2nd Annual Midcontinent Oil & Gas Awards Winners Yearbook by Marc Bridgen

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Welcome to the 2014 Midcontinent Oil & Gas Awards commemorative Yearbook

elcome to the 2014 Midcontinent Oil & Gas Awards commemorative Yearbook. These were the 2nd annual Awards for the Midcontinent region and the organizations and individuals in this journal were acknowledged by the awardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s judging panel to have excelled in their work in 2013, whilst also focusing on the industry core values of Health & Safety, Environmental Stewardship and Corporate Social Responsibility. The Oil & Gas Awards champion best practice and recognize organizations operating in the upstream and midstream sectors of the industry. The media and members of the general public do not distinguish between the different sectors of the industry, which is why the Awards incorporate categories for all parts of the upstream and midstream sectors. The absent mindedness of an individual on an assembly line can have dramatic consequences months later should equipment fail when being used in the field. This reflects badly on the industry as a whole, we therefore think it is extremely important that best practice is championed from top to bottom and the Awards are a platform to promote to the press and public the great work being done. The Oil & Gas Awards are unique in highlighting the incredible innovation and commitment to positive industry development and expansion, rebutting traditionally negative mainstream coverage. The Awards celebrate corporate success twinned with organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to health & safety, environmental stewardship and corporate social responsibility.

In this 2nd year for the Awards in this region we also added the Industry Summit during the day immediately before the Awards gala dinner in the evening. In this yearbook you can read coverage from the Industry Summit keynote presentations and speaker panels discussing the challenges the industry faces. I hope you find this interesting and hope to see you at next years Industry Summit. I would like to congratulate all of the organizations and individuals that were voted finalists by the judges, and to the winners - well done! Many thanks to the thought leading organizations and individuals that participated in the Industry Summit and Awards. We especially appreciate the support of our judges, sponsors and partners, without whom the Oil & Gas Awards would not be possible. As you receive this we are about to celebrate the 3rd Annual Oil & Gas Awards in the Rocky Mountain, Northeast and Gulf Coast regions. To find out more about the upcoming Industry Summits and to attend any of the Awards galas please visit www. oilandgasawards.com. I hope that you enjoy reading this commemorative Yearbook, please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like to share your thoughts and feedback. Best regards,

Daniel P. Creasey Chairman, Oil & Gas Awards.

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Contents

Editorial

Guest of Honor

Judging panel

Congratulations to the 2014 Southwest Winners

Congratulations to the 2014 West Coast Winners

A-Z of finalists

Oil & Gas Awards Contacts

12 Retaliation to Regulation through Litigation

18 The Merits of the Midcontinent

26 Winners’ pages The TEEMCO E&P Company of the Year

Award for Drilling Excellence

Water Management Company of the Year

Engineering Company of the Year

VZ Environmental Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship

Award for Excellence in Health & Safety – Products

Award for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility

Kenworth Truck Company Trucking Company of the Year

Award for Excellence in Well Completion

Industry Supplier of the Year

Manufacturer of the Year

Construction Company of the Year

The Willbros Midstream Company of the Year

Breitling Energy Future Industry Leader

General Industry Service Award

The Oil & Gas Financial Journal Transaction of the Year

Consultancy of the Year

Oilfield Services Company of the Year

New Technology Development of the Year Award Software Application

New Technology Development of the Year Award General/Products

Industry Leader

Award for Excellence in Health & Safety – Operational

Making Sense of Regulations

34 The New Leader in Oil

44 Less is More

52 Guiding the Efficiency

58 Shaking Out Solutions

64 Keeping the Community Informed

68 Changing Hearts and Minds

74 Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail

78 Diverse Opportunities 4

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Guest of Honor Congressman James Lankford (OK-5)

uest of Honor at the Midcontinent Oil & Gas Awards was Congressman James Lankford.

Some of the highlights from Congressman James Lankford’s keynote address:

James Lankford was first elected to the United States Congress on November 2, 2010. Before his election James served as director of the Falls Creek Youth Camp from 1996 to 2009.

“What you’re doing on a day to day basis makes such an incredible difference to so many people.”

While serving in Congress, James continues to work diligently studying each issue facing Congress and its impact on families in Oklahoma. He has earned the respect of his colleagues on budget issues. James also emerged as a leader in fighting government regulations that are suffocating business today. From EPA regulations on the energy industry to the negative impact of regulations on banks and financial institutions, Congressman Lankford is fighting for prosperity in Oklahoma and our nation. He is dedicated to freeing up business to grow and add jobs to our sagging economy.

“Providing Energy is the ends to the means for economic freedom and stability in our country. What is happening now can bring a level of peace and security that our nation has not known for decades and decades. What’s happening now brings a level of economic freedom that our nation has talked about for a long time.” “We are very grateful as a nation for what you are doing.” “Our work sites are safer now than they have ever been in the history of the industry. We do it cleaner, safer, more efficiently than anywhere else in the world. And as we improve, we continue to push the rest of the world as they are chasing us, in energy improvements are far as safety in the work place.”

To see the video of Congressman James Lankford’s complete keynote address please visit www.oilandgasawards.com.

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Judging panel

A. Daniel Hill

Arthur Roy

Benjamin Hulburt

Department Head and holder of the Noble Chair in Petroleum Engineering

Chairman and CEO

President & CEO

Texas A&M University

Liberty Energy Corp.

Eclipse Resources

Brad Holly

Brad Johnson

Brent Breon

Vice President Operations (Rockies)

Exploitation Manager

Vice President Business Development

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Apache Corporation

Blue Racer Midstream, LLC

Brian Blount

Burt A. Waite

Celesta Miracle

VP Commercial

Board Director

VP Government Relations

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP

PIOGA

PDC Energy

Chandra S. Rai

Chris Faulkner

Chris Garner

Director

CEO

Director

Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering

Breitling Oil and Gas

Long Beach Gas and Oil

Chris Mazzini

Chris Sowyrda

Christopher Abruzzo

President

Senior Staff Operations Engineer

Acting Secretary

Spindletop Oil & Gas Co.

Memorial Resource Development Corp.

Department of Environmental Protection

David Freudenrich

David L. Henderson

David Renz

Director of Energy Services

President

Senior EHS Coordinator

PVE Sheffler, LLC

Seely Oil Company

Noble Energy

David S. Schechter

Deepak Devegowda

Douglas Wight

Associate Professor

Vice President of Exploration

Texas A&M University

Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering

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Discovery Natural Resources

Duane Wassum

Dwight Roass

Edwin Mongan

President

Vice President

Senior Manager Environment

National Fuel Gas Midstream Corporation

Creed Operating Co, Llc

BHP Billiton

Elliott Heide

Frank F. Starr

Gary C. Evans

Assistant General Counsel

President

Chairman & CEO

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Crimson Energy Partners III LLC

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation

Gary E. Slagel

Guy Goudy

Heather L. Lamparter

Senior Advisor for Environmental Affairs

President & Chief Operating Officer

General Counsel

Steptoe & Johnson

Austin Exploration

Exco Resources (PA), LLC

J. Ross Craft, P.E.

J. Russell Porter

Jack Lafield

President and CEO

Chairman and CEO

Approach Resources

Gaster Exploration Ltd

Caiman Energy

Jack Renfro

Jeff Fisher

Jennifer Webster

Operations and Production Manager Northern Division

Chief Operating Officer

Director of Government and Public Affairs

Forestar

American Energy Partners

Pioneer Natural Resources, USA Inc.

Jerry McGinnis

Jessie Koerner

Johan Theemat

Senior Environmental Engineer

US Communications & Public Affairs

Founder & CEO

Shell Oil Company

Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation

First River Energy

John Benton

John Poarch

John Weihe

Vice President and General Manager

VP Commercial and Bus. Dev.

Vice President Exploration

Black Hills Exploration & Production

Access Midstream

Callon Petroleum Company

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Joseph Frantz

Julia (Julie) Levy

President

VP of Engineering

Director of Govâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t and Public Affairs - Rockies

Matrix Oil Corporation

Range Resources

BP America

Kevin Brown

Kevin Leonard

Larry Huskins

Exploration Manager MidCon/Rockies

Sr. Vice President and General Manager

Operations Manager

WhitMar Exploration Company

EnerVest

Venoco Inc.

Laura Perez

Lee Martin

Lisa Winn

Regulatory Compliance Analyst

Operations Engineering Supervisor

Regional & Government Affairs Manager

Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Concho Resources, Inc.

ExxonMobil/XTO Energy

M. Cathy Douglas

Marc A. Halbritter

Marc Bokelman

Senior Vice President

General Counsel

VP Corporate Development

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Blue Racer Midstream, LLC

Summit Midstream Partners

Mark Bilozir

Mark C. Peterson

Mark D. Casaday

Director

President & CEO

President and Chief Operating Officer

Cenovus

Bilfinger Westcon

PVR Partners LP

Mark Patterson

Mark Spears

Mark Stewart

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Asset Manager

Environmental Supervisor

Calypso Energy, LLC

Stone Energy

Questar Corporation

Mauricio Fabre

Megan Davis

Michael Miller

President

Vice President Regulatory and Senior Counsel

Chief Investment Officer

Summit Midstream Partners

Breitling Oil and Gas Corportation

CRU Trading Company

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Mikaila Adams

Mike John

Milissa Bauer

Senior Associate Editor

President

Executive Vice President

Oil & Gas Financial Journal

Northeast Natural Energy, LLC

Kriebel Companies

Mitch Duffy

Morgan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien

Nathaniel Teti

Associate Publisher

President and CEO

Head of Sustainability

Oil & Gas Financial Journal

Peoples Natural Gas LLC

Statoil

Neil M.Sullivan

Obie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien

Ola Akrad

CEO & President

Government Affairs

VP Engineering and Technology

Violet Energy

Apache Corporation

Austin Exploration

Parker Hallam

Patrick J. Noyes

Priscilla G. McLeroy

Chief Operating Officer

President and CEO

Professor of Engineering Practice

Breitling Oil and Gas

Grenadier Energy Partners LLC

Texas A&M University

Qingming Yang

Randy Brandenburg

Richard P. Crist

Chief Operating Officer

Foreman

VP Business Development & Exploration

Approach Resources Inc.

Apache Corporation

Gasco Energy

Robert Poole

Rod Eson

Ron Forth, P.Eng

Public and Government Affairs Manager

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Vice President Engineering

Santa Maria Energy

Foothill Energy LLC

Arsenal Energy Inc.

Ronald P. McGlade

Ryan A. Turner

Ryan E. M. Cunningham

Vice President Midstream

Chief Investment Officer

Principal and Operating Partner

Tenaska Resources, LLC

American Energy Partners

Cunningham Energy

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Judging panel Scott Roy

Shane Henry

Vice President of Government Affairs

Manager, Govâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t and Regulatory Affairs

Range Resources

Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation

Access Midstream

Stephen W. Rhoads

Steven L. Bietz

Subhash Shah

Government Relations Manager

President and Chief Executive Officer

Stephenson Chair Professor

Shell Oil Company

WBI Energy, Inc.

Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering

Terry R. Bossert

Terry Sims

Thomas E. Clark

VP - Legislative and Regulatory Affairs

HSE Manager

Executive Land Manager

Range Resources Appalachia LLC

Buccaneer Energy Limited

Venoco, Inc.

Tom Lopus

Tommy Gaydos

Tony Gossett

Senior Vice President

Drilling Manager

Operations and Production Manager Southern Division

Pardee Resources Company

Newfield Exploration

Forestar

Walter L. Williams

William J. Hall

William J. Hlavin

Director

Executive Director

President and CEO

Cheniere Energy, Inc

Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center

Bass Energy, Inc

William Robinson President

CAVU Resources

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Stephanie R. Timmermeyer Vice President of Environment, Health & Safety

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Industry Summit Editorial

Retaliation to Regulation through Litigation Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt leads the charge against regulations stemming from “sue and settle” deals with environmental groups.

During the Obama administration, federal agencies like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have been expanding their reach into the states in an effort to enforce environmental regulations. Oftentimes, however, these agencies either change existing statutes or ignore them entirely, and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is taking on the feds to stop this practice. “We see administrative agencies in Washington, D.C. – particularly the EPA, but there are others – that are truly engaged in the practice of changing, altering, repealing and amending laws after the fact, and doing so unapologetically,” Pruitt told attendees of the Oil & Gas Awards Midcontinent Industry Summit in Oklahoma City. “In fact, they’re saying without much bashfulness that their role and responsibility at the agency level is to improve upon a statute or change a statute if they disagree with it.”

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Although this type of activity affects just about every American industry, the U.S. energy sector is particularly hampered when it cannot adjust to various regulations when changes are made without warning. “It creates regulatory uncertainty,” Pruitt said. “When you have agencies that abuse the rule of law and act postscript to a statute, it creates tremendous regulatory uncertainty, which means that you in the industry have difficulty knowing what is expected of you.” For example, in March 2014, Pruitt filed a lawsuit against the U.S Department of the Interior and the FWS alleging the FWS engaged in “sue and settle” tactics when it agreed to settle a lawsuit with a national environmental group. Wild Earth Guardians sued the FWS in 2010 alleging the agency had not met deadlines in determining the listing status of 251 species, including the lesser prairie chicken. The FWS entered into a consent decree that mandated the agency decide the listing status of those species by September 30, 2015.

Speaker: Attorney General Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma State Government

Specifically, the FWS agreed to determine whether to grant the lesser prairie chicken threatened status under the Endangered Species Act by March 31, 2014. The FWS subsequently listed the lesser prairie chicken as threatened, and Oklahoma led a coalition that includes Kansas, North Dakota, the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance and the American Farm Bureau to challenge the ruling that brought this to be. This is just one example of what Pruitt described as “regulation through litigation.” Environmental groups will target a discretionary duty and sue a federal agency to change that portion of a rule. If a judge in one state signs off on the consent decree between the plaintiff and the agency, it effectively forces the change upon the rest of the nation.

“That is called rulemaking outside of the parameters of the Administrative Procedures Act,” Pruitt said. “That is taking the court process and judicial process and using it in an abusive way.” Another concerning issue Pruitt addressed was the changes the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has proposed to the definition of what constitutes the waters of the United States. Historically, according to Pruitt, waters of the United States were those requiring navigability. If waters were navigable, they have the ability to cross state lines,

which gives the federal government jurisdiction over them through the commerce clause. The EPA and USACE have proposed changes that would include retention ponds and other standalone waters under the guise of better implementing the Clean Water Act. Opponents of the changes, however, claim the EPA once again is attempting to extend its jurisdiction further into the states’ rights to primacy. Pruitt predicted if the EPA passes these proposed changes, numerous concerned states will mount lawsuits. “The whole reason for this modification for what constitutes water to the United States is really just about one thing, and that’s about the jurisdiction to the EPA – extending the jurisdiction of the EPA in permitting to make sure that if there are any land-use decisions being made around oil and gas development, farming and ranching, or building a subdivision, they have jurisdiction as they have expanded it to water in a drainage ditch,” Pruitt said. “Now those businesses will have to get a permit to do anything differently with that land in the future.” Industry also is dealing with changes to the Clean Air Act due to a Supreme Court decision in 2007. Massachusetts and a few other states sued the EPA to say carbon dioxide is an air pollutant under the act and it should be regulated for non-stationary sources like automobiles. The Supreme Court agreed, adding Rule 111-D to the act. However, Section 112 of the act still does not list CO2 for stationary emissions, yet the EPA continues to attempt to regulate it due to this ruling for autos. “They’re using their power in the regulatory space to pick winners and losers,” Pruitt said. “They are using their regulatory authority and reach to try to elevate renewable at the expense of fossil fuels.”

