Colorado-based Rogue Pressure Services is a standout among oil service companies. In the rugged terrain of the Western states dotted by oil rigs, Rogue Pressure Services is the only company with a pink rig. That's right—a hydraulic workover unit with snubbing capabilities that is literally painted pink. The company is using the unique rig to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research.
Looking for a way to give back and reach out to the community, the company quickly realized that breast cancer had touched the lives of most of the company's employees in one way or another. The idea to help spread awareness and raise money for breast cancer research by painting a snubbing/hydraulic workover unit pink was born.
The program, dubbed 'Rigging Up Against Breast Cancer' by Rogue employees and management, is set to donate 1% of profits raised annually by use of the Pink Rig to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.
"We are excited to have the Pink Rig and Rogue Pressure Services support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and our mission to help save women's lives by providing critical funding for innovative clinical and translational research worldwide," said Myra Biblowit, president of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.
"We embrace the idea of generating greater awareness in a male-dominated industry, with this support for the wife, mother, sister, daughter and friend in finding a cure for breast cancer. It is a wonderful new way for our partners to help support the research we fund as well as increase public awareness about good breast health."
Rogue says the rig is not a gimmick, but a statement of its pledge.
"We are committed to championing the fight against this deadly disease," said Barry Peterson, co-owner of Rogue Pressure Services. "As a company, we wanted to find a way to give back; the more we spoke to our employees the more we realized that breast cancer is a cause that our company as a whole wants to fight. Almost everyone in our organization has been affected in one way or another by breast cancer."
The Pink Rig is believed to be the only pink hydraulic workover unit with snubbing capabilities in the world. The project was conceptualized by Rogue Pressure Services co-owner Chris Tiller to draw attention to the cause in the male-dominated gas and oil industry.
The rig definitely attracts attention, but don't let the color fool you—the rig is designed to work. The Pink Rig is a 12-foot stroke, four-legged hydraulic jack with a 3,000-PSI hydraulic system developing. When laid down, the Pink Rig, including the power pack, accumulator system, and miscellaneous tools, fits on a 53-foot drop deck semitrailer. It has a 30 US gallon accumulator system complete with N2 backup.
Its Stand Alone Rig Assist units have two separate accumulator systems, making possible class-two operations that do not need a second accumulator system for the primary blowout preventer stack. Additionally, it has a 5,000-pound rated tubing handling winch and eight-foot of usable blowout preventer space.
The state-of-the-art Pink Rig has some real muscle behind it and is available for the partner who wants to share in the vision of Rigging Up Against Breast Cancer. To learn more about the Pink Rig, contact Chris Tiller at (970) 618-0053 or visit www.roguepressureservices.com.
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