bradley C., McCain, William D.
"New Fracture Designs Effectively Place Proppant in Many Permian Basin Formations," SPE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Conference, Midland, Texas, March 18-20, 1992. Ely, John W., Wolters, Bradley C., Schubarth, S.K., Ely and Associates and Bethard, D.R., Pogo Producing Co.
"New Techniques and Quality Control Find Success in Enhancing Productivity and Minimizing Proppant Flowback," paper SPE 20708 presented at the 65th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, September 23-26, 1990. Ely, John W., Arnold, W.T., Holditch, Steven A.
"New Tools Attack Permian Basin Stimulation Problems," Oil & Gas Journal, June 8, 1992, pp. 66-70. Ely, John W., Schubarth, Stephen K., Wolters, Brad C., Kromer, James C.
“Old/New Techniques Translate into Big Savings and Enhanced Stimulation in the Brown Dolomite/Hugoton Field of Texas and Kansas” paper prepared for presentation at the SPE Production & Operations Symposium held in Oklahoma 23-25, March 2003, Ely, John W., Martin, Michael A., Duenas, Jose, Trythall, Jerry R.
"Optimization of Hydraulic Fracture Treatments In The Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group," paper SPE 29551, presented at the 1995 SPE Joint Rocky Mountain Regional and Low Permeability Reservoirs Symposium, Denver, CO, March 20-22, 1995. Ely, John W., Brown, Ted D., Reed, Shawn D.
"Pipelining,” Viscous Fingering Prop Fracture Technique Finds Wide Success in Permian and Delaware Basins, paper SPE 26528, presented at the 1993 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, October 3-6, 1993. Ely, John W., Wolters, Bradley C., Kromer, James C., Hargrove, Jeff S.
"Polymer Use in Blowout Control," Journal of Petroleum Technology, May 1978, pp. 705-712, Arnwine, L.C. and Ely, John W.
"Polymers Used to Direct Kill Fluids to Blowout," Oil & Gas Journal, August1, 1988, pp. 44-48, Ely, John W. and Holditch, Steven A.
“Propping Agents in Hydraulic Fracturing” Rogtec Magazine, August 2006, Ely, John W., Ely and Associates, Inc.
Recent Advances in Hydraulic Fracturing, SPE Monograph Volume 12, Henry L. Doherty Series (Dallas) 1989, Gidley, John L; Holditch, Stephen A.; Nierode, Dale E; and Veatch, Ralph W. Jr.
"Recent Developments in the Future Potential For Hydraulic Fracturing Coalbed Methane Recovery in Australia," Coalbed Methane Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, November 1992, Ely, John W.
"Recent Mechanical and Chemical Improvements in Foam Fracturing," presented at the 31st Annual Petroleum Short Course in Lubbock, Texas, April 1984, Ely, John W.
“Recommended Practices on Measuring the Viscous Properties of a Crosslinked Water Based Fracturing Fluid” API Recommended Practices, Holditch, Steven A., Ely, John W.
“Restimulation Boom or Bust”, Westside SPE, Houston 2003, Ely, John W., Ely and Associates, Inc.
“Restimulation Programs Finds Success in Enhancing Recoverable Reserve,” paper SPE 63241 prepared for presentation at the 2000 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dallas, Texas 1-4 October 2000. Ely, John W., Tiner, Robert L., Rothenberg, Mark, Krupa, Anthony, McDougal, Fred, Conway, Mike, Reeves, Scott.
"Screenless Frac Pack Completions Utilizing Resin Coated Sand in the Gulf of Mexico,"presented at the 1995 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dallas, Texas, 22-25 October, 1995, Kirby, R.L., Clement, C.C., Asbill, S.W., Shirley, R.M., Ely, John W.
Source Rock “The New Wave in Stimulation,” FracTur Presentation, College Station, Texas, February 2008, Ely, John W.
Stimulation Engineering Handbook, 1994, Pennwell Publishing Company, Ely, John W.
“Stimulation of High Angle Wells” Fifteen plus years of perspective, Westside SPE Houston 2003, Ely, John W., Ely and Associates, Inc.
"Stimulation Techniques Used in the Austin Chalk," paper presented at the 29th Annual Petroleum Short Course in Lubbock, Texas, April 1982, Ely, John W., McDow, Gary, Turner, Jeff.
Stimulation Treatment Handbook: An Engineer's Guide to Quality Control, 1985, Pennwell Publishing Company, Ely, John W.
"Success Achieved in Lenticular Reservoirs Through Enhanced Viscosity, Increased Sand Volume, and Minimization of Echelon Fractures," paper SPE 30479, presented at the 1995 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dallas, Texas, 22-25 October, 1995, Ely, John W., Brown, T.D., Reed, S.D.
“Successful Frac Packs in Gulf of Mexico are Preview of Future” Gas Tips Fall 1996, pp. 20, Ely, John W., Tiner, Robert L., Ely and Associates.
"Successful Proppant Fracturing of Ultra Deep Sour Gas Reservoir," paper SPE 19768 presented at the 64th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, October 8-11, 1989, Ely, John W., Cobb, W.J., Elkin, B., Bell, D.
"Successful Stimulation of Deep Wells Using High Proppant Concentration," Journal of Petroleum Technology, August 1973, pp. 959-964, Holditch, Steven A. and Ely, John W.
"Terminating the Flow of Fluids from Uncontrolled Wells," U.S. Patent 4,133,383, January 9, 1979, Ely, John W.
"The Effect of Viscous Fluid Properties on Excess Friction Pressures Measured During Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments," paper SPE 18208 presented at 63rd Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, October 2-5, 1988, Holditch, Steven A., Robinson, B.M., Ely, John W., Rahim, Zillur.
"The Effect of Viscous Fluid Properties on Excess Friction Pressures Measured During Hydraulic Fracture Treatments," SPE Production Engineering, February 1991, 9-14, Holditch, Steven A., Robinson, B.M., Ely, John W., Rahim, Zillur.
"The GRI Staged Field Experiment" SPE Formation Evaluation, September 1988, pp. 519-533, Holditch, Steven A., Robinson, B.M., Whitehead, W.S., and Ely, John W.
“The Top Ten (15) Ways to Fail at Well Stimulation” presented 2004 Westside SPE, Ely, John W., Ely and Associates, Inc.
"Tight Gas Research from GRI - A Status Report," presented at the 34th Annual Petroleum Short Course in Lubbock, Texas, April 1987, Ely, John W.
“Top Ten Ways to Fail at Fracture Acidizing” Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Lubbock, Texas 2002, Ely, John W.
“Water Fracs” presented at FracTur Conference, May 2006, Texas A&M University, Ely, John W.
“Waterfracs: A Perspective of 8 Years of Intense Study and A Review of 60+ Years of Field Work,” presented at the 2009 SPE Tight Gas Completion Conference held in San Antonio, Texas, June 15-17, 2009, Ely, John W., Vanguard Stimulation Services and Ely and Associates, Inc.
"Water Sensitive Formations," A Vanishing Phenomena, presented at the First SPE Gulf Coast Annual Meeting and Exhibition, March 15-17, 1993. Ely, John W., Wolters, Bradley C., Kromer, James C. |
