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Welcome to the 2015 Northeast Oil & Gas Awards commemorative Yearbook
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hese were the 3rd Annual Awards for the Northeast region and the organizations and individuals in this journal were acknowledged by the award’s judging panel to have excelled in their work in 2014, 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 organization’s commitment to health & safety, environmental stewardship and corporate social responsibility. In this 3rd year for the Awards in this region we had the 2nd 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 Midcontinent, Southwest and West 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
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Judging panel
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Congratulations to the 2015 Rocky Mountain Winners
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Congratulations to the 2015 Gulf Coast Winners
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A-Z of finalists
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Oil & Gas Awards Contacts
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10 Settling Down the Unconstitutional Agendas
16 The Lifecycle of a Well Pad
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Winners’ pages Trucking Company of the Year – Presented by Kenworth
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Engineering Company of the Year
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Water Management Company of the Year
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The Oil & Gas Financial Journal Transaction of the Year
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Award for Excellence in Health & Safety - Operational
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Consultancy of the Year
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New Technology Development of the Year - Software
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Award for Excellence in Well Completion
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Construction Company of the Year
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Manufacturer of the Year
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Award for Excellence in Health & Safety - Products
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Industry Supplier of the Year
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Breitling Energy Future Industry Leader
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Oilfield Services Company of the Year
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Industry Leader
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Bilfinger Westcon Midstream Company of the Year
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New Technology Development of the Year – General/Products
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Eclipse Resources Award for Drilling Excellence
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VZ Environmental Award for Excellence in Environmental St ewardship
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Themark Corporation E&P Company of the Year
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Law Firm of the Year
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General Industry Service Award
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JC Fodale Award for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility
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Ending Diesel’s Reign
34 Protecting the Environment Profitably
42 Bring on the Pipeline
50 Keeping Teammates Safe
54 Shaping Minds for Safety
64 Rolling with the Changes
70 Taking Responsibility
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Guest of Honor Editorial
Reasons to Celebrate Louis D’Amico opened the awards gala with a reminder about why the oil and gas industry should be proud of itself.
Louis D’Amico understands the reason why an event like the Oil & Gas Awards is necessary these days. The U.S. energy business is experiencing a renaissance for the first time in decades due to unconventional plays, and it is time for someone to celebrate the industry’s accomplishments. “Innovation is exactly what has driven shale development and driven the U.S. to the top of global energy producers,” D’Amico, who serves as President and Executive Director of Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association, said to kick off the awards gala. D’Amico praised the industry for a variety of accomplishments over the course of the Shale Revolution. He lauded the technological advancements that have increased domestic oil production by 4.5 million barrels per day, which is more production than any nation except Saudi Arabia. He also gave praise to the natural gas industry for turning the United States from an importer to an exporter. D’Amico gave thanks for the oil and gas industry’s role in reducing the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions by over 20 percent, exceeding the Kyoto Protocol – a treaty the United States never even signed. Most importantly, D’Amico praised the industry for accomplishing with plenty of obstacles along the way. “Given the challenges of energy prices, constant attacks by the environmental community and the overreach of state, local and federal governments, [speaking positively] may be a little tougher mission for me,” D’Amico said.
D’Amico said Wolf recently claimed the tax burden he called a severance tax is the lowest in the region. However, with natural gas floor price at $2.97 as of March 25, 2015, that the severance tax would be based on, it makes it the highest if not one of the highest in the United States, according D’Amico. Although the future appears bleak, D’Amico reminded those in attendance that the oil and gas industry always has had boom-and-bust cycles throughout its history. He entered the industry as an engineer in the 1970s when oil and gas was at low point. He saw a boom come through shortly thereafter, but, of course, it was followed by another bust. There are solutions to hasten the cycle back to the boom side of the cycle, according to D’Amico. He encouraged the industry to increase demand for oil and gas products. He also said the fight against the “misinformation and outright lies” from the environmental lobby need to be combated more aggressively by every individual in the oil and gas industry. Educating government entities on the impacts their regulations have on business will help, too. Finally, D’Amico said, the industry had to be innovative with its work to remain successful through downtimes like this. “We need to be cutting costs, increasing efficiencies, and focusing on keeping our industry in the spotlight of positive impacts while minimizing any negative impacts,” D’Amico said.
He acknowledged the tough times facing the oil and gas industry due to a variety of reasons. For one, OPEC – Saudi Arabia, specifically – has successfully driven oil prices down to impact the development of U.S. resources. For natural gas, oversupply and infrastructure shortages have brought commodity prices down, leading to profits declining and the elimination of jobs. D’Amico also called out newly sworn in Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, who D’Amico described as a big spender looking to levy more taxes against his already beleaguered industry.
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Judging panel arthur roy
Brad Holly
Chairman and CEO
Senior Vice President, Operations (Rockies)
Liberty Energy Corp.
President & CEO Eclipse Resources
Brad johnson
brent breon
Brian blount
Exploitation Manager
Vice President Business Development
VP Commercial
Blue Racer Midstream, LLC
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP
chandra s. rai
chris faulkner
Director
CEO
PIOGA
Mewbourne School of Petro & Geolog. Eng.
Breitling Oil and Gas
chris garner
chris mazzini
chris sowyrda
Director
President
Senior Staff Operations Engineer
Long Beach Gas and Oil
Spindletop Oil & Gas Co.
Memorial Resource Development Corp.
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
Assistant Professor
Vice President of Exploration
Texas A&M University
Mewbourne School of Petro & Geolog. Eng.
Discovery Natural Resources
duane wassum
Dwight ross
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
J. Ross Craft, P.E.
Senior Advisor for Environment Affairs
Chief Operating Officer
President and CEO
Austin Exploration
Approach Resources
j. russell porter
jack lafield
jack renfro
President and CEO
Chairman and CEO
Gastar Exploration Ltd
Caiman Energy
Operations and Production Manager - Northern Division
jeff fisher
jennifer webster
Chief Operating Officer
Dir. of Gov’t and Public Affairs
American Energy Partners
Pioneer Natural Resources, USA Inc.
Apache Corporation
burt a. waite Board Director
Steptoe & Johnson
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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Benjamin hulburt
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Forestar
jessie koerner US Communications & Public Affairs Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
johan themaat
john benton
john poarch
Founder & CEO
Vice President and General Manager
VP Commercial and Bus. Dev.
First River Energy
Access Midstream
Black Hills Exploration & Production
john weihe
johnny jordan
joseph frantz
Vice President Exploration
President
VP of Engineering
Callon Petroleum Company
Matrix Oil Corporation
Range Resources
kevin brown
kevin leonard
larry huskins
Exploration Manager MidCon/Rockies
Sr. Vice President and General Manager
Operations Manager
WhitMar Exploration Company
Venoco Inc.
EnerVest
lee martin
lisa winn
m. cathy douglas
Operations Engineering Supervisor
Regional & Government Affairs Manager
Senior Vice President
Concho Resources, Inc.
ExxonMobil/XTO Energy
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Marc A. Halbritter
marc bokelman
Mark c. peterson
General Counsel
VP Corporate Development
President & CEO
Blue Racer Midstream, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners
Bilfinger Westcon
mark d. casaday
Mark patterson
mark spears
Chief Operating Officer
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Asset Manager
Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC
Calypso Energy, LLC
Stone Energy
Mark Stewart
mauricio fabre
Megan davis
Environmental Supervisor
President
Questar Corporation
CRU Trading Company
Vice President Regulatory and Senior Counsel
michael miller
Mikaila breding
mike john
Chief Investment Officer
Senior Associate Editor
President
Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation
Oil & Gas Financial Journal
Northeast Natural Energy, LLC
Milissa bauer
mitch duffy
morgan o’brien
Executive Vice President
Associate Publisher
President and CEO
Kriebel Companies
Oil & Gas Financial Journal
Peoples Natural Gas LLC
nathaniel teti
neil m.sullivan
ola akrad
Head of Sustainability
CEO & President
VP Engineering and Technology
Statoil
Violet Energy
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
Summit Midstream Partners
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Judging panel Qingming Yang
Randy Brandenburg
richard p. crist
Chief Operating Officer
Foreman
Approach Resources Inc.
Apache Corporation
VP Business Development & Exploration
robert poole
rod eson
ronald p. mcglade
Public and Government Affairs Manager
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Vice President Midstream
Foothill Energy LLC
Tenaska Resources, LLC
ryan a. turner
Ryan E. M. Cunningham
scott roy
Chief Investment Officer
Principal and Operating Partner
Vice President of Government Affairs
American Energy Partners
Cunningham Energy
Range Resources
shane henry
Stephanie R. Timmermeyer
Manager, Gov’t and Regulatory Affairs
VP of Environment, Health and Safety
Gasco Energy
Santa Maria Energy
Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
Steven L. Bietz
Government Relations Manager Shell Oil Company
terry r. bossert
terry sims
VP - Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
HSE Manager
Range Resources-Appalachia LLC
Buccaneer Energy Limited
thomas e. clark
tom lopus
Tommy Gaydos
Executive Land Manager
Senior Vice President
Drilling Manager
Venoco, Inc.
