
Vista and Trafigura to develop Vaca Muerta block
The two companies have agreed to develop 20 oil wells in the Bajada del Palo Oeste block, located in the Vaca Muerta shale play in Argentina.
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The two companies have agreed to develop 20 oil wells in the Bajada del Palo Oeste block, located in the Vaca Muerta shale play in Argentina.

The new facility is part of the company’s planned expansion into the northeast (Marcellus and Utica) market.

Applied Petroleum Technology has ramped up its presence in Houston to support US operators involved with shale oil as well as companies engaged in offshore E&P in the Gulf of Mexico.

Based on current market demand, the FracTran will be launched with a rating of 3300 horsepower and 10 000 lb.-ft. of input torque.

The majority of operators have stated that they are planning to operate within free cash flow to fund their future capital expenditures, which means that the next few years of oil and gas production growth in the US will hinge on the discipline of operators with their capital budgets, says GlobalData.

The company delivered real-time control of fracture placement while pumping on a multi-well pad using its SmartFleet intelligent fracturing system in the Permian Basin, US.

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Hunting is providing convertible capital financing to support Well Data Labs' growth ambitions in the onshore technical well data analytics market.

The job is being performed on several pads for Cimarex Energy Co. in the Permian Basin.

The two companies have completed the contribution of Schlumberger’s onshore hydraulic fracturing business in the United States and Canada to Liberty.

Unless an effective COVID-19 vaccine is made available, the uncertainty in global energy demand will continue to weigh down oil prices, and delay shale industry recovery.

Pioneer will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Parsley in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately US$4.5 billion.