EXPLORATION stimulation company — the first to be formed in Australia for Australia , according to Energy News .
After the company ’ s birth in 2011 , founders Christian Lange and Geoff Edwards spent the next two years hammering down a solid business plan and securing capital . Finally , in February 2014 , with a contract for the Beach Energy led NTNG JV inked , Condor ordered its fracture stimulation and coiled tubing equipment .
“ There were just the two of us to begin with ,” said Managing Director and CEO Christian Lange . “ Geoff concentrated on the finance modeling and I concentrated on the strategic and business plan , as well as working with clients on upcoming schedules .”
Today , Condor offers services including well cementing , fracture stimulation , nitrogen pumping , coiled tubing and more . In July , Condor began to mobilise its equipment for the fracture stimulation and coiled tubing for Beach Energy ’ s unconventional operations .
“ We ’ ve got a four well fracture stimulation campaign in the Cooper Basin for Beach Energy and its joint venture partners ,” Lange said .
“ And then following that , we ’ ll have a second campaign in southern Australia , again with Beach Energy and its joint venture partners .”
Lange says that apart from being the only Australian company in the sector , Condor ’ s competitive edge comes from a variety of factors . He told Energy News that Condor aims to offer a higher standard of service quality . This is an area that he believes Condor is able to make a fundamental difference . “ Putting ‘ service ’ back into service quality is our primary objective ”. To that end , Condor has customized U . S . -made equipment for Australian conditions . This equipment was specifically constructed to handle the “ severe duty conditions ” found in the Nappamerri Trough , the operations area within the Cooper Basin .
“ We have bought in 40,000 horsepower so it will be the largest single frac spread in Australia ,” Lange said to Energy News . “ Halliburton has the largest amount of total horsepower in the country , but we will have the largest single spread . We have certain redundancies built into the spread so when the inevitable failure
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