Pardee Resources Company
Newfield Exploration
tony gossett
walter l. williams
william j. hall
Operations and Production Manager Southern Division
Director
Executive Director
Cheniere Energy, Inc
Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center
President and Chief Executive Officer WBI Energy, Inc.
Forestar
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Access Midstream
Stephen W. Rhoads
william j. hlavin
william robinson
President and CEO
President
Bass Energy, Inc.
CAVU Resources
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Industry Summit Editorial
Settling Down the Unconstitutional Agendas As sue-and-settle lawsuits continue to pop up in federal courts throughout the United States, the oil and gas industry must remain vigilant to fight them.
When it comes to battling environmentalists for fair and equal regulation, Kevin Sunday, Manager of Government Affairs at the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry, believes there is never enough pushback from the oil and gas industry to get its message out. As the number of sue-andsettle lawsuits are brought to courts throughout the United States by the powerful environmental lobby, that battle for public opinion must now be brought to the courtroom, as well.
have the staffing resources to keep track and stay on top of all the statutory deadlines for reviewing and upgrading all of their regulations.
Sunday served as moderator for a panel discussion entitled “The Unconstitutional Regulation of the Oil and Gas Industry – Lawmaking through Litigation,” where panelists focused on the variety of factors that have made sue-and-settle the preferred choice among rulemaking catalysts.
The lawsuits may continue to be filed, but the judiciary system has the power to uphold the law as it stands without issuing additional consent decrees, according to Danny Spitzer, Partner with Hodgson Russ LLP. He said the potential to fix the sue-and-settle lawsuit problem lies with the judiciary system, and he hopes they step u to put an end to the unnecessary rulemaking. He cited the process of judges in New York state refusing to sign off on SEC fines against companies who did not plead guilty.
While “unconstitutional” is a rather strong word to apply to the sue-and-settle tactics currently used by environmentalists to push the regulatory agenda through the federal court system, Mike Krancer, Partner at Blank Rome LLP, takes the rhetoric much further. He called the public comment process on court-filed decrees of consent a “sham,” and describes the entire process sue-and-settle process as a “Stalinistic” driving of the economy toward renewable energy. “You take these groups that want to get rid of fossil fuels, they want to drive the economy to all wind and all solar, which is clearly impossible at the moment,” Krancer said. “It’s not an exaggeration. And the judges are being made complicit in this. I don’t think there’s any ill will on these judges, and legislatures are guilty of this, too, because they punt to the judiciary.” Matthew Morrison, who spent five years with the EPA before joining Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as a Partner, said part of the problem is the EPA’s dwindling budget. The agency’s budget has been cut between 20 and 25 percent over the last four to five years, which has hampered the agency’s capability to operate independently. “The sue-and-settle dynamics that I’ve seen have been really exacerbated in recent years as EPA’s budget has been cut,” Morrison said. “What that means as a practical matter is that EPA’s ability to drive its own agenda and drive its own priorities gets greatly diminished. The EPA simply doesn’t
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This has resulted in environmental and citizen groups – not the EPA – directing the focus of the agency on rules and regulations that fit their interests. Those rules take hold, and the states are held responsible as front-line implementers of the new regulations.
“Part of what has to be asked here is, what’s the role of the federal judiciary as it looks at these consent orders,” Spitzer said. “Is it just to have a meaningless comment period, or is it to hold a hearing. Or is it to say, ‘Who is affected by this? I want them to have an opportunity to intervene. I want to have a hearing.’ That’s the role the judiciary can take if it has the authority to take.” Congress also has the power to change how EPA goes about its policy changes and upgrades, according to Spitzer, and he said they should act now to curb these sue-andsettle lawsuits. “Congress can mandate that as part of these budget hearings that there should be no consent orders prior to a true public comment period and true public disclosure of proposed public consent orders,” Spitzer said. “They can change the process by which the EPA goes about policy-oriented consent orders as opposed to enforcement consent orders. So, there’s opportunities to deal with these groups and for current actors to change the way things are going on.” Krancer reminded the audience that the sue-and-settle plaintiffs are actually a roundup of the usual suspects behind environmental activism in the United States. Krancer
Moderator: Kevin Sunday, PA Chamber of Commerce Speakers: Mike Krancer, Partner, Blank Rome, Daniel Spitzer, Partner, Hodgson Russ, Matthew Morrison, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
cited U.S. Chamber of Commerce statistics that show between 2009 and 2012, the Sierra Club led the way with 34 of the 71 sue-and-settle suits launched. Wild Earth Guardians accounted for 20 of them, the National Resources Defense Council nine and Environmental Defense Fund five. Krancer added that the consent decrees are actually backroom agreements between the EPA and these groups that are agreed upon well before the public has a chance to comment on them. “All of these deals are secret deals made behind closed doors, and then they come out into light,” Krancer said. “The state is excluded and industry is excluded until it’s too late.” Krancer also said the groups are picking specific courts where judges will most likely rule in their favor. He said the District of Columbia Court has heard 31 of these suits, the Northern District of California has fielded 16 and the District of Columbia Circuit has heard five. “Once you put on that black robe, forget it,” Krancer said. “The horse is out of the barn.” The Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act has been in the House of Representatives would require an agency against which a covered civil action is brought to publish the notice of intent to sue and the complaint in a readily accessible manner, including by making such notice and complaint available online not later than 15 days after receiving service. The act also would require an agency seeking to enter a covered consent decree or settlement agreement to publish such a decree or agreement in the Federal Register and online not later than 60 days before it is filed for the court. This provides for public comment and public hearings on such a decree or agreement. “Congress is the one that has to make this undemocratic process back into a democratic process,” Krancer said. “Being a judge means interpreting the law, not making the law. But try to convince however many federal judges of that being the case, and I don’t think you’re going to get too many to agree with you.”
As problematic as these sue-and-settle lawsuits are for the oil and gas industry specifically, Morrison took issue with the assumption that these consent decrees are the result of backroom deals and EPA is willing going to these cases. He reiterated that it is a matter of an understaffed agency failing to keep up with a bevy of deadlines for rulemaking, and determined lobbyists going to trial for “legal layups” to make their interests a priority. “EPA has now lost the driver seat, it is not able to move its agenda that it wants, and it’s now chasing whatever court-ordered agenda that has been foisted upon it,” Morrison said. “From what I saw at the agency, it wasn’t a happy dynamic.” Morrison also said the comment period that follows a sue-and-settle lawsuit it not a sham. He explained that the still rulemaking procedures are in place giving the general public the opportunity to be heard. During the Q&A portion of the discussion, Sean Logan of Sean Logan & Associates agreed with Morrison about the comment process, encouraging the industry to not be as cynical as Krancer is about the process. Instead, industry should be encouraging people to submit comments to regulatory agencies. “It’s a bit of a balance because it’s not always about what we do, but about how we do it,” Logan said. “I believe that this industry is one of the most maligned industries that there is. But part of that is the notion that every regulatory scheme is out to get us.”
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Trucking Company of the Year – Presented by Kenworth
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Beemac Trucking Beemac is a premier nationwide flatbed, steel hauling trucking and logistics company providing asset based trucking, logistics, barge and rail intermodal port, warehousing, and specialized/heavy hauling services to customers throughout North America. No one outperforms Beemac because we believe “relationships move loads.”
Judges’ Comments: Fantastic to see a company showing commitment to the reduction of emissions by implementing a CNG fleet that is also more economical to run and thus has dual benefit to the company and the community. Significant achievements have been made for this company. Some major milestones reached and have shown a good commitment to the community philanthropically and environmentally.
Established in 1984, Beemac is headquartered in Ambridge, PA with 26 strategically located truck terminals, warehouses and river ports throughout North America. Beemac has steadily reinvested in our company owned infrastructure to truly provide safe, flawless, quality, value-added services to our customers. With 300 trucks hauling steel and a strong business emphasis on servicing the Marcellus and Utica shale regions, Beemac is proud to be the first flatbed carrier in the nation to “go green” by constructing
a public CNG filling station located in Ambridge, PA. Beemac has 20 brand new 2014 dedicated CNG tractors to haul pipe for customers servicing the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions. In time, as the infrastructure of CNG stations grows across the nation, we hope to convert our long haul tractors to run on CNG as well. While these cleaner burning engines will not only provide cleaner air for the communities, we are also very proud to greatly reduce our diesel fuel consumption, thus helping to reduce our dependency on foreign oil.
Further information on these winning organizations, interviews Sponsored by: Kenworth Trucks and photos can be viewed at www.oilandgasawards.com Kenworth is an American manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty Class 8 trucks based in Kirkland, Washington, United States, a suburb of Seattle, Washington.
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Engineering Company of the Year
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ARM Group Inc.
Judges’ Comments: ARM provides the full suite of geophysical services for E&P Companies. They have demonstrated their commitment to the community by the sponsorship of the Coaches versus Cancer fund raising event as well as the Capital Region Health Walk. Truly the industry leader in innovative solutions with a focus on continuous improvement. Many “first of a kind” projects are being completed by this group in an efficient and effective manner that are being used as the industry standard moving forward. Hats off to Chris Stahl and his entire team.
