Fracing

Patterson-UTI Expanding Shale Frac Services

Houston-based Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (PTEN) plans to expand its pressure pumping services for hydraulic fracturing (fracing) operations in the Barnett and Eagle Ford shales, and in the Permian Basin, after striking a $237.7 million cash deal with Key Energy Services Inc.

July 7, 2010

CA Gas Well May Need to be Horizontally Drilled

Results of the latest fracing in a relatively shallow (2,000-foot-deep) exploration well near Delano in California’s southern central valley indicate a horizontal drilling program is going to be needed to prove the potential of what Tri-Valley Oil and Gas Corp. is calling the far West’s largest natural gas field ever.

May 7, 2001

CA Gas Well Needs Horizontal Drilling to Prove Potential

Results of the latest fracing in a relatively shallow (2,000-foot-deep) exploration well near Delano in California’s southern central valley indicate a horizontal drilling program is going to be needed to prove the potential of what Tri-Valley Oil and Gas Corp. is calling the far West’s largest natural gas field ever.

May 3, 2001