Recent shale gas wells are primarily horizontal and need artificial stimulation, like hydraulic fracturing, to produce natural gas.

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Lufkin also provides a wide array of automation systems for oil and gas wells to optimize their artificial lift technologies with an ultimate objective to reduce production costs.

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Overall, the expanded artificial lift product portfolio will allow GE to continue to grow in the current changing oil and gas production market.

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