ARM Group Inc. (ARM) is an earth resource engineering and consulting firm that was established in 1998 to provide progressive, practical and professional environmental and engineering solutions to both public and private sector clients. We are comprised of highly regarded professionals, most with advanced degrees, in the fields of geology; hydrogeology; civil, geotechnical, electrical, mechanical, and environmental engineering; geochemistry; aquatic biology and ecology; soil science; and geophysics, each with a portfolio of exceptional projects. With offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland, ARM is growing due to our dedication to exceeding client expectations, every time, at a minimum cost without sacrificing quality. ARM has extensive engineering and consulting experience relative to shale play development, offering exceptional quality and innovative solutions on a range of well and tank pads, centralized impoundments, pits, intakes, pipelines, compressor stations, and meter sites. We have served Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream companies since the beginning of the Appalachian Shale play, with services including:
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Environmental Permitting Environmental / Compliance GIS Services Surface & Borehole Geophysics Waste Management Air Quality Renewable Energy Water Resources Surveying Construction Quality Assurance Erosion Control Inspections Geotechnical/Civil Engineering Electrical / Mechanical Automation • Water Supply • Natural Resources
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The Oil & Gas Financial Journal Transaction of the Year
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Southwestern Energy Company Southwestern Energy is an oil and natural gas company based in Houston, Texas. Its primary current activity is, according to the company, the “development of the unconventional gas reservoir located on the Arkansas side of the Arkoma Basin.”
Judges’ Comments: A truly transformational acquisition for the company. A major transaction adding significant assets to their existing world class positions in the Fayetteville and NE Pennsylvania.
We are energy. For more than 80 years, Southwestern Energy Company has thrived because of a deep commitment to providing the energy that powers our world. Our success continues to be dependent upon the dedication of our employees to the company and to the communities in which we operate. Currently the fourth largest producer
of natural gas in the US Lower 48, Southwestern Energy Company is a growing independent energy company primarily engaged in natural gas and crude oil exploration, development and production. We are also focused on creating and capturing additional value through our natural gas gathering and marketing businesses, which we refer to as Midstream Services.
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Bilfinger Westcon Inc. Bilfinger Westcon Inc. is an Industrial General Contractor with thirty four years of experience serving the oil and gas industry. In 1981 most of the companies work was located in the oil patch in Western North Dakota. Today the company is involved in oil plays throughout the United States. This latest oil and gas boom has taken the company’s revenue into a huge growth pattern.
Judges’ Comments: A newer company to Appalachia but an impressive list of accomplishments. This company has an amazing safety record. They are clearly dedicated to the integration of safety into every aspect of their business. Their employee retention and client return is laudable.
One of the company’s goals is to provide excellent customer service in order to retain repeat clients. The company motto, “Pride thru Performance” reflects those values. The company delivers successful projects under many types of adverse conditions including cold weather, housing shortages and remote locations. Our experience and knowledge have saved our customers valued time and money.
Safety is critical to the success of our projects. Training our employees to recognize potential hazards is an ongoing process. A Behavior Based Safety has been implemented in order to achieve our goal of “zero incidents”. The company is headquartered in North Dakota along with offices in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Piqua, OH and Canton, Oh.
The company self performs civil, structural, mechanical and equipment setting along with management of key subcontractors.
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Bilfinger Westcon Inc. P.O. Box 1735 Bismarck, ND 58502 7401 Yukon Drive Bismarck, ND 58503 701-222-0076
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Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) engineers, scientists and professionals are recognized for delivering innovative design solutions and integrated expertise in six practice areas: civil engineering, ecological sciences, environmental engineering and sciences, surveying, waste management and water resources.
Judges’ Comments: CEC’s integrated service approach has allowed it to tackle projects for some of their clients that their competitors would have to collaborate with other firms in order to complete the task at hand. Good management and core values drive this company in the right direction. Amazing number of large-scale civil engineering projects in the Utica and Marcellus Shale.
With long-standing ties to the natural gas industry, CEC understands that time, cost, accuracy and regulatory insight are of the essence. A multidisciplinary Natural Gas Industry Consulting Group is derived from our practices to strategically focus on the industry’s business challenges and drivers. This diverse team is our conduit to the industry’s latest thinking and advancements, allowing CEC to provide clients with concise, timely information and regulatory updates to facilitate informed decision-making. We are a reliable resource to those seeking a trusted advisor in the expanding energy
industry. With years of experience in Exploration & Production, Midstream Services, and Compression and Treatment Facilities, CEC allows clients to put their primary focus on operations. CEC has a proven track record of providing sound, technical solutions that balance the requirements of compliance, risk management and business needs. Our continuing growth reflects client confidence in the work of our employees as guided by our core business principles: Senior Leadership, Integrated Services, and Personal Business Relationships.
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Jim Willis at the Marcellus Drilling News for all of the support he has provided and the excellent coverage the Summit & Awards enjoyed via his website Marcellus Drilling News.
For those of you who are not familiar with Jim’s work, you should take a look at his news portal
www.marcellusdrilling.com We are sure you will find his daily newsletter as informative as we do here at the Oil & Gas Awards.
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Ending Diesel’s Reign New technology from U.S. Well Services can drive down fuel costs while increasing environmental sensitivity from fracking operations.
Reducing the impact of hydraulic fracturing operations is at the forefront of countless operators throughout the country. U.S. Well Services’ Oil & Gas Award-winning Clean Fleet technology can solve a myriad of problems typically generated by traditional diesel-fueled systems.
“New technology that’s greener and quieter is really great, but the 80 percent fuel savings means you don’t only have environmental green, you have a pocketbook green that really helps make the technology sustainable,” Oehring said.
In July 2014, US Well Services deployed the first electric, mobile well-stimulation system powered by natural gas. According to Jared Oehring, Director of Technology for U.S. Well Services, Clean Fleet runs on electric power generated by four natural gas-fueled turbine engines that have replaced 20 diesel engines, which provides a variety of environmental benefits.
Also, Clean Fleet is able to run off every type of gas imaginable that comes out of the ground, according to Oehring. Clean Fleet not only can operate on a wide range of feedstock, but it also can be fueled by wet and dry gases.
“One of the things that we really designed this for is emissions,” Oehring said. “Because we’re able to use a turbine instead of a diesel engine, we’re at 0.035 grams per kilowatt hour, which is over 99 percent of reduction compared to the conventional fleets. Because we’re able to use those turbines, we’re almost eliminating our emissions.” Since Clean Fleet runs off field gas, U.S. Well Services is able to save 80 percent on its fuel costs.
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“Generally if you compare the electric fleet and what the turbine can take versus a bi-fuel or dual-fuel unit, we have a significantly greater range of acceptable fuels,” Oehring said. “The injectors on our turbines can take both diesel as well as natural gas, so that gives us a really wide range of acceptable fuels.” Another benefit of running off of field gas, according to Oehring, is the elimination of trucks from the hydraulic fracturing process. Considering U.S. Well Services has done over 500 stages to date, Clean Fleet has eliminated 250 trucks from local roads.
Speaker: Jared Oehring, Director of Technology, US Well Services
After the Clean Feet system generates electricity up to 13.8 kilovolts – which allows the system to generate power remotely without having transmission losses – the power is brought down to 600 volts to be sent to the stimulation equipment. Because the system relies on electric, eliminating the need for an engine and transmission at the drill site, U.S. Well Services is able to get two of those pumps on a unit, and it is direct driven. “Without having to gear and all of that, we’re able to get a lot more horsepower – over 3,500 horsepower – on a single trailer,” Oehring said. For noise pollution, Oehring said Clean Fleet boasts almost a 70 percent reduction in sound pressure. “Normally, you don’t have to worry about cows coming in and grazing right next to your frack fleet,” Oehring joked. “The cows like to get a little bit too close. When we did the noise surveys, we were having issues because the crickets were too loud.” In terms of safety, the iron used on Clean Fleet is vibrating 80 percent less. The future looks bright for Clean Fleet if the results from the first generation of the technology are any indication. U.S. Well Services set up its Clean Fleet systems in the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia at sites operated by Antero Resources where, according to U.S. Well Services, the results validated and exceeded performance and environmental expectations. “What we’re really excited about is since we’re seeing all this stuff on our first generation, we’re building a second generation for Antero Resources, and we’re already designing with them our third generation,” Oehring said. “As good as all of our results are to date, what you saw is the worst electric fleet that we’ll ever make.” With some industry hardware already earned and a loyal customer ready to bring on more product, U.S. Well Services is in the enviable position of electrifying the oil and gas industry in every sense of the phrase.
New technology that’s greener and quieter is really great, but the 80 percent fuel savings means you don’t only have environmental green, you have a pocketbook green that really helps make the technology sustainable. “It’s not very often you have the opportunity to electrify an industry, but if you look, there’s been lots of instances where electricity has started to take over on diesel engines,” Oehring said. “We think that we can give a lot of environmental benefits with the electric fleet, and we’re really excited to continue progressing with this.” The industry is starting to take notice of Clean Fleet’s potential as evidenced by U.S. Well Services victory in the New Technology Development – General/Products category for the Northeast region of the Oil & Gas Awards. “This technology has the potential to be a gamechanger,” wrote one Northeast region judge. The reduction in energy costs up to 80 percent is going to revolutionize the completion and production segment of the operation. The reduction of noise up to 69 percent is a dramatic bonus.” Another judge from the Northeast region agreed with the praise of noise reduction, but also lauded U.S. Well Services’ ability to decrease vibration, as well. “In a category where each of the companies nominated are so highly rated and have major strong points, my decision to vote for U.S. Well Service is based on their ability to reduce noise and vibration during the stimulation process and keep a super sanitary work site,” this judge commented. “These factors are most often the areas of complaint by those environmentalists and anti’fractivists’ that continually attack our industry.”
