Completions
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September 2016
As the industry targets deeper formations in developing unconventional plays, completion system capabilities continue to reach new heights. The goal is to design HPHT technologies optimized for horizontal wells that increase initial production rates and cumulative production to maximize return on investment.
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September 12, 2016
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) monthly Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), released Monday, now includes a supplement that provides monthly estimates of the number of DUCs in the seven key oil and natural gas producing regions covered by the report.
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September 08, 2016
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the jack-up rig Mærsk Gallant with Maersk Oil.
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September 08, 2016
Weatherford has won two large contracts with a supermajor operator for sand screens and for upper completions products, including gas-lift equipment, chemical-injection equipment, subsurface safety valves (SSVs) and downhole measurement tools.
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August 31, 2016
Packers Plus Energy Services helped an operator stimulate a formation with an openhole multi-stage ball-drop system in Argentina's Loma La Lata field 30 times faster compared to a traditional plug-and-perf method.
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August 31, 2016
D&L Oil Tools’ quality management system has been granted API’s Q1 Certification and their packers and bridge plug products now possess API 11D1 Monogram licenses
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August 26, 2016
Lucas Energy, Inc., has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, CATI Operating, LLC, entered into an agreement with its senior lender, as evidenced by a promissory note, to borrow $1 million, effective August 15, 2016. The company plans to use the funds to participate in the drilling and completion of certain Eagle Ford wells.
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August 23, 2016
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. has announced that it has recently worked with operator Dubai Petroleum Establishment to install and successfully stimulate an offshore carbonate reservoir using an open hole multi-stage ball-drop system.
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August 16, 2016
Liberty Oilfield Services, a privately held pressure pumping services company, has announced the release of its new Quiet Fleet.
Article
August 2016
Only the core survives mounting ROR pressure
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August 15, 2016
HOUSTON -- Hunting announced Monday that its Titan Division’s select fire perforating system recently set a new Canadian e-coil perforating record with a 52-CFA gun string deployed by Titanium Tubing Technology Ltd. for Teine Energy Ltd. in Kindersley, Saskatchewan.
Article
August 2016
The use of solid expandable liners is increasing; however, the perception remains that they are viable in limited applications. Yet, changes to the expandable connection and expansion assembly have enabled a liner to be rotated, to reduce the risk of stuck pipe when running tubulars in a directional wellbore.
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August 02, 2016
Halliburton today announced the installation of its 1,000th multilateral junction.
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July 20, 2016
A dynamic new project, the Saudi Arabian Drilling Academy (SADA), has officially been launched.
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July 20, 2016
Exxon Mobil has awarded Baker Hughes a limited international license to Exxon Mobil’s Alternate Path technology patent portfolio for services of gravel packing cased and openhole completion wells.
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July 20, 2016
Casing and completion tool specialist Deep Casing Tools has continued its Middle East expansion with a successful deployment of its unique drillable turbine technology in Iraq.
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July 19, 2016
GEODynamics, Inc.’s Engineered Perforating Solutions Division has completed extensive field testing of the latest addition to their family of plug-and-perf technology based products. The FracIQ Limited Entry Perforating System has been applied in over 1,000 frac stages since field testing commenced in April 2016.
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July 19, 2016
Packers Plus Energy Services’ StackFRAC Titanium XV HPHT open hole ball drop completion system enabled operators in Alberta's Duvernay formation to achieve cost savings of up to 30% compared to plug-and-perf completion methods.
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July 12, 2016
Shawcor Ltd. announced that its pipe coating group has received a conditional contract worth approximately C$300 million from Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG), to provide pipeline coating solutions to the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Sur de Texas - Tuxpan gas pipeline project.
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July 13, 2016
Weatherford International's new model WUDP-10 deep-set safety valve has been certified to V1 standards under the American Petroleum Institute (API) Specification 14A.
Article
July 2016
Underground gas storage wells are an essential component of the natural gas supply chain. The flexibility and resiliency provided by these storage wells are the key to maintaining reliable and responsive gas delivery, especially as demand has increased in the last several years, while supply has become more volatile.
