Hydraulic Fracturing
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July 11, 2019
Cuadrilla today confirmed that it will return to hydraulic fracturing and flow testing of natural gas at its flagship Lancashire site in Preston New Road, near Blackpool.
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July 08, 2019
PDS Energy Information (PDS), a provider of secure data transfer exchange services for oil & gas drilling, completion, and production data, has announced that it has assumed commercial operation of the Frac Interference Exchange (FracX), a reciprocal data sharing network previously developed and operated by one of the largest operators in the Permian basin to coordinate hydraulic fracturing activity among producers.
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June 26, 2019
Thrifty drillers have found a new use for the glut of natural gas that’s sent prices for the fuel below zero in America’s biggest shale patch: Use it to power fracing operations.
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June 21, 2019
Emerald Bay Energy Inc. has reported on operations at the Isabella #2 well in Gonzales County, Texas. Hydraulic fracturing of the Navarro formation has been completed, and the well has been swabbed for a total of 28 days to recover the frac fluids and measure in-flow rates.
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June 09, 2019
Texas drillers may have found a solution to the stubborn natural gas glut that’s forced them to either burn it off into the air, or pay others to take it away.
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May 26, 2019
Schlumberger Ltd. had its debt rating lowered by S&P Global Inc. as belt-tightening in the U.S. shale patch translates into less drilling and fracing work for the world’s top oilfield services provider.
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May 20, 2019
The Frost #1H well is located in the Northwest Shelf of the Midland Basis, in Yoakum County, Texas, and targets the exploration component of the San Andres Formation.
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May 19, 2019
Select Energy Services Inc., a provider of water to shale drillers, is in the early stages of considering a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.
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April 30, 2019
Halliburton Company has introduced the Elect frac sleeve, a monobore sleeve solution that enables unlimited stage count in multistage fracturing operations.
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April 28, 2019
The UK’s commissioner for shale gas, an advocate for the public, has quit after six months, saying government policies and strict rules on hydraulic fracturing are stunting activity.
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April 23, 2019
QCI has announced the rollout of a 10K psi ESP surface penetrator system, the QCI P5-10K, that eliminates the need and expense of pulling an ESP system on multi-well pads when fracing in close proximity.
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April 16, 2019
Solaris is closing in on water deals with other companies as explorers increasingly outsource one of the key components of fracing.
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April 03, 2019
For the last six years, Kevin Bowen has made a good living selling sand to operators and OFS providers who use it to complete horizontal wells. It was a lucrative market tied to the drilling boom in West Texas.
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April 01, 2019
Sand shoveled out of an Argentina river used to transport soybeans may soon reappear 700 mi (1,100 km) away in the country’s booming shale fields.
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February 27, 2019
Shale fracers right now are about as popular with investors as they are with environmentalists. And on Wednesday, there were hard questions even for a company widely viewed as the best: EOG Resources Inc.
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February 26, 2019
The backlash against shale drilling in earthquake-prone regions -- a thorn in the side of U.S. energy companies for the past decade -- reached China this week after a series of temblors killed two people and reduced homes to rubble.
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February 15, 2019
Warren Buffett showing up in your share register can be a bittersweet affair.
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February 14, 2019
Shale Support Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of frac-sands and logistical solutions to the oil and gas proppant market, has announced it has finalized a deal as a provider for a tier-one petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company
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February 07, 2019
On the second day of SPE’s hydraulic fracturing conference, held on Wednesday, in the Woodlands, Texas, the technical presentations kicked into high-gear, with four major categories being explored by SME’s from operating companies, service providers and academia.
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February 06, 2019
Just a year after rushing into America’s busiest oil field with new mines, frac-sand producers may have overdone it.
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February 06, 2019
SPE’s hydraulic fracturing conference kicked-off yesterday, Feb. 5, with a plenary session that outlined the significance of properly identifying frac hits.
