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Creating and Loading Frac data into ZoneVu

This article explains how to create and load Frac data into ZoneVu

Last updated on 28 Jan, 2026

In ZoneVu, you can add data to a Frac in ZoneVu Frac: Creating a New Frac in ZoneVu Frac, importing, or downloading from a Frac Data Provider. 

Creating a New Frac in ZoneVu:

  1. Click the "ZoneVu Frac" button to open the Frac Button menu

  2. Click the "Frac List" button to open the Frac List

  3. Click the "Create" button to open the "Create Frac Plan" dialog box

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Specify the Header Info:

  • Name: Name of the Frac

  • "Type" dropdown: Specify if the Frac is a Plan or Job

  • Description (Optional): Space for more detailed information about the Frac

  • "Geosteering" dropdown: Choose which Geosteering Interpretation to tie to the Frac

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Design the Frac Stages:

  • Toe MD: The MD depth defining the start of the Frac

    • By default, ZoneVu will use the max MD of the well

  • Heel MD: MD depth defining the ending point of the Frac

    • By default, ZoneVu will use the MD depth where the wellbore reaches 88°

  • Method: Choose which method to layout the Stages

    • No. of Stages: ZoneVu Frac will evenly space out the specified number of stages between the defined MD depths

      • "Number" input: Defines the number of stages for the Frac

 

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    • Stage Length: ZoneVu Frac will determine the number of stages of a defined length that fit between the defined MD depths

      • "Length" input: defines the length of each stage

        • Note: By default, ZoneVu Frac will determine the number of whole stages that can fit between the defined MD depths. This means that the final stage length may not match the defined length, but it should be +/- a few feet.

      • "Gap" input: Defines a distance from a Plug and the surrounding Perf Clusters that are not considered part of the completed stage length.

        • If the "Stage Length" is less than the distance between the two bounding Plugs, then the Gap Distance will be used to define this Stage offset length

      • "Variable Heel" checkbox: Makes the stage length match the Set Length, but the final stage may be less than the defined stage length to account for any excess wellbore length

      • "Fixed Toe" checkbox: Allows the user to define a different Stage Length for the first stage (Toe Stage)

        • "Length" input: Defines the Fixed Toe length if the Fixed Toe checkbox is checked

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Cluster Design: (Optional)

  • "Layout Method" dropdown: Choose a method to layout the Cluster design

    • Number: Define a set number of Perf Clusters to be placed in each stage

    • Spaced: Define the spacing distance between Clusters. ZoneVu Frac will determine the number of clusters that can fit within each stage

      • Note: By default, the Spacing half-length will be used to offset the first and last clusters from the Stage Boundaries

    • SpacedOffset: Define the spacing distance between Perf Clusters and the distance the first and last Perf Clusters are offset from the Stage Boundaries.

      • Note: This option should be used if you want to set a Stage/Cluster offset distance that is different than the Spacing half-length

    • AddSingle: Adds a single Perf Cluster at the center of the Stage

  • Perforations design: 

    • Count: Total number of perforations in each cluster

    • Density: Perforations per distance (feet or meters)

    • Phasing: Radial degrees between perforations

    • Orientation: Degrees the first peroration is off vertical (+ = clockwise rotation, - = counterclockwise rotation)

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Treatment Design: (Optional)

  • Proppant: Planned proppant (lbs/ft)

  • Water: Planned Water Volume (gal/ft)

  • Slurry Rate: Pumping rate (Barrels per minute)

  • Pressure: Planned treating pressure (PSI)

  • Duration: Anticipated Frac duration (Decimal hours)

Click the "OK" button to have ZoneVu Frac create your Frac

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Importing a Frac into ZoneVu Frac: 

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  • Navigate to the Frac List dialog box and click the "Import" button to open the "Import Frac" dialog box

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  1. Fill out the header information

    • Name the Frac

    • Use the "Type" dropdown to select if the Frac is a Plan or Job

    • Use the Description input box to capture more details about the Frac (Optional)

    • Select a Geosteering Interpretation to link to this Frac (recommended)

      • ZoneVu will use the selected Geosteering Interpretation to fill out key columns in the Stage Table, and when the Frac is displayed the linked Geosteering interpretation will also be displayed

  2. Drag & Drop the file

  3. Click the "OK" button

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  • The new Frac will appear in the Frac List once the import has been completed

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Downloading data from a Frac Data Provider:

  • Click the "Retrieve from Data Provider" button

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  1. Select the Data Provider

  2. Select the API or list "All Wells" radio button and click the "Search" button

  3. Select the correct Well

  4. Click the "OK" button to download the data into ZoneVu

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  • The new Frac will appear in the Well List. Click the "Update from Data Provider" button to perform a data pull and update the existing frac

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