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Developing the future of logistics and location-based applications for Oil & Gas and Heavy Industry.
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New Technology Development of the Year Software
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Shalewater Solutions Shalewater Solutions is an innovative and respected water management company who can help your company implement a customized water management strategy to support even the most aggressive hydraulic fracturing program. Shalewater Solutions specializes in the following services:
Judges’ Comments: Put into the market an integrated water treatment transfer and handing service that successfully deals with produced and flow back water. Has a complete solution for industry that is economic. Well done. A smart solution for a critical element of the industry - water. Really highlights the innovation and technology developments that drive this industry forward.
• Delivering integrated water treatment, storage, transfer, and hauling services to support drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and production operations. • Providing consulting services for all aspects of water management related to oil & gas operations. This includes managing all residual fluids and wastes, coordinating fluid logistics management, as well as optimizing a freshwater acquisition strategy. • Designing, permitting, constructing, and managing mobile water treatment facilities to service multiple well pads and
operating areas in an efficient and environmentally responsible manner. • Identifying, designing, and implementing the appropriate treatment process for a flowback and produced water reuse program. • Providing ShaleApps™, a realtime water tracking & accounting software suite. This novel approach based on mobile technology helps automate the tracking of trucks and water types, enabling more cost-effective decisions regarding fluid movement and leading to lower trucking costs as well as more accurate billing, accounting, and regulatory reporting.
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Award for Excellence in Well Completion
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Packers Plus Energy Services Inc.
Judges’ Comments: Packers Plus is one of the foremost open hole innovators in the Northeast. Their open hole multi staged completion systems are responsible for accessing more stages and better perforation and bridge plugs as demonstrated by the great volumes of gas produced in the Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin. Their environmental awareness and community giving set them apart from many other companies. They have strived to be a leading supplier in their industry.
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 high-value completion technologies, Packers Plus strives to be the leading supplier of technical solutions in its field and maintains an extensive patent portfolio. 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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BOND
Judges’ Comments: An impressive submission that makes good use of testimonials from significant players in the market. Comprehensive breadth of service and good use of technology to manage specific safety concerns via a robust cloud based system. Bond has successfully been executing pipeline and facility construction projects in extremely chilling environmental and regulatory environments. Their safety and community service records are very good.
Founded in 1907, BOND has become one of the Northeast’s most trusted construction firms. Our long-held belief in the principle of trust represents the core of a successful enterprise that has guided the company’s performance throughout its history. Led by fourthgeneration CEO, Edward A. Bond, Jr., the company remains dedicated to providing comprehensive, high-quality construction management and general contracting services. BOND’s business model is driven by client focus and instilled with the corporation’s fundamental values: integrity, respect, and trust. In recent years, BOND has expanded their reach to better service the gas transmission markets. We have worked with our clients on some of their most complex projects, ranging from modifications at major pipeline interconnects to installing new laterals in heavily urban areas. Our ability to rapidly respond to our clients’ needs, from Pittsburg, PA to
Bailleyville, ME, is one of our biggest differentiators. We pride ourselves in providing the highest quality service to our clients. Our dedication and commitment to meeting all project challenges makes us a valuable partner for the entire industry as we strive to help develop this country’s infrastructure.
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Worthington Industries Worthington Industries is the leading global manufacturer of pressure cylinders and related products for industrial, alternative fuel, energy and consumer products markets. Our broad product line, including custom solutions for oil and gas storage, processing and transportation, serves every major U.S. shale region.
Judges’ Comments: A very capable company that manufactures state of the art energy products for the oil & gas industry. They have great presence in the region and an even better reputation. Worthington have a rich history within the oil and gas sector and their inclusion on the shortlist is well deserved. Excellent safety record. Good testimonial.
Our global support team provides unsurpassed customer service with market-leading technical, product, and market expertise. More than 50 years of experience manufacturing highly customized products for highly regulated markets extends to the growing U.S. oil and gas exploration and production industry. Four acquisitions across the past three years have established a strong manufacturing presence in the upstream oil and gas equipment market. The most recent addition of Midstream Equipment Fabrication (MEF) in Oklahoma complements Worthington’s existing operations in Ohio, Kansas and North Dakota
that manufacture steel and fiberglass storage tanks, oil and gas separation units and related wellhead controls and equipment. “With a customer portfolio that includes the nation’s premier E&P companies, Worthington’s products are known for their reliability, safety and performance in some of the nation’s most challenging operating environments,” said Dave Cline, director of energy products. “It is this reputation combined with a long heritage of customer service excellence that has earned the business of the region’s top energy producers.” Discover more at worthingtonoilandgas.com
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Protecting the Environment Profitably Executives of oil and gas companies need to raise the profile of their environmental safety efforts, but not at the expense of profits.
Mark Stanley of Themark Corporation echoes the sentiments of many of his fellow executives in the oil and gas industry when it comes to environmental sensitivity – they’re all for regulations, but not at the cost of shrinking profit margins by more than what’s necessary. During his spotlight presentation, “Changing the Industry One Innovation at a Time,” the CEO of Themark Corporation reminded the audience that fate already had befallen another commodity business. “I’ve seen what happens when an industry – i.e., the coal mining industry – doesn’t pay attention to itself and gets legislated almost out of business,” Stanley said. “That should not happen with our business.” Stanley boasts background with stops at every level with countless positions in the oil and gas industry. For the first 13 years of his career, he worked for a major oil company that eventually was acquired by BP, which subsequently laid him off. He joined forces with two colleagues from Halliburton and third from Nalco Exxon Energy to launch a fracturing chemical company, which they ran from 1989 through 2002 as an independent before being acquired by a major oilfield service company. The last five years at that service company, he ran global operations. Now that he is in “retirement” as CEO of Themark Corporation, Stanley has taken it upon himself to improve the image of the oil and gas industry by not only adhering to environmental regulations, but pushing for more chestthumping, so to speak, of the environmental sensitivity of the business at large. “I recognized a long time ago that things needed to change within our industry,” Stanley says. “We do a terrible job of publicizing what we’re doing. And ‘shale’ is a five-letter word, not a four-letter word.” The oil and industry can start reevaluating its public image by reconsidering how it sees itself. Considering the fracking of a single well requires several million gallons of water over the course of two to five days, Stanley said oil and gas industry nothing more than a collection of water pumping companies. He cited the fact that 85 percent of what is pumped into the well is water – although
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FracFocus.org claims that percentage is 99.2 percent. Nevertheless, Stanley stated this makes the oil or gas the byproduct of a water operation. “Shale is the producing rock – carbonate and sandstone are not,” Stanley said. “Shale is, and it has to be fracked. And the volume of water that has to be used to frack that has changed our industry significantly. And because of that massive volume, the horsepower required, the water required, the products required – that kind of mass gets lots of attention, most of it negative.” Stanley said the industry can handle these massive amounts of water in a safe manner as things stand. Also, companies are working tirelessly to develop the next great innovation in water handling technology, but that is still en route considering fracking only gained widespread popularity less than eight years ago. “We can do it safely, and we can recycle,” Stanley said. “From an innovative standpoint, we didn’t have to handle the massive amounts of water that we’re having to handle now because shale wasn’t even there. It didn’t really come into play until 2008 or 2009. So this is a new thing for the industry, and we’re going as fast as we possibly can one innovative product at a time.” Much of that R&D is aimed toward further eliminating the possibility of contaminating drinking water, which is among the top concerns of residents in communities where fracking occurs. “That’s extremely rare – it really hasn’t been done,” Stanley said. Later in March of 2015, a study determining the amounts found to contaminate drinking water in Pennsylvania aligned with Stanley’s statement. According to Science magazine, the finding of a study of 11,309 drinking water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania concluded that background levels of methane in the water are unrelated to the location of hundreds of oil and gas wells that tap fracked rock formations. However, in April of 2015, that study is under scrutiny due to the authors’ ties to Chesapeake Energy, the company that submitted water samples.
Speaker: Mark Stanley, CEO, Themark Corporation
Along with urging his colleagues to spread the word about the relative harmlessness of the oil and gas industry, Stanley reminded his colleagues that overregulation should be combated to keep profit margins as large as possible. “The reason to be in business is to make money,” Stanley said. “We want to be green, but we don’t want to pay any more money for it. It shouldn’t cost us any less.” Stanley admitted, however, that is the oil and gas industry didn’t do something to repair its image, regulators will do what they want to make environmental sensitivity a priority. “Every state its own rules and regulations, and they’re constantly changing,” Stanley said. “So how do you
“I recognized a long time ago that things needed to change within our industry,” Stanley says. “We do a terrible job of publicizing what we’re doing. And ‘shale’ is a five-letter word, not a fourletter word.”
keep up with all the individual rules, because the U.S. government basically doesn’t do anything? So, you have to look at it and say, ‘What are we doing, and how do we recycle and reuse this?’” Stanley cited a suggestion from a previous discussion about the use of evaporation as an environmentally safe way to store frack water. A study by Worcester Polytechnic Institute indicates evaporation pits release evaporated chemicals into the air and chemicals can leak through lining. Also, Stanley pointed out that evaporation causes the loss of water, which means it cannot be reused. “It doesn’t do what’s necessary, which is try to preserve a precious resource, which is water,” Stanley said.
