Baker Hughes Incorporated, through its subsidiary Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, has converted a fleet of its Rhino hydraulic fracturing units to bifuel pumps as a way to improve operational efficiency, lower costs, and reduce health, safety and environmental impacts.

The new pumps use a mixture of natural gas and diesel, reducing diesel use by up to 65 percent with no loss of hydraulic horsepower. The converted fleet, which meets all U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards, also can reduce a number of emissions including nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide and particulate matter.

Baker Hughes first converted a small fleet of its units in Canada. When results there were successful, the decision was made to convert an entire fleet in the United States. The global oilfield services company is in the process of converting several more fleets of Rhino trucks to Rhino Bifuel equipment. Additionally, Baker Hughes has a test program in Oklahoma, where a number of light-duty vehicles have been converted to natural gas.

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