Jeff Krimmel

With an average of 65% of a resource's value being left in the ground, our teams are actively developing solutions that improve recovery and address this pressing industry issue. Vice President of Integrated Solutions at Baker Hughes, Alex Garcia, was recently interviewed by World Oil to discuss how we work together with our teams and partners to offer holistic, low-risk solutions in four key stages: 1️⃣ Plan 2️⃣ Prepare 3️⃣ Execute 4️⃣ Evaluate In addition to the drilling and completion of wells, we are consistently delivering more solutions for mature assets, which is any asset that has been producing for over 25 year or has produced over half of its reserves, and mature assets is slated to account for at least 80% of production by 2030. Read the full article to see how we successfully work together to execute successful production: https://lnkd.in/gS62fcPW #MatureAssets #Oilfield #OilandGas #WeAreBakerHughes

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#ThermalThursdays Deep Direct Use Exploration in East Texas: In 2018, my team partnered with a national lab and private industrial heat user to explore the opportunity for low temperature thermal energy for direct use purposes, in East Texas. The goal of this project was to explore for geothermal energy that could be generated and used on site. Discussions of heat uses and existing understanding of the geothermal potential (as well as funding related limitations) led to the exploration plan of targeting low enthalpy resources, which would then be used for turbine inlet cooling via absorption chilling. As such, the exploration target was defined, a thermal resource at or greater than 100 °C, ideally within a producible reservoir. Exploration began with collecting data. including thermal data (both existing public data mining legacy oil and gas data). Additionally, subsurface geologic data were collected (well logs and past studies). The data were cleaned, plotted, and examined, and potential reservoirs mapped. Originally, there were approximately 100 heat flow data points, and only regional formation horizons for this study area. After data collection, there were over 2000 heat flow data points and area specific 2D cross sections mapping the subsurface, which highlighted potential reservoirs. Next, the thermal regime and potential geothermal resource was calculated. Additional steps were performed beyond the standard mapmaking, including data density incorporation, estimation of reservoir productivity, and further projection of the potential resource into the associated reservoirs. The results showed that yes, there were several reservoirs that were deep enough to be 100 °C and would likely be able to be produced. Finally, a map was made of heat density within the target reservoir. The heat density calculation was a new calculation made for this project as a new way to look at reservoirs, highlighting the highest potential energy density and therefore, the likely best drill target. This is a data-driven drill target map. Ultimately, this project stalled. Techno-economic analysis was completed and the ROI was not sufficient to warrant further investment. Conclusions: Geothermal energy does exist in East Texas, particularly low temperature opportunities as discovered in this work. Given that East Texas is a sedimentary basin, different datasets exist that can be used to build a complete subsurface thermal exploration model, including development of the plan all the way down to drilling targets. This work, while a technical success, highlights also the need for techno-economic analysis. Luckily, there was sufficient data in this location to determine the potential resource and perform economic analysis prior to new drilling or other significant investment. You can find all of the associated work by searching for “Deep Direct Use East Texas” or just reach out to me. #geothermal #casestudy #exploration #economics

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https://lnkd.in/gThuNNpU I wonder if any sensor packages / mwd tools have a trend change while this is happening…if a CME can truely effect downhole measurements it would be amazing to analyze raw axis data from tools across different basins and see if there is anything interesting…no matter what model your using for survey FAC readings the model is going out the window for certain areas. No clue on the magnitude but it should be interesting.

Unbelievable! The capital of energy, Houston, still with 1 million without electricity at home. We were one of the 2 MM lucky families in getting light back after 3 days of Beryl, a Category 1 hurricane. But 4 days and counting and no internet. What was terrifying is the day the hurricane hit Houston: no communication in and out was possible; no phones, no cells, no internet, barely couple of AM radio stations and one FM. None in emergency mode. And no news. It felt like one of those nuclear apocalypse movies but without the AM Emergency Alert System. The conclusion is that Texas is totally unprepared for any kind of mild catastrophe. A little bit colder and all the pipes burst, gas pipelines stop, become inoperable, and no electricity. An unusual heavy rain and we get at least two days blackouts. Try to imagine a Cat 5 hurricane! For many of us, it looks nobody is in charge of the state. Politicians instead of doing their jobs are pushing their agenda through our throats. I don’t know what practical benefit will bring mandating the Ten Commandments in all the schools besides pulverizing the religion freedom of others, when they should be listening and attending Texans real issues. #Texas #EmergencyAlertSystem #energy #Beryl #hurricane #Houston #blackout

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How do you solve a problem like greenhouse gas emissions at the Port of Houston? That's the challenge that two students, Mustafa Khan and Aaron Hinkle, are tackling at the University of Houston's Energy Transition Institute (ETI). Mustafa and Aaron are part of the Energy Scholars Program, which connects students with research faculty and industry partners on projects focusing on energy matters and is supported by the Baker Hughes Foundation. Find out how their project is shaping their vision for the future and what the energy transition means to them. #BakerHughes #BHStories #WeAreBakerHughes #GoGoogs #EnergyTransition

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How do you solve a problem like greenhouse gas emissions at the Port of Houston? That's the challenge that two students, Mustafa Khan and Aaron Hinkle, are tackling at the University of Houston's Energy Transition Institute (ETI). Mustafa and Aaron are part of the Energy Scholars Program, which connects students with research faculty and industry partners on projects focusing on energy matters and is supported by the Baker Hughes Foundation. Find out how their project is shaping their vision for the future and what the energy transition means to them. #BakerHughes #BHStories #WeAreBakerHughes #GoGoogs #EnergyTransition

