Halliburton recently completed a horizontal well with multistage hydraulic fracturing at a depth of 4400 meters in the Neuquén Basin of Argentina. According to their press release it was the first horizontal gas shale well and the deepest shale gas well in South America. The well was drilled for Apache Corporation.
More at the Halliburton.com website.
“Long recognized as the industry leader in advancing the science and engineering of the production enhancement technology known as hydraulic fracturing, Halliburton today announced the introduction of a first-of-its-kind fracture fluid system comprised of materials sourced entirely from the food industry.” Quoted from the Halliburton press release.
Halliburton is now publishing information about the chemistry of hydraulic fracturing fluids being used to develop the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. See the press release on the Halliburton website.
Halliburton has done the first hydraulic fracturing job in Poland for PGNiG – the government’s oil and gas company. More at Reuters.com.
Haliburton CEO, Dave Lesar, says that activity in the oil and gas shale plays is allowing his company to increase prices. However, he sees uncertainty in natural gas prices that could reduce the current increase in activity. More at NASDAQ.
At a public hearing of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Wyoming Governor, Dave Freudenthal questioned Halliburton attorney, Thomas Jackson about the composition of hydraulic fracturing fluids. More in the Washington Post.