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Award for Excellence in Health & Safety Products
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TekSolv TekSolv’s commitment to safety and innovation shapes everything we do. Known for the highest standards in customer service, reliability, innovation, and cost-containment in our industry, we are “One Company, Many Solutions”.
Judges’ Comments: A system and solution that effectively identifies dangerous build up of explosive gases. This is a fantastic product that can be deployed quickly and cost effectively. Comprehensive Evaluation! This technological development is something that really should be celebrated The TekSolv HydroWatch system adds significant value and efficiencies through automated water tracking, record keeping, management and compliance reporting, and process monitoring. This innovation enhances safe operations and minimizes environmental risks.
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We provide a broad array of comprehensive professional service solutions for industrial markets and focus our efforts in the following areas; safety, rescue and training services, systems integration and oilfield automation services, engineering consulting, environmental monitoring, and occupational health services. A dynamic business model,
and a niche in the oil and gas, petrochemical, power plant, and utility industries affords TekSolv the unique opportunity of being an around-the-clock turnkey solution for our clients. No matter how multi-faceted the scope of your project, we offer customized integrated safety services and equipment you can count on.
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Industry Supplier of the Year
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CASCO USA CASCO USA is an industry leader in the supply and servicing of superior quality equipment for general industry as well as the oil and gas industry from the wellhead through mid-stream, and to the end user. Since our founding, we have focused on an engineered approach to the application of our products, adding great value to our customers.
Judges’ Comments: Great supplier in the Northeast region, offering seminar education sessions and a tailored approach to the provision of compressed air systems. Leading equipment supplier with audited bespoke solutions. Extremely comprehensive submission, with strong supporting documentation.
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CASCO USA was founded with the mission of providing high quality, energy efficient industrial plant and instrument compressed air systems. Our involvement in these projects spans from initial demand analysis through engineering, specification, purchasing, and installation, then continuing with long term maintenance, repair, and optimization of these mission critical systems for our customers. We have leveraged these competencies over the years and partnered with world class manufacturers to include complimentary products and
services such as high pressure liquid pumps, air-operated diaphragm pumps, water chillers, fluid cooling systems, high pressure air compressors, nitrogen generation systems, and hydraulic and industrial hose and fittings. Our large, capable engineering staff helps to ensure that we meet and exceed customer expectations through proper product application and customized skid and container packaging. Meanwhile, our highly trained service department is available 24/7 to keep these systems up and running.
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Breitling Energy Future Industry Leader
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Lauren R. Parker, P.E. - Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) Judges’ Comments: One of the strongest and comprehensive cases for the Future Industry Leader Award I’ve seen to date. Very, very impressive. Lauren has an incredibly bright future ahead of her. Quite simply the standout candidate in the category. Her efforts for the industry, for her company and the community are astonishing. Further information on these winning organizations, interviews and photos can be viewed at www.oilandgasawards.com
CEC is recognized for delivering innovative design solutions and integrated expertise in six practice areas: civil engineering, ecological sciences, environmental engineering and sciences, surveying, waste management and water resources. A multidisciplinary Natural Gas Industry Consulting Group is derived from these practices to strategically focus on the industry’s business challenges and drivers, making CEC a reliable resource to oil and gas companies seeking a trusted advisor. The four founders of CEC aimed to create a company where people would want to spend their entire careers. One of the firm’s Core Values is to provide opportunities for professional growth. Employees are encouraged to continuously engage in advanced education courses and seminars to enhance their professional capabilities, and to participate in professional and industry organizations that will
broaden their expertise and ability to serve their clients. Lauren Parker advocates for the industry through her current position at CEC, her professional memberships and other connections. Her leadership roles in numerous associations and organizations and within CEC’s Natural Gas Industry Consulting group are emblematic of her commitment to this industry.
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Bring on the Pipeline With so many parts of the United States demanding natural gas, the northeast region is in desperate need of additional pipeline infrastructure.
The case of the missing energy infrastructure that plagues the northeastern United States remains a mystery for some reason. A large portion of the region has ample natural gas to supply the rest of the area, yet energy prices vary greatly just a short distance away from the natural gas fields in Pennsylvania. “We have growing production in this nation that translates to lower energy costs,” said Candyce Fly Lee, Engineering & Construction Director of Projects for Williams Companies Incorporated, during her keynote address entitle, “Why Should Everyone Care about Infrastructure Delays.” “But when you drove six hours from here just to Boston, they’re paying six times what the rest of the nation is paying for natural gas to heat their homes and generate electricity. “The answer is quite simple – the northeast lacks the pipeline infrastructure to transport this clean and affordable local resource north,” Lee added. According to Lee, the region’s current transportation capacity falls 1 billion to 2 billion cubic feet short of the volume it needs. Although the obvious solution would be to simply build more pipelines, Lee admitted there are a variety of stumbling blocks in the way of that.
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“Though obvious, infrastructure challenges are complex,” Lee said. “We’re inundated with a lot of challenges with our permitting, and our transmission lines are filling up.” In April 2015, the Connecticut and the rest of New England came to this realization now that the region could face the possibility of blackouts in the future if it fails to upgrade its energy infrastructure, especially natural gas transmission lines, according the New Haven Register. Not only is the need for additional pipeline infrastructure prevalent in the northeastern United States, but Lee said pipelines are the safest way to transport natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL). She also said the incident rate for transporting natural gas via rail is 37 times higher than pipelines, and the rate increases even more when compared to trucks. Even when industry develops workable solutions to the infrastructure problem, challenges arise as stumbling blocks to progress. The Bluegrass Pipeline had been designed to move over 400,000 barrels from the northeast to the Gulf Coast. The joint-venture project between Williams Company and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners would have removed 60,000
Speaker: Candyce Fly Lee, Engineering & Construction Director of Projects, Williams
trucks per day from the road, according to Lee. The pipeline also would have replaced 17,000 railcars typically used for natural gas transport.
project would transport about 1.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to markets in the Mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States.
However, the companies placed the project on hold in April 2014 after facing legal opposition from concerned Kentucky citizens. According to the Lexington HeraldLeader, the pipeline that would have traversed 13 Kentucky counties was placed on hiatus after resistance from concerned residents and a Franklin Circuit Court ruling that said the companies could not use eminent domain to private property for construction.
The Transco system also announced in March 2015 that it filed another FERC application for its Dalton Expansion Project, which would support providing Marcellus Shale gas to the southeast for electricity generation and local natural gas distribution.
This type of resistance against a project like the Bluegrass Pipeline is a symptom of a larger problem for the oil and gas industry regarding public perception. Lee responded to a question from an audience asking if Williams Companies and its peers in the midstream sector plan to launch a promotional campaign to tout the advantages of pipeline over other forms of energy transport.
Also in March, FERC approved Transco’s application to expand its mainland pipeline system and construct an 11-mile pipeline lateral connecting Transco to an electric power generating facility in Cecil County, Maryland. The Rock Springs expansion project, according to Williams, is designed to transport 192,000 dekatherms of natural gas to Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s planned Wildcat Point Generation Facility. The facility is expected to generate approximately 1,000 megawatts, which equates to enough power for 390,000 homes in the region.
“Williams is out there, and it’s probably an area where I think we all as an industry could work on doing a little bit better – promoting the facts,” Lee said. “I don’t think as an industry we’re the best at it. I think we could really get better at that.”
“Williams is very excited, and I feel like we’re very well positioned to meet this demand,” Lee said. “We have the right people in the right places with the right strategy to get it done. So we’re very excited about being here, and hopefully you guys are, too. It’s going to be a wild ride.”
She also described a section of the Williams website (co.williams.com) where visitors can send notice to their legislators that they support the construction infrastructure projects. Even after the dissolution of a major project like the Bluegrass Pipeline, Lee said the northeast is a great place to operate considering all of the opportunities available in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays. Williams Companies is taking full advantage by pursuing additional pipeline projects to connect the region with markets ready for an influx of natural gas. For example, in March 2015, Williams announced its 10,500-mile Transco pipeline system had filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking authorization for its Atlantic Sunrise expansion project. According to Williams, this
“The answer is quite simple – the northeast lacks the pipeline infrastructure to transport this clean and affordable local resource north.”
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Keeping Teammates Safe The oil and gas industry has taken huge strides to protect employees from dangerous situations in the field, but it requires a team effort.
The Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP) has a simple yet powerful slogan it imparts those who participate in its health and safety training initiatives – tomorrow is your reward for working safe today.
The most effective way to accomplish this, according to Dixon, is through training. Employees need to embrace the responsibility of keeping job sites safe, of course, but there are methods to ingraining that into the workforce.
