Alex Procyk

Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) provides strong oxidization to break down scale, biofilms, and heavy hydrocarbon build-ups in unconventional fracture wells. A 10-well Permian basin ClO2 restimulation trial showed an average 76% increase in flowing bottom-hole pressure, and an additional 60 treatments increased bottom-hole pressures by 70-300%. Recovery factors (RF) for most Wolfcamp wells exceeded 10%.

During the signing ceremony Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez also signed deals with other international producers, including Italy’s Eni and Spain’s Repsol. The contract with Eni establishes conditions to relaunch the exploration of the 425 sq km Junín-5 block of Venezuela’s Orinoco Oil Belt. The block was assigned in the late 2000s to Petrojunín, a joint venture between PDVSA (60%) and Eni (40%).

In this Insights episode of the Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised podcast, upstream editor Alex Procyk delivers an in-depth technical and commercial overview of Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale play, one of the world’s largest unconventional oil and gas resources—and one that continues to punch below its weight in total production. Procyk argues this is less a reflection of rock quality and more a result of development pace, infrastructure, and operational complexity.