Oil Fracturing Equipment

Hydraulic fracturing is a well stimulation technology used to maximize the extraction of underground resources; including oil, natural gas, geothermal energy, and even water by fracturing the formation to create enhanced pathways for the fluids to flow into gathering wells. Hydraulic fracturing is mostly utilized by the oil and gas industry to enhance and sometime enable shale oil and gas production. The maturation of this technology is the key driver behind current shale gas boom in the United States and around the world.

Natural gas plays a key role in nation’s clean energy future and hydraulic fracturing is one way of accessing this vital resource. Over the past few years, the use of hydraulic fracturing for gas extraction has increased and has expanded over a wider diversity of geographic regions and geologic formations.

Hydraulic fracturing/Equipment is a stimulation technique that has become widely used by the oil industry since its introduction about 20 years ago. In a hydraulic fracturing treatment, fluid is injected into the well at rates higher than the reservoir matrix will accept. Rapid injection produces a buildup in wellbore pressure until a pressure large enough to overcome rock stresses is reached. At this pressure, failure occurs allowing a crack or fracture to be formed. Continued fluid injection with selected propant results in a high conductivity crack in the formation and thereby well stimulation.

This technique used to produce natural gas flow from previously unproductive or uneconomical natural gas sources. This enables the production of natural gas and oil from rock formations deep below the earth's surface (generally 5,000-20,000 feet or 1,500-6,100 m). At such depth, there may not be sufficient porosity and permeability to allow natural gas and oil to flow from the rock into the wellbore.