Completion

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July 10, 2019
Welltec has announced the first deployment of a truly cementless completion in the Republic of Congo during the second quarter of 2019.
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May 16, 2019
The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 909 original drilling permits in April 2019 compared 1,221 in April 2018.
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April 25, 2019
Emerson, in partnership with Metrol, a leader in battery-powered wireless well monitoring, has launched the Intelligent Multistage Completion Network – an integrated upper and lower completions downhole solution that communicates wirelessly with instruments at the reservoir sandface, the physical interface between the formation and the wellbore.
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February 10, 2019
The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 1,196 original drilling permits in January 2019 compared to 1,166 in January 2018.
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January 20, 2019
Estimated total natural gas and oil well completions rose 23% in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to year-ago levels, according to API’s 2018 Quarterly Well Completion Report, Fourth Quarter.
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January 10, 2019
Independent global completions service company Tendeka has secured a further multi-million-pound contract with a major national oil company in the Middle East.
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January 09, 2019
The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 811 original drilling permits in December 2018 compared to 885 in December 2017.
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December 18, 2018
The latest innovation from Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. is providing operators with higher efficiency plug-and-perf systems worldwide.
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October 29, 2018
Halliburton Company has released the Illusion Spire, the first fluid efficient dissolvable frac plug.
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October 03, 2018
Independent global completions service company Tendeka, has launched the MajiFrac Solution, a new portfolio of applications which aims to reduce water use and pumping time during completion operations in unconventional shale plays in the U.S.
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September 04, 2018
The dramatic increase in both the quantity of horizontal laterals and their length—often beyond 10,000 ft—has led companies to use high-capacity coiled tubing units for well completion and intervention work.
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August 23, 2018
Wood has secured a three-year extension to a framework agreement with Shell to continue to deliver completions management, certification software and support to its assets globally.
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March 21, 2018
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that the SAH-2 well, on the Sebou permit (SDX 75% working interest) in Morocco has been completed and tested at a restricted rate on a 40/64-in. choke. The well achieved an average flowrate of conventional natural gas of 12.9 MMscfd, with a maximum flowrate during this test of 13.5 MMscfd.
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February 16, 2018
Foothills Exploration, Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration company engaged in the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties in the Rockies, reported today the successful drilling, completion and flow testing of the Stagecoach 111-20H horizontal well, now producing natural gas in commercial quantities.
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February 08, 2018
Weatherford International plc today announced the successful execution of a shallow-angle casing exit in Sakhalin Island, Russia, using the AccuView real-time remote support system.
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February 08, 2018
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced a 50% hike in 2018 spending in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to $250 million net to the Company on the back of higher revenues and regular export payments.
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May 09, 2017
Rubicon Oilfield International has acquired Choice Completions Systems, a technology company specializing in downhole products for unconventional multi-stage completions.
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April 17, 2017
As the North American shale revolution has evolved, spawning new technologies and strategies for drilling and completing horizontal wells with longer laterals and increased frac staging, the upstream oil and gas industry is still learning how to construct wells for maximum, long-term production.
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April 11, 2017
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. has announced the ongoing success of cemented hybrid completions in Canada, using TREX Cemented Diffusor Sleeves and Hydraulic Toe Sleeves in combination with other completion methods.
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April 03, 2017
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. recently worked with Compañía General de Combustibles (CGC) to complete a 10-stage StackFRAC HD multi-stage system, the first well completed with ball-activated technology in southern Argentina's Santa Cruz province.
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March 30, 2017
Paradigm released Paradigm 17 software suite, running on an expanded high-definition platform. This release aims at ensuring that investments in data acquisition result in added value to drilling, completion and production.
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