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The wellhead is a critical point of any well , both from a production and a safety point of view
explains , high pressure pumping ( where Weir is the global leader supplying equipment to extract shale gas and tight oil ) and wellhead equipment . The wellhead is a critical point of any well , both from a production and a safety point of view . Weir has traditionally led the market in valves and other components , such as blowout preventers ( BOPs ), however 2012 saw the company make a step change when it acquired the American wellhead manufacturer Seaboard for $ 675 million .
The acquisition was a strategic one , designed to capture the growing fracking market in the States , however this equipment gave Weir , in any case the largest provider of O & G equipment in the Middle East , with significant new capacity . To meet the demand in the local market , it was decided to build a new manufacturing facility at its heart ,
1500
Number of employees at Weir oil and gas Services
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