In April 2000, Pride International, Inc., created its Exploration and Production Services division through the acquisition of Servicios Especiales San Antonio S.A. ("San Antonio").

Through San Antonio , Pride offers customers the ability to source their total well-site services in one stop. San Antonio is a leading E & P Services company in Latin America . Headquartered in Buenos Aires and operating throughout Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Mexico , Peru and Venezuela , San Antonio provides a broad range of production services with experienced, high caliber personnel.

San Antonio provides a variety of oilfield services to exploration and production companies including:

Cementing

• Recognized leader in oil and gas well primary and remedial cementing.
• Modern cement testing laboratories allow for rigorous cement slurry testing under simulated downhole conditions.
• Tailored solutions for critical well single and multistage cementing.

Stimulation and CO2 Services

• Oil and gas well stimulation such as acidizing and hydraulic fracturing.
• N2 and CO2 energized foam fracturing.
• Modern breaker technology and recent advances in engineered proppant.

Coiled Tubing & Snubbing Unit Operations

• Well control equipment consisting of a Stand Alone Snubbing System capable of tripping tubing in excess of 2,500 meters with a lifting capacity of 119,000 pounds.
• San Antonio 's CT units range in diameter from 1.5'' to 3.5'' and depths of over 5,000 meters.
• Cost-effective drilling, cementing, completion, production and snubbing operations.

Directional Drilling

• Cost-effective horizontal drilling from short to long radius; highly deviated directional wells at depths in excess of 4,000 meters.
• Drilled more horizontal wells in Argentina than all competitors.

Underbalanced Drilling (UDB)

• Optimize production and lower the cost of developing oil and gas reserves.
• San Antonio pioneered UBD services in South America to investigate well productivity during drilling, minimize formation damage and increase ROP.

Coiled Tubing Drilling

• Coiled Tubing Drilling Units produce cost savings and reduced cementing volumes, with fewer on site personnel.

Formation Testing and Test Tools

• Detailed formation evaluation testing.
• Multiflow valves, instrumentation and related operational software.

Fishing Tools

• Highly experienced fisherman with an extensive inventory of fishing tools capable of supporting the most complex fishing operations.

Production Services

• Provide production-consulting services and computer aided equipment for assisting in production and lift optimization.
• Dynamometer and Nodal Analysis provides operators with valuable tools to analyze and reduce failure rates.

This customer-friendly approach of conducting business has reinforced Pride's leading position in some of the world's largest and most active international offshore and onshore Oil and Gas markets.

Visit: http://www.sanantonio.com.ar