NCS Multistage
19350 State Highway 249 Ste 600, Houston, Texas, United States

NCS Multistage is an independent technology and services company specializing in multistage completions. In 2006, NCS Oilfield Services, a Canadian company located in Calgary, developed a line of coiled-tubing fracturing tools for the coalbed methane gas market. The following year, the company began offering downhole completion tools and services for both unconventional and conventional completions, including an expanded line of coiled-tubing-deployed fracturing tools. In 2008, NCS introduced the Mongoose Frac® System to compete with plug-and-perforate and ball-drop-sliding-sleeve technology. The new system, which combined sand-jet perforating with a frac-isolation tool assembly, enabled operators to design and execute completions with pinpoint precision and with no practical limits on the number and placement of stages. By eliminating pump-down plugs and ball seats, which restrict the wellbore, the system also simplified post-completion operations. That same year, NCS was also incorporated in the U.S. as NCS Energy Services, with headquarters in Houston, to serve the U.S. market.

In 2010, NCS introduced a new sliding sleeve (GripShift® sliding sleeve) that works in conjunction with the frac-isolation assembly to further streamline multistage completions by eliminating the need for sand-jet perforating. This new system, which is marketed under the Multistage Unlimited® brand, combines controlled pinpoint fracturing with recorded downhole pressures and temperatures to enable operating companies to evaluate and optimize unconventional completions. In 2014, the company introduced MultiCycle® frac sleeves, which can be opened and closed repeatedly, giving operators unprecedented flexibility for completing, producing, and recompleting unconventional wells. To date, more than 170,000 NCS sleeves have been installed, including more than 40,000 MultiCycle frac sleeves.

In 2014, the company changed its name to NCS Multistage in both the U.S. and Canada to reflect the company’s focus on and market leadership in multistage completions. Today the company is the world leader in coiled-tubing hydraulic fracturing for developing unconventional oil and gas resources. NCS has operated throughout North America and in Argentina, Australia, China, and Russia, with a record of more than 10,000 field successes.