“I truly believe that employees have to embrace some of the responsibility,” Charlie Dixon, Safety and Workforce Director for OOGEEP, said during the Health & Safety panel discussion.
Dixon said OOGEEP relies on SafeLandUSA. This volunteer organization comprised of major and independent operating companies, industry associations and educators with the purpose of developing a standardized orientation that sets minimum requirements for the U.S. onshore exploration and processing industry.
Unfortunately, when this edict is disregarded, the consequences often can be tragic. Moderator Jim Willis, Editor of the Marcellus Drilling News, opened the discussion by describing a tank explosion that took place in January 2014. According to a report in The Times-Tribune, a water truck driver climbed a tank that held production fluid that sat next to a set of producing Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. wells to check its level of fluid. The drive used a cell phone to look inside the 21,000-gallon tank to check the level of fluid. The phone ignited flammable vapors in the tank, which caused an explosion. About 2,835 gallons of produced water spilled out of the tank, according to the Times-Tribune, onto the well pad and some escaping containment to reach nearby soil. The driver of the truck suffered burns but was able to return to work shortly after the accident. Cabot was fined $120,000 for the incident, as well. According to Frank Harrison, President of Areion Energy, once a facility is in operation, an operator must take responsibility for everyone who comes onto the site, including any trespassers and other people who should not be on site. Operators also must be well aware of all hazards present on the site, especially with the types of facilities that can change frequently. However, contractors need to be held accountable, as well. “Yes, the buck stops with the operator, but the operator needs to delve into that root cause, and that root cause needs to be examined, developed and conveyed to all parties that could be in, on, near or around that facility. That includes holding that contractor accountable to a degree that is required.”
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SafeLand is quickly becoming one of the oil and gas industry’s most relied upon certifications for competency. Dixon said OOGEEP has seen a huge influx of job sites with controlled access that require approved personnel to show their SafeLand card or certification before working on a project. Certification information is entered into an international database, so it is easily verifiable, Dixon said. Another way to hammer the safety message to employees is to appeal to their sense of empathy, according to Harrison. Areion Energy’s biggest challenge has been the cultural adjustment, so one way the company has relied upon bringing in people who have been injured on the job to share their stories with his workforce. “I have found that to be relatively effective because of how it brings it home,” Harrison said. “They talked about how it has affected their family. A lot of them have lost their families or spouses, their treasure, their home – it has affected all aspects of their life because they have a permanent injury. They will convey that and talk about it could mean in the flash of an instant in how your life can change, and that seems to bring them around.” Chad McCutcheon has seen the safety culture change dramatically at his family owned business McCutcheon Enterprises. Through its behavior-based observation forms, McCutcheon Enterprise employees are encouraged to log observations of a colleague performing a good safety behavior, or make a note of an unsafe behavior. With an aging workforce and the labor pool featuring a shortage of job candidates with experience in the oil
Moderator: Jim Willis, Editor, Marcellus Drilling News Speakers: Mark Peterson, President and CEO, Bilfinger Westcon, Charlie Dixon, Safety and Workforce Director, Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program, Frank G Harrison PE, PMP, President, Areion Energy LLC
and gas field, companies have been force to increase their reliance on short-service employees (SSE), which are employees with less than or up to six months of experience in the field. These employees typically have safety certification required to work in the field, but there is only so much preparation classroom training can provide. That’s why of the practices McCutcheon Enterprises employs for its work is to assemble crews using only 20 to 25 percent SSEs. The company assigns mentors to be on the crew with these employees to walk them through every day the hazards they can expect while answering any questions the SSEs might have. Between mentoring and on-site safety directors quizzing employees on hazardous situations, McCutcheon Enterprises has made great strides in having all employees prepared for safety. McCutcheon said a client’s safety manager interviewed one of his company’s SSEs on-site about a confined space situation he was about to enter. The manager was so impressed with the employee’s response, he emailed the client’s president from the site to say he had never encountered employees as knowledgeable about safety conditions, according to McCutcheon. Willis mentioned the movement in some circles of the oil and gas industry that want safety certification required for oilfield workers in general. It is important to train these individuals as much as possible, according to Harrison, but he believes the finality of blanket certification might alleviate the sense of continuous improvement in the safety arena. “We want our employees to be experts without thinking that they’re experts,” Harrison said. “It’s a continuing process that goes on and on, and you’ve got to convey that idea that this learning about the situation about being mindful and about helping your mates develop their culture as well as yours has got to be an ongoing process. It doesn’t stop with a piece of paper.” That doesn’t mean no oilfield employees need certification, Harrison confirmed. He said there is a place for certified employees in the field, but they should be the ones charged with enforcing the tenets of the safety culture to other employees.
“The people that do have the piece of paper will help enforce that once they’re on-site, and they will help educate those folks day after day after day,” Harrison said. Aside from training its own employees, oil and gas operators often take on the responsibility of training first responders in the communities where they operate to ensure they know how to properly handle an accident at their job sites. Dixon said operators in Ohio have taken great pride in being able to train first responders. “I think they have that responsibility and they have that obligation because they want to be sure their employees are safe,” Dixon said. “They have to have the understanding that it may not be a well-control issue. We’ve taken those efforts to do that, and I firmly believe that we’re one of the few that have taken those efforts to do that.” McCutcheon Enterprises took its role in first response a step further by becoming its region’s hazardous materials (hazmat) response team. McCutcheon said his company Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Act 165-certified hazmat team for eight counties in northwestern Pennsylvania. Every one of McCutcheon Enterprises’ employees receives direct training from the company, and McCutcheon Enterprises participates in the emergency planning committees, as well. “We sometimes bring in the county employees and some of the firefighters and the other first responders and we train them so they know, ‘Hey, until we get there, this is the way you can help us implement some of the containment and the emergency response procedures to protect the environment and protect the situation from becoming worse,’” McCutcheon said.
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Bilfinger Westcon Midstream Company of the Year
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Columbia Midstream Group Judges’ Comments: Significant Marcellus player that shows a commitment to staff and their safety through the S.P.I.R.I.T program. Good social giving for 2014. The completion of the Hickory Bend and Big Pine gathering system in just 14 months is a very impressive accomplishment. NiSource (now Columbia Midstream Group) have scored well on this basis.
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The Columbia Midstream Group was founded specifically to meet the needs of producers in the Appalachian Basin and is able to leverage its strong relationships and vast experience working within the industry to develop the necessary infrastructure to support the phenomenal growth of the industry as a result of the Marcellus and Utica shale play development. Columbia Midstream’s Hickory Bend Gathering System and Processing Plant in northeastern Ohio were recently placed into service. The project, operating under the name of Pennant, is a joint venture with partner Hilcorp Energy Company’s midstream affiliate Harvest Pipeline. The scope of the Hickory Bend project includes approximately 55 miles of wet gas gathering pipeline facilities in northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, as well as a cryogenic natural gas processing plant currently in operation in Springfield Township in Mahoning County, Ohio. The Majorsville gathering system is a 35-mile wet gas gathering system located in southwestern Pennsylvania and in the northern
panhandle of West Virginia, and serves various producers. And the Big Pine gathering system is a 57mile gathering line extending through the heart of the Marcellus shale region of western Pennsylvania. An expansion of the Big Pine System is also planned. Columbia Midstream has announced plans to construct the East Washington gathering pipeline system to gather and transport natural gas production in North and South Strabane Townships to be delivered to Columbia Gas Transmission line 1570 to serve area production. Columbia Midstream contributes positively to local and looks forward to furthering the safe and responsible development of Pennsylvania’s shale resources.
Sponsored by: Bilfinger Westcon Bilfinger Westcon Inc. is an Industrial General Contractor with 34 years of experience serving the oil/gas industry in oil plays throughout the United States. Safety is critical to the success of our projects. In order to ensure that our employees make it home every night, our goal is “zero incidents”.
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AFTER 100 YEARS in the Appalachian Basin, Columbia Midstream is developing infrastructure and partnerships in the emerging shale plays that will last for another century...
and beyond.
With three successful midstream gathering systems in service and the Hickory Bend processing plant in operation, Columbia Midstream Group continues to look to the future in expanding its midstream footprint in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays. We don’t cut corners. We don’t bend the rules. We never put deadlines above safety or the environment. We do things the right way the first time. We develop partnerships and projects that are built to last.
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Shaping Minds for Safety Changing a safety culture involves equal parts psychology and engineering.
There has been an ongoing evolution in the nurturing of corporate health, safety and environmental culture throughout the oil and gas industry that has led to improved conditions for at job sites and the communities that surround them. A major part of that evolution involves holding a company’s entire workforce accountable for safety instead of leaving it entirely up to an internal safety department. “It is going from being no one’s responsibility up to the point where it is everyone’s responsibility as a matter of how we do business,” said Mark Hansen, Vice President of Health, Safety and Environmental for FTS International. “It’s gone from safety is safety’s responsibility all the way up to its everyone’s responsibility. What we’ve been able to do is take that culture and change it and flow it through the organization.” Hansen brings a different background to his role through his education. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology before pursing an engineering degree after “deciding I wanted to eat after graduation.” Through a mix of engineering and psychology, Hansen said he and FTS International have been able to nurture the safety culture through the workforce by having a better understanding of what makes people tick. “As you can imagine, safety and culture change really require understanding people and being able to work them,” Hansen said. “I’ve told everybody changing a culture is like diffusing a bomb – it has to be done very, very carefully.” The first step any radical culture change must take is buy-in from the highest levels of executive leadership. Hansen said FTS International CEO Greg A. Lanham is heavily involved in the safety culture of the company. “I have numerous conversations with him,” Hansen said. “Our CEO drives the culture. We have regular meetings with our CEO for all incidents, whether they are serious or otherwise, so we talk about what’s happening and what’s going on. I’m very fortunate that our CEO also is an Engineer, so he understands that engineeringcomponent.”
