During the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Hydraulic Frac-turing Technology Conference (HFTC) in early February, I found myself in a conversation about the impact of friction reducers (FRs) on the modern hydraulically fractured reservoir. To my surprise, there seems to be some debate about how much impact FRs really have on the reservoir and what companies should do to mitigate any damage that may occur. . . READ THE REST HERE