by Well Data Labs | Aug 31, 2016 | Industry Insights
For as long as hydraulic fracturing, or fracing, has existed, the story goes the same way. A well is drilled, cased, completed, and put on production. And the story always ends the same way too – eventually the well runs dry. Companies move on to tap new wells because...
by Tim Buttrill | May 23, 2016 | Completions, Industry Insights
I’m not an engineer. I was headed that way during my first year of undergrad at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, but I eventually yielded to the tempting promises of entrepreneurship proffered by the business school. Now, a decade later, I find myself leading...
by Tim Buttrill | Feb 17, 2016 | Completions, Industry Insights
It’s no secret that our industry has its swings. Layoffs and downsizing worries become a common watercooler refrain in lean times, and few are spared the stress that this causes. $30 oil has a tendency to separate the wheat from the chaff, and the effects aren’t...