Tag: fracking

Hydraulic fracturing has increased in many parts of the world as other energy sources such as coal bed methane production stagnates or decreases.

Weir Oil & Gas, whose principal operations are in North America, Europe and the Middle East, has recently announced the Simplified Frac Iron System, which aims to reduce the amount of iron as well as number of connections on site in order to make the frac process simpler, safer and more productive.

Weir Oil & Gas, the industry’s leading supplier of pressure pumping equipment to the upstream market, has announced its latest innovation to increase customer efficiency and performance. The new SPM® QEM 3000 is the industry’s first high-horse power frac pump designed for continuous-duty pressure pumping operation at 275,000-pound force rod load–all the time.

The Systems Division of Wilson Company (Wilson Systems) has launched IntelliTest®, the first fully-automated hydrostatic pressure non-destructive tester, for testing and recertification of critical iron parts for oil and gas fracking applications.

    The governor of Vermont has signed into law the first state ban on hydraulic fracturing.

The State of New York has begun public hearings on natural gas drilling rules in the Marcellus Shale. Environmentalists say that the rules currently in place are too lax, but industry says that they are so restrictive drillers would avoid exploring in the state.

Natural gas company Anshutz Exploration has sued the town of Dryden in central New York in an effort to strike down a recent zoning law prohibiting gas drilling there. While New York State is considering whether to allow hydraulic fracturing, more than a dozen municipalities have enacted gas-drilling bans or restrictions.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has announced new requirements that must be met by energy companies that extract natural gas through hydraulic fracturing.