Hydraulic Fracturing

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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.
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March 07, 2017
BNK Petroleum Inc. has announced that the Chandler 8-6H well in Oklahoma is producing through facilities, while flowing back fracture stimulation fluids, after its fracture stimulation. In addition, the Hartgraves 1-6H well, the second well of the Company’s 2017 drilling program, has been drilled and cased.
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February 28, 2017
STEP Energy Services Ltd., a fracing services provider, plans to raise about C$200 million ($152 million) in the biggest initial public offering (IPO) in the Canadian oil and gas industry in more than two years.
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February 20, 2017
Further to the Company’s announcement on Jan. 11, 2017, President Energy has announced that the workover rig has been mobilized to the first well location, and that operations have already commenced.
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February 16, 2017
Colorado Petroleum Council Executive Director Tracee Bentley strongly slammed a report released today by the University Of Colorado School Of Public Health.
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January 25, 2017
The Oilfield Technology Group (OTG) of Hexion Inc. has announced the release of its Sentinel dust suppressant. This new technology is designed to reduce dust generated from uncoated frac sand.
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January 23, 2017
Halliburton announced today that two of its RapidStart Initiator CT (casing test) sleeves opened after 32 months downhole. Thirty-two months is an industry record for the successful operation of a toe sleeve.
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January 19, 2017
Fairmount Santrol announced today an extension to Propel SSP proppant transport technology, which increases hydraulic fracturing efficiency, for plays where operators face high produced water disposal costs and constraints on freshwater availability.
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January 17, 2017
Owen Oil Tools, a division of Core Laboratories, recently launched its HERO PerFRAC line of shaped charges.
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January 12, 2017
Dragon Products is expanding its frac equipment rebuilding efforts to help oil production companies meet new market demand.
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January 03, 2017
geoLOGIC systems, a portfolio company of BV Investment Partners, has announced that it has purchased Canadian Discovery Ltd.’s (CDL) Well Completions & Frac Database and related products, including its Direct Data Access add-on module and the Drilling Database.
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