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For almost three decades Chaparral has been proud to call the Heartland our home. A testament to American entrepreneurialism, our pioneering spirit and determination to succeed is a tribute to those who tamed the frontier before us. We’ve grown from a group of five properties in the Oklahoma Panhandle to the third-largest oil producer in Oklahoma. But, like our namesake the Chaparral bird, we are never happy standing still.

Focused on innovation, resourcefulness and loyalty to the communities we call home, Chaparral is dedicated to continuously pursuing a better way. It’s why we continue to grow and thrive with potential recovery reserves of more than 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. It’s the reason we’ve focused our efforts and expertise exclusively in the Mid-Continent. And it’s how we work every day Energizing America’s Heartland.

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The TEEMCO E&P Company of the Year

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Chaparral Energy Chaparral is a testament to American entrepreneurialism — the freedom to succeed.Our story is one that embodies innovation, resourcefulness, creativity, financial responsibility and loyalty to the communities in which we operate.

Judge’s Comments: Like the little engine that could, it is growing from an independent to a strong force that can compete on many fronts: traditional/ conventional oil and gas, application and investment in new technologies, future engagement in resource plays, community outreach with concrete contributions & benefits, satisfied employees and visionary leaders. Metrics are going in the right direction with impressive CAGR.

Co-founded more than 26 years ago by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Fischer, Chaparral is a privately owned company that has grown to become a major player in the Mid-Continent region, with more than 1 billion barrels of oil

equivalent (Boe) and more than 700 employees. And while energy companies are nothing new in Oklahoma, we have set ourselves apart through an entrepreneurial spirit and a determination to explore new avenues for growth.

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Sponsored by: Teemco TEEMCO is a registered professional engineering firm specializing in environmental engineering and regulatory compliance for the oil & gas industry. We are a mission-driven, employee owned enterprise that’s pro-oil & gas and pro-environment. TEEMCO has nine regional offices (both domestically and internationally). Oil & Gas Awards 2014

Award for Drilling Excellence

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Scientific Drilling Scientific Drilling International (SDI) is an independent service provider offering a complete high accuracy navigation and drilling solution. SDI is committed to a customer experience that makes it easy to do business. It’s our goal to work safely and with minimal environmental impact while offering you a wide range of technologies and solutions to solve your downhole challenges.

Judge’s Comments: A very strong showing in operational excellence and use of new drilling technologies. Scientific’s other strong points were around HSE, minimizing environmental impact and community service. Clearly experts in Drilling Excellence.

This year’s most technically driven company with the best products I’ve seen this year.

We are proud to design, engineer and manufacture directional drilling and production logging equipment targeted for the oil and gas, geothermal, coal bed methane and mining applications. Our global footprint, coupled with

our independent spirit, ensures our long-term commitment to our customers’ success. Scientific Drilling makes it Easy for you to do business while targeting what’s important.

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The Merits of the Midcontinent Like most oil-producing regions of the United States, the benefits outweigh the setbacks in the Midcontinent.

Falling oil prices may test the mettle of the oil and gas industry in the Midcontinent, but as long as the price of an oil of barrel stays around $80 range, operators should continue to thrive. “The customers we’ve talked to are very comfortable drilling wells in the Permian Basin and western Oklahoma at $80-a-barrel oil,” said John Poarch, Vice President of Commercial and Business Development for Access Midstream. “We haven’t seen any slowdown. Obviously I think everybody is watching it cautiously and if it does appear oil prices go down much more, then it will start directly affecting how many rigs are running.” The bigger concern, however, is the ever-changing federal regulations the oil and gas industry must follow. Whether those stem from species that make various plays their habitats or greenhouse emissions, the evolving regulatory landscape could prove to be more troublesome for the Midcontinent than oil prices. Poarch joined Jim Leathers, Director of Gas Supply for Superior Pipeline Co., and Moderator Carolyn Davis, Senior Editor of Natural Gas Intelligence, for a panel discussion on the importance of the oil and gas industry to the Midcontinent at the Oil & Gas Awards Midcontinent Industry Summit in Oklahoma. There certainly isn’t a lack of opportunity in terms of resources in the Midcontinent. Davis reminded the

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audience of the various plays in the region that were ready for extraction and the countless business opportunities available through them. “The Midcontinent is composed of so many kinds of plays. It’s so different than some of the other kinds of basins with the shales, the rocks, the limestone and the [Mississippi] chat [a combination of chert, limestone and dolomite],” Davis said. “There are so many different types of formations and so many different players here that are active.” According to Leathers, the main concern for operators in eastern Oklahoma is working around the American burying beetle, which has been categorized as “endangered” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 1989. He said there are reports that the bug should be removed from the endangered list, yet it remains an obstacle pipeline operators must consider. In western Oklahoma, the oil and gas industry must work around the lesser prairie chicken, which was listed as a threatened species in March 2014. “There are programs in place to work around some of those issues depending on where you’re at and where you’re operating and trying to drill wells,” Leathers said. “There’s a very big burden for some operators and some pipeline companies to manage that issue.”

Moderator: Carolyn Davis, Senior Editor, Natural Gas Intelligence Speakers: John Poarch, VP Commercial & Business Development, Access Midstream, Jim Leathers, Director Gas Supply, Superior Pipeline Company

From a national perspective, Poarch said Williams Partners – which merged with Access Midstream in June 2014 – primarily deals with state regulatory agencies for its pipeline projects. However, when its projects cross state lines, the company must adhere to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) guidelines, as well. Poarch said the average lead time for a FERC approval is a year and a half. “Williams has proposed quite a few projects in the northeast to move gas, and the permitting process has a significant impact,” Poarch said. “Obviously that strands gas, it affects pricing significantly, and all those costs ultimately are usually translated to the consumer who ends up paying for those extra administrative costs and delays. That regulatory system has a significant impact on our business and ultimately the whole economy of our country.”

Even if commodity prices continue to dwindle, midstream pipeline companies should be busy with projects for years to come if recent studies are any indication, according to Poarch. He said there are tens of billions of dollars’ worth of projects annually required for infrastructure, which is great news for Williams Partners. “That’s our business and there’s a tremendous amount of demand across the country for that major infrastructure,” Poarch said.

“The Midcontinent is composed of so many kinds of plays. It’s so different than some of the other kinds of basins with the shales, the rocks, the limestone and the [Mississippi] chat [a combination of chert, limestone and dolomite],” Davis said. “There are so many different types of formations and so many different players here that are active.” Despite oil prices being on a downward trend, Leathers remains confident that the industry will be able to withstand smaller margins within reason. He credits the industry with being an adaptable business that will find the best ways to make money no matter commodity prices. “There will be ample opportunities to grow in the pipeline business, and I think on a going-forward basis, our industry is very resilient,” Leathers said. “As we learn how to unlock the secret code in various plays, we get more efficient. The operators learn how to do things better, faster, cheaper – whether it’s multi-pad drilling, they’re able to reduce their costs through more efficiency and best practices and sharing of information. And all of that will hopefully allow us to operate and thrive in a lower commodity price environment if that’s the case.”

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One Compounding 3 Force Field Trained. Service Strong. Safety Focused. CDM Resource Management understands steady growth can only be successful with a strong foundation. CDM has worked hard to build that. Training programs focused on technical basics and hands on approaches coupled with the significance of safety awareness create a team prepared to deliver the best service in the industry. 98% runtime guarantee on all equipment has been and will always be the CDM way of life.

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Water Management Company of the Year

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Rockwater Energy Solutions Rockwater Energy Solutions is a fluids and environmental solutions provider offering customized products and services for the water, stimulation, fracturing, fluids and production needs of our customers throughout the United States and Western Canada.

Judge’s Comments: I like Rockwater’s approach to providing the cradle to grave service. With flowback being a key concern in the Midcontinent region with its drought conditions the use of pipeline to transport has a positive impact on operations environmental footprint.

43 million barrels of produced water moved over the last three years with no spills. Wow. Notable commitment to the reduction of TRIR rating. Good community and industry contributions.

Our goal is to provide end-to-end custom solutions for the oilfield water lifecycle. Services from water transfer, above-ground storage, fluid logistics, and flowback, to proppant logistics and chemicals such as production and completion chemicals help the operating companies we serve maximize production, lower costs and reduce their environmental footprint. Rockwater Energy Solutions brings distinctive capabilities that have already helped some of the nation’s leading operators dramatically improve critical key performance indicators. Our teams are dedicated to performing their jobs in a safe, efficient and environmentally

responsible manner and are motivated to exceed the expectations of our customers. While the Rockwater name is new, our operating companies date back 40 years and are composed of water management and chemical technology pioneers. Since Rockwater’s formation in June of 2011, the company has made dozens of strategic acquisitions and driven significant organic growth to become an industry leader with over 3,000 employees.

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Engineering Company of the Year

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Spartan Engineering Spartan Engineering is a one-stop resource for engineering services. Our team represents a broad spectrum of experience in engineering, construction management, and GIS mapping services, enabling Spartan to meet the demands of the energy industry. Our industry connections offer access to international level resources.

Judge’s Comments: Outstanding entry. Cuts straight to the point and delivers it’s message with precision. Indicative of the company’s attitude to service delivery for its customers. Top marks.

Examples of projects in and out of the region. Good breadth of service. Detailed case studies.

Spartan offers services in engineering and design in civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and process engineering, and has strong expertise in GIS mapping, project management, construction management and inspection, and more. Our team is uniquely qualified to respond to any project need. We work closely with clients to understand the entirety of a project -- from cradle to grave -- conceptualizing and shaping the projects’ needs, including identifying and complying with regulations, such as DOT and FERC; addressing each specific need that arises; and guiding the project to a

successful, safe completion. We are committed to being a technology leader, from utilizing technology in telecommunication and networking to connect remote offices, allowing seamless communication worldwide, to implementing state-of-the-art computers, tools and software, Spartan technology access is second to none. Our clients are assured their projects are completed by exceptional professionals with the experience and technology needed in this competitive field. It’s what we do. Every day.

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VZ Environmental Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship

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Scott Environmental Services, Inc. Judge’s Comments: Innovative use of solid drilling wastes, clear commitment to compliance and dedication to the community has been shown throughout this entry. Scott’s commitment to the community is a credit to the company. The company’s contribution to the R&D community is an example set for others, which will bolster the industry’s perpetual drive for innovation. Well done.

Scott provides solid drilling waste management for the oil and gas exploration and production industry by offering turnkey solutions through expert, site-specific recycling and treatment technology. The company is revolutionizing the method by which solid waste produced from oil and gas drilling is managed, benefiting the environment, the industry, and the communities impacted by oil and gas operations. Scott’s leading-edge, solidification and stabilization techniques and patented technology, developed based on years of sound research, treat water-based mud and cuttings, as well as oil-based drilled cuttings. Through this technology, contaminated solid drilling waste is now being recycled into environmentally sound and durable

roads, drill pads, and a variety of other structures where exploration and production is taking place. The company, founded in 1994 by Blake Scott and his father, Bill Scott, is headquartered in Longview, Texas where it has easy access to a large portion of the U.S. oil & gas market.

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Sponsored by: VZ Environmental Oilfield Containment Solutions www.vzenvironmental.com

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We are proud to sponsor the VZ Environmental Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship. VZ Environmental provides containment solutions for the oil and gas industry.

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Industry Summit Editorial

Making Sense of Regulations Determining state or federal primacy often is the main factor in maintaining compliance with mandates.

No matter where a company is attempting to produce oil and gas, there will be state and federal regulations to follow. The question most times is which government takes the lead in these mandates, and that oftentimes remains unclear to countless operators. “Primacy – it seems to me that’s the heart of the issue,” said panel moderator Jim Willis, Consultant at Natural gas Intelligence. “Who is the first among equals here?” Willis led a discussion on regulatory compliance at the Oil & Gas Awards Midcontinent Industry Summit in Oklahoma City. Keith White, Director of EH&S for Chaparral Energy, said the oil and gas industry is fortunate that Oklahoma historically has been an energy friendly state, so regulating agencies often work hand-in-hand with business.

management and Indian affairs may have to be involved. Also, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal agencies could have regulations that must be met, as well. With so many agencies involved – Willis describes the regulatory environment as an “alphabet soup” due to the various acronyms – primacy between federal and state regulations constantly comes into play. White cites the example of Chaparral Energy’s work in Osage County, Oklahoma, which also is the location of the Osage Indian Reservation. The company performs CO2 injection in this part of the state while refurbishing a 1930s-circa field to extract additional oils.

“Rather than having a confrontational attitude with our regulatory agencies, typically we will be collegial, and it almost always boils down to a dialogue between the two,” White said.

Since the play is located on a reservation – which is sovereign territory – the Osage Nation also has mineral rights as if it were a state, according to White. The bureaus of land management and Indian affairs have regulations that must be met, as well.

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are two of the primary agencies oil and gas companies must consult in Oklahoma when working in the oil and gas industry. However, depending on where in the state a project is located, the federal bureaus of land

“Because of the dependent sovereign nation status of the tribe, you also have the EPA and OSHA and all the other agencies involved in it, as well,” White says. “When dealing with the EPA, it is slightly different than dealing with the DEQ on the exact same subjects. A lot of times the EPA will take different viewpoints different air regulations and

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how they’re approaching projects, water contamination, spill response and things along those lines.” No matter how many organizations are involved, the key to working through regulations efficiently is by forging relationships with those who enforce them, according to Stuart Wittenbach, Director of EH&S for Cimarex Energy. “It’s learning about working with those people,” Wittenbach said. “It’s really about people skills. You have to work with those agency offices and district offices to understand what’s on their radar screen and how do you comply with that so you can have your project move forward.”

“It’s learning about working with those people,” Wittenbach said. “It’s really about people skills. You have to work with those agency offices and district offices to understand what’s on their radar screen and how do you comply with that so you can have your project move forward.”

One area where regulating agencies and oil and gas companies are working together is to determine the sources of Oklahoma’s increased seismic activity. Cimarex is one of many companies sharing their seismic research with government bodies to help create the most accurate results possible.