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Beyond the executive level, every facet of an organization must be involved with the safety culture and its ongoing evolution. Hansen said safety is probably one of the few multidisciplinary functions within FTS International because it touches on everything from litigation to human resources to training. Training is of particular importance to a company’s safety culture because this is where the indoctrination
Speaker: Mark Hansen, VP, Health Safety & Environmental, FTS International
of a philosophy starts. At FTS International, Hansen said new employees are put through a 21-day program before they can enter a location. The company also holds new team member orientation. “Before they even touch equipment on location, they’ve been through loads of training,” Hansen said. “So the key is to train them and expect them to do it correctly to begin with.” One safety mantra FTS International uses is turning the company’s initials into a mnemonic device for employees. “F” stands for “focus;” “think” encourages employees to take three seconds to think about their actions; “sustain” is meant to have employees continue doing everything that brought FTS International to this point; and “influence” takes a behavioral approach to culture, as well. Hansen said in 2014, FTS International set a goal for 10,000 observations, which the company reached in August 2014. However, a mindset readjustment is needed to make sure anyone stopped before performing a potentially hazardous behavior is not offended at being singled out. Oil and gas organizations can provide as much training as possible, but employees are still human. That is why Hansen said incident reporting is the cornerstone of any safety culture because without it, a company is simply managing OSHA recordable incidents only. Through its processes, FTS International had a OSHA recordable to non-recordable incident rate of 16 to one. “Many, many things happened, but we managed those things, and we used those events that occurred to eliminate those potential hazards before they became a recordable,” Hansen said. “It’s changing the culture to report, it’s changing the culture to stop work – all of those things come into play when it comes to incident reporting.” To further encourage employees to embrace the safety culture, FTS International has instituted an incentive plan for its senior management. These positions receive a payout on their annual bonus tied to the safety performance.
Hansen’s said management also has put in place a number of initiatives to better protect its employees. For example, FTS International has gone through several iterations of its work gloves to make sure they provide protection for the company various functions like wireline, manufacturing, fracking and maintenance. Management also sends out safety bulletins and hosts tailgate meetings, safety meetings and pre-stage meetings on regular basis. Another change FTS International implemented is the “red zone,” which involves mapping out areas that are restricted during pumping cycles, and the company manages the areas rigorously to keep employees out of harm’s way. “This we felt really set an industry standard, but the most important thing here is it showed our employees that we care to protect you by keeping you out of that red zone,” Hansen said. On-site safety can be easy, Hansen said, compared to fleet safety because companies like FTS International can control the potential hazards on a site. However, fleet operators need to take into consideration all other drivers on roads as well as the conditions of existing thoroughfares. To address this issue, Hansen said FTS International installed drive cams in many of its heavy and light trucks. Since the installation, FTS International has seen a 59 percent decrease in frequency and 54 percent decrease in severity of auto incidents. “It’s kind of like putting a safety professional in every vehicle,” Hansen said.
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New Technology Development of the Year – General/Products
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U.S. Well Services, LLC U.S. Well Services, LLC is a Houston, Texas based oilfield services provider of well stimulation services to the upstream oil and gas industry. We engage in high-pressure hydraulic fracturing in unconventional oil and natural gas basins.
Judges’ Comments: In a category where each of the companies nominated are so highly rated and have major strong points, my decision to vote for U.S. Well Service is based on their ability to reduce noise and vibration during the stimulation process and keep a super sanitary work site. These factors are most often the areas of complaint by those environmentalist and antifractivist that continually attack our industry. By reducing some of these items, U.S. Well Services has taken some of the venom out of their attacks.
We believe our hydraulic fracturing fleets are among the most reliable and highest performing fleets in the industry with the capability to meet the most demanding pressure and flow rate requirements in the field. CLEAN FLEET, our proprietary, patented new fleet design, is the world’s first fully electric, fully mobile well stimulation system, powered by natural gas. We current have one CLEAN FLEET working and another under construction for Antero Resources.
Our management team has extensive industry experience providing completion services to exploration and production companies. We focus on the most active shale and unconventional oil and natural gas plays in the United States where we believe we will have a competitive advantage due to the high performance and durability of our equipment and our ability to support high asset utilization rates that result in more efficient operations.
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OUR NEWLY PATENTED TECHNOLOGY SUCCESSFULLY REDUCES NOISE BY 70% AT HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SITES. At U.S. Well Services, we’re excited to unveil the game-changing results of Clean Fleet®, our patented technology proven to cut noise by 70%, reduce emissions by 99%, and dramatically save on fuel costs. The hydraulic fracturing technology, recently implemented by Antero Resources, has demonstrated dramatic environmental gains as well as significant cost savings for oil and gas exploration companies. To find out more, please visit uswellservices.com.
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Eclipse Resources Award for Drilling Excellence
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Baker Hughes
Judges’ Comments: Their technology continues to set the market in drilling excellence. Baker demonstrated a willingness to give back to the industry they serve. Baker Hughes’ frack water expertise provides the necessary foundation for its ability to develop and deploy innovative water and wastewater management systems that can be tailored to each operator’s needs and that minimize operating costs, waste generation, and environmental impacts.
Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) provides technology and services that enable oil and gas companies to deliver safe, affordable energy to the world. The company has been in business for more than a century and employs approximately 61,000 people in more than 80 countries. At the core of the Baker Hughes DNA is innovation in the design and construction of, and production from, oil and gas wells. Today, that technology leadership creates value by developing new ways to help customers improve well construction efficiency, integrating technology and services to develop new solutions that accelerate and optimize hydrocarbon production, and researching new ways to increase ultimate recovery. Beyond the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, Baker Hughes serves the midstream
and downstream markets with technologies and chemistries that ensure safe, reliable transmission and processing of hydrocarbons. Working interdependently with our customers and others, Baker Hughes combines inventive technology with superior service and dynamic business models to create solutions that deliver differential value. For more information about Baker Hughes, visit www.bakerhughes.com.
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Sponsored by: Eclipse Resources Eclipse Resources Corporation is an independent exploration and production company engaged in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Appalachian Basin. The Company intends to focus on developing its substantial inventory of horizontal drilling locations and will continue to opportunistically add to this acreage position where it can acquire acreage at attractive prices.
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Patented VMatz™ is a modular, lightweight, dependable, driveover, resilient foam wall spill containment.
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A simple, cost effective patented solution for minimizing and containing airborne silica sand dust particles on frac sites.
VPondz™, used for larger applications and water retention projects, are assembled with 2ft or 4ft walls. Commonly used as temporary above ground frac ponds.
VZ Environmental Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship
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Range Resources
Judges’ Comments: Range Resources always seems to be the leader in the Marcellus play. They consistently set the standard for others to follow. Their water management plans are impressive. Their commitment to vapor recovery and reduction of GHG sets a high bar for others to follow. Their FLIR inspections are interesting. Range is very proactive in promoting the industry to the public in a positive and beneficial way.
Range Resources Corporation is among the leading independent natural gas companies in the United States. Range pioneered the Marcellus in 2004, which is now the largest producing natural gas play in the United States. Range has approximately 1 million net acres across Pennsylvania Range most of which has stacked pay potential for the Marcellus, Utica and Upper Devonian shale formations. Range’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RRC.”
Range is the pioneer in the Marcellus, and also a pioneer as a steward of the environment and in the safety arena. Their total commitment to safety as well as community and the environment is most impressive. They clearly take a long view of shale gas industry development. They are a terrific industry representative working with Universities gathering fact based scientific data, and working with local, state and federal agencies to find the appropriate balance of regulation.
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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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Rolling with the Changes Operator comfort and environmentally friendly functionality are key drivers for innovation in the trucking industry.
There was a time when the commercial truck industry had a significantly longer development cycle than passenger cars, which meant technological advances were far slower to market. However, as Jeff Stevens tells it, that is changing as customer requirements, legislation and technology bring new innovations in the trucking industry to consumers faster than ever. “Our product development lifecycles have been cut in half,” said Stevens, Specialty Markets Director for Kenworth Trucks. “We’re rapidly catching up with the passenger car industry in terms of comfort, safety, emissions efficiency and, yes, even complexity.” In his spotlight presentation, “Innovation in the Trucking Industry to Reduce Emissions and Increase Safety,” Stevens focused on the comfort of drivers and the emission performance of Kenworth’s most recent product launches. Whether it is the size of the cabin or the interoperability of controls, driver comfort has a direct effect on safety, according to Stevens. That is why Kenworth Trucks performed a variety of experiments to determine how to best protect its customers right in the cockpit. “At the end of the day, it’s all about the driver,” Stevens said. “And a comfortable driver is likely to be a safer and more productive one.” One of the first areas Kenworth Trucks changed was the driver cockpit. Stevens said the company gathered a great deal of data to identify a number of key factors for driver comfort, including eye position, body position and pedal packages. Kenworth Trucks then used this data on its R&D to design five test configurations for its existing products, which were test by drivers ranging in gender and body shape. After redesigning the cockpit, Kenworth Trucks turned its attention to secondary interactions. Stevens said when Kenworth Trucks evaluated the 5th percentile of female drivers and 95th percentile of males, the clutch position and stroke was one of the key things these demographics agreed made them more comfortable.
