Liberty Oilfield Services LLC gained a suite of completion services, customers and employees when it snapped up a proppant operator and Schlumberger Ltd.’s North American business, but integrating the moving parts has proven to be a challenge.

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The operator’s focus for a big chunk of last year was integrating OneStim and its customers into Liberty, CEO Chris Wright said during the fourth quarter conference call. In early 2021 Liberty completed the takeover of Schlumberger’s Lower 48 and Canadian fracturing (fracking) unit. Last fall Liberty added more services with the takeover of Proppant Express Investments LLC (PropX), which provides last-mile delivery solutions, including sand, to producers across North America. 

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