Shale production 's growing complexity requires more evolved chemical tests to provide correlations between the stage production of oil and the geophysical data of a well . While only 15 tracers per well were used to identify how operational efficiency could be improved five years ago , now wells more commonly use 50 tracers , said Dave Smith , Tracerco 's Reservoir business development manager . Oil and gas diagnostics : Tracerco seeks to develop more environmentally friendly chemical tests that work for different types of well .
Shale production's growing complexity requires more evolved chemical tracers to find correlations between the stage production of oil and the geophysical data of a well. While only 15 tracers per well were required to identify how operational efficiency could be improved five years ago, now wells more commonly use 50 tracers, said Dave Bucior, Tracerco's Reservoir business development manager. Oil and gas diagnostics company Tracerco seeks to develop more environmentally friendly chemical tracers that work for different types of well.