As operators face pressure to boost production while tightening budgets, traditional downhole diagnostics like fiber optics and gauges are proving too costly, complex, and disruptive. Seismos Acoustic Friction Analysis (SAFA) offers a more innovative solution—real-time, surface-based insights without needing downhole hardware, job delays, or guesswork. This white paper explores how SAFA helps completions teams optimize treatments in real time, improve fracture performance, and unlock significant economic gains.

What You’ll Learn

How SAFA provides six actionable metrics, each delivering critical insights for completions optimization:

• Perforation Efficiency
• Uniformity Index (UI)
• Entry-Hole Diameter (EHD)
• Plug Performance & Early Leak Detection
• Treating Pressure Prediction
• Bottomhole Treating Pressure Estimation
  

Field-Proven Impact

Operators across North America have used SAFA to:

• Improve perforation efficiency by 10%, increasing early fluid production by 3 bbl/ft.
• Enhance UI from 0.42 to 0.74 by adjusting fluid viscosity.
• Optimize proppant schedules to achieve a 14% improvement in slurry distribution.
• Identify oversized EHDs to improve perforation performance validation.
• Detect plug leaks early—saving up to $150,000 in remedial costs.

Why It Matters

SAFA delivers up to 98% of the insight offered by downhole tools—at a fraction of the cost. Its real-time feedback allows operators to:

• Reduce chemical and diesel usage.
• Improve fluid placement and cluster contribution.
• Avoid costly interventions.
• Boost per-well NPV by up to $1 million.