Electric powered drilling and fracking reduces pollution

From Luke Geiver, North American Shale Magazine, October 31, 2018

U.S. Well Services has expanded from West Texas to South Texas with its unique frack fleet offering. The Houston-based firm announced this week it will work with an operator in the Eagle Ford and provide its electric frack fleet starting next year.

The announcement with the Eagle Ford operator comes five days after USWS said it will work with Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration LLC by providing an electric frack fleet for HHEX’s Marcellus shale operations.

Regarding the contract in South Texas, Joel Broussard, CEO of USWS, said the company is now validated in its frack fleet design and need for the industry. “We look forward to working closely with them to provide safer operations, reduce noise , drive substantial fuel savings and achieve operating efficiencies through the use of natural gas sourced directly from the field,” adding, “We continue to gain momentum with other potential customers as the industry continues to recognize the benefits of electric frack and adopt this innovative and revolutionary technology.”

The electric fleet is powered by natural gas fueled turbine generators. The operations with natural gas-powered turbines reduces noise by 99 percent and fuel consumption by roughly 90 percent, according to USWS.

Later this year, USWS will become a publicly-traded energy company listed on the Nasdaq. Matlin & Partners Acquisition Corp., a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, made a move to acquire USWS in July.

In 2019, USWS will have an additional four electric fleets hit the market for other customers as well, according to the company.

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Halliburton introduces new automated fracking service

From Patrick Miller, North American Shale Magazine, August 21, 2018

Halliburton Co. has unveiled its Prodigi AB hydraulic fracturing service, which the company called a first-of-its-kind technology that uses automation to improve efficiency, maximize perforation cluster performance and mitigate risks.

By automating the breakdown process of a fracturing treatment, Prodigi AB Service helps deliver better well performance. The service uses algorithmic controls and is supported by a Halliburton completion advisor who tunes the system to optimize the performance.

The Prodigi AB service is designed to improve overall efficiency, maximize the performance of perforation clusters and mitigate the risk of screen-out. The new service provides consistent design execution, better distribution of fluid across the perforated interval and improved treatment pressures and rates. The service delivers improved precision to achieve a lower cost per BOE.

Michael Segura, vice president of Halliburton’s production enhancement business line, said, “Prodigi AB Service offers a significant change in the way we are able to optimize our hydraulic fracturing operations in real-time, accelerate the learning curve to optimize well design and improve the overall consistency of our performance at the wellsite.”

Halliburton said it has successfully used the Prodigi AB Service in the Permian basin with Primexx Energy Partners. The service reduced overall treating pressures, increased consistency of the formation breakdown process and resulted in an immediate improvement in cluster efficiency.

Sam Blatt, vice president of operations for Primexx, said, “Prodigi AB Service is helping Primexx achieve our execution and production goals. The reduction in treating pressure and operational consistency is allowing us to execute treatments more efficiently and the improved cluster distribution is helping us make better wells.”