Packers Plus Installs the First Ever 60 Stage Open Hole Completion

HOUSTON, December 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Largest job to date in the Marcellus Shale

Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. has successfully installed a 60 stage open hole completion system featuring 124 tool assemblies in a row.

"This job in the Marcellus Shale demonstrates the breadth and depth of our technology," said Dan Themig, President of Packers Plus. "We had no issues sending 61 RockSEAL^® packers downhole in a 3,600 ft lateral. This hybrid system features our latest technological innovations in one well."

Packers Plus worked closely with the operator in the planning stages to ensure that the open hole system met all of the operator's design requirements. This included detailed pre-job calculations and full operational contingency plans.

"Preparation before the job was key," said James Athans, US General Manager. "This completion included our new SF Cementor™ stage collar and RepeaterPORT^® sleeve in a hybrid of StackFRAC^® and QuickFRAC^® systems. It was a complex design that met the unique requirements of the operator."

In recent years, the move to more stages and shorter stage lengths has dominated the open hole completions industry. "We are seeing that operators want more and more stages," said Themig. "Our work in the Marcellus, James Lime, Bakken and other U.S. formations has all moved in this direction. With our most recent product launches, we have answered the need for more stages and this job demonstrates our ability in this area."

About Packers Plus and StackFRAC

Packers Plus is a pioneer of open hole multi-stage fracture stimulation systems and is an industry leader in designing and manufacturing innovative solutions for a variety of completion challenges. Packers Plus has run over 7,750 completion systems accounting for over 80,000 fracture stages since the company started operations in 2000.

Today, Packers Plus has employees in 29 offices in the United States, Canada, and across the globe. The company is working in numerous U.S. formations including the Niobrara, James Lime, Bakken, Marcellus and Granite Wash.

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Packers Plus^®, RepeaterPORT^®, QuickFRAC^®, RockSEAL^® and StackFRAC^® are registered trademarks of Packers Plus Energy Services Inc.

For further information:
Dan Themig
President
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc.
Phone: +1-403-234-4100
Cell: +1-403-870-1829
dan.themig@packersplus.com

Lynette Lefsrud
Marketing and Communications Director
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc.
Phone: +1-403-263-7587
Cell: +1-403-616-6079
lynette.lefsrud@packersplus.com