Western Energy Services Corp. provided capital expenditure guidance for the year 2018. The company announced its 2018 capital expenditure budget of approximately $20 million, including capital spending carried forward from 2017 of approximately $2 million. The 2018 capital expenditure budget is expected to be comprised of $12 million of maintenance capital and $8 million of expansion capital. Maintenance capital of $12 million includes $9 million in the contract drilling segment and $3 million in the production services segment. Expansion capital of $8 million is driven by specific customer requirements, which include upgrades for company’s contract drilling fleet and additional oilfield rental equipment for Western's rental division, Aero Rental Services.