The company expects to take full delivery of all pumps and initially ordered ancillary equipment in November 2011 and immediately deploy Fleet 6.
C&J has ordered a complete second set of ancillary equipment for delivery in January 2012, which will enable Fleet 6 to be utilized as two independent 16,000hp fleets for vertical completions, in addition to using the full 32,000hp fleet to conduct horizontal work.
C&J chairman and CEO Josh Comstock said the company will deploy Fleet 6 by December, along with Fleets 7 and 8 that are expected to be delivered in 2012.
"Due to the expected mix of horizontal and vertical work in the Permian, we were able to contract a second set of ancillary equipment maximizing the efficiency and utilization of our horsepower by dividing Fleet 6 into two separate fleets when completing vertical wells allowing us to perform two vertical completions simultaneously," Comstock said.
