Hydraulic Fracturing
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October 30, 2025
GD Energy Products has unveiled its new High Flow (HF) Series frac pumps — the GD 5000HF and GD 3600HF — designed to deliver up to 37% more flow per stroke, improved energy transfer, and reduced maintenance.
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October 01, 2025
AXP Energy has confirmed oil and gas across multiple pay zones in its Charlie #1 well in Noble County, Oklahoma. Wireline logs identified hydrocarbons in the Oswego Lime, Mississippi Chat, Mississippi Lime and Woodford Shale intervals.
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September 30, 2025
Why pump uptime isn’t the real measure of frac efficiency. True performance requires autonomous pressure control—especially in simul-frac operations—to optimize transitions, reduce downtime and deliver smarter, more meaningful gains.
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September 08, 2025
The Energy Workforce & Technology Council (EWTC) has published its Well Stimulation Surface Operations Industry Guidelines, providing operators with best practices for hazard identification, risk management, and execution of surface operations during fracture stimulation.
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August 18, 2025
ProFrac and Seismos have partnered to launch Closed Loop Fracturing, now available across all major U.S. basins. The collaboration marks the first large-scale deployment of an extensively operator-validated, real-time, automated quality control system.
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July 22, 2025
The world’s largest provider of hydraulic fracturing is forecasting shrinking margins in its biggest business line as weakening demand weighs on the prices it can charge, CEO Jeff Miller said Tuesday. The company plans to idle or retire some equipment.
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June 30, 2025
ADNOC Drilling has secured a contract valued at up to $800 million by ADNOC Onshore for the provision of integrated hydraulic fracturing services for conventional and tight reservoirs, the UAE-based company announced Monday.
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June 12, 2025
Chevron and Halliburton have jointly developed an intelligent fracturing process that combines automated stage execution with subsurface feedback to optimize delivery of energy into the wellbore without relying on human intervention.
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June 11, 2025
During a June 10 special session at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Houston, panelists discussed the latest advancements in Generative AI and machine learning for unconventionals.
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June 10, 2025
The 2025 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) began in Houston on Monday, June 9. In what became a clear theme for the conference, panelists discussed the possibility for unconventional resources to shine amidst a fluctuating market for oil.
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April 22, 2025
Halliburton fell sharply after warning investors that tariffs will impact a wide swath of the company’s business units. Halliburton is the first major company in the U.S. oil industry to disclose a specific financial impact from the global trade war.
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April 17, 2025
Liberty Energy Inc., one of the biggest U.S. fracing companies, expects most producers to stick with their production plans as long as crude prices can hang on near current levels. Denver-based Liberty's shares are down about 20% since Trump announced tariffs earlier this month.
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April 16, 2025
Shale fracing major Liberty Energy Inc., formerly run by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, posted its worst earnings in three years amid plunging oil prices and mounting concerns about energy demand.
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March 07, 2025
Caterpillar Oil & Gas has developed its new Caterpillar® Gas Mechanical System (GMS), a fully integrated power solution, purposefully built to bring optimum mechanical efficiency and simplicity to frac operations, while utilizing 100% natural gas.
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February 20, 2025
Ecopetrol SA sees “great potential” for E&P activity in Colombia alongside bets on U.S. fracing and offshore gas. Ecopetrol has full ownership of the CPO-09 block in Colombia's oil-rich eastern plains after completing its $452 million acquisition of Repsol SA’s 45% stake.
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February 06, 2025
(Bloomberg) – Ecopetrol SA shares plunged after Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on the oil producer to sell its operations in the U.S., citing his government’s position against fracing, which he says is destructive to nature and humanity.
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January 29, 2025
Cummins and Liberty Energy have announced that the industry’s first natural gas variable speed, large displacement engine to power Liberty’s digiPrime hydraulic fracturing platform will be deployed in the first half of 2025.
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January 06, 2025
Halliburton and Coterra Energy announced the launch of autonomous hydraulic fracturing technology in North America with the Octiv® Auto Frac service, which is part of the ZEUS platform.
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December 22, 2024
ProPetro Holding Corp. has entered into a term contract to provide electric hydraulic fracturing services to a large independent Permian-focused oil and gas operator.
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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.
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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.
