Weir Oil & Gas has announced its latest innovation to increase customer efficiency and performance. The new SPM®QEM 3000 is the industry’s first high-horse power frac pump designed for continuous-duty pressure pumping operation at 275,000-pound force rod load – all the time.
The pump was unveiled at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). Also shown was the TEM 2500 version of the pump, which will launch later this year.
“We always listen to our customers,” said David Paradis, President of Pressure Pumping at Weir. “Required operating hours and increasing rod loads are beginning to exceed the capabilities of traditional intermittent duty frac pumps. Our goal in creating the SPM® QEM 3000 was to develop a frac pump second to none in terms of durability, cost-efficiency, reduced downtime and full rod load operation 100 percent of the time in order to address these needs,” he concluded.
The new frac pump, on display at OTC booth #1849, incorporates features designed to address a number of industry challenges.
