Hydraulic Fracturing
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July 27, 2018
Halliburton Company introduced MicroScout Plus Service , an offering designed to take hydraulic fracturing, and microfracture stimulation, to the next level by reaching and effectively stimulating secondary microfractures too small to be propped using conventional frac sand.
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July 24, 2018
Cuadrilla has today received final hydraulic fracture consent from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for its first horizontal shale gas exploration well at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire.
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July 23, 2018
Hi-Crush has entered into an agreement to acquire FB Industries, a manufacturer of silo-based frac sand management systems for $60 million.
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July 23, 2018
Reveal Energy is enhancing IMAGE Frac pressure-based fracture maps with a new platform that uses parallel processing with algorithms to determine fracture geometry for large, complex pad operations in multiple zones.
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July 17, 2018
Superior Silica Sands LLC, a subsidiary of Emerge Energy Services LP, has announced that it has signed an agreement with a third-party logistics provider, Torq Energy Logistics Ltd., to open a new frac sand terminal in Buick, British Columbia.
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July 10, 2018
Standing high on top of a windswept dune in the West Texas plains, Greg Edwards stares out into a vast ocean of sand.
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March 07, 2018
Two top oil company executives are taking contrasting views on how fracing is changing the industry’s life cycle.
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March 07, 2018
The Oilfield Technology Group (OTG) of Hexion Inc. today announced the completion of its resin-coated proppant manufacturing plant expansion in Canada.
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March 05, 2018
As the intensity of completing unconventional wells continues to grow, so too do the demands on fracturing equipment. Longer laterals, rising stage counts, and increased pressures and proppant loadings per stage make hydraulic fracturing an extremely difficult—and consumptive—enterprise, particularly in the challenging wells seen in regions like the Permian basin.
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March 02, 2018
Britain’s natural gas fracing industry is using a cold snap that’s gripped large swathes of Europe this week and laid bare weaknesses in the UK’s energy supply to make its pitch.
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February 09, 2018
The oil prospectors of Oklahoma, it appeared, finally had a solution to their earthquake problem.
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January 26, 2018
The fracing frenzy in Colorado is spurring a tense faceoff between shale drillers in the region and residents seeking a better handle on the dangers in their own backyards after a killer pipeline explosion last year.
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January 25, 2018
Reveal Energy Services has announced the company has validated more than 2,500 hydraulic fracturing stages throughout the U.S. with its pressure-based fracture maps.
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January 14, 2018
Less than two weeks in, 2018 is shaping up to be the year of the fracer.
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May 18, 2017
Shale explorers pushing to expand oil production are struggling to find enough fracing crews after thousands of workers were dismissed during the crude rout.
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May 04, 2017
Weir Oil & Gas has announced that it has taken an important step in transforming the hydraulic fracturing process. Weir’s latest innovation – the Simplified Frac Iron System – will make the frac process significantly simpler, safer and more productive.
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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 06, 2017
Source Energy Services Ltd., Canada’s largest distributor of fracing sand, or proppant, is seeking to raise C$175 million ($130 million) in an initial public offering, reviving the deal after it was postponed last month as oil prices fell, according to people familiar with the sale.
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March 26, 2017
Schlumberger Ltd. and Weatherford International Plc are forming a joint venture aimed at taking on the king of fracing, Halliburton Co.
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March 20, 2017
Source Energy Services Inc., Canada’s largest distributor of fracing sand, has cut the size of its initial public offering to about C$250 million ($187 million) from C$300 million amid a decline in oil prices, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg News.
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March 09, 2017
A pioneer of the U.S. shale revolution wants to take fracing to America’s final frontier. Success could help revive Alaska’s flagging oil fortunes.
