Hydraulic Fracturing
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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.
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February 06, 2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company has announced the introduction of its MILLITE lightweight frac plug, which mills out more smoothly and cleans up better than any other conventional frac plug on the market, cutting costs and helping customers achieve first oil faster.
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February 06, 2019
Chemstream Oilfield Services today announced its hydraulic fracturing friction reducer technology (StimSTREAM FR 9800) is reaching up to a 40% decrease in FR usage and has provided significant hydraulic fracturing chemical savings for six natural gas producers in the Appalachian Shale basin.
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February 05, 2019
Reveal Energy Services announces today the commercialization of the FracEYE(SM) frac hit analysis service to expand the industry’s knowledge base about this critical issue of parent well-child well communication.
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February 05, 2019
Silixa Ltd announces the launch of Carina XwellXpress, the crosswell low frequency strain and microseismic monitoring service that accurately locates microseismic and strain events in real-time through wireline interventions, allowing operators to improve stimulation and completion designs to maximize recovery.
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February 03, 2019
Nissan Chemical America Corporation will be exhibiting their line of nanoActiv products as well as sharing recent performance results from various treated wells at SPE HFTC.
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January 23, 2019
Seismos, Inc., a technology provider for the oil and gas industry offering real-time frac treatment and frac performance evaluation, has secured a $10.5 million equity financing led by Quantum Energy Partners with follow-on participation from Javelin Venture Partners, Osage University Partners, ATP fund, Hicks Oilfield and other existing investors.
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January 22, 2019
The world’s biggest oilfield service companies are feeling the U.S. fracing slowdown as shale producers slash spending forecasts.
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January 22, 2019
Halliburton forecast a drop in fracing earnings in the first quarter as the OFS announced a cut in capital expenditure to match a more disciplined approach from customers.
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January 17, 2019
Vista Proppants and Logistics, LLC has commenced operations of a transload terminal facility to facilitate enhanced delivery of frac sand into the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian Basin.
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January 15, 2019
Statement by Dan Haley, President & CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association, on today’s Colorado Supreme Court ruling.
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January 15, 2019
A new computational model could potentially boost efficiencies and profits in natural gas production by better predicting previously hidden fracture mechanics. It also accurately accounts for the known amounts of gas released during the process.
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January 09, 2019
C&J Energy Services is teaming with Seismos to collaborate on the industry's first real-time hydraulic fracture characterization solution.
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January 08, 2019
Emerge Energy Services LP has announced that its subsidiary Superior Silica Sands LLC has signed a new agreement with Chesapeake Energy Corporation covering frac sand supplied from Superior's San Antonio mine in South Texas.
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December 18, 2018
The latest innovation from Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. is providing operators with higher efficiency plug-and-perf systems worldwide.
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December 04, 2018
The North American fracing market -- already expected to be a downer for the holidays -- is turning out to be even worse than expected, according to the world’s biggest oil-service provider.
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December 03, 2018
AFGlobal has successfully completed its field evaluation of the DuraStim pump in the Permian Basin. AFGlobal’s new patented pressure pumping technology offers end users tremendous advantages over traditional fracing technology and those offered by other electric and turbine based systems.
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November 28, 2018
DynaEnergetics has opened new manufacturing facilities in Blum, Texas. The facility expands the production capacity of the company’s DynaStage well perforating system.
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November 15, 2018
Nissan Chemical America Corporation (NCA) introduces enhanced flowback technology (EFT) to complement its existing line of nanoActiv products.
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November 09, 2018
The outlook for Canadian fracing companies is up in the air.
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November 07, 2018
The oil fields of West Texas don’t sit still for long.
