SERVICE | SUPPLIERS

March 2, 2015

Weatherford

Weatherford International introduced its new FracAdvisorTM service offering for the oil and gas industry. FracAdvisorTM provides near real-time guidance to operators for optimized completion designs, reduced operational risks, and increased efficiency of hydraulic fracturing operations.

Well production variances and operational time constraints demand an integrated solution based on the reservoir's unique characteristics. Through FracAdvisorTM, Weatherford provides guidance to operators on how to optimally complete a well by accurately incorporating various reservoir and completion attributes, such as the effect of anisotropy in organic shale reservoirs. FracAdvisorTM incorporates proprietary algorithms that weight specific attributes according to the specific play, well, or lateral.

Prior Diesel

Prior Diesel, a Suretank company, announced the launch of a new phase of wireline units. The product range boosts it portfolio of diesel driven power solutions and well service products to the oil and gas, marine and industrial sectors.

The advanced cabling technology is used to lower equipment into oil and gas wells and transmit data relating to the conditions of the wellbore. Prior Diesel's longitudinally mounted drive engine design allows for ease of operation and maintenance. The unit is acoustically enclosed ensuring low cabin noise for the operator.

The zone II wireline unit from Prior Diesel is CE & ATX approved and built to DNV 2.71 standard. It comes with a choice of 700mm or 600mm drums. It features another innovation with an internal trolley beam designed for quick and easy removal and installation of the drums with minimal downtime and reduced manpower needed to carry out this operation, a closed loop hydraulic system and weighs in at only 6,400 kgs.

All Prior Diesel's new products are supported by service and parts departments that specialise in engine rebuilding, maintenance contracts and supplying components for most of the leading engine, transmission, pump and equipment manufacturers.

Prior Diesel was acquired by Suretank in January 2015. Suretank is a global leader in the supply of tanks and CCUs (Cargo Carrying Units) to the offshore oil and gas industry. The company has design and manufacturing facilities in Ireland, Brazil, China, the Netherlands, Poland, Thailand, UK and USA as well as sales offices in Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria and Norway.

Geldof

Six months after being awarded the contract, the metal construction company Engicon nv (Geldof) placed the last storage tank on the left bank of the Scheldt in Antwerp for the new ADPO LLH (Liefkenshoek Logistic Hub) Terminal. The new tank farm has 57 tanks and has given ADPO, a provider of logistics services as well as storage and handling, an additional storage capacity of 37,500 m³. The terminal has now been complete for three months and is operational.

ABB

ABB Robotics and SVIA Industrial Automation demo a compact robotic machine tending cell. The compact machine tending cell is a pre-engineered robotic system designed to load and unload machine tools using a vision guided ABB robot. Designed for both small batch and high volume production, the robotic system can increase spindle utilization over manual machine tending processes. The system is designed for small parts and compatible with a wide range of machine tools, and comes complete with a robot controller inside a fully integrated control cabinet, and software for efficient setup and programming. Depending on the machine tool process and the size range of the parts, the cell can be equipped with either an IRB 1600 or IRB 2600 robot.

ABB Robotics has recently opened a 21,000 square foot facility in Houston to better support customers in Houston and surrounding areas with the latest robotic manufacturing technology, especially in CNC Machining and Metal Fabrication applications. In addition to accelerated product delivery schedules, the new facility and its staff will allow ABB to better serve the market with local application support and product training, more closely helping customers improve their productivity with robotic automation. The facility will house an array of live robotic demos so customers and prospects can better learn first-hand how various systems can improve their operation.

Lloyd's Register Energy

Lloyd's Register Energy, a world leader in providing compliance, integrity and specialist risk consultancy services to the energy industry, announced it is forming a strategic alliance with MaxGrip.

The alliance sees the development of a new risk-based inspection (RBI) software module called 'strEAM+ RBI'. The collaboration leverages Lloyd's Register Energy's market leading integrity engineering and RBI experience with MaxGrip's expertise in software development and its strEAM+ framework-which offers a unique software solution that directly embeds into an enterprise's asset management application, including IBM Maximo, SAP and INFOR EAM.

strEAM+ RBI embeds with IBM Maximo-an exclusive feature of the new module-to optimise inspection and maintenance schedules, and which achieves cost savings of up to 50% for inspection and maintenance of assets whilst reducing operational risk. It helps customers to increase uptime equipment availability by at least 20%, avoiding failures by creating a strong understanding of predicable and non-predictable failure modes.

The software provides enhanced levels of information for safety, environmental, production and regulatory needs.

