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EnerCom announces Liberty Energy and Baker Hughes as Keynote Speakers at the 30th annual EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference, August 17-20, 2025

Oil & Gas 360º

in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta and has held previously roles at Sanjel Corporation, Zodiac Exploration, and Pinnacle Technologies, specializing in hydraulic fracturing in unconventional reservoirs. Ron holds a B.Sc. Ron is a runner, cyclist, hiker, skier, and occasional adventure racer.

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One Hundred Octopi and Counting: Lessons in Online Solids Management

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

A horizontal separator is typically the first piece of equipment downstream of the wellhead choke, dividing the flow into gas, oil, and water streams based on density difference. Across today’s dominant shale plays, however, most solids flowing into surface production equipment are back-produced proppant from hydraulic fracture stimulation.

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Five Lessons Learned from Executing Shale Drilling Transactions

The Energy Law

Many oil and gas properties have (a) unconventional shale formations that may be exploited with horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing and (b) conventional formations that may be exploited with traditional vertical wells. The Five Lessons 1. Take advantage of the geology.