what is a stimulation frac engineer?

[purdue87]

just ran across this title... never heard of one.. up for dibbs at baker hughes...

thanks
scott.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[MikeHalloran]

You get more product out of (oil or gas, I forget which) wells, by stimulating their production, by fracturing the rock through which the product is trying to flow/diffuse.



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[ivymike]

baker hughes in houston?

Well frac is the name for the process of hydraulic fracturing of a formation in the ground to stimulate greater production of oil or gas. In short, high pressure fluid is forced down the hole to crack the formation. The fluid carries little floaty bits which jam the cracks open. Gas and/or oil find it easier to move through the cracked formation than the uncracked one. There are other types of well stimulation besides frac (acid, etc).

wikipedia probably has more.

 

[purdue87]

COOL thanks. this site is very helpful. i appreciate it.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[TheTick]

Perhaps it's a simulation engineer on Battlestar Galactica.

 

[ivymike]

get the frac outta here.

 

[TheTick]

Eat shart!

 

[purdue87]

no, in fact it's "stimulation frac engineer".....

Thanks,
Scott

 

[IRstuff]

did you look at the job description? It reads like a BD/marketing position:

https://bakerhughes73.recruitmax.co...=20839&szReturnToSearch=1&szWordsToHighlight=

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