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`IF THERE WAS A HALL OF FAME FOR
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`oil and gas industry innovators,
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`Packers Plus president Dan Themig
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`would be an inner-circle member.
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`Along with Peter Krabben and Ken
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`Paltzat, Themig founded Packers
`Plus, a company that would help
`revolutionize the way horizontal
`wells were fracked — and in turn
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`help revolutionize the entire North
`American oil industry. Stacl<FRAC,
`the company’s prize product and
`primary innovation, is an open hole
`ball drop completion system that’s
`widely credited with unlocking old
`resource plays that were thought to
`be too expensive or too technically
`challenging to tap. The company
`has continued to press ahead in the
`years since, adding new functions
`and features to its Stacl<FRAC
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`process along with additional tools
`and technologies. That, in turn, has
`allowed operators to dramatically
`increase the number of frack stages
`in each well — and the production
`that comes with them. In 2012,
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`Themig was recognized for his
`work with a Sproule Innovation
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`given to individuals or organizations
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`towards advancing the development
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`of unconventional gas resources in
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`Canada.” It's a safe bet that it won’t
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`be the last award he receives for his
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`Exhibit 2005
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