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.

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0:00 - Intro and guest backgrounds
3:25 - John William Ely's origin story
7:45 - Offshore blowout and well control in the Middle East
11:25 - How fracturing has evolved over 50 years
19:30 - The slick water revolution and where we went wrong
27:40 - Pre-job diagnostics and what operators overlook
36:55 - Geothermal applications and completions challenges
43:50 - Parent-child well interaction and offset communication
47:00 - Refracing and diversion
54:15 - Increasing recovery factor
1:06:35 - Longer laterals, U-turn wells, and land-driven decisions
1:12:35 - Knowledge gaps in the next generation of engineers
1:25:20 - The untapped tight conventional opportunity
1:30:02 - Advice for young engineers entering the industry

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EP 82: John Ely, The Godfather of Frac