Although its use is not regulated yet, water is at the forefront of discussions within many oil and gas businesses. Kirk Schoppe, Water Resource Manager for Select Energy Services, said his company has clients who work with water in a variety of creative options for removing water. “As far as setup, it really runs the gamut and sometimes you see some pretty creative options, whether that’s a frack tank farm or aboveground containment with your SWD [salt water disposal] tied in with a manifold from your SWD to store it so that it is ready to move to location, or built up enough so you can complete your well,” Schoppe said. “Others we’ve seen actually tie into the network of pipelines or underground systems directly to temporary hose to move it from well to well.” Many companies attempt to reuse produced flowback water on their wells. However, that depends on the geology of the play and whether or not a specific formation can handle that type of water. “It really depends on the formation geologically where you’re at,” Wittenbach said. “You don’t want to spend $3 [million] to $8 million and then use the wrong constituent water to go into the well and not have return on your production that you expect.”

“We were allowing on our input to help the agencies in that study get it accurate,” Wittenbach said. “They have good science based on it. It’s not something that is driven by what the public sees. I can say personally I lived in Oklahoma City and I did feel some earthquakes. Alarming? No, not really, but we do need to know if what’s happening there is the norm or if it’s something unusual.”

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Award for Excellence in Health & Safety – Products

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Katch Kan Ltd. Katch Kan emerged in 1994 in response to the environmental challenges in the energy sector, its Rig Safety System(RSS™) and Zero Spill System (ZSS™) assist sustainable development by protecting and preserving the land, water and personnel in the oil and gas industry.

Judge’s Comments: Interesting product seeking to prevent harmful incidents or mitigate them in real time, rather than a monitoring or auditing system that records incidents after the fact.

I like the robust nature of the product and the fact that it is committed to protection in a proactive manner rather than reactive.

These innovative systems work together to optimize the health and safety of those involved in upstream oil and gas projects, while minimizing pollution and maximizing operational results. Katch Kan™ systems enable oil and gas exploration to occur in a proactive and eco-efficient manner. By using our systems, Operators and Contractors can turn any drilling or work-over rig into a zero spill environment, and minimize the waste of expensive drilling fluids, resulting in a cleaner, a safer

and more productive working environment. Katch Kan builds these systems under ISO 9001 and 14001management systems and operates a full service field operation in Canada under COR guidelines. Katch Kan is a global leader in reducing environmental footprint and operational safety in the oil and gas drilling industry with 90% presence in the Canadian Market and this innovative technology has been adopted in over 60 countries worldwide.

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Midcontinent 2014 Award for Excellence in Health & Safety – Products I’m honoured to accept this award and recognition from Oil and Gas Awards. Thank you! I’ve read - to be an entrepreneur you have to defy the odds; you must take chances and tackle what to many, is unachievable. My journey did not seem impossible, or even daunting--it seemed instinctual. I saw a need to protect our planet and help the energy industry at the same time. I saw an opportunity to bridge opposing ideologies with a solution that served both. A future that would protect energy services workers and safeguard our planet.

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Judge’s Comments: Interesting product seeking to prevent harmful incidents or mitigate them in real time, rather than a monitoring or auditing system that records incidents after the fact.

I like the robust nature of the product and the fact that it is committed to protection in a proactive manner rather than reactive.

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Thank you to my committed employees. A growing company has a lot of demands and expectations placed on it and working as a team with and as more productive working These innovative work shared values allows ussystems to approach every challenge an opportunity. environment. Katch Kan builds together to optimize the health Thank you to our partners around the world. Together, we do make these systems under ISO 9001 and safety of those involved in a difference. and 14001management system upstream oil and gas projects, andwho operates a full service fiel minimizing and customers Andwhile finally, thank you topollution our outstanding share our operation in Canada under CO maximizing operational results. protection. vision of worker safety and environmental guidelines. Katch Kan is a glob Katch Kan™ systems enable oil For over 20 years, Katch Kan has been developing innovative solutions leader in reducing environmen and gas exploration to occur in a for the oil and gas industry and we are exceptionally proud to be footprint and operational safe proactive and eco-efficient manner. serving customers in over 60 countries. in the oil and gas drilling indus By using our systems, Operators Albert said, “Logic getany you from A to B.with Imagination will 90% presence in the Can andEinstein Contractors canwill turn takedrilling you everywhere.” Two decades my imagination an innovative Marketcreated and this or work-over rig intoago, a zero innovative product and my to make a difference led mehas down technology been adopted spill environment, anddesire minimize thisthe path--thank you to all of you who helped me along the way. over 60 countries worldwide. waste of expensive drilling fluids, resulting in a cleaner, a safer Sincerely,

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Award for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility

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Access Midstream Access Midstream is proud to operate in the nation’s leading unconventional basins. Access is one of the largest midstream companies in the United States with processing and treating facilities, and more than 6,400 miles of natural gas pipelines in nine states, including more than 2,200 miles in Oklahoma.

Judge’s Comments: Access Midstream excelled at providing services and funds to the communities in which it operates that were clearly intended to, and should, yield long-range and lasting benefits to those communities.

Access have shown a great and clear commitment to the local communities and offered generous donations in a time of need. A great example of what these awards stand for.

Access moves an average 3.8 billion cubic feet of gas per day, making it the nation’s leading gathering and processing master limited partnership. We are focused on providing high-quality service to our customers, revenue to our unit holders, a best-in-class workplace for our employees, and exemplary stewardship of our communities and the environment. Access has an exemplary safety record and in 2013 celebrated a fifth consecutive year with no lost-time injuries. Our Oklahoma field offices have a 2013 Total Recordable Incident Rate of 0. In fact, Since January 1, 2009,

Oklahoma field employees have worked a total of more than 730,000 hours without a lost-time incident. We embrace industry-leading operational practices when it comes to water use, air quality and waste management, and require our contractors and vendors to comply with these same high standards. Access, a member of the Williams Companies family, is proud to be headquartered in the Mid-Continent region.

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Hearn Trucking, LLC Judge’s Comments: Commitment to safety while delivering the product on time, educating others about safety and logistics, and strong retention (over 75% of employees have worked there for 5+ years) set them apart from others. A great family company that provides sprawling trucking services to the industry. Hearn Trucking keeps its staff and its clients happy and was awarded for its efforts last year.

Hearn Trucking LLC was started in Weatherford, Texas in 1987 from the humble beginnings of only 1 tractor and 1 trailer. Our culture was born from strong ethics, morals and good old fashioned values of honesty and hard work. The founder Jack Hearn Jr is involved in our daily operations and continues to direct us with his vision for the future, while nurturing our family of employees. Our employee retention rate is extraordinary, and our sense of family pride shows. The company has experienced healthy growth in the last 26 years and now operates over 150 units daily, is authorized to operate in all 48 states, and enjoys a reputation for excellent service. Our team works closely together in order to monitor, maintain, and manage efficient operations that in turn ensure that our customer’s delivery schedule and safety expectations

are met or exceeded every day, on every job. We believe that outstanding customer service builds strategic partnerships with our customers no matter how big or small, and we continually strive to earn their trust with every business opportunity. We simply treat our customers like we would want to be treated, tell the truth, and always keep our word.

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The New Leader in Oil As the top oil-producing nation in the world, the United States is in the midst of an “industrial revolution.”

Fourth-generation oilman Greg Lorson, CEO of environmental services firm TEEMCO, takes umbrage with the statistic that makes Americans out to be gluttons for the world’s energy. “To say that we consume 25 percent of the world’s energy is really a misnomer,” Lorson told attendees of the Oil & Gas Awards Midcontinent Industry Summit in Oklahoma City. “We utilize 25 percent of the world’s energy to produce goods and services for the rest of the world. And we’re doing it in an increasingly efficient manner; we’re doing it in an increasingly green manner; and we are doing a great job of developing our natural resources and gaining energy independence for this country. It’s going to change the landscape not only of this country but of the entire world.” As someone who has been in the energy industry for 30 years, Lorson sees this period in U.S. oil and gas history as more than an economic boom – he describes this era as an “industrial revolution,” citing the facts that the United States has grown from nine oil-producing states to more than 20 and has increased oil production so dramatically that the industry now contributes more than $1 billion a day to the nation’s economic output. “We also have a number of changing geopolitical circumstances occurring not only globally but domestically,” Lorson said. “We have a growing

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population. We have emerging economies. With all that driving oil production, I would say its way more than a boom – it truly is an industrial revolution.” One of the geopolitical game-changers stemming from the increased production of U.S. oil is the nation’s dwindling reliance on foreign sources of petroleum. According to the Institute for Energy Research, the United States took over as the world’s largest oil and natural gas liquids producer in the world in July 2014. The U.S. oil industry produced more than 11 million barrels a day for the first five months of, and it overtook Russia as the world’s largest natural gas producer in 2010. As a result, U.S. oil imports have decreased by almost half since 2005, according to Lorson. In 2013, the United States imported 32 percent of its oil vs. 60 percent in 2005. Lorson also said that the United States still spent $427 billion on imported oil, which represents a large void to fill for the domestic industry. “We’re still spending a lot of money on imported oil,” Lorson said. “That represents a lot of opportunity. We’ve got a lot of ground we can cover as we continue to reduce our imports.” Not only has the United States reduced its oil imports, but for the first time since 1949, according to Lorson, the United States is now a net exporter of refined products.

Speaker: Greg Lorson, CEO, TEEMCO

The nation exported over 1 million barrels of distillates and gasoline in 2013. Refined petroleum products exports exceeded 3.5 million barrels last year. Also in 2013, according to Lorson, the United States set a monthly record of 4.3 million barrels in one month.

“Today, the environment is the battlefield – that is what is being used against the industry,” Lorson said. “We’ve got to earn our social license to operate, and that means protecting the environment and changing the public perception of what we do.

The next step the United States must take in its increasing dominance of the worldwide oil market is to allow more exporting of crude oil, according to Lorson. The United States primarily re-exports crude oil it brings in from Canada and other nations. Last year, the U.S. oil industry was able to export some crude to Spain, Switzerland and Italy.

With these figures in mind, Lorson sees no reason why the federal government should keep the crude export ban in place. He called upon the oil and gas industry to help change the mindset of the American people about its business to combat the stigma that often stifles progress.

Emissions have dropped significantly over that same time period, according to Lorson. In 1949, the oil and gas industry produced almost 1,200 metric tons of emissions per $1 million of GDP. In 2011, emissions stood at 412.

“Years ago, you may recall the battle cry, ‘Drill, baby, drill’ – well, we’ve drilled,” Lorson added. “I say our new battle cry needs to be ‘Ship, baby, ship’ – let’s export oil.”

Despite the success of the oil and gas industry and its economic drivers, energy remains a highly politicized topic, especially with regard to environmental regulations. However, according to Lorson, the numbers don’t match up to the arguments from environmentalists. Lorson said the industry is increasing its efficiency. He cited the reduction in millions of British thermal units (Btu) of per dollar of gross domestic product (GDP) as one way of measuring energy efficiency. In 1949, Lorson said, the United States was at $17 million per GDP. That number decreased to $10 million in 1989, and it went down to $7 million in 2011. Emissions have dropped significantly over that same time period, according to Lorson. In 1949, the oil and gas industry produced almost 1,200 metric tons of emissions per $1 million of GDP. In 2011, emissions stood at 412.

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Award for Excellence in Well Completion

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Packers Plus Packers Plus is the innovator of open hole, multi-stage completion systems and provides solutions for technically challenging applications in horizontal, vertical, multi-lateral, and high pressure/ high temperature (HPHT) wells. By remaining focused on highvalue completion technologies, Packers Plus strives to be the leading supplier of technical solutions in its field and maintains an extensive patent portfolio.

Judge’s Comments: Continuing to pursue better and more reliable open hole solutions is a big avenue to enhanced economics. The StackFrac HD system for well completions demonstrates increased well productivity while reducing costs using openhole technology. Excellent case studies as well as a good overview of the company’s strong values and commitment to HSE and community giving.

Innovation remains critical to the company’s success and dictates how business is conducted every day. Packers Plus has developed a variety of completion technologies for specific applications to adapt to changing industry demand. These technologies have enabled operators to redesign operations and procedures to increase well productivity and reduce well costs. Integrated technology groups ensure continual product improvements, placing Packers Plus at the forefront of oil and gas completions technology development. The company maintains full design and

manufacturing capabilities, as well as a large Rapid Tool Development program directed at tool and system technologies to address customer needs. Packers Plus has operations in Canada, the United States, and internationally to maintain an influential role in key markets. The company has stayed true to its roots—an innovative company with a focused niche, enabling it to be one of the best in the industry.

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Industry Supplier of the Year

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Well Checked Systems Judge’s Comments: The particular point that distinguishes Well Checked Systems’ contribution is the scalability of its service. Equally applicable to both larger scale field operations and small field maintenance, its cost-effective availability to even stripper well operations offers low budget operators access to monitoring previously only affordable to larger operators. Thus, it provides monitoring capabilities to those that can ill afford more expensive SCADA telemetry.

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Well Checked is a Tulsa-based company that specializes in remote well site video monitoring, reporting, alerting and data storage and retrieval. Well Checked systems assist pumpers, owners, and operators in monitoring their locations remotely for activity. Well Checked systems not only monitor for unexpected activity but are also able to routinely patrol and record all activity for user-defined periods and record these videos in the cloud for playback and review at any time. These systems greatly reduce risk from unauthorized entry and activity as well as assist in the diagnosis of any equipment failures or breakdowns before they occur. Customers are only alerted to what each customer defines as important activity to them and entirely customizable on a per client and per site basis. Alerts are also customizable by each customer user. Well Checks™ - periodic and automatic (every 15 mins, every 30 mins, every hour, etc as determined by Customer) “guard tours” of the site. The system will Pan, Tilt and Zoom in on all areas of

interest on a per site basis for the client and record these tours in the video historian stored offsite. These videos are the available for access and playback as needed by the client in case of need for prosecution, insurance claims, personnel issues, third party vendor issues, environmental concerns, etc. We provide a complete solution: The camera and all sensors, the recording platform, the alerting platform, live video access and control capability, the high speed cloud connectivity, the offsite storage with secured access by user invitation only, playable on all devices via all major browser, no additional software required by clients to be installed, no SCADA required yet integrates with existing SCADA as requested, maintained by Well Checked and not customer.

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Manufacturer of the Year

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Judge’s Comments: The company has demonstrated leadership by practicing ethical business practices, this has been the key to their long term success. Customers expect efficient, safe and profitable operating solutions from ABB and that is what the company provides. Remote well sites call for more automation and well control. ABB uses established methods and improves them.

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Well-Positioned for the Future Willbros has combined its legacy construction capabilities with new regional presences to strategically serve the oil, gas, refining, petrochemical and power industries. Our field experts are backed with in-house professionals to provide a complete services offering. With more than a century of experience, Willbros is ready to work for you.

