Hydraulic Fracturing
Webcast
Frac Challenges - reaching ESG targets and higher profitability
March 11, 2021
MTU, CUDD
Today's modern fracturing fleets are expected to deliver the highest level of performance, productivity, efficiency and reliability. E&P's require a diversified fleet which can handle multiple pumping scenarios without having to change equipment or book separate specialized fleets, while also achieving emissions reduction targets driven by ESG goals/initiatives. CUDD Energy Services chose mtu’s 16V 4000 T95 3000HP Tier 4 engine for this reason. Legendary performance, efficiency and reliability – mtu’s experience in the industrial diesel engine market aims to deliver solutions that address service companies expanding needs and challenges in today's market. Join mtu and CUDD to discuss their Tier 4 fleet expansion and learn more about how a single fleet can cover any pumping scenario.
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January 14, 2021
The world’s biggest fracking services provider, Halliburton has deployed the industry’s first grid-powered fracking operation on behalf of Cimarex Energy Co. To date, it’s completed almost 340 stages across multiple wells.
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January 08, 2021
“Opening the shale revolution to the world through the export ban lifting helped shift the global oil market psychology from supply scarcity to abundance,” said Karim Fawaz, director of research and analysis for energy at IHS Markit. “It unshackled the U.S. industry to keep growing past its domestic refining limitations.”
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December 21, 2020
Diamondback said it agreed to purchase closely held Guidon Operating LLC. That cash-and-stock deal values Guidon, which was co-founded in 2016 by funds managed with Blackstone Group, at about $862 million.
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December 21, 2020
Diamondback Energy and QEP Resources have entered into a definitive agreement under which Diamondback will acquire QEP in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion, including QEP’s net debt of $1.6 billion as of September 30, 2020.
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December 16, 2020
It looks like the mainstream media have finally realized that government intervention in energy markets impacts the cost of energy for consumers, writes Commissioner Wayne Christian, Railroad Commission of Texas.
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December 15, 2020
Home to the Bakken shale formation, North Dakota won’t see any sustained growth in production sooner than the second half of 2022, Lynn Helms, director of the state’s Department of Mineral Resources, said.
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December 14, 2020
Steady output from their mines means that oil sands producers are able to keep revenue coming for decades without too much investment, while the short life span of shale wells forces U.S. explorers to constantly burn cash just to keep up production.
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December 10, 2020
Shale operators slashed their planned capital expenditure (capex) for 2020 to account for the oil price crash, which inevitably led to decline in drilling and completion activity in the Eagle Ford play. Hence, crude oil production is expected to drop by 10% year-on-year (YOY) in 2021, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Webcast
ShaleTech™ Hydraulic Fracturing Forum: Summer 2020
September 17, 2020
Welltec, Stepan Oil Solutions, Newpark Fluid Systems
During this 60 minute live webcast, Moderator, Joe D. Woods, President, International Pinpoint, will lead discussion on these topics: 1) “Economic Impact of Comprehensive Zonal Isolation Design during Hydraulic Fracturing of Cementless Completions”, with presenter, Yosafat Esquitin, Business Development Manager – Well Completions, Welltec. 2) “How Registered Biocides Protect Your Assets, Your People and Your Reservoir”, with presenter, Lynn Yakoweshen, Global Business Manager, Stepan Oilfield Solutions. 3) “How High Viscosity Friction Reducers Can Effectively Drive Down Hydraulic Fracturing Costs”, with presenter, Andrew Babey, Business Development Manager – Stimulation, Newpark Fluid Systems.
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December 23, 2019
The slowdown in Permian Basin oil drilling and fracking is spreading to the lenders as austerity takes hold.
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December 20, 2019
The study comes as presidential candidates and activist groups have called for a ban on hydraulic fracturing. Several major candidates have promised to pursue such a ban if elected, and the results would deliver a staggering blow to the economy.
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December 03, 2019
Last month, the UK fracing industry suffered a fatal blow as the Conservative government ended its support for the practice over concern that it causes earthquakes. The move, ahead of a general election set for Dec. 12, effectively bans fracing.
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December 03, 2019
Permian basin frac crews, who are brought in to complete the final stage for creating a new oil well, have dropped 21% so far this year. For all of 2018, frac crews in the West Texas and New Mexico oil fields expanded by 1.3%.
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November 11, 2019
Carbo Ceramics Inc. plunged 47% after warning investors it may fail as a going concern in part because its largest frac-sand customer halted purchases.
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November 11, 2019
Halliburton released its PixStar High-Resolution Ultrasonic Imaging Service, a new logging-while-drilling technology that provides real-time images of the borehole to help operators identify fractures, improve wellbore stability and optimize completion design.
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November 05, 2019
OPEC slashed estimates for the amount of oil it will need to pump in coming years, projecting that its share of world markets will shrink until the middle of the next decade amid a flood of U.S. shale supplies.
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November 05, 2019
Oxy pledged to slash spending by 40% next year after quarterly profit fell short of forecasts due in part to the oil explorer’s $37 billion takeover of Anadarko.
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November 03, 2019
Exxon Mobil and Chevron executives spoke out publicly against the proposals for the first time on Friday, saying they would shift profits from production from the U.S. to other countries, increasing prices for consumers while doing nothing to reduce oil demand or greenhouse-gas emissions.
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November 03, 2019
The move, just weeks ahead of a general election, effectively bans new wells using hydraulic fracturing technology.
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October 30, 2019
Independent shale producer Concho Resources Inc. said it’s tapping federal acreage for drilling now in case the U.S. elects a president who favors a fracing ban.