The new strEAM+ RBI module will be showcased at IBM's Interconnect 2015 conference, one of the world's largest software and information systems conferences attended by over 20,000 people.

The initiative is part of Lloyd's Register Energy's commitment to the development of the next generation of its highly acclaimed reliability-based mechanical integrity (RBMI) software package. The official launch is planned for mid-2015.

Halliburton

Sperry Drilling, a Halliburton business line, introduced a new 43⁄4-in. slimhole size to its XBATsm LWD service to complete its portfolio that includes 63⁄4-in., 8 in. and 91⁄2-in. inch tools. The addition of this new size allows the XBAT tool to service wellbore holes ranging from 53⁄4 in. to 36 in.

The XBAT LWD service, the third generation of Sperry's sonic tools, delivers accurate acoustic measurements in a wide range of formations via sensors and electronics that are much less sensitive to drilling noise and have a wider frequency response. The result is a greater signal-to-noise ratio that enables better measurements even in noisy drilling environments and poor hole conditions. The XBAT tool combines multi-array azimuthal sonic velocity measurements with multi-axis ultrasonic stand-off measurements to improve operators' abilities in determining rock properties.

With more than 500 successful runs and 900,000 feet drilled, the XBAT LWD service has delivered increased reliability through accurate measurements across various formations around the world. It's also been tested extensively in challenging environments such as the North Sea, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico.

XBAT service reduces cost and mitigates risk through data analysis that can optimize the drilling process by assisting in the optimal mud window choice and provide borehole stability analysis, deliver valuable and cost-effective wellbore placement data including time-to-depth seismic correlation while drilling and real-time synthetic seismograms, provide gas detection, rock mechanics, complex lithology, porosity determination with other LWD tools and porosity measurement without the need for nuclear sources.

Recently in West Africa, the XBAT tool performed real-time geomechanical model calibration in a 121⁄4-in. hole in a deep water well, providing real-time shear and compressional data to optimize mud weight and maintain formation stability for casing running. The operator successfully drilled to total depth and all casings were installed smoothly. The lower completion was also installed and completion screens were deployed seamlessly. By utilizing XBAT LWD service, the operator effectively calibrated the geomechanical model in order to employ the correct mud weight and run the casing operation without conditioning or clean-out trips, saving deepwater drilling days and reducing uncertainty.

Vallourec

Vallourec Canada Inc., supplier of pipe and tubular goods for the Canadian oil and gas industry, announced it is expanding the capacity of its Newfoundland facility. The plant provides premium VAM® threaded connections, OCTG repairs, and downhole accessories to the offshore oil and gas companies in the region.

This project will almost double the size of the plant. The first stage will be completed in 1st qtr. 2015, and all upgrades will be finalized in 3rd qtr. 2015. The improved lines will increase efficiencies and better serve the requirements of the offshore operators.

InterMoor

InterMoor, an Acteon company, has announced that Cohen Guidry has been appointed regional manager, West Africa. This is InterMoor's lead West Africa management role, and Guidry will report to Tom Fulton, InterMoor's global president.

Guidry

InterMoor has been working in West Africa for more than 10 years with bases in Luanda and Malongo in Angola. Last year, InterMoor formed a joint venture agreement with Century Energy Services Ltd in Nigeria to ensure an effective local engagement with the Nigerian oil and gas market. The company also has extensive experience with rig moves and mooring campaigns in Angola and Equatorial Guinea.

Guidry joined InterMoor in 2006 as HSE manager and has more than 20 years of experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, in quality, health, safety and security roles. He served as InterMoor's West Africa operations manager and grew the business in Nigeria, Ghana and Angola, as well as coordinating mobile offshore drilling units (MODU) for mooring systems installations. Guidry served in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 1992 and is a Desert Storm veteran. He graduated from Nicholls State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in business in 1996. Guidry is a certified lead auditor. He will be based at InterMoor's offices in Morgan City, Louisiana.

Technip

After having successfully performed the life-time extension works on the Stanislav Yudin (owned and operated by Seaway Heavy Lifting), in 2013-2014 at Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR), part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, a new significant contract is awarded by Technip, for dry-docking, upgrades and operational modifications to the deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessel, the Global 1200. The vessel arrived at the yard in January 2015.

The Global 1200 is the first of two deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessels owned by Technip. The vessel was designed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions (SoS) of the Netherlands and built by Singapore-based Keppel Singmarine.