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Judge’s Comments: Recognized for completing construction projects under challenging circumstances, in remote locations and in difficult environments. Wide array of construction capabilities in oil and gas, the addition of Intergra Link is a smart way to further support clients and manage the future construction and maintenance business. Remote monitoring capabilities are important as infrastructure grows. Good to know that the usability of the product requires little to no training with experience of far more complicated systems.

Willbros Engineers is a business unit of Professional Services, a Willbros business segment. Willbros is a specialty energy infrastructure contractor serving the oil, gas, refinery, petrochemical and power industries. The Company’s offerings include: engineering, procurement and construction (either individually or as an integrated EPC service offering), turnarounds, maintenance, facilities development and operations services. Professional Services is headquartered in Tulsa, Okla. The segment operates from hubs in Houston, Texas, Kansas City, Mo., Denver, Colo., and Hauppauge, NY,

to provide capabilities including: upstream, midstream and downstream engineering; integrity management, field services; and land and survey offerings. Professional Services has the expertise, experience and depth of knowledge to assist with every aspect of the pipeline infrastructure industry. For more information on Willbros, please visit our website at www.willbros.com.

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Industry Summit Editorial

Less is More The lesser greater prairie chicken has the oil and gas industry maneuvering a complex conservation plan in order to operate in the Midcontinent.

You’d have to forgive compliance managers throughout the oil and gas industry if they mistook the lesser prairie chicken for Oklahoma’s official state bird. Considering how much the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) have focused on regulating this grouse’s habitat, it’d be an easy error to make. Instead, the lesser prairie chicken is one of a number of species the FWS was forced to act upon as part of a multidistrict litigation settlement of a 2011 court case. As part of the settle, the FWS agreed to put a timeline to ultimately come to a listing decision on a variety of species between 2013 and 2018. There are at least 27 species connected to Oklahoma, and the lesser prairie chicken was first among them on FWS listing timeline. A few hours after Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt took the FWS to task for allowing “regulation through litigation” like this take place by settling out of court instead of going to trial, FWS Biologist Ken Collins and DWC Research Supervisor Allan Janus explained the listing process from the Endangered Species Act and the a multistate effort to grow the population of the lesser prairie chicken. According to Collins, the lesser prairie chicken occurs in five states – Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New

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Mexico – as an obligate grassland species, which means it resides in grassland areas and not forested areas. As the forest begins to encroach into the grasslands, the chicken can’t persist. In fact, Collins said some research shows the lesser prairie chicken could require as much as 25,000 acres just to have a single self-sustaining population. As the grasslands get smaller and smaller through a process called fragmentation, the lesser prairie chicken numbers begin to decline. Fragmentation is caused by a variety of factors, including oil and gas development, wind farms, transmission lines and roads. “If you take a large parcel that’s essentially contiguous from border to border, it may not be identical from border to border,” Collins said. “It may have some diversity within that area all for the most part unbroken. Fragmentation is the process by which that larger, unbroken parcel gets broken into smaller and smaller pieces.” In order to maintain state primacy over the conservation of the lesser prairie chicken, the Oklahoma DWC has led a five-state coalition to develop the Lesser Prairie Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan. According to the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the Lesser Prairie Chicken Interstate Working Group – which consists of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado – developed the plan to emphasize tools and incentives to

Moderator: Jim Willis, Consultant, Natural Gas Intelligence Speakers: Allan Janus, Research Supervisor, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Ken Collins, Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

encourage landowners and others to voluntarily partners with agencies in habitat conservation efforts while also achieving their land-use needs.

“We did work with folks and were able to get clearance for projects but it was a lot more cumbersome than some folks expected.”

“Under the Range-wide Plan, we went through and listed all of the threats and discussed ways to mitigate for those threats,” Janus said. “So when you enroll in the Rangewide Plan or become a part of it, mitigation – while folks tend to focus on that – is equally important or more so important in my mind as the conservation measures that are agreed to and implemented upon enrolling in the plan.”

With five states involved in protecting the lesser prairie chicken and the FWS overseeing the listing of the species through the Endangered Species Act, the question of primacy could bring confusion to the oil and gas industry’s compliance efforts. However, Janus said the Lesser Prairie Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan was drafted specifically to keep regulatory authority with the states.

There are many conservation measures in place that vary depending on the specific type of impact. Janus said the oil and gas industry typically is most concerned with the avoidance of 24-hour operations during the breeding season of the lesser prairie chicken, which is between March 1 and July 15. This restriction is imposed with 1.25 miles within any known leks, or mating areas. Another restriction affecting the oil and gas industry, according to Janus, is the pre-surveying of certain areas. Surveying was a huge issue this past year because of the timing of the listing, which was announced at the end of March 2014 before going into affect at the beginning of May 2014. “So, industry did not have a big heads up, and not a lot of folks got geared up to do surveys in some areas, and because of that weren’t able to get clearance,” Janus said.

“We all grouped together and all felt similarly that the species should not have been listed,” Janus said. “That was the ultimate goal of the Range-wide Plan – to preclude the need to list the species, which ultimately did not work. But it also serves as a recovery plan, as well.” As dire as the situation currently may be for the lesser prairie chicken, landowners still have the right to profit from their land. Moderator Jim Willis, Consultant at Natural Gas Intelligence, asked if conservation measures are necessary for species like the lesser prairie chicken, or if nature should be allowed to take its course. “Maybe the lesser prairie chicken has seen its days,” Willis said. “We won’t cry over spilled milk. What’s wrong with that attitude?” While many people may not miss the lesser prairie chicken were it to become extinct, Janus said the species’ struggles are indicative of larger problems within the environment of its natural habitat. “It’s endemic of a greater problem,” Janus said. “We talk about indicator species often in biology, or keystone species, and if you see one going down, it talks about the greater health of the environment. There is a reason to keep that species and keep that habitat out there for the greater good of society.”

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EnLink Midstream Judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comments: Recognized for completing construction projects under challenging circumstances, in remote locations and in difficult environments. Wide array of construction capabilities in oil and gas, the addition of Intergra Link is a smart way to further support clients and manage the future construction and maintenance business. Remote monitoring capabilities are important as infrastructure grows. Good to know that the usability of the product requires little to no training with experience of far more complicated systems.

EnLink Midstream formed in 2014 when Devon Energy agreed to combine substantially all of its midstream assets with Crosstex Energy to form a leading integrated midstream company with enhanced size and scale in core operating regions. This strategic combination generates strong unitholder value, fuels innovative customer solutions and drives robust growth. We are competitively positioned with a geographically diverse portfolio of midstream assets located in the most prolific oil and gas regions in the United States. EnLink Midstream owns and operates approximately 7,300 miles of gathering and transportation pipelines, 12 processing plants with 3.3 billion cubic feet of net processing capacity, and six fractionators with 180,000 barrels per day of net fractionation capacity, as well as barge and rail terminals, product storage

facilities, brine disposal wells, an extensive crude-oil trucking fleet and equity investments in certain private midstream companies. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, we are well positioned for stable, long-term growth, enabling us to capitalize on the significant opportunities we see in the midstream industry.

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Josh Kaylor - Waste Management, Inc. Testimonials: Since the first day that I met him, Josh has always exhibited a high level of integrity and has consistently delivered his well-honed business acumen skillset no matter what challenge, crisis, or opportunity was in front of him. He and the rest of his team at Waste Management are always extremely responsive, and they really know the upstream industry, which is why we chose them as our exclusive provider for environmental services.

The Breitling Energy Future Industry Leader Award recognizes a young professional that has already shown an inspiring contribution to the oil and gas industry in the Region. This years recipient joined Waste Management as an Environmental Technician, and over 10 years was promoted nine times within the organization, climbing to National Director of Energy Services. He co-founded Waste Managementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Energy Services division, and grew it from zero revenue to several hundred million dollars. He achieved this by being embedded in the industry, asking

key stakeholders what they needed from an environmental partner, and then building out that comprehensive offering within Waste Management. An active member of a number of national and regional associations and acknowledged by a range of organizations our recipient supports the industry in many capacities.

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Sponsored by: Breitling Energy Corporation Breitling Energy Corporation (BECC) is a growing U.S. energy company based in Dallas and is engaged in the exploration and development of high-probability, lower risk onshore oil and gas properties. Breitling Energy Corporation is traded over the counter under the ticker symbol: BECC.

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Guiding the Efficiency Whether using conventional drilling tools or advanced geosteering technology, oil drillers in the Midcontinent aim to keep costs down.

When drilling an oil rig can cost tens of thousands of dollars a day, companies will take any and every opportunity to add efficiency to their operations. One would expect the number of rigs to decrease as efficiency rises. Instead, according to Dexter Steis, Executive Publisher of Natural Gas Intelligence, rig counts continue to rise alongside production. “What we’re looking at today is we’re seeing more rigs and we’re seeing more efficiency from those rigs and that’s resulting in greater production,” Steis told the audience at the Oil & Gas Awards Midcontinent Industry Summit in Oklahoma City. Steis, serving as Moderator, was joined in a panel discussion on efficiencies in rigs by D. Steven Tipton, P.E., Completions Engineering Advisor for Newfield Exploration, and Juliana Tarazona, Geosteering Specialist for Halliburton. As of the date of the summit – October 31, 2014 – the U.S. rig count was up 11 percent. Fifty-four percent of that increase was in the Permian Basin, but the second largest increase to the land rig count is due to the Cana Woodford Shale in Oklahoma, which represents 9.3 percent the U.S. rig count growth, according to Steis. Steis also cited a Raymond James report that said rig count would increase another 5 percent in 2015.

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According to Tipton, Newfield Exploration has applied a variety of new technologies to its operations in order to drive efficiencies. Newfield is operating eight rigs in the Cana Woodford Shale today, and in the northern region, the company has taken its rigs setups down from 45 to 50 to less than 20 days mostly by removing intermediate casing strings, watching its mud program more closely, and by improving drilling tools to some degrees. No matter the application, Tipton said the most important factor to consider is time required to set up a rig. According to Tipton, the costs to drill rigs can run anywhere from $50,000 to $80,000 a day, so eliminating days leads to significant cost savings. “Anything you can do to cut the amount of time you spend drilling a well is what you should be looking at,” Tipton said. “I don’t look at this stuff mostly as new technology, but how we’re applying the technology we already have available now.” A relatively new method many drilling contractors have adopted is geosteering. According to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ (AAPG) Explorer magazine, geosteering relies on subsurface data being interpreted in real time to provide the geologist on the well with the information necessary to enable the driller to stay on target in the lateral leg.

Moderator: Dexter Steis, Executive Publisher, Natural Gas Intelligence Speakers: D. Steven Tipton, P.E., Completions Engineering Advisor, Newfield Exploration, Juliana Tarazona, Geosteering Specialist, Halliburton

The key time-saving aspect of geosteering is the speed with which wells can be drilled as drillers receive their information in real time. In conventional motor drilling, the drillers must wait for information to reach the surface before continuing. “An important difference between the motors and the rotary steerables is the speed and how fast you can drill,” Tarazona said. “Rotary steerable saves a lot of time because that technology helps when you want to steer your trajectories when you’re not drilling vertical wells, but when you’re drilling deviated wells or horizontal wells. That helps to guide the well pad faster compared to a motor or mud motor because you can change the direction you’re drilling while drilling without waiting to give the orientation to the motor.”

The Midcontinent oil and gas industry has spread into the South-Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP), a relatively new play that, according to the AAPG, targets the Woodford Shale across parts of a seven-county area and southwest of Oklahoma City. Also, operators are working in the Springer Shale, as well. Tipton said Newfield is one of the two biggest players in the SCOOP (Continental is the other), where the Woodford shale has stable geology. The Springer Shale, according to Tipton, will prove difficult because it is not as stable. In the Springer, Tarazona said Halliburton can help drillers stay within the zone with or without its geosteering capabilities to maximize efficiencies by providing pre-well studies to understand what the best sensor is to use on a job. “Even if companies are building the horizontals by themselves, we want to give them the proper tool or sensor to help them stay in zone because that’s the objective of everybody,” Tarazona said.

While geosteering often proves more efficient than conventional drilling, the technology has more up-front costs attached to it and isn’t always suitable for all geologies. Tipton said Newfield always considers rotary steerable drilling for its well pads, but it isn’t always the best solution for a variety of reasons. “If you’re dealing in an offshore operation that is very high dollar and you can keep the rotary steerable right, that’s probably much more cost effective,” Tipton said. “When we’re dealing in the Midcontinent thin zones and shales where we’re trying to keep our costs as low as possible, what we’ve found is it’s more cost effective for us to use just standard drilling tools with mud motors and bit housings.”

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Prometheus Energy

Judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comments: A leader in their field, innovative concept, compounded growth in excess of 40% over the past 4 years, and solid examples of how their business helps their clients save money. Prometheus Energy stood out among a strong group of contenders because not only do they provide a vital link in the fuel supplychain to the industry, but, most remarkably, they created the link. Their turnkey, individualized LNG fueling supply solutions are revolutionizing drilling operations leading simultaneously to lower fuel costs and lower environmental impact in areas where produced gas is insufficient or of lesser quality to permit use as a fuel for rig and associated operations.

Prometheus Energy is one of the largest and fastest growing suppliers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the industrial sector in North America. Prometheus provides turnkey fuel solutions to convert industrial users of diesel, propane and other crude-derived fuels to clean, domestic, secure LNG, resulting in reduced fuel cost and environmental footprint. The company is vertically integrated from LNG production through logistics, distribution, onsite equipment and technical field support. A pioneer in the industrial LNG market, Prometheus is recognized for its industry leadership and fueling customer economics by providing safe & reliable LNG

operations. Prometheus Energy is privately held by Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. and Black River Asset Management LLC, a wholly owned but independently managed subsidiary of Cargill. For more information and to calculate fuel savings associated with LNG, please visit: www. PrometheusEnergy.com

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Breitburn Energy Partners L.P.

Judge’s Comments: Allows Breitburn to capture revenue growth by accessing proved developed and undeveloped reserves; increasing shareholder valuecreation. Expands geographic footprint that provides greater access with which to conduct E&P operations.

These are all impressive – I like the Breitburn one best for oil content and price.

