Case Study: Chevron achieves $690,000 in annual savings with SLB’s MonoFlex fracturing fluid delivery technology

Chevron Saves USD 690,000 per Year with Flexible Frac Fluid Delivery Technology

Chevron worked with SLB in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico to improve operational efficiency and wellsite safety for multiwell pads using abrasive, sand-laden frac fluids pumped at 100 bbl/min. The company needed a better fluid delivery approach because conventional treating iron and hammer unions were prone to mismatch, wear, leakage, and slower rig-up times at the higher pumping rates.

SLB recommended MonoFlex dual-connection fracturing fluid delivery technology, which reduced the system to just two flanged connections and eliminated jumper lines. Chevron deployed it first with one frac crew and then expanded to a second crew within three months, cutting rig-up time by 4.5 hours per well and saving USD 108,000 per year. The improved sealing also removed leak-related nonproductive time and avoided at least USD 580,000 in additional annual costs for jumper lines and restraint systems, for total savings of USD 690,000 per year.

Chevron

Jay Painter

Headmaster of Wellheads