Ruud Haneveer, Commercial Manager Offshore & Conversion explains the scope of work; "The major upgrade works are divided into 3 packages; (i) dry-docking for Special Periodical Survey and various maintenance repair works, (ii) modifications to upgrade the vessel DP capability, and (iii) various pipelay equipment upgrades for future projects.

Mark Witjens, Managing Director of Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam is very pleased to see this contract materialize after 6 months of hard work with Aberdeen and Houston based Technip project teams. "The successful completion of the Stanislav Yudin upgrade earlier this year gave a significant step upwards in DSR's project management and QHES organization and this will contribute to the successful completion of the Global 1200 upgrade and modifications works."

Applied LNG

Applied LNG announced that Greg Roche has joined the Company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Roche will oversee Applied LNG's commercial activities in the regions surrounding the Topock, Arizona and Midlothian, Texas production platforms and work with customers and strategic partners to expand the role of LNG in the North American fuel market.

Mr. Roche was previously the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Cosmodyne where he sold LNG production plants and air separation plants to energy and industrial gas companies. He also served as the Vice President of National Fleets and Infrastructure for Clean Energy Fuels where he developed the market for natural gas trucks, lead the build-out of America's Natural Gas Highway nationwide network of natural gas truck fueling stations, and developed high horsepower LNG opportunities. Mr. Roche has a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA and a Bachelor's Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Iowa State University.

ACD Systems

ACD Systems released a new complete geographic information system (GIS) version of its popular Canvas illustration product. Canvas X Ultimate 16 includes a powerful set of GIS-based features and commands that support a range of geospatial data formats, defining complex map projections and performing advanced property operations. The new 64-bit architecture enables users to quickly open and work with documents containing over one million objects. With support for DPI settings and high resolution monitors, this advanced software is an essential tool for GIS professionals in the oil & gas and energy sectors, aerospace, automotive, education and government industries.

The 64-bit architecture combined with new DPI settings for high resolution monitors offers users a faster and more streamlined technical illustration experience. Canvas X Ultimate 16 is an essential tool for GIS professionals in the oil & gas and energy sectors, aerospace and automotive industries, education, and government.

ATC Diversified Electronics

ATC Diversified Electronics, a division of Marsh Bellofram Corporation (ATC Diversified Electronics) and an ISO9001:2008 certified designer and manufacturer of AC current monitors, motor and pump protectors, isolated switches and alternating relay products, has introduced the ARA Series.

The ARA Series is a family of expanding alternating relays, in duplexer, triplexer and quadraplexer versions, designed for the effective support of industrial control panels and their associated multi-load installation monitoring requirements. The series further allows for additional loads to run in the event of excess load requirements, with the option of automatic or external clocking alteration. When the factory installed jumper is in place, the alternating action is initiated by a control switch, which is common to one side of the control voltage. When the jumper is removed, alternating action is initiated by an isolated normally open switch. A series of onboard LEDs indicate the condition of outputs. The enclosure of the ARA Series is surface mounted.

All Marsh Bellofram products are 100% designed and manufactured in the USA at the company's state-of-the-art global manufacturing facility in Newell, West Virginia. Standard models are typically available for shipment within just ten business days, with expedited delivery upon request.

The ARA Series is well-suited for a multitude of industrial control panel requirements, including those common to municipal water plants, wastewater treatment facilities, large aquarium pumps, desalinization plants, water well installations, level and pumping control systems, and industrial pump level monitoring, and particularly, applications requiring both sequential alternation and equal runtime across all loads.

Schlumberger

Schlumberger announced today the release of the Infinity* dissolvable plug-and-perf system. This unique solution uses fully degradable fracture balls and fully degradable seats instead of plugs to isolate zones during well stimulation.

The fullbore interventionless plug-and-perf system eliminates the need for milling operations and leaves nothing behind in the wellbore. As a result, no plug debris is produced to surface where it can potentially interfere with surface equipment. The technique eliminates lateral length restrictions, which maximizes reservoir contact and estimated ultimate recovery, and it greatly reduces intervention-related risks and costs.

The Infinity system underwent extensive material science and laboratory validation and has been field tested in multiple unconventional reservoirs across the United States. Numerous wells were stimulated across five of the major plays in North America without any type of mechanical intervention required.

A customer in South Texas deployed the Infinity system in a seven-well project that began with partial wellbores and, after the early successes, moved on to full wellbore completions. The system was deployed under extreme conditions, with temperatures up to 320° F in laterals up to 8,000 ft In these wells, more than 135 stages were completed without any stages skipped or any type of mechanical intervention required.

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