Breitburn’s oil and gas producing assets are located in the Los Angeles and San Joaquin Basins in California, the Wind River and Big Horn Basins in central Wyoming, the Powder River Basin in eastern Wyoming, the Evanston and Green River Basins in southwestern Wyoming, the Sunniland Trend in Florida, the Permian Basin in Texas, the Oklahoma Panhandle, the Antrim Shale in Michigan, and the New Albany Shale in Indiana and Kentucky. The company’s assets are characterized by stable, long-lived production and long reserve life indexes. As of December 31, 2013, Breitburn’s total estimated proved reserves were 214.3 MMBoe, of which approximately 53% were crude oil, 7% were NGLs, and 40% were natural gas. In 2013, Breitburn completed 11 strategic acquisitions totaling approximately $1.2 billion, delivered record Adjusted EBITDA and total production, delivered 4.8% annual distribution growth and 15th consecutive quarter of distribution increases. In July 2014, Breitburn announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to acquire QR Energy in a unit-for-unit

exchange implying a transaction value of approximately $3.0 billion, including QR Energy’s existing net debt and outstanding Class C Convertible Preferred Units. As a result of the merger, Breitburn will become the largest, oil-weighted upstream oil and gas master limited partnership. The combination enhances Breitburn’s ability to generate greater cash flow and creates significant incremental near-term and long-term value for unitholders. This transaction is expected to close in late 2014.

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Shaking Out Solutions The Oklahoma Corporation Commission and other state agencies are working with the oil and gas industry to determine the source of increased seismic activity.

The last time the Oklahoma oil and gas industry had a pending environmental issue about to blow out of proportion, the industry partnered with environmentalists to launch FracFocus, today used by 15 states to monitor chemicals used in fracking. That was 2012. In 2014, oil and gas operators in Oklahoma are besieged by demands to know if their business is contributing to the seismic activity felt throughout the state. With increased seismic activity throughout Oklahoma, the state’s Corporation Commission is leaving no stone unturned in attempting to determine the exact cause of the temblors. According to Commissioner Dana Murphy, the oil and gas industry operating within the state has been more than forthright with its information about the geology of the most affected areas as the state and the business work together to keep the industry going. On October 28, 2014 – a day before Murphy delivered remarks at the Oil & Gas Awards Midcontinent Industry Summit – representatives from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma Geological Survey, governor’s office and other researchers updated a legislative committee on ongoing efforts to better

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understand the state’s ongoing earthquakes, according to a report by The Oklahoman. Murphy told the audience that the commission is now looking at 10 kilometers around 4.0-magnitude events or significant swarms of activity to determine if there are disposal wells or any other possible triggers in the area. “We are going through with a fine-toothed comb to make sure that every operator that is actually disposing in any formation,” Murphy said. The dominant formation the state is investigating is the Arbuckle formation. According to The Oklahoman newspaper, the commission specifically has been paying more attention to the how deep disposal wells are drilled in this region and whether they approached or cross into the so-called “basement rock” that underlies the Arbuckle. To possibly prevent further seismic activity, Murphy said her commission will shut in the well if there are any issues encountered with these wells in this region. “To make sure that the wells are properly permitted, if there are any types of issues with anything or minor problems, they’re shut in,” Murphy said.

Speaker: Dana Murphy, Commissioner, Oklahoma Corporation Commission

According to Murphy, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is not all that concerned with injection wells as a catalyst for Oklahoma’s seismic activity. She said this is because these wells are water flood or enhanced recovery, which means water is injected and produced at a particular reservoir, so pressure is consistent for the most part. Deep disposal wells, however, are an area of concern for the USGS.

“It makes a big difference in knowing exactly where some of these faults are so that we can be looking and know where to focus some of our attention, especially with regard to applicants or where operators might request to put in disposal wells,” Murphy said. “We’re really looking for some correlation between these seismicity events and what’s happening in the area.”

Now whenever there is any type of seismic activity, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission has put rules in place that require every operator of a disposal well must record daily pressure and volumes and provide that to the commission on a regular basis or as requested. The commission requires this information for all wells within in the state, not just those located in the Arbuckle.

Help is on the way for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, as well. Murphy said Oklahoma’s Secretary of Energy Michael Teague has approved her agency’s request to hire a reservoir engineer to study the container of the Arbuckle in conjunction with the operations that are occurring there.

Murphy praised the oil and gas industry for working handin-hand with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to share information about the geology of the land. She said a great deal of the data the commission has been provided as proprietary information from 3-D seismic that the industry had.

The commission also now requires seismicity language in some of its orders, and those orders pertain to where operators are putting in a disposal well within the area of concern. With 11,000 disposal and injection wells installed throughout Oklahoma, trying to determine the source of seismic activity may require another FracFocus-type initiative between industry and the watchdogs. “I have to give a lot of credit to the industry in Oklahoma who have really collaborated with the regulators to provide proprietary information so we have better fault maps,” Murphy said. “I have to commend some of the larger companies that are looking at recycling and reusing water because that’s a challenge on an economic basis. And the challenge for us as regulators is to do enough to protect the public and look out for the safety and welfare of the public, and to make sure that the industry can operate.”

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Cinco Energy Management Group CINCO delivers comprehensive solutions to complex land, asset management, due diligence, and contract negotiations by partnering with our clients to maximize their shale investments. We provide a tailored approach with advice and insight developed from our over 25 years of experience in the North American oil & gas industry.

Judge’s Comments: This entrant’s longstanding and impressive list of client accomplishments over the last 25 years providing comprehensive solutions in the critical areas of land and asset mgmt., due diligence and contract negotiations clearly qualifies them for recognition in this category. Experienced firm providing quality services to a broad range of clients. Impressive book of business/deals cited.

CINCO provides due diligence, advisory, and consulting services to our clients by helping navigate the terms of the purchase and sale agreement, identifying title defects resulting in a downward adjustment to the purchase price, and identifying potential risks and liabilities associated with the assets. In our capacity as an asset manager, we partner with our clients to develop and maintain client assets by assisting with regulatory compliance, managing communications and elections for well proposals, and tracking lease obligations and payments, among

others. Our footprint is supported by our five offices located in Houston, Texas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Denver, Colorado, Lafayette, Louisiana and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Through our client – centric approach, we execute projects in a manner that earns trust and exceeds expectations. We provide professional management with experience in commercial operations, all from one trusted and established firm – this is the Cinco Energy Management Group commitment.

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Industry Summit Editorial

Keeping the Community Informed The oil and gas industry must continue to win the battles in the court of public opinion to retain its social license to operate.

Oil and gas companies operating in Oklahoma may have to work around the mating season of the lesser prairie chicken and submit proprietary 3-D seismic information to comply with regulations, but the state overall is quite energy friendly compared to other regions of the country. As Dexter Steis, Executive Publisher of Natural Gas Intelligence, pointed out, the U.S. oil and gas industry has had to diffuse the backlash from: •

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A 2011 New York Times series about documents from the Energy Information Administration calling the validity shale gas reserves into question; and

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Hydraulic fracturing ban measures appearing on ballots throughout the United States.

As Moderator of a panel discussion focused on best practices for communications in the oil and gas industry, Steis relayed his experience visiting Colorado in August as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association was maneuvering to remove initiatives related to local control of oil and gas from the November ballot. According to the Denver Post, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Boulder) agreed to drop two measures he supported aimed at requiring drilling rigs to be set back 2,000 feet from homes and bolstering local control

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by adding an environmental bill of rights to the state constitution. The Post also reported the removal of two industry-supported measures – one of which would have withheld state oil and gas revenue from communities banning drilling, and another which required a fiscal impact note for all initiatives. “Had those local control measures gone into lay, a lot of experts believe it would have seriously derailed oil and gas production in that state for some time,” Steis said. “If Governor Hickenlooper ever needs a job, I seriously think we in the energy industry should hire him because he’s a winner and he knows how to fight.” The panelists for this discussion play key roles with their companies to prevent those fights from coming to fruition. Robert Hatley, Vice President of Communications and Strategic Outreach for Williams Co., said one way his company has avoided clashing with the opposition is by bringing the communication function of project development into the upfront work conducted by land teams. By obtaining this intelligence before breaking ground, Hatley said his department can influence routing activities to help avoid potential conflicts. “We have a series of gating activities we go through when we evaluate projects and different milestones that we meet and commitments to decide whether that

Moderator: Dexter Steis, Executive Publisher, Natural Gas Intelligence Speakers: David Eberhardt, VP Human Resources, Chaparral Energy, Robert Hatley, VP Communication & Strategic Outreach, Williams, Chip Carter, Vice President of Corporate Communications & Business Development, Jones Public Relations

project is actually going to come to fruition,” Hatley said. “[Communications] is engaged in that. There are check-offs that we want to do from a communications perspective and a community perspective to understand that.” Once a project is ready for shovels to hit the ground, the community outreach becomes an ongoing effort. For David Eberhardt, Vice President of Human Resources for Chaparral Energy, said there are multiple ways to give back to communities to stay in residents’ good graces, including money and employment opportunities.

Chip Carter, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Business Development for Jones Public Relations, believes this method is best applied when top-level executives get involved with the community directly. He suggested having executives that resonate with them personally. For example, a CEO may be interested in Habitat for Humanity but isn’t involved with the organization in any way. Carter said businesses should leverage that excitement for a good cause.

The most important, in Eberhardt’s opinion, is leadership. Chaparral Energy accomplishes this by following up requests for contributions from the community with making sure the money is used wisely.

“People connect with passion,” Carter said. “If you’re passionate about something that some people may think is dull, but you’re passionate about it, it’s going to be lively. If that’s where your heart is, then you need to identify your company with where your heart is.”

Robert Hatley, Vice President of Communications and Strategic Outreach for Williams Co., said one way his company has avoided clashing with the opposition is by bringing the communication function of project development into the upfront work conducted by land teams. By obtaining this intelligence before breaking ground, Hatley said his department can influence routing activities to help avoid potential conflicts.

Executives shouldn’t have the only say in how a company supports the community, however, according to Eberhardt. To get the rest of the Chaparral Energy workforce involved with community outreach, the company formed the Chaparral Cares Committee. This is a group of even individual contributors in the company who come together to discuss potential outreach efforts based on what they’ve heard from within the community.

“If we see an opportunity to give money to the community, we always ask the question, ‘Who works for us that can get involved there and provide leadership to see that the money is being put to good use?’” Eberhardt said. “Let’s not just throw money at the problem, but let’s use this as an opportunity to give more than just money by giving some influence to the community through having our employees involved in building up those programs.”

“Typically, those aren’t huge dollar investments, but we have enough passion among those individuals that we can be nimble in that regard and respond to those quickly,” Eberhardt said. “What’s important to us is that it’s not limited to the executive team making all of the decisions as it relates to outreach. We want to empower all of the employees to act whenever opportunity comes around.”

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Halliburton Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry.

Judge’s Comments: Halliburton takes a holistic approach to the development of their services by creating the service and then improving the service by investigating the process by monitoring the results and then confirming with additional technology, which supports their goals for ultimate success in the completion process. All aspects are covered by their completion services. Halliburton is keenly aware of the problems industry is experiencing and seems to have a better reaction time to solve problematic completion problems successfully.

With more than 75,000 employees, representing 140 nationalities in approximately 80 countries, the company serves the upstream oil and gas industry throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir – from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing production through the life of the field. Halliburton comprises 13 product service lines (PSLs). The PSLs operate in two divisions: Drilling and Evaluation, and Completion

and Production. PSLs are primarily responsible and accountable for strategy, technology development, process development, people development and capital allocation. Over the past three years, continued successful execution of Halliburton strategies enabled the company to double in size, driving 2012 revenues to a record $28.5 billion. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.halliburton.com.

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Changing Hearts and Minds In order to bring a culture of safety preparedness to an oil and gas company, buy in must take place at every level.

There oil and gas industry is a dangerous one – a fact operators do not ignore because it cannot be ignored. The inherent risks involved in this business enter the mainstream media’s scope when accidents like the Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010 make international headlines.

Dan Regouby, HSE Manager of Systems Integration for Willbros Group Inc., said the only way a safety program takes hold in a business is if there is passion about the initiative at the top of the organizational chart. There’s a fine line between wanting zero incidents and believing that being injured is unacceptable, Regouby said.

However, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1,077 oil and gas workers lost their lives on the job between 2003 and 2012, including a high of 142 workers for that period in 2012 alone. There are also concerns about respirable crystalline silica levels at hydraulic fracturing operations to be considered among a host of other potential hazards.

“If we can convince them that when [Willbros’ employees’] hands hit the task, and they believe that they will be supported doing it the way it needs to be done – with excellence and safety and all of those things – then we see the dots connect,” Regouby said. “And when that happens, the lagging indicators will see the safety that we’re looking for.”

Most environmental, health and safety (EH&S) managers agree that an overall shift in the corporate culture of the oil and gas industry is the most powerful way to protect workers in the field. Making that shift a reality, however, often can be more easily said than done.

While executive embracement of a safety program may bolster workforce acceptance of the new culture, middle management often needs a reminder that these practices are necessary for the good of everyone. Keith White, Director of EH&S for Chaparral Energy, said the best way to appeal to those not coming around on a safety culture is to show how work stoppages can cut production tremendously, so preventing incidents is worthwhile in the long run.

“The biggest issue is trying to change the culture in a workplace and how difficult it can be sometimes,” said Carolyn Davis, Senior Editor of Natural Gas Intelligence and the Moderator of the job site safety best practices panel discussion at the Oil & Gas Awards Midcontinent Industry Summit in Oklahoma City.

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“It’s the first line or middle line manager that has the mentality that he can get things done and production is the primary focus,” White said. “It takes an education

Moderator: Carolyn Davis, Senior Editor, Natural Gas Intelligence Speakers: Stuart Wittenbach, Director EH&S, Cimarex Energy, Keith White, Director EH&S, Chapparal Energy, Brett McWilliams, Field Technician, Total Safety, Dan Regouby, HSE Manager of Systems Integration, Willbros Group Inc

process for them to learn that production can be inhibited by an accident – the whole process stops, and there’s the cost of litigation. So it’s actually more efficient to look at safety and prepare to operate in a safe manner than it is to concentrate strictly on the production side.” Oftentimes, executives must be convinced there is an issue with their company’s safety culture – or lack thereof, in some cases. White said in these instances with Chaparral, he has likened himself to an expensive insurance salesman because he primarily conducts risk assessment to determine which safety issues need the most attention.

Brent McWilliams, Field Technician for Total Safety, admitted his company’s solutions oftentimes can be a costly pill to swallow for its clients. For example, some operations may require a safety employee on site 24 hours a day. But Total Safety has earned a reputation in the industry for providing honest assessments of safety needs throughout the industry.

“Because of the size of the company and the complexity of the issues, you’re not able to attack all safety issues at one time,” White said. “So you have to do a risk assessment to find the most problematic issue which could be the worst outcome for the company, and that’s what you concentrate and focus on first.”

industry for providing honest assessments of safety needs throughout the industry. “Sometimes we have to convince our clients, or try to influence them by saying, ‘Hey, this is a safety issue, and we’re here for a reason, so let us do our job,’” McWilliams said. “When we feel like it’s a good situation, then we’ll let you know. We’ve developed a good relationship with our clients and they trust us and the leadership we give to them.” Along with establishing a safety culture within a company’s ranks, establishing a relationship with area first responders is essential, according to Stuart Wittenbach, Director of EH&S for Cimarex Energy. This relationship often starts with the formation of an emergency response plan, which operators then share with local first responders as part of an incident command system. Cimarex Energy faced an emergency situation in September 2014 when the Pecos River flooded in the Permian Basin. The company initially gave way to Eddy County, Texas, officials to handle the situation, but Wittenbach said the county actually asked more of Cimarex than expected. “If you do not have a formal emergency response plan, you need to have it,” Wittenbach said. “You also need to have an incident command system because when we went to Eddy County, they wanted to know who was the incident commander and who was the liaison officers. And if you don’t know that system, you’re going to be really behind the curve.”

