Machina: A Unified Design-to-Execution Well Optimization Suite with Real-Time Closed-Loop Fracturing

Abstract

Hydraulic fracturing optimization has historically been segmented across disconnected workflows including pre-stage design, field execution, post-stage diagnostics, and historical analysis. Machina is an integrated well optimization suite that unifies treatment design, earth model enablement, real-time subsurface measurement, intra-stage intervention, frac hit detection and mitigation, live pad-level operational tracking, historical performance analytics, supply chain and cost optimization, and real-time water quality analysis. Within Machina, Closed-Loop Fracturing operates as a supervised feedback control module in which real-time subsurface state variables are continuously evaluated against defined performance envelopes.

Key Findings

• Machina unifies treatment design, real-time subsurface measurement, and post-stage analytics into a single continuous workflow — eliminating the disconnected tools that fragment completions operations
• Closed-Loop Fracturing operates as a supervised feedback control module, evaluating real-time state variables against defined performance envelopes with operator-approved response logic
• Integrates with ProPilot for automated pump schedule adjustments, bridging the gap between subsurface intelligence and surface execution
• Co-developed with ProFrac to address real fleet-scale execution requirements — not a lab prototype, but a production-deployed system

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