{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energy Bytes","title":"EP 82: John Ely, The Godfather of Frac","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/720ebbb2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5670,"description":"When you have 80 patents and a lifetime achievement award in hydraulic fracturing, you have seen some things. John William Ely, Founder of Ely and Associates Corp, and Jon Harper, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, talk frac history, pre-job diagnostics, the slick water revolution, geothermal, and why the industry keeps pumping the same thing and expecting different results.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n\n0:00 - Intro and guest backgrounds\n3:25 - John William Ely's origin story\n7:45 - Offshore blowout and well control in the Middle East\n11:25 - How fracturing has evolved over 50 years\n19:30 - The slick water revolution and where we went wrong\n27:40 - Pre-job diagnostics and what operators overlook\n36:55 - Geothermal applications and completions challenges\n43:50 - Parent-child well interaction and offset communication\n47:00 - Refracing and diversion\n54:15 - Increasing recovery factor\n1:06:35 - Longer laterals, U-turn wells, and land-driven decisions\n1:12:35 - Knowledge gaps in the next generation of engineers\n1:25:20 - The untapped tight conventional opportunity\n1:30:02 - Advice for young engineers entering the industry\nhttps://twitter.com/collide_ai\nhttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io\nhttps://www.facebook.com/collide.io\nhttps://www.instagram.com/collide.io\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_io\nhttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KU-rritAkNfd5EDWr8dy4miPzznveey9CXz1zVQDRXc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZGMz/NDQxNzEwNTFjZDU3/NmQ4ZmI3ZDU1ZTQ2/Y2U4Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}