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New Technology Development of the Year Award - Software Application

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TEEMCO TEEMCO is a registered professional-engineering firm specializing in environmental engineering and regulatory compliance for the oil & gas, marine, and agriculture industries. It is a national company providing a one-stop-shop for every environmental compliance need.

Judge’s Comments: TEEMCO provides a comprehensive environment compliance tool that addresses real industry challenges and provides solutions to meet the large variety of challenges. Great safety record - no incidents last year. One stop solution.

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Engineering Consulting,

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Water Management,

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Flowback Services,

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Spill Remediation & Clean Up,

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Air Emissions & Permitting,

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SPCC Environmental Services,

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Water Treatment & Enhanced Water Bottling,

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Laboratory Testing,

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Emission Control Technology Manufacturing.

TEEMCO is a mission-driven, employee owned enterprise that’s pro-oil & gas. It’s also proenvironment and believes the two interests don’t have to be

in opposition. TEEMCO is valueoriented. It strives to be not just a good, but a great company... for its clients, staff, community, and industry. TEEMCO has nine regional offices (both domestically and internationally). It will be locating its headquarters in the historic Gold Dome in Oklahoma City. In 2013, TEEMCO established the TEEMCO Foundation, a 501-C3 nonprofit charitable organization to assist people in need and to provide education opportunities in the communities in which it operates. TEEMCO is the nation’s leader in environmental services.

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Energy Recovery, Inc.

Judge’s Comments: The ‘IsoGen’ and ‘IsoBoost’ systems appear to be great products to reuse pressure energy to improve efficiency and profitability in a process that is already necessary in the oil and gas industry. The products can be utilized to meet stricter environmental regulations whilst providing the client a quick payout if utilized in the right application. Provided good case studies showing how their clients saved money. Waste-to-energy technology is very innovative that has the capability of providing more efficient use of energy during operations. The technology helps decreasing environmental footprint while providing high savings in energy costs.

Energy Recovery (NASDAQ: ERII) develops award-winning, industry-leading energy recovery solutions that offer innovative approaches to global industrial challenges and the planet. Our solutions transform industrial fluid flows and pressure cycles into reusable energy, using advanced technologies that adapt to the oil & gas, chemical water, and water industries; making it possible to harness energy from almost any high-pressure fluid process. Through collaboration with industry, Energy Recovery is committed to innovation to make industrial processes more efficient, profitable and environmentally cleaner. With over 15,000 energy recovery solutions installed worldwide, Energy Recovery sets the standard for engineering excellence, cost savings, and technical services to clients across the globe. Year after year, the

company’s clean technologies continue to save clients over $1.4 Billion (USD). Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Energy Recovery has offices in Madrid, Shanghai, and Dubai. You may learn more by following our blog: blog.energyrecovery.com or by going to our website: www.energyrecovery.com

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Bill Ward - Superior Pipeline

Judge’s Comments: 30 years of commitment to the industry and the companies he has worked for. Bill has shown a real passion for his work and contributes significantly to the Gas Processors Association.

Gives back to the industry he has served so well. A worthy recipient of the Midcontinent Industry Leader Award.

This years Industry Leader recipient joined Superior Pipeline in February 2008, and is responsible for all commercial activity for Superior Pipeline Company. Prior to joining Superior he completed a 10 year career with Devon Gas Services in the positions of Director of Business Development for the Texas Central Region and Manager of Gas Marketing for the Rocky Mountain, Gulf Coast and West Texas Regions. Prior to his employment with Devon, he was Manager of Intrastate Gathering and Storage for Burlington Resources. Starting his career in the gas industry in 1985 with Rockland Pipeline Company in the capacity of Director of Gas Supply and Business Development and Vice President of Canadian Rockland. He currently serves as an Executive Board member and Officer in the Gas Processors Association and Board Member of the Texas Intrastate Pipeline Association and past Board member of the Natural Gas and Energy Association of Oklahoma and the National Energy Services Association.

He completed his studies in business from Sam Houston State University and further studies in Petroleum land Management from The University of Houston. A proud family man to his wife and two sons and two daughters – One Aggie and three Boomer Sooners!! Both boys are following in the footsteps of dad in the energy industry. His Hobbies include Hunting, snow skiing and traveling. Although Born in Texas he is a two generation Okie after his great grandfather staked his claim in Oklahoma in the land rush.

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Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail The goal for oil and gas operators is to avoid incidents, but for those rare instances they occur, it is best to be ready to manage them.

As the oil and gas industry awaits the results of the National Petroleum Council’s advice on emergency preparedness for natural disasters – as requested the U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest J. Moniz – there is no reason not to adopt emergency preparedness techniques and methods already widely available. According to Jillian Robles, Supervisor of Business Continuity for Devon Energy, prevention of incidents is the top priority, but with numerous models and templates to follow currently, there’s no reason oil and gas operators can’t prepare today for the worst possible outcome tomorrow.

which President Obama issues in January 2014, to focus on national preparedness.

“Each and every day, each of us has a strong responsibility to ensure the safety of our employees, our vendors, our contractors and the general public from the hazards of our industry,” Robles told attendees at the Oil & Gas Awards Midcontinent Industry Summit in Oklahoma City. “Much of how we handle a response comes from how we prepare. The rest primarily from how we manage it. So it only makes sense that a company should have a coordinated management system in place to ensure that they can effectively manage an incident once it happens.”

API offers four basic tenets – know who does what, know what not to do, know what matters, and practice, practice practice.

One method oil and gas operators can follow is the guidelines the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) lays out in its incident management system protocols. This system is aligned with the national response framework and Presidential Policy Directive 8,

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“It is a program mandated for use by first responders, federal agencies and all agencies receiving federal preparedness funds, so it is widely used across the U.S.,” Robles said. “In addition, policy actually speaks to critical infrastructure, those who can be engaged in any emergency-type function, and the private sector. We are all encouraged to utilize the national incident management system concepts and the incident command system for response tactics.”

“The guidance that the American Petroleum Institute provides us is pretty common sense,” Robles says. Oil and gas companies can establish “who does what” by forming an incident command system, which is based on having the right people in the right place at the right time with assigned responsibilities in the event of an incident. Robles said case studies have proven that relationships developed in advance of an incident helped to lessen the stress of the incident, provided upfront clarity of expectations and capabilities, and provided an overall teamwork approach to the response.

Speaker: Jillian Robles, Supervisor, Incident Management, Business Continuity Program, Devon Energy

According to Robles, when a tornado damaged Devon Energy’s Cana gas-processing plant in May 2011, the company was able to partner with other natural gas companies to push the gas elsewhere instead of shutting everything in. “We’ve seen this at Devon in numerous cases where we’ve had incidents and we’ve had to reach out to our community partners as well as our other oil and gas partners for assistance,” Robles said.

Training is a critical component to any emergency preparedness plan, according to Robles. Conducting regular exercises to validate training and knowledge of these plans is how oil and gas operators can ensure those responsible and accountable for executing the plan know it and understand the interdependencies of it as they relate to the company operation and community partner responses. For companies interested in a model for its emergency response training exercises, Robles suggested the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP). According to FEMA, HSEEP provides a set of guiding principles for exercise programs as well as a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. Devon Energy relies on this program for its training exercises, and Robles said one of the reasons she likes it is because it provides numerous templates companies can use to build exercises, along with a variety of other useful tools. Robles also recommended involving local first response agencies that receive federal funds that are required to use HSEEP in these exercises. These agencies are mandated by their grant program to follow these procedures, so they not only are prepared for possible incidents by oil and gas producers, but meet their federal requirements for drills, as well. No matter how much oil and gas companies prepare for incidents, Robles emphasized that there always will be an unpredictable element to operations. That makes emergency preparedness even more vital for the industry. “There will always be unknowns – there will always be things we never anticipate could or would ever happen,” Robles said. “But for the risks we do know, and for what we understand about the consequences those risks could create, we have the opportunity to prepare for, mitigate against, and hopefully prevent from ever occurring. A strong incident management program is a must for a company in the oil and natural gas sector.”

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FTS International

Judge’s Comments: The breadth of FTSI’s HSE activity, in the end, elevated them above an extremely competitive group. From their requirement that each employee commit to a personal objective to improve workplace safety, to their institution of anonymous reporting of observed safety problems, the company fosters personal responsibility toward company HSE goals. They also use a “carrot approach” by awarding valuable prizes as a reward for good safety practices. FTSI has developed its own in-house equipment to protect its employees during high-pressure operations. And, they have installed video and analytics in their heavy equipment to improve driving behavior through real-time driver feedback and coaching.

FTS International (www.ftsi.com) is one of the largest well completion service companies in North America, with 1.6 million hydraulic horsepower deployed in major U.S. shale basins. Exploration and production companies leverage FTSI’s expertise and pressure pumping, wireline and reservoir optimization technologies to enhance recovery rates from oil and gas wells, primarily in unconventional plays. FTSI is focused on helping customers improve hydrocarbon recovery in the most effective, economical and environmentally conscious manner by customizing well-specific solutions. The FTSI Corporate Technology Center is the epicenter of the company’s research and development (R&D) activities, where FTSI’s team of experienced scientists and engineers work to provide solutions for the complex puzzles found in diverse shale plays. Safety is one of FTSI’s core values. Engineering and manufacturing teams are continuously exploring

ways to improve safety. One recent innovation is the Remote Actuated Manifold (RAM), which improves safety and control by remotely isolating high pressure pumps. FTSI is very proud of the safety record it has achieved and boasts one of the leading safety records in the well completion industry, currently notably below the industry average of 1.0. FTSI is a partner in the communities where its employees live and work — charitable giving and community volunteerism are part of the corporate culture.

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Industry Summit Editorial

Diverse Opportunities The Midcontinent region’s mix of shale characteristics give oil and gas operators a run for their money.

Many frustrated oil and gas operators have come to realize the Midcontinent region features a mixture of geological formations. This makes the only guarantee that comes with working in the area is that no two formations will respond to the same completion techniques. “They’re using different kind of completions, and they’re finding different things because even though [the Midcontinent has] long been a gas producer in certain parts –the Ardmore Basin has been very reliable – producers are working the oil zones, and it’s become a different kind of beast,” Carolyn Davis, Senior Editor of Natural Gas Intelligence, told the audience at the Oil & Gas Awards Midcontinent Industry Summit in Oklahoma City. Davis served as moderator for a panel discussion on increasing reservoir contact and drainage efficiency in completions in unconventional shale. One good thing about having so many different formations is the opportunity to experiment with a variety of completion techniques, according to Don Unruh, Exploration Manager for Sullivan and Co. His company recently completed a large dewatering of a transition zone in the Burbank Field on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma. Traditionally, this field had required large multistage fracks into an 80-foot-thick, highly porous and

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permeable sand, which he described as “out of step with the rest of the industry.” However, the key to this completion, Unruh said, was to move as much fluid as possible out of a single borehole, effectively stripping operation to recover oil and natural gas liquids as economically as possible out of the fluids. Unruh described another experimental completion using water-free fracking techniques. This completion relied only on CO2 and sand in a “very modest zone,” and as of the summit, Sullivan and Co. had surprising productivity results from the frack in a zone where seen water influx damage caused by the fracking process. “This CO2 frack allowed us to get water totally out of the picture,” Unruh said. Another new technology being used in completions in relies on nanotechnology, according to Frank Zamora, Vice President of Engineering for FTS International. These technologies include the nano dispersed particles and the complex nanofluids, which are emulsion-based nanofluids. Zamora said producers using nanotechnology are reporting increases in production up to 15 percent.

Moderator: Carolyn Davis, Senior Editor, Natural Gas Intelligence Speakers: Frank Zamora, VP Engineering, FTS International, D. Steven Tipton, P.E., Completions Engineering Advisor, Newfield Exploration, Don Unruh, Exploration Manager, Sullivan and Company

“In optimizing your overall cost structure, the more production you get for your investment, the better off the system is,” Zamora said. “These new nanotechnologies are the latest and greatest in oil and gas, and there some key operators actually using both systems right now.”

Zamora agrees that proppant logistics is the biggest issues related to the product, but he also has encountered shortages of certain in-demand proppants. The industry now demands smaller sizes, whereas courser proppants were the rage in the past.

Advances in drill bit technology also has helped drive down the costs of completions, according to Unruh. His company recently budgeted two days to drill an 80-foot core interval, but by using current bits, Sullivan and Co. finished the work in just two hours.

“Now that we’re down to 30/50 or 40/70, and in many, many cases, even 100 mesh – which used to be a waste product – it’s a highly demanded product,” Zamora said. “So, the shortages of certain sizes have definitely become an issue. There’s a tremendous demand out there and only a certain amount of mines that are providing that.”

“The bit salesman is our favorite person,” Unruh said. “It is constantly amazing what can be done with new bits. The changes are phenomenal in what we’re seeing, and the technology continues to take good incremental steps.”

However, the key to this completion, Unruh said, was to move as much fluid as possible out of a single borehole, effectively stripping operation to recover oil and natural gas liquids as economically as possible out of the fluids.

Specific types of proppant have enabled companies to increase production, as well. However, those products, they can be difficult to bring to the Midcontinent region, according to D. Steven Tipton, P.E., Completions Engineering Advisor for Newfield Exploration. Since white sand sourced from Wisconsin, Minnesota and other northern states is the proppant of choice, transporting the product can become a logistical nightmare. Tipton said Newfield has had to give vendors a forecast of three to six months so the company can get its materials when required. “It’s more of a transportation issue than a supply issue,” Tipton said. “The rails are full of other things, so it is difficult to get some of our supplies to the place we want them when we want them.”

Fresh water for fracking jobs also is in short supply, according to Tipton. Due to a drought conditions that have plagued the region for some time, Tipton said Newfield has been trying to stay ahead with its drilling operations between six to nine months to make sure it has water to complete its wells. Newfield also has looked into recycling water for its completions. “Depending on the area that we’re in, a lot of the farmers’ ponds that we used to use have dried up, and streams have dried up,” Tipton said. “Being able to work with the landowners and the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to get fresh water for our frack jobs has been very difficult some times.” Despite the variable geology, challenges with materials and decreasing oil prices, these industry veterans remained positive about the future of the oil and gas industry in the Midcontinent region. “I’m kind of bullish for the next five years,” Zamora said. “I think there’s still a lot of development as well as going back and refracking some of the wells that have existed, so there’s a tremendous amount of boreholes out here that could do some new restimulation and increase production.”