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Wondering if what you've read about the Texas oil and natural gas industry is myth or fact? ✅ Clear things up and discover accurate, fact-checked information about the vital role our industry plays in powering modern life, creating jobs, and driving economic progress. 🏭 Myth: I can eliminate oil and natural gas from my everyday life. Fact: 96% of everyday essentials, from soap to electronics, are made possible by oil and natural gas. The industry fuels our economy, supports communities, and is strictly regulated at both state and federal levels to ensure safety and environmental protection. 🌍 Learn more about the real impact of Texas oil and natural gas and separate myth from fact: https://lnkd.in/eZui95-2 📖 #TexasEnergy #OilAndGasFacts #EnergyIndustry #MythBusters #ModernLife #EconomicImpact #RegulatedIndustry

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Come have breakfast with me. #ogj #ogjbreakfast #oil&gasjournal #PermianBasin #oil&gas #letshavebreakfast

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An interesting look at the electrification of fracturing.

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A quick post from the team on the recent NSI webinar where Tyler and Shabnam gave an update on the ShearFrac technology. #realtime #fracoptimization #capitalefficiency

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On January 13th, the SPE Northside Study Group (Houston area) will be focused on pressure pumping and I'll be the noon speaker, showing the key conclusions of our hydraulic fracturing market report. One chart I'll show is this one: Most of Allison Transmissions’ oilfield sales are through their North American off-highway group and most of that group’s sales have been to the pressure pumping industry. The upper chart plots quarterly change in the US frac market and the lower chart plots ALSN’s frac transmission sales. We observe that after 3 quarters of a strongly growing market, equipment sales shoot up. But as soon as frac turns down, sales collapse. If you agree with my assessment of the US land frac market in 2025 (flat as a pancake to slightly down), then the frac equipment market is still a year or two away from rebounding. Come join us on the OXY campus in 10 days.

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Whether you attend in person or online, it is always beneficial to increase your knowledge.

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FLOW published on Permian GOR's yesterday. Since this topic brings out the crazies, we detailed empirical evidence of what is changing, and what is not changing. Some surprises. We walk through formation targets, geographies, base declines, and cube development effects. We also investigate the surprises and look at good and bad case studies. This topic is important for both the oil and gas macro picture.

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How do you solve a problem like greenhouse gas emissions at the Port of Houston? That's the challenge that two students, Mustafa Khan and Aaron Hinkle, are tackling at the University of Houston's Energy Transition Institute (ETI). Mustafa and Aaron are part of the Energy Scholars Program, which connects students with research faculty and industry partners on projects focusing on energy matters and is supported by the Baker Hughes Foundation. Find out how their project is shaping their vision for the future and what the energy transition means to them. #BakerHughes #BHStories #WeAreBakerHughes #GoGoogs #EnergyTransition

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An insightful article on the Centerpoint GenSet scandal that this article calls fraudolous. The Lt. Governor of Texas believes so too and is investigating. In 2019 I inspected the large 30+MW Gas Turbine GenSets and turned them down because they need too long to set up. They can be transported but are not truly mobile and cannot be set up under 4 weeks of work which means they will always be too late for an emergency. So if they did not serve a real purpose and never were deployed, why did ratepayers have to Pay $ 2.39 every month ( that is you and me) to have their services available, why do the business? AH, a guaranteed profit by the state helps but maybe there was much more and the article lays down some serious ethical questions pointed at supplier life cycle power. https://lnkd.in/ge5sYxYq

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Have you ever struggled with forecasting young PDP wells? Geology, completions design, and well spacing are critical predictors for well performance, and by incorporating them into early-time forecasting, you can dramatically improve accuracy. Here, I'm showing results from our PDP forecasting models on younger wells from the Permian, Williston, and Appalachia. These models use machine learning to directly forecast declines, incorporating not just prior production but also geology, completions, spacing, parent-child, etc. This data is especially useful for younger wells, where the production data may be too noisy or non-hyperbolic to get a good fit using a traditional Arps curve. This is especially the case with public data sources! Across these three basins, our machine learning PDP forecasts improve accuracy by 32%, 46%, and 29% on the primary production stream, compared with a traditional DCA methodology. Why does this matter? Newer wells (<1.5 years old) make up about half of production in the L48, though it's even higher for some basins and assets. Poor forecasts on young wells leads to incorrect valuations, inaccurate supply models, and bad type curves. Our operator customers have been using these models for over three years now to improve their forecast accuracy, but we have recently released these forecasts as a live, auto-updating data product for our subscribers. At URTeC in two weeks, we are diving deeper into this technology as applied in the Permian Basin. Thanks to lead author Kiran Sathaye for his insightful work in this study. For more information, head to our URTeC page (link in the image). #oilgas #permian #urtec

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🚨Coil tubers 🚨 Job timeline is now available in your Max Completions dashboards! Run…don’t walk…to try it out. During or after your jobs, quickly assess how much time is being spent on NPT, operations, MIRU, etc. Also, the charts work together, so once you identify a possible challenging operational timeframe, zoom in to see what was going on during that time for more context and to make better decisions going forward.

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For sure #H2ICE propulsion would be competitive in #HeavyDuty, #Genset, #Construction_Machinery, #Marine and #Train applications and, indeed, H2 is posing some new challenges for the #engineoil

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Ardis shares some great thoughts on Measurement SOP and the importance of keeping them updated.

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