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Add in sandstorms, hailstorms, truck
traffic, rattlesnakes and both customers
and competitors trying to hire your field
team every time they show up on location,
and you have a taste of a hypercompetitive
and tough business environment.
While not for the timid, there
is no better environment to constantly
learn, create, evolve and improve.
This innovation is seen in the region's
producers, service companies,
engineering firms and manufacturers.
A perfect example is Midland-based
Henry Petroleum trying its first slickwater
fracturing treatment in 2003,
pioneering a combination of new horizontal
drilling and fracturing techniques
at the same time. The small
independent transformed our industry
and our nation's reserves profile. Using
its new technique, Henry managed to
bring in huge wells from worn-out
old fields that my father considered
depleted during his stint in the Permian
for Getty Oil in the 1960s.
Today, the power of slickwater
fracs is obvious. But in 2003, looking
at impermeable rock and thinking,
" This is no problem; we'll turn it
into a productive reservoir by drilling
horizontally for a mile or two and injecting
a football field worth of sand "
took vision and guts. To see how an
independent oil company thinks and
acts, read The Wolfberry Chronicle
by Henry Oil Geologist Gregory Berkhouse.
It tells the story in wonderful
detail, including in-depth explanations
of the technologies, geology and terminology
needed to understand modern
Permian plays.
Every country around the globe is
searching for similar tight shale formations
to exploit using Henry's novel approach,
and the challenges that stem
from these wells have spawned the next
generation of equipment and services
to complete and produce these beasts.
Takeaway Capacity
Highly-productive wells require
takeaway capacity. The sooner that
capacity can be built, the easier it is to
meet demand.
That is where Odessa-based SaulsGas
lift engineers are using OneSkid dehydration packages from Bold Production Services
to keep their gas dry. This extends pipe and valve life by slowing corrosion.
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bury Industries comes in. In true Permian
fashion, the firm specializes in completing
projects quickly and safely.
Started by entrepreneur Dick Saulsbury
in the 1960s, the family-owned business
has evolved into one of the largest,
most respected engineering, procurement
and construction firms in the country.
Today, it boasts more than 5,000 employees,
who are redefining state-ofthe-art
in facilities across the Permian
and the United States.
Besides that, the members of the
Saulsbury family are fine people. Their
character and work ethic shows in the
people they hire and the amazing company
they have built.
As the industry focuses on minimizing
emissions and flaring, Permian
companies are helping lead the way.
For example, Warren Cat is converting
the industry's 'big iron' from diesel to
natural gas, which dramatically reduces
emissions and utilizes natural gas produced
in the basin.
Because natural gas has less energy
density than diesel, it can be challenging
to deliver the power frac pumps require
using natural gas. But thanks to smart
engineering, Caterpillar's new 3512E
DGB can achieve full power load with
80% natural gas and only 20% diesel.
For a typical frac spread with 18-26
pumps, each with a whopping 2,500
horsepower, the reduction in fuel costs
and emissions adds up quickly.
In areas where new, fully electric
frac units are utilized, they often struggle
with the lack of clean, reliable power
from the grid. After all, a single job
can draw 30 megawatts from the line.
Even when electric power is available,
remote locations often suffer from " dirty
power " or power surges that can damage
sophisticated electronic equipment. The
Caterpillar G3520 generator produces
2,500 horsepower fueled by natural
gas. In the Permian, where stranded
gas can be a real issue, these technologies
are a true win-win for both industry
and the environment.
Limiting Flash Gas
Another great example is the new
technology introduced by Bold Production
Services with its large fleet of
trailer-mounted production coolers,
OneSkid dehydration packages and
OneSkid hydrogen sulfide removal technologies.
While I built a nice business
capturing tank batteries' methane emissions,
my favorite technologies are ones
that keep emissions from being produced
in the first place. Permian operators
use Bold's large electric drive cooler
fleet to reduce the temperature of their
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