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ABB is one of the largest automation suppliers in the world, with over 300,000 flow computers and RTUs installed in oil and gas worldwide. The hardware and software within our flow computers and RTUs works seamlessly with ABB instrumentation and valve control for a complete solution to your measurement and automation needs.

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Aggreko

Apache Corporation

Access Midstream owns, operates, develops and acquires natural gas gathering and processing systems and other midstream energy assets. Operations are focused on the Marcellus, Utica, Barnett, Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Niobrara Shales and Mid-Continent region of the U.S. Access is a member of the Williams Companies family.

Aggreko is a Power Management company, delivering scalable, economical power solutions to Exploration and Production customers in the Oil & Gas markets. Our services enable customers to provide power to remote operations in multiple shale plays across the United States, achieving maximum uptime through reliable, turnkey energy systems.

Apache has made material discoveries throughout our history that have contributed significantly to our growth. One core strategy at Apache is to be both a competent explorer and acquirer; we believe any company must excel at both to prosper through the long-term cycles of our industry.

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The company has demonstrated leadership by practicing ethical business practices, this has been the key to their long term success. Customers expect efficient, safe and profitable operating solutions from ABB and that is what the company provides.

Remote well sites call for more automation and well control. ABB uses established methods and improves them.

Access have shown a great and clear commitment to the local communities and offered generous donations in a time of need. A great example of what these awards stand for.

Access Midstream excelled at providing services and funds to the communities in which it operates that were clearly intended to, and should, yield longrange and lasting benefits to those communities.

Their 60 North American locations, scalability, and efforts to eliminate flaring represent strong customer focus, capability and innovation.

Comprehensive study that brings benefit to the well site and the environment. Good project examples and supporting documentation. A very strong submission.

Steady producer with reliable management and focused business delivery. Reputation improvement well underway from prior years’ leadership and strategy decisions.

Large operator with diversified assets. Achieving growth while improving focus on safety and the environment.

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Astro Thermal Tec Inc.

Astro Thermal Tec Ltd. is the manufacturer of a large volume high efficiency (95%+) industrial water heater. Efficient, reliable, safe, versatile and environmentally friendly are the best descriptors of our product. Continuous research and development along with quality service and support are the hallmarks of our family centered company culture.

Baker Hughes Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) provides technology and services that enable oil and gas companies to deliver safe, affordable energy to the world. Operating in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry, the Company combines differential technology with superior service and business models to create solutions designed to deliver differential value for customers. Baker Hughes has been in business for more than a century and employs approximately 59,000 people in more than 80 countries.

Benzol Group

BHP Billiton

Oil companies did not get into the oil business to worry about regulatory compliance. The Benzol Group did. Through technology, automation and expertise, your burden of regulatory compliance is put on us. We are a licensed professional engineering firm that can handle all state and federal regulatory compliance needs.

We are a leading global resources company. Our purpose is to create long-term shareholder value through the discovery, acquisition, development and marketing of natural resources that will ensure we continue to meet the needs of our customers and the resources demand of emerging economies at every stage of their growth.

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Astro Tech is a model of entrepreneurial drive and innovation. Its commitment to intelligent, customer-focused design, continuous R&D, safety, environmental protection and product support allows the company to offer water heating products and services that are highly cost-effective and environmentally benign.

The Alpha Sleeve technology addresses key challenges in the completion process and saves time and money in comparison to other completion methods. When used in conjunction with the ball activated FracPoint system, super laterals are completed more effectively. I would expect nothing less from a company of Baker Hughes’ pedigree.

I believe the Ag background and the connections with oil and gas activities help the operator address damages and remediation practices more effectively in all types of surface use areas. With today’s environment the fact that this group has experience in the Ag end of the spectrum will be of major help to the oil and gas industry and its performance under an increasing regulated environment that currently exists.

Very innovative approach and product. Being non-pressurized greatly increases safety while still providing high volume and high efficiency heating. Ease of movement without concerns for road weight limits is a big advantage.

Combing a couple of technologies here for the well completion category shows Baker’s breadth and technical capability in this forum. With a pertinent case study and some impressive solutions to completion challenges, both these systems guarantee wells are completed with costs reduced and fracs are optimized accurately.

With the higher environmental regulation standards, the demand for consulting in environmental and regulatory compliance is increasing. Benzol Group demonstrated to have the expertise, experience and knowledge in these areas. Their community involvement and their company culture sets them apart from their competitors.

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An impressive submission. BHP have addressed the criteria thoroughly and provided figures to support their statements of achievement. They have clearly profiled their expertise and for this reason have scored well. BHP seems well placed to continue the development of their increasing North American shale oil and gas portfolio.

Established themselves as a significant shale operator with a keen eye on safety and environmental stewardship. Thoroughly responded to the elements requested, providing specific safety incident rates.

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Bluewater Industries

Our mission is to promote health, safety and environmental stewardship in all industries. Bluewater Industries primary focus is providing the safest superior performing precision cleaning solutions available. The main target markets we are involved in is Oil and Gas exploration, production and refining.

BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P

BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. is an independent oil and gas master partnership focused on the acquisition, exploitation and development of oil and gas properties in the United States. Our objective is to manage our oil and gas properties for the purpose of generating cash flow and making distributions to unitholders.

C&J Energy Services

C&J Energy Services, Inc. is an independent provider of premium hydraulic fracturing, coiled tubing, wireline, pressure pumping and other complementary oilfield services with a focus on complex, technically demanding well completions. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, we operate in some of the most active basins in the United States.

CDM Resource Management LLC

CDM Resource Management LLC provides contract natural gas compression and treating services with 98% runtime guaranteed per month on all contracts, including first-call response, preventative maintenance and preemissions testing, all with no hidden charges. Our Cat® Gas Engine / Ariel Compressor fleet exceeds 1.2 million horsepower, and our gas treating fleet utilizes our patented MQC® design technology.

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Bluewater Industries has been able to find effective solutions to the cleaning process in a multitude of operating conditions and situations. They should be commended for their ability to adapt a solution to fit these different circumstances.

Allows Breitburn to capture revenue growth by accessing proved developed and undeveloped reserves; increasing shareholder value-creation. Expands geographic footprint that provides greater access with which to conduct E&P operations.

Bluewater industries’ most valuable contribution to the industry is their provision of an array of cleaning agents and apparatus that while certainly effective and broadly applied are notably non-hazardous, biodegradable, and noncarcinogenic.

These are all impressive – I like the Breitburn one best for oil content and price.

Environmentally friendly alternative to rig washing and spill cleanups.

This presentation showed a genuine commitment to safety innovation at the highest levels of the company. Root cause analysis and real time sharing of incident information are not unique to C&J but seem to have been implemented well in order to earn a 100% grade in customer safety audits, including audits by some very thorough customers. The tablet based driver log is another innovation that would seem to have good acceptance prospects.

C&J has concentrated on emphasizing HSE auditing and training to improve its safety record, particularly through its Root Cause Analysis Program. All non-compliances with company driving safety and driver qualification standards are treated as audit incidents and are subjected to a root cause investigation and corrective actions. Uniquely in the industry, C&J supplies all its drivers with an electronic log tablet so that employees operating a company vehicle are in direct contact with their vehicle and management, enabling personal responsibility and supplying all with an HSE tool.

Like all the applicants they have a robust safety system. However, there are two items that stand out. First the anticipation of EPA regulatory requirements and pro-active steps to meet those requirements. Secondly, the insightful recognition of the age gap between baby boomers and Gen X created by the recent surge in oil and gas development and tailoring training that recognizes this gap.

CDM demonstrated great innovations and improvements on emissions controls.

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Chaparral Energy

Chaparral is a testament to American entrepreneurialism — the freedom to succeed. Our story is one that embodies innovation, resourcefulness, creativity, financial responsibility and loyalty to the communities in which we operate.

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Cinco Energy Management Group

Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.

CINCO delivers comprehensive solutions to complex land, asset management, due diligence and contract negotiations by partnering with our clients to maximize their shale investment. We provide a tailored approach with advice and insight developed from our over 25 years of experience in the North American oil & gas industry.

Eagle Rock is a pure-play upstream master limited partnership with longlived, high working interest properties and extensive development opportunities located in four regions within the United States: • Mid-Continent, which includes areas in Oklahoma, Arkansas and the Texas Panhandle; • Southern Alabama, which includes the associated gathering, processing and treating assets; • Permian, which includes areas in West Texas; and East/South Texas/ Mississippi/Louisiana assets.

Energy Recovery, Inc.

Energy Recovery manufactures awardwinning clean energy solutions for the oil & gas, water, and chemical industries. Through collaboration with industry, Energy Recovery’s innovative solutions make industrial processes more efficient, profitable and environmentally cleaner. Headquartered in the Northern California, Energy Recovery has offices in Madrid, Shanghai, and Dubai.

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Chaparral’s no-nonsense, direct contributions of its employees’ time and the company’s financial contributions to the communities in which it operates were impressive in their wide variability. In addition, Chaparral broadly supported industry organizations with financial assistance.

Like the little engine that could, it is growing from an independent to a strong force that can compete on many fronts: traditional/conventional oil and gas, application and investment in new technologies, future engagement in resource plays, community outreach with concrete contributions & benefits, satisfied employees and visionary leaders. Metrics are going in the right direction with impressive CAGR.

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This entrant’s longstanding and impressive list of client accomplishments over the last 25 years providing comprehensive solutions in the critical areas of land and asset mgmt., due diligence and contract negotiations clearly qualifies them for recognition in this category.

Experienced firm providing quality services to a broad range of clients. Impressive book of business/deals cited.

Transaction provides a cleanup of Eagle Rock strategy: to focus on upstream, regains distribution to shareholders. In return, the financial health of the company is much improved but with good leverage remaining.

Allows Eagle Rock to make accurately profiled accretive acquisitions to strengthen their position in the region.

The ‘IsoGen’ and ‘IsoBoost’ systems appear to be great products to reuse pressure energy to improve efficiency and profitability in a process that is already necessary in the oil and gas industry. The products can be utilized to meet stricter environmental regulations whilst providing the client a quick payout if utilized in the right application. Provided good case studies showing how their clients saved money.

Waste-to-energy technology is very innovative that has the capability of providing more efficient use of energy during operations. The technology helps decreasing environmental footprint while providing high savings in energy costs.

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EnLink Midstream

FTS International

GARP Services, LLC

Gastar Exploration Inc.

EnLink Midstream is a leading, integrated midstream company with a diverse geographic footprint and a strong financial foundation, delivering tailored customer solutions for sustainable growth. Our expansive gathering, processing, fractionation, transportation and logistics assets are located in the most prolific oil and gas regions in North America, including North Texas, the Gulf Coast, Haynesville, Permian, Utica, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, Cana and Arkoma-Woodford.

FTS International is one of the largest well completion service companies in North America. The company provides well completion services, including pressure pumping, wireline and reservoir optimization technologies. Exploration and production companies use FTSI’s products, services and expertise to enhance recovery rates from oil and gas wells, primarily in unconventional plays.

GARP Services, LLC is the exclusive marketer and installer of the GARP® technology and is a subsidiary of Evolution Petroleum Corporation, a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. The GARP® technology increases production and reserves over conventional artificial lift technology in horizontal, deviated and certain vertical wells.

Gastar Exploration Inc. is engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas, natural gas liquids, oil and condensate in the United States. We are currently pursuing the development of liquids-rich natural gas in the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia and are in the early stages of exploring and developing the Hunton Limestone horizontal oil play in Oklahoma.

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Significant detail relating to human and financial efforts to maintain system integrity across their assets. The detail included for plans in case of an emergency show a clear and well thought out strategy, their efforts to educate the public are commendable and their dedication to improve and bring together the community where they operate is also noteworthy.

EnLink has displayed a commitment to not only growing their business, but to demonstrating their commitment to CSR values, and preparedness. I appreciated the inclusion of their emergency management plan.

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The breadth of FTSI’s HSE activity, in the end, elevated them above an extremely competitive group. From their requirement that each employee commit to a personal objective to improve workplace safety, to their institution of anonymous reporting of observed safety problems, the company fosters personal responsibility toward company HSE goals. They also use a “carrot approach” by awarding valuable prizes as a reward for good safety practices. FTSI has developed its own in-house equipment to protect its employees during high-pressure operations. And, they have installed video and analytics in their heavy equipment to improve driving behavior through real-time driver feedback and coaching.

GARP system provides an artificial lift system solution in the Midcontinent region. The system is designed to aid the removal of liquids left behind by conventional lifting methods and combines already established systems to create one solution that improves production performance and minimizes wastage.

The GARP system seems to show increased production in lower yield or marginal wells which is increasingly important as producers insist on evaluating and re-evaluating optimization methods to improve well performance. GARP offers a solution to these maturing wells to maintain production beyond conventional methods and in turn increases the lifecycle of the well. A useful system to increase the longevity of producing wells.

Retains clear focus on company strategy of pursuing unconventionals; expands footprint for company. Provides opportunity to expand using HBP assets while simultaneously leveraging with selling party via joint venture for riskier play.

Solid acquisition metrics for this bolt on acquisition to their existing asset base in the Hunton Lime. Multiple sources of financing should keep debt in check.

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Halliburton

Hammer Construction, Inc

Hearn Trucking, LLC

JC Fodale Energy Services

Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. With more than 75,000 employees, representing 140 nationalities in approximately 80 countries, the company serves the upstream oil and gas industry throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir – from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing production through the life of the field.

Hammer Construction is recognized as a top quality, competitive provider of services in every market it serves in the Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas regions. Hammer Construction, Inc is a fifty-year-old company celebrating twenty six years as a second-generation Woman Owned Business Enterprise. The industry has changed over the years and Hammer has not only evolved with the industry, but has thrived. Hammer attributes their success to their quality personnel, committed safety program, and diverse services.

Hearn Trucking LLC is a commercial trucking enterprise servicing the oil and gas field industry. Service offerings include hauling bulk sand, bulk cement, oil field equipment, well site sand coordination, and sand removal from well site. Hearn Trucking LLC continues to enjoy steady growth sustained through dedication to our customers.

JC Fodale Energy Services began operations in 2010 as a service provider in the Haynesville Shale. The company’s primary focus, at the time, was secondary spill containment and trucking. Operations quickly expanded into Arkansas, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Judge’s comments

Halliburton takes a holistic approach to the development of their services by creating the service and then improving the service by investigating the process by monitoring the results and then confirming with additional technology, which supports their goals for ultimate success in the completion process. All aspects are covered by their completion services. Halliburton is keenly aware of the problems industry is experiencing and seems to have a better reaction time to solve problematic completion problems successfully.

