Automated Controls
Vertex (n.): The point where everything comes together and progress begins.
At the wellsite, every second matters and every manual step adds risk. Introducing Vertex™ Automated Controls—a smarter, more seamless way to elevate operational precision.
Built on NexTier’s proprietary in-house control system, Vertex is engineered to propel your operations into the next era of completions.
What you get with Vertex:
Greater consistency at the wellsite
Reduced fuel costs and increased gas utilization
Lower maintenance requirements
Increased uptime
Stronger positioning for continuous operations
Frac Operations
The foundation of NexTier’s push-button frac execution-driving automation, consistency, and control across every stage.
- Fleet—Ready Flexibility: Compatible with natural gas, dual—fuel, electric, conventional diesel, or mixed fleets—ensuring consistent execution across crews while reducing risk
- Self—Sustaining Performance: Maintains target rates/pressures while optimizing RPMs and fuel blending to lower fuel costs
- Intelligent Pressure & Rate Control: Automatically adjusts rate to stay within pressure targets, protecting equipment and reducing stage time
- Seamless Transitions: Smart rampup and rampdown minimize operator variability and support faster, smoother stages
- Always Connected: Realtime alarms and feedback improve uptime and enable quicker response
- Efficiency Gains at Every Stage: Improved breakdown efficiency reduces water consumption while supporting consistent execution
Wireline Execution
When precision matters, Vertex keeps your wireline operations running smoothly. With near-instant response times, Vertex maintains target tension throughout each run, helping ensure safe and accurate movement.
- Automated Speed Control: Maintains target speed consistently with minimal intervention
- Adaptive Tension Control: Maintains consistent, safe line tension during dynamic well conditions.
- Instant Response: Protects plugs, tools, and surface equipment by reacting immediately to changing downhole forces.
- Handsfree, synchronized control during crane-supported surface operations with autonomous BumpAssist™ BumpUp & Lubricator Positioning —improving safety, eliminating manual coordination, and significantly reducing surface UPO risk
Pumpdown Operations
NexTier’s automated pumpdown controls deliver precision-controlled, repeatable operations for reliable and consistent performance every run.
- Consistent Performance: Automatically achieves target-rate for smooth, repeatable pumpdown operations
- Flexible Intelligence: Programmable safeguards prevent overpressure events and rate spikes, protect tools, and reduce the risk of major NPT events
- Mechanical Support: Smart logic accounts for engine health and transmission shiftability
- Efficient Operations: Optimizes engine performance and fuel efficiency during pumpdown
- 5%+ reduction in water usage per job
- Reduced risk of major NPT events associated with pumpdown operations
Natural Gas Fueling
Vertex takes field gas optimization to the next level by automatically blending and tuning field gas with CNG. The result: enhanced fuel performance and cost efficiency.
Proprietary two-way communication enables tuning of both fuel quality and engine timing to optimize performance with the lowest total fuel cost.
Auto Blend: Automatically blends CNG with field gas to achieve optimal fuel quality.
Auto Tune: Automatically communicates with the pump engine to optimize engine performance.
Tap into the future of completions
Work with NexTier experts to explore automation-driven solutions that anhance consistency, efficiency, and performance across your operations.
Frac Operations
The foundation of NexTier’s push-button frac execution-driving automation, consistency, and control across every stage.
- Fleet-Ready Flexibility: Currently compatible with natural gas dual-fuel fleets, conventional diesel fleets, or any mix of the two
- Self-Sustaining Performance: Maintains specified target rate
- Fuel-Smart Control: Enables smart rate adjustments to optimize fuel blending opportunities
- Full Pressure Management: Rate automatically adjusts to stay within target pressure
- Seamless Transitions: Features intelligent ramp up and ramp down for smoother transitions
- Always Connected: Equipped with real-time alarms and feedback data