Hunting Upgrades Its ControlFire Software

Version 9.1 Delivers Unprecedented Speed and Functionality for Select-Fire Switches

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Titan Division of Hunting Energy Services, a subsidiary of Hunting PLC, the international energy services company, today introduced an enhanced version 9.1 to its ControlFire® software, creating the fastest and most advanced addressable switch platform currently available.

ControlFire software is a user-friendly interface for detecting, arming and firing Hunting’s ControlFire switches. Version 9.1 incorporates all previous software upgrades with the company’s ControlFire Recon™ and PowerSet Recon™ technologies; a speed check option; and English, Chinese and Spanish interface language options.

ControlFire Recon™ allows system interrogation of the switch and the detonator for each gun assembly while downhole, and can enable the PowerSet Recon™ addressable power charge to activate the industry’s first fully addressable plug-and-perf toolstring.

The speed check option at the gun control screen can initiate a switch check that will skip verifying the detonator, the switch voltage and the delta current—allowing for even faster operations.

Previous software upgrades include on-the-fly shooting, to speed up the perforating process when firing while moving up hole, as well as intuitive troubleshooting prompts if errors occur.

Hunting’s select-fire perforating technology is accessible through Hunting’s network of distribution centers strategically located in all the world’s oil-producing regions. Customers can download ControlFire software V: 9.1 at http://www.hunting-intl.com/titan/wireline-selective-firing-systems/controlfire®-software.

About Hunting

Hunting PLC is an international energy services provider to the world's leading upstream oil and gas companies. Established in 1874, it is a premium-listed public company traded on the London Stock Exchange. The Company maintains a corporate office in Houston and is headquartered in London. As well as the United Kingdom, the Company has operations in Canada, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.

The company’s Hunting Energy Services Titan Division engineers and manufactures perforating systems, wireline selective firing systems, cased hole logging instruments, nuclear detectors, energetics, and associated wireline hardware and accessories.