50 years of dedication to the industry with a proven track record of delivering on site. Hammer provides a range of services that are diversifying and evolving with the needs of the oil and gas industry.

Hammer has a great track record and focuses on building long-lasting relationships with quality workmanship. Intrinsic to their ongoing success.

Commitment to safety while delivering the product on time, educating others about safety and logistics, and strong retention (over 75% of employees have worked there for 5+ years) set them apart from others.

A great family company that provides sprawling trucking services to the industry. Hearn Trucking keeps its staff and its clients happy and was awarded for its efforts last year.

Well known for their commitment to safety, their efforts to relentlessly improve their processes are commendable. Having worked with some of the big players in the major shale plays across the USA, JC Fodale are on the right track. Respectable efforts across the board. I would have liked to find out more about their commitment to local communities.

Showing great commitment to their clients, their staff and the industry. Expansive range of services, good coverage in major plays.

A world leader in oilfield services who continues to invest heavily in R&D. Reliable and competitive.

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Katch Kan Ltd.

Kerr Pumps

Newpark Drilling Fluids

Katch Kan™ is based on a commitment to sustainable development, by protecting and preserving the land and water where the upstream oil and gas industry operates. The central achievements of Katch Kan™ are the Rig Safety System™ and Zero Spill System™. These innovative systems of technology work together to optimize the health and safety of those involved with upstream projects, drastically minimize pollution and enables oil and gas production to occur in a proactive eco-efficient manner.

Kerr Pumps and FlowValve are located at the same manufacturing facility in Sulphur, Oklahoma. We serve a diverse industry with our standard and well service lines, including pumps that run from 11 to 2,800 horsepower. We also manufacture a full line of high pressure flow line equipment.

Newpark Drilling Fluids is a leading provider of customized and integrated drilling fluid solutions. Its effective and environmentally sound Evolution® high-performance, water-based drilling fluid system for unconventional shales exemplifies Newpark’s unique technological vision. Newpark serves North America and numerous international markets.

Packers Plus Energy Services Inc.

Packers Plus is the innovator of open hole, multi-stage completion systems and provides solutions for technically challenging applications in horizontal, vertical, multi-lateral, and high pressure/high temperature (HPHT) wells. The company has operations in Canada, the United States, and internationally to maintain an influential role in key markets.

Judge’s comments

Interesting product seeking to prevent harmful incidents or mitigate them in real time, rather than a monitoring or auditing system that records incidents after the fact.

I like the robust nature of the product and the fact that it is committed to protection in a proactive manner rather than reactive.

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An all American company in every sense. Manufacturing products for the oil industry for over 50 years. What stands out about this submission is it describes a newly developed technology for use as part of the internal QC system. A smart approach to promoting a quality pumping product.

Newpark particularly impressed by its Stop-Work Authority culture for a company of its size. Along with its Behavior-Based Safety Program where employees are encouraged to provide each other feedback (positive and negative) regarding the safety of their work practices, the company promotes a culture of personal responsibility to further top management’s commitment to safety.

Innovation at its best, a forerunner in the revitalization of the manufacturing sector in the oil and gas industry.

Newpark are well-recognized for their HSE practices and have been rewarded for their commitments to Operational Health & Safety before. They take a top down approach empowering staff to take responsibility for themselves and their co-workers daily. The behavioral based safety system is commendable. This was an impactful and succinct entry detailing the most pertinent safety features and cultures of the company. Very impressive, Newpark.

Continuing to pursue better and more reliable open hole solutions is a big avenue to enhanced economics.

The StackFrac HD system for well completions demonstrates increased well productivity while reducing costs using openhole technology. Excellent case studies as well as a good overview of the company’s strong values and commitment to HSE and community giving.

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PetroPower, LLC

PetroPower is an innovative oil field monitoring company whose focus is to empower field personnel through the use of real time monitoring. We specialize in providing turnkey solutions for E&P companies throughout the Mid-Con. Our offering, Well IQ®, combines best of class wireless telemetry, hardware consultation, a fully hosted cloud based operating system, hardware installation, and technical support.

Pipeco Services Since its creation in 1982 Pipeco Services has been a leading oilfield products distributor. Primarily focused on the supply of OCTG, PIpeco has grown into a globally recognized company continually evolving as changes in the industry dictated. Pipeco’s commitments to customers along with the willingness “to follow them where they lead”, has led to our establishing over 45 OCTG stocking locations across the US. This customer service provides our partners with a competitive advantage and maximizes our total value to the customer.

Preferred Technology

Prometheus Energy

Preferred Technology is one of North America’s leading proppant technology companies. Committed to innovation and sustainability, the company is the market’s only commercial manufacturer of DustPRO, a costeffective preventative proppant solution that limits silica dust exposure and meets OSHA standards, and Preferred RCS, the first non-phenolic environmentallysensitive resin-coated sand technology.

Prometheus Energy is one of the largest and fastest growing suppliers of LNG to the industrial sector in North America. Prometheus provides turnkey fuel solutions to convert industrial users of diesel, propane and other crude-derived fuels to clean, domestic, secure LNG, resulting in reduced fuel cost and environmental footprint.

Judge’s comments

Distinguishes itself by focusing on field personnel as target customers. This monitoring system enables real-time awareness of critical data inputs, and its talking systems help mold purchasers all on a table.

An impressive entry that uses technology well and leverages the expertise of the field personnel so important to ensure the continued streamlining of a company’s operations.

Strengths includes supplier relationships, ability to work with customers to forecast inventory needs as well as adapt to spot market needs, and complete handling, transportation, and processing services.

Ability to meet customers’ requirements through stock program or mill to site shows dedication to customers.

With the increasing unconventional shale development, the use of proppants is increasing. This increasing use of proppants has caused many safety and environmental concerns especially with silica control. Preferred sands have introduced an innovative product that address those concerns without compromising fracture conductivity or cost.

Preferred Sands is attacking an industry problem of silica and dust exposure that is becoming more wellknown. The DustPRO offers direct health solutions by controlling silica dust and indirect safety solutions through its design, efficiency resulting in less restrictive operations and more visibility in the work area on well sites.

A leader in their field, innovative concept, compounded growth in excess of 40% over the past 4 years, and solid examples of how their business helps their clients save money.

Prometheus Energy stood out among a strong group of contenders because not only do they provide a vital link in the fuel supplychain to the industry, but, most remarkably, they created the link. Their turnkey, individualized LNG fueling supply solutions are revolutionizing drilling operations leading simultaneously to lower fuel costs and lower environmental impact in areas where produced gas is insufficient or of lesser quality to permit use as a fuel for rig and associated operations.

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Rockwater Energy Solutions

Royal Mfg. Co.

Scientific Drilling

Rockwater provides full life cycle water management services and chemical technologies to meet the water treatment, stimulation, fracturing, and production needs of customers throughout North America. Our dedicated teams perform their jobs in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner, and are motivated to exceed the expectations of our customers.

Royal Mfg Co, celebrating 100 years in business, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of lubricants and greases in the United States and around the world, both in Royal brand and private label manufacturing. Royal Manufactures for all types on industries including: Oil and Natural Gas, Mining, Construction, Marine, and Transportation.

Scientific Drilling International is an independent service provider offering a complete high accuracy navigation and drilling solution. We are globally positioned to support a wide range of markets including O&G, CBM/ CGS, Geothermal and Mining Industries. For more than 40 years we have focused on delivering a customer experience that makes it easy to do business.

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Scott Environmental Services, Inc.

Scott Environmental Services, Inc., provides solid drilling waste management for the oil and gas exploration and production industry by offering turnkey solutions through expert, site-specific recycling and treatment technology. The company was founded in 1994 by Blake Scott and his father, Bill Scott, and is headquartered in Longview, Texas.

Judge’s comments

I like Rockwater’s approach to providing the cradle to grave service. With flowback being a key concern in the Midcontinent region with its drought conditions the use of pipeline to transport has a positive impact on operations environmental footprint.

43 million barrels of produced water moved over the last three years with no spills. Wow. Notable commitment to the reduction of TRIR rating. Good community and industry contributions.

Significant manufacturer of lubricants and greases in the region and across North America. Steeped in experience, standards, expertise and history.

Good entry. Good balance of submission information and supporting materials. Celebrating a century in business and rightly so.

A very strong showing in operational excellence and use of new drilling technologies. Scientific’s other strong points were around HSE, minimizing environmental impact and community service. Clearly experts in Drilling Excellence.

This year’s most technically driven company with the best products I’ve seen this year.

Innovative use of solid drilling wastes, clear commitment to compliance and dedication to the community has been shown throughout this entry.

Scott’s commitment to the community is a credit to the company. The company’s contribution to the R&D community is an example set for others, which will bolster the industry’s perpetual drive for innovation. Well done.

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Select Energy Services

Spartan Engineering

Sun Coast Resources

TEEMCO

Select Energy Services delivers innovative, efficient end-to-end solutions and well-site services to producers in an environmentally conscientious manner. We effectively source, transport, test, treat, and dispose of water and fluids within every major North American shale play. Select provides solutions necessary to unlock the vital energy resources of our country.

Spartan Engineering is a professional engineering firm serving the energy sector with QUALITY ENGINEERING, CUSTOMER SERVICE, VALUE and unbeatable RESULTS. Our professional, full-service engineering, construction management and GIS mapping services are provided throughout North America, Russia and the Middle East. Spartan’s corporate office is located in Tulsa, OK, with team members in Oklahoma City, OK, Denver, CO, and Minot, ND.

Sun Coast Resources, Inc., is the largest woman owned business in Texas. The Company was founded by Kathy Lehne in 1985, and markets quality petroleum products & lubricants to thousands of commercial, retail, and government operations, and also offers a national emergency response fuel program, petroleum transportation, and numerous other related products and services throughout 40 states.

TEEMCO is a registered professional engineering firm specializing in environmental engineering and regulatory compliance for the oil & gas industry. We are a mission-driven, employee owned enterprise that’s prooil & gas and proenvironment. TEEMCO has nine regional offices (both domestically and internationally).

Judge’s comments

The Terra Chloride Dioxide formulation address several problems at once. While initially focused on the H2S problem its ability to act as a biocide is an added benefit. The ability of the ClO2 to self decompose eliminating biocide residue makes the product attractive from a community relations perspective.

Provides innovative tailored solutions for water management, a critical issue.

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Outstanding entry. Cuts straight to the point and delivers it’s message with precision. Indicative of the company’s attitude to service delivery for its customers. Top marks.

Their focus on safety, mitigation of environmental impact, and sharing their time and money on community service and charitable organizations is a positive.

Examples of projects in and out of the region. Good breadth of service. Detailed case studies.

An amazing story for Kathy Lehne and an impressive entry detailing their success. I would have liked to see a case study or two.

To maximize business opportunities, our industry must embrace the human environment in which it exists. TEEMCO has served as a model in how to achieve this on a pro-active basis. It has not hidden from view but rather splashed right into the community pool. TEEMCO has sought out opportunities to support the community, both as a financial supporter and, just as importantly, through its employees rolling up their sleeves and participating fully in various community engagements at leadership levels as well as boots on the ground efforts. The list of TEEMCO’s community involvement involves environmental improvement efforts, job growth, education, public improvements, the arts, tragedy support, health improvement, youth improvement, athletics, food drives, and on and on. It is clear that TEEMCO values its corporate social responsibility by the creativity and efforts put into so many areas that provide tangible benefits to the community.

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Templar Energy

Total Safety

Tutle & Tutle Trucking, Inc.

Waste Management, Inc.

Templar Energy (“Templar”) is an exploration and production company focused on investing primarily in the mature, liquids-rich producing basins in the MidContinent Region. The Company also evaluates opportunities outside the region which fit its economic criteria. First Reserve made its investment in Templar in December 2012. Templar is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

Total Safety is the world’s premier provider of integrated safety and compliance services and the products that support them. We offer the industry’s broadest spectrum of safety services at 142 locations in 20 countries, ensuring the safe Wellbeing of Workers Worldwide (W3). Experience Total Safety’s proprietary service bundler online to maximize operational efficiency.

Tutle and Tutle Trucking, Inc. is the largest frac sand carrier in the Barnett Shale; however, our services extend throughout the continental US with ten locations. Tutle and Tutle strives to promote their strong family values within the company and extends those values to each of our customers with the dedication and service we provide every day.

Waste Management is the largest environmental solutions provider in North America, serving more than 20 million customers in the U.S. and Canada. As part of our strategy, we are committed to developing new waste solutions that can help communities and organizations achieve their green goals, including zero waste.

Judge’s comments

Synergy comes to mind with this acquisition. Templar, to-date, is Anadarko Basin focused and this acquisition appears to fit well with their existing operations.

Smart move with this transaction.

Total Safety’s plethora of service offerings and areas of concentration are amazing. The structured training and other services are a great value to their customers and fill a very important niche for our industry.

Quick growth (to 90 units within the 1st year) and earning a 2013 Carrier of the Year award from Halliburton speaks well of the company.

Since the first day that I met him, Josh has always exhibited a high level of integrity and has consistently delivered his well-honed business acumen skillset no matter what challenge, crisis, or opportunity was in front of him.

Good recognition and detail in entry. Impressive client list. Impressive global footprint working on safety and hazardous issues for the full value chain of the Industry. Growing globally and establishing themselves in the industry.

He and the rest of his team at Waste Management are always extremely responsive, and they really know the upstream industry, which is why we chose them as our exclusive provider for environmental services.

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Well Checked Systems International

Well Checked provides sensor-based, remote well site video monitoring, recording, data storage, alerting and retrieval. Well Checked’s end-toend solutions not only monitor and alert for unexpected activity, but also routinely patrol & record all activity for user-defined periods and these videos are securely stored offsite for playback and review at any time.

Willbros

Willbros is a specialty energy infrastructure contractor serving the oil, gas, refinery, petrochemical and power industries. The Company’s offerings include: engineering, procurement and construction (either individually or as an integrated EPC service offering), turnarounds, maintenance, facilities development and operations services.

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Judge’s comments For any marketing and media partnerships, please contact: The particular point that distinguishes Well Checked Systems’ contribution is the scalability of its service. Equally applicable to both larger scale field operations and small field maintenance, its cost-effective availability to even stripper well operations offers low budget operators access to monitoring previously only affordable to larger operators. Thus, it provides monitoring capabilities to those that can ill afford more expensive SCADA telemetry.

Innovative concept using today’s technology for oilfield use. It’s taking “pump by exception” to the next level. Good examples of how the company’s service saved their clients’ money.

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Recognized for completing construction projects under challenging circumstances, in remote locations and in difficult environments. Wide array of construction capabilities in oil and gas, the addition of Intergra Link is a smart way to further support clients and manage the future construction and maintenance business.

Remote monitoring capabilities are important as infrastructure grows. Good to know that the usability of the product requires little to no training with experience of far more complicated systems.

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