Dead cow reached a new record of hydraulic fractures with 2,214 stages in April

Vaca Muerta, Argentina’s gigantic formation of non-conventional hydrocarbons, broke a new record of activity last April, according to sources from the sector reported this Monday. The number of fracture stages -a technical way of measuring activity in non-conventional deposits- was in the fourth month of the year of 2,214 in Vaca Muerta, according to a report by the Energy Contacts Foundation. The data exceeds by 12% the previous historical bran…

The activity of hydraulic fracture in Vaca Muerta reached a new monthly record in April, with a total of 2,214 stages of fracture in the shale segment. The data comes from the report prepared by the country manager of NCS Multistage, Luciano Fucello, and exceeds the previous record of 1,978 punctures reached in February. The activity was led by YPF, which completed 931 stages of fracture, representing 42% of the total recorded in April. Second, …