Trican Well Service Ltd. announced that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of i-TEC Well Solutions. The acquisition of i-TEC gives Trican a comprehensive portfolio of field proven advanced completion and intervention technologies which can be used in cemented as well as open hole installations. i-TEC's patented i-FRAC valve system allows for valve clusters to be placed in prolific portions of the reservoir so that customers can optimize production regardless of whether the completion is cemented or open hole.

The i-FRAC technology maximizes the number of fracture initiation sites with up to 400 valves in a single completion activated by only 20 balls. Trican believes that this technology is game changing and should convert plug and perf users to sliding sleeves and allow Trican's customers to perform more cemented sliding sleeve completions with confidence. In addition to i-FRAC, the company has a number of patented intervention technologies that allow efficient servicing of horizontal multi-stage completions to ensure high production rates long after the initial completion.

The combination of high density fracturing technology and the suite of intervention tools for extended reach wells will allow Trican to provide a full package of products and services and enhance Trican's current offering of coiled tubing intervention tools as well as coiled tubing drilling services.