Conquest Completion Services coil tube operation May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Conquest Completion Services coil tube operation May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. Visible in foreground is Tyler Bell, fluid engineer with Conquest Completion Services. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Conquest Completion Services coil tube operation May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Conquest Completion Services coil tube operation May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
A natural gas flare is visible near storage tanks May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
At left, Josh Garcia, Business Development Manager with Centurion Technologies, speaks with Tyler Bell, fluid engineer with Conquest Completion Services, at a Conquest Completion Services coil tube operation utilizing chemicals from Garcia’s company, May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Conquest Completion Services coil tube operation May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. Visible in foreground is Tyler Bell, fluid engineer with Conquest Completion Services. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Tyler Bell, fluid engineer with Conquest Completion Services changes filters in a piece of equipment at the location of a Conquest coil tube operation May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Conquest Completion Services coil tube operation May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Conquest Completion Services coil tube operation May 30, 2018, in Reeves County, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
A deserrt millipede travels through a pile of frack sand spilled on the ground near a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
David Cantu, line boss, checks the performance of pumping units during a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
David Cantu, line boss, checks the performance of pumping units during a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
David Cantu, line boss, walks near a wellhead at a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Cudd Energy employees work on pumping units at a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Cudd Energy employees from left, Taylor Moore, Martin Del Campo, and Xyler Reynolds oversee a fracking stage from inside a mobile trailer at a Fasken Oil and Ranch well site May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
David Cantu, line boss, checks the performance of pumping units during a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Cudd Energy employees work on pumping units at a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
A wireline hand prepares to connect a perforating gun to the top of a wellhead at a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
General view of pumping units and equipment at a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Cudd Energy employees work near a wellhead at a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
David Cantu, line boss, checks the performance of pumping units during a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Cudd Energy employees move sand during a fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Wellhead and pumping units at a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
General view of pumping units and equipment at a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Cudd Energy employees move sand during a fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
David Cantu, line boss, checks the performance of pumping units during a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Cudd Energy employees monitor the movement of sand during a fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
David Cantu, line boss, walks near a wellhead at a Cudd Energy fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Cudd Energy employees move sand during a fracking operation on a Fasken Oil and Ranch well May 22, 2018, in Midland, Texas. CREDIT: TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Tractor-trailers are loaded from silos full of sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Wet sand moves on conveyer belts at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Wet sand falls off a conveyer at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Wet sand moves along a conveyer at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
A wet plant is used to sort sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Wet plant operators look on as sand is sorted at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Sand falls off a conveyer at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
A wet plant is used to sort sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Tractor-trailers are loaded from silos full of sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
A tractor-trailer pulls away from silos at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
A loadout operator instructs a truck driver to enter a silo via radio before starting the loading process at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Loadout operators remotely load trailers at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Heavy equipment is used to move sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Heavy equipment is used to move sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Heavy equipment is used to move sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Heavy equipment is used to move sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Sand that has been sorted using a wet plant falls off a conveyer at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Heavy equipment is used to move sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Sand blows across the top of a dune near the the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Sand blows across the top of a dune near the the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Sand blows across the top of a dune near the the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
A plant clings to a dune near the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com
Charles Robertson, a floor hand with Trinidad Drilling, jokes with a coworker while moving casing on a rack near Trinidad Drilling Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
TJ Pfannenstiel, drilling foreman on Trinidad Rig 433, monitors operations as casing is put downhole Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Floor hands put casing downhole on Trinidad Drilling Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera connects a section of casing on the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Casing is put downhole on Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Casing on racks near Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera knocks off a thread protector from a section of casing on the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Casing is put downhole on Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera stands back as the boom lifts a section of casing over the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera connects a section of casing on the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera, left, and Kevin Giddings, right, add a section of casing down a vertical well on the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Casing is put downhole on Trinidad Rig 433 in a composite panorama image created by combining multiple exposures, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A series of Halliburton pumping units provide pressure to a wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A series of Halliburton pumping units provide pressure to a wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Aerial view of a fracking wellhead powered by a series of Halliburton pumping units at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Aerial view of a fracking wellhead powered by a series of Halliburton pumping units at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Aerial view of a fracking wellhead powered by a series of Halliburton pumping units at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Octane Energy well-site leader Todd Greer stands near a wellhead at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Halliburton equipment at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
From left, Octane Energy well-site leaders Justin “Bull” Smith, Todd Greer, and Octane Energy CEO Jared Blong discuss operations on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
From left, Octane Energy well-site leaders Justin “Bull” Smith, Todd Greer, and Octane Energy CEO Jared Blong discuss operations on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Halliburton equipment at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Octane Energy well-site leader Todd Greer stands near a wellhead at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Aerial view of a fracking wellhead powered by a series of Halliburton pumping units at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Aerial view of a fracking wellhead powered by a series of Halliburton pumping units at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Aerial view of a fracking wellhead powered by a series of Halliburton pumping units at a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A series of Halliburton pumping units provide pressure to a wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
A series of Halliburton pumping units provide pressure to a wellhead on a fracking site managed by Octane Energy on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 near Stanton. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Jerry Moore, driller onboard Robinson Drilling rig #4, stands outside the control room of the rig Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Guy Cummings works to assemble a 90-foot section of pipe on the drilling floor of Robinson Drilling rig #4 on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Mud engineer Buddy Green takes a water sample from the pool attached to Robinson Drilling rig #4 on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Jerry Moore, driller onboard Robinson Drilling rig #4, climbs up to the control room of the rig Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Carl Merworth washes the underside of Robinson Drilling rig #4 on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Midland County. The drum-shaped item is the blowout preventer, a large valve designed to seal the drill hole to prevent the uncontrolled release of oil or natural gas. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Chance Lang descends toward the water pool attached to Robinson Drilling rig #4 on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Water pool attached to Robinson Drilling rig #4 on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Guy Cummings (left), Carl Merworth (center, rear) and Desiderio Castillo (right) attach a 90-foot section of pipe onto the end of an active drill pipe on the drilling floor of Robinson Drilling rig #4 on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Guy Cummings works to assemble a 90-foot section of pipe on the drilling floor of Robinson Drilling rig #4 on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
