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Frac Efficiencies People, Processes and Technology. Dave McKay Director, Bakken Project. People, Processes and Technology. Efficiency built upon sustainable system improvement: People are fully engaged Leaders foster a learning and improving culture
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Frac Efficiencies People, Processes and Technology Dave McKay Director, Bakken Project
People, Processes and Technology Efficiency built upon sustainable system improvement: • People are fully engaged • Leaders foster a learning and improving culture • People enabled to solve problems at their level • Processes drive system improvements • Guard against “sub-optimization” • Capture and build upon learning • Lots of little improvement add up • Technology benefits are actually realized • Pilots must generate answers • Technology must be reliable – simple is better than complex
Establish a strong “Safety Culture” Foster “front-line” engagement and ownership Train leaders to listen Cultivate supplier partnerships Create trusted win-win relationships Work with the best – performance and values Optimize the well construction process Eliminate defects Standardize work, “Plan, Do, Check, Adjust” Create an “Army of Problem Solvers” Engage everyone in improvement, starting with Safety
Improve proppant use Ceramics vs. white sand Proppant volume Number of zones Transition from “plug and perf” to sleeves Simplifies operation Reduces overall job time Optimize water handling Manage jobs size Utilize dispatch system Improve sourcing and disposal Get Technology to the “Bottom-line” Build simple, robust, repeatable systems
Conclusion • Build a strong, people-centric safety culture – listen and learn • Drive organization discipline – sustain the gains • Utilize technology effectively – get the good stuff to the bottom line fast