Frac Tech: Stage After Stage

Frac Tech is one of the smaller companies mentioned in the memorandum to Members of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment from Chairman Henry A. Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Edward J. Markey Examining the Potential Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing. (PDF)

Frac Tech describes itself as “one of the largest and fastest growing land stimulation companies.”

Little is known about the practices of these and other small and medium sized companies that provide fracturing services across the country.

See also: Dinny McMahon And Kanga Kong. Frac Tech Got $3.5 Billion. 13 May 2011. Wall Street Journal.

Temasek has an investment in Chesapeake Energy, whose Pennsylvania operations are shown above. ILLUSTRATION: BLOOMBERG NEWS

BEIJING—A consortium led by Temasek Holdings Pte. and including South Korea’s sovereign-wealth fund paid about $3.5 billion for the 70% stake it bought this month in U.S. energy company Frac Tech Holdings LLC, people close to the deal said.
Dinny McMahon And Kanga Kong. Frac Tech Got $3.5 Billion. 13 May 2011. Wall Street Journal.

Frac Tech’s CEO Dan Wilk received one of the eight letters from this Committe on February 18, 2010. They are listed in this document:

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See also: Jaime Adame. “Cisco’s Frac Tech Grows”. August 7, 2010. Abilene Reporternews Online.

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