energy services inc. type private industry oilfield services founded 2000 2000 headquarters calgary alberta key people dan themig peter krabben ken paltzat ian bryant kevin trahan products open hole multi stage completion tools slogan do it once do it right website packersplus.com packers plus energy services inc. is a privately held calgary based oil and gas service company . 1 2 the company is the innovator of stackfrac an open hole multi stage ball drop completion system . 3 packers plus was founded in 2000 by dan themig ken paltzat and peter krabben . 4 dan themig is the ceo & cto of the company . contents 1 history 2 business operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit in january 2000 dan themig peter krabben and ken paltzat founded packers plus energy services inc. eighteen months later dan themig was asked by a houston based company to present ideas on how to increase production in a horizontal well . 5 6 themig sketched a few ideas on a napkin on a flight from calgary to houston to present to the customer . the houston based company chose what would later become the stackfrac system . 3 6 7 stackfrac is an open hole ball drop completion system credited with unlocking unconventional resources once thought to be uneconomical to produce . 3 8 the company is also focused on high pressure high temperature applications high pressure retrievables and specialty downhole tools . 3 packers plus also created the quickfrac batch fracturing system the sf cementor stage tool and titanium xv hpht system . 9 10 11 in 2015 the packers plus eplus retina monitoring system won the world oil best visualization and collaboration award . 12 the retina is designed to detect multi stage completion system operations and their effects on the reservoir . 13 business operations edit packers plus operates a semi automated manufacturing centre in edmonton alberta . 14 it features automated assembly robots capable of building upwards of 600 tools per day and automated torque and test cells designed to test tools up to 10 000 psi . 14 packers plus has also built a rapid tool development facility in edmonton alberta which houses its engineering research and development and testing personnel . 8 in addition packers plus also has a manufacturing facility rapid tool development technology centre and corporate office in houston texas . 8 the company has operations in canada the u.s. and areas outside north america including the middle east north africa and latin america . 15 see also edit list of oilfield service companies references edit seale r donaldson j. athans j. 2006 . multistage fracturing system improving operational efficiency and production . paper spe 104557 ms presented at the spe eastern regional meeting in canton ohio usa october 11 13 2006 . seale r. 2007 . an efficient horizontal open hole multi stage fracturing and completion system . paper spe 108712 ms presented at the 2007 spe international oil conference and exhibition in veracruz mexico june 27 30 2007 . a b c d j. lynn fraser january february 2013 . lateral movement . well construction journal . calgary herald february 12 2014 . innovation groundbreaking innovation in calgary . the calgary herald . williams p. 2008 . horizontal resources . excerpted from oil and gas investor . hart energy publishing houston tx . a b scott westin january 2 2013 . private property . pwc . stastny p. november 2009 . frac for all . oil week . a b c jim bentein 2012 . leading the way . canadian oilpatch technology guidebook . 4 . horizontal completions . drilling contractor . september october 2013 . a decade of innovation . business in calgary . may 2010 . polczer s. 1 . packers plus leads drilling revolution . calgary herald . retrieved november 11 2009 . winners wo awards world oil online . www.worldoil.com . retrieved 2016 05 08 . eplus retina monitoring system packers plus . packers plus . retrieved 2016 05 08 . a b packers plus opens edmonton manufacturing centre . oilweek . november 2013 . closure interview with paul higginson region manager europe russia & cis packers plus . russian oil & gas technologies . november 27 2013 . external links edit packers plus retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title packers plus energy services & oldid 719189564 categories companies based in calgarycompanies established in 2000energy companies of canadaoilfield services companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 may 2016 at 05 35 . 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