Hydraulic Fracturing
News
December 16, 2024
Diamondback Energy, Halliburton Energy Services and VoltaGrid LLC have entered into a landmark agreement to deploy four advanced electric simul-frac fleets across the Permian basin.
News
December 10, 2024
SPM™ Oil & Gas announced that their SPM™ WS 335 Frac Pump has achieved more than 13,000 pumping hours in the Permian before its first overhaul, demonstrating an ability to last four times longer than traditional pressure pumping equipment.
News
November 15, 2024
(Bloomberg) – The head of Liberty Energy Inc., the world’s second-largest fracing services company, has gained prominent endorsements as a potential pick for Donald Trump’s energy secretary.
Article
October 2024
The economic consequences of a banking crisis, if not addressed preemptively or in time to limit the damage, are numerous and dire, and need not be detailed here. Just the same, condensate banking in a gas well can also become a productivity and economic crisis, if ignored or not properly addressed proactively.
News
October 20, 2024
Hilcorp Energy Co., the privately held oil producer run by billionaire Jeff Hildebrand, will pay a $9.4 million civil penalty for failing to reduce emissions of methane and volatile gases in New Mexico.
News
October 01, 2024
Oilfield-service costs for U.S. shale drillers are expected to rebound in 2025, clawing back some of this year’s drop, as explorers expand the hunt for natural gas and extend sideways wells, according to industry consultant Enverus.
Webcast
TechnipFMC’s autonomous iComplete solution sets continuous pumping records
October 23, 2024
TechnipFMC
Learn more about TechnipFMC’s ever evolving iCompleteTM solution that is changing the frac market. Recently setting a pressure pumping record of over 270 hours pumped with zero downtime and zero pump swaps, our solution is driving efficiencies by providing autonomy in frac operations.
News
September 19, 2024
The Octiv Auto Frac service combined with the ZEUS electric fracturing platform and the Sensori Fracture Monitoring Service is a fracturing solution that uses intelligent automation to optimize fracture operations and makes the digital frac site a reality.
News
September 17, 2024
The Midland, Texas-based company, which recently finalized its acquisition of Endeavor Energy, has also signed a nonbinding letter of intent with nuclear power developer Oklo Inc. to deploy small reactors for some of its future electricity needs.
News
September 10, 2024
C-5H will be operator Empire Energy’s longest drilled and stimulated horizontal shale well and will target a ~3,000 m horizontal section and ~60 fracture stimulation stages. C-5H will integrate the best completion practices from North American shale analogues and incorporate learnings from Carpentaria-2H and Carpentaria-3H.
News
August 30, 2024
Harris took pains to point out her support for the Inflation Reduction Act, which included provisions meant to encourage more oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. The law made the government’s award of wind and solar rights on federal lands contingent on the sale of more oil and gas leases.
News
August 23, 2024
This move is part of bp’s broader strategy to cut emissions and enhance efficiency through advanced infrastructure, including the development of centralized processing facilities and innovative drilling technologies.
News
August 16, 2024
Autry Stephens, the petroleum engineer raised on a Texas peanut and watermelon farm who became the richest U.S. oilman, has died. He was 86.
Article
July 2024
Frac sand and proppant supply have evolved massively over the past decade and are still changing rapidly, with new ideas and new techniques. As shale gas is developed around the world, these learnings will follow, to unlock tremendous value to global supply chains.
News
July 29, 2024
The cost to drill and frac new wells in U.S. shale basins is expected to drop about 10% this year as explorers look to get more for less amid record output, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie.
News
July 27, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign said she doesn’t support a ban on fracing, reversing a stance she took on the hot-button oil and gas extraction technique as a presidential candidate in 2019.
News
July 25, 2024
In tweets and campaign memos, Republican are resurfacing Harris’ previous anti-fracing stance to show how out of touch with voters in politically important states such as Pennsylvania.
News
July 24, 2024
Prices for natural gas would “skyrocket” if fracing was banned. That’s according to Toby Rice, chief executive officer of shale driller EQT Corp., marking one of the first prominent voices in the fossil fuel industry to comment on the election after President Joe Biden said he would end his candidacy.
News
July 04, 2024
Intelligent Wellhead Systems and ProFrac announced the first successful field tests utilizing MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) protocol for the safe and efficient transfer and visualization of wellsite data during hydraulic fracturing operations.
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Revolutionizing fracturing: Halliburton's ZEUS electric pumping unit
June 26, 2024