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“Because of this, we shortened the stroke on our clutch and we reduced the pedal effort to be able to engage the clutch,” Stevens said. “We reduced it down to about 33 pounds, which is similar to what a European car is.” Along with operating the vehicles, Kenworth Trucks considered how drivers simply enter and exit the products. Stevens said this was important considering many drivers get in and out of their vehicles between 60 and 70 times a day. “Many of us take for granted what it takes to get in and out of the vehicle,” Stevens said. “The driver needs to be safe, and it needs to be easy for them to get in and out of the vehicle.” Kenworth Trucks has added a deeper offset, stairs, grab handles and LED courtesy lamps entering in and out of the vehicles. While an innovation in driver comfort mostly is driven by customer demand, advancement in emission control technology often is driven by government regulations. Since 2007, the EPA requirement stands at 0.1 grams particulate and 0.2 grams nitrous oxide per horsepower hour for exhaust. Kenworth Trucks turned its focus from the engine upgrades to developing post-combustion cleanup of the exhaust. “After treatment” technology involves that involve exhaust gas recirculation, diesel particulate filters, selective catalyst reduction and diesel exhaust fluid, among others, that combine to clean up exhaust gas to meet Clean Air Act emission standards. “To put this into perspective, a truck built in 1990 produced as much emissions as 60 trucks that are built today,” Stevens said. In 2013, the U.S. EPA required all trucks must be equipped with on-board diagnostics (OBD). These systems are designed to monitor the performance of some of an engine’s major components including those responsible for controlling emissions, according to the EPA. For a commercial vehicle, if its emission related, the truck
Speaker: Jeff Stevens, Specialty Markets Director, Kenworth Trucks
will go into a “D” rate, which will limit the power down anywhere from 20 to 5 percent of max power, ultimately rendering the vehicle inoperable, Stevens said. He compared OBD to the “check engine” light on passenger vehicles that many drivers often ignore until necessary. “Unfortunately, we can’t just ignore it in this case,” Stevens said. Kenworth Trucks isn’t ignoring alternate fuels, either. Natural gas is the leading candidate as a fuel source of for the commercial vehicle market, yet it only represents 3 to 5 percent of the overall market. However, in some applications including refuse, it has surpassed 50 percent of the take rate, according to Stevens. This is critical as fuel infrastructure continues to expand into utilities and public and private facilities alike. “Even with diesel prices where they’re at today, some of our key customers have been investing in the fueling infrastructure and have become comfortable with using natural gas trucks,” Stevens said. “They’re continuing to purchase these vehicles. There still is an ROI even with fuel prices where they are today.” As for its vehicles, Kenworth Trucks has made some enhancements to existing product lines to cater to the demand for natural gas options. Stevens said examples include the methane detection as well as a storage system and engine. “The fuel storage system as well as the engine’s development is happening rapidly in both of those areas,” Stevens said. “We’re seeing lots of competition, so we expect the pricing of those come down.” As the demand for natural gas trucks grows, so grows the need for service. Kenworth Trucks already is outfitting services stations as well as its own dealerships with the capability to service these vehicles alongside their diesel counterparts. “We need to make sure that our dealerships as well as other industry professionals are ready and capable to service these vehicles just as they would a dieselpowered vehicle,” Stevens said.
“To put this into perspective, a truck built in 1990 produced as much emissions as 60 trucks that are built today,” Stevens said.
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Themark Corporation E&P Company of the Year
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Eclipse Resources Corporation
Judges’ Comments: Eclipse has a clear corporate dedication to the health and safety area. They have an extensive array of training programs that extend to every one of their site locations. They have taken a leadership role in the use of the air shower to minimize the potential for silica dust contamination.
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Eclipse Resources Corporation is an independent exploration and production company engaged in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Appalachian Basin. As of September 30, 2014, the Company and its operating partners had commenced drilling 147 gross wells within the Utica Shale and 3 within the Marcellus Shale Project Area. The Company intends to focus on developing its substantial inventory of horizontal drilling locations and will continue to opportunistically add to this acreage position where it can acquire acreage at attractive prices. Among the many facets of Eclipse corporate social responsibilities is their much-needed education of the citizens in the areas in which they are active. Their community and media rig tours and Cuttings donations to the Ohio Core Repository are of great importance. Demonstrated a commitment to EH&S and the natural relationship that should drive with the surrounding communities and public safety professionals. The mobile spill response units located on each site are an impressive initiative.
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Sponsored by:Themark Themark Corporation® proudly combines an ideology that reduces costs and complies with all industry environmental and safety regulations for drilling through to refining needs. Our signature product, the HydroPod™ is capable of treating processed water approved by the EPA for redistribution into natural water shed systems in some states.
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The company’s June 2014 initial public offering was one of the largest oil and gas public offerings of the year with the Company listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “ECR”. Eclipse Resources footprint, including over 128,000 net acres in the “Core of the Core” Utica shale and highly liquids rich Marcellus shale coupled with a strong production growth profile make it one of the premier players in the Appalachian Basin. With a strategic late-year $434 million equity transaction and an undrawn $125 million revolver, Eclipse Resources positioned itself to weather the current challenging market environment. Perhaps more importantly, the seasoned management team leads by example with a commitment to safety and environmental stewardship.
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Law Firm of the Year
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Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has been serving the energy industry since the firm’s founding in 1913. Since then, we’ve learned a thing or two about the energy business and what it takes to meet your goals. No matter how much we grow, our first priority is building relationships.
Judges’ Comments: Very impressive entry, good case examples and particularly strong showing in thought leadership. This company are a well known and a very well respected energy practice. Over the years they have amassed multiple long-standing relationships with leading producers. One of the leaders in energy matters around the globe.
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has a total of 350 attorneys with 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals dedicated to energy. We have 15 offices in Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia, all within reach of the nation’s largest shale plays.
The majority of our attorneys have experience in transactions, real estate, litigation, midstream, environmental and regulatory, and many other areas of law. Plus, the firm offers mineral title services to all major producing states and houses one of the largest mineral title operations in the United States.
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Taking Responsibility Executing a solid corporate social responsibility program brings numerous benefits to oil and gas industry operators.
As Publisher of the Pennsylvania and Marcellus Business Central newspapers, David Wells has published a variety of corporate social responsibility (CSR) success stories that relied upon a number of different skills and levels of expertise. However, no matter the project, the people behind the success of CSR must pour everything they have into them. “You need passion for what you do, and you need to be passionate about these programs,” Wells said. Wells led the panel discussion entitled “Planning and Understanding the Success of a CSR Initiative” that featured industry veterans who play major roles in their companies’ CSR programs. At The Williams Company, Helen Humphries, Senior Communications Specialist for Williams, said the CSR program focuses on providing resources to the community that isn’t simply giving away money. “We try to do it in a way that engages the community and, importantly, engages our employees with the community,” Humphries said. “What we want to do is to be able to enable the connections they can make within the community and strengthen the relationships through them with Williams.”
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Humphries said she believes one of the primary purposes of a good CSR program is to strengthen the ties and connection and build bridges to the community. She listed three attributes that are vital to a CSR program. First off, the CSR program must be relevant and aligned to the company’s business. In order for there to be relevance, the program must be well-defined. For example, if a company wants to work with a school to improve a STEM program, it should determine how it goes about accomplishing that goal. Secondly, it must have significant support within the company, especially from its leadership. Internal programs of any kind often do not survive with support of leadership, Humphries said, and CSR initiatives are no different. Using the example of developing a STEM program once again, Humphries suggested employees will feel more confident in participating in such activities if they know their bosses accept that they may need to leave work at certain times to be at a school. Setting acceptable participation levels for employees – defining the minimum and maximum hours a month can be devoted to these causes, for example – is one way to show support, Humphries said.
Moderator: David Wells, Publisher, Pennsylvania Business Central Speakers: Rhonda Reda, Executive Director, Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program, Helen Humphreys, Senior Communication Specialist, Williams, Pamela Faggert, Chief Environmental Office & VP of Compliance, Dominion
Also, Humphries said a long-term approach is required to find out if a partnership is a good fit for all parties involved. Company leaders should take note of this, Humphries said, so initiatives aren’t shuttered just because they encounter some stumbling blocks along the way.
projects that need their help through volunteer counsels spread throughout the company. Also, the Dominion Foundation also provides funding for various projects, which has community-based investment boards that guide the funding toward good local decisions.
Lastly, a CSR program must have a good, strong partnership with the community. Companies, however, should not enter these partnerships with plans to redefine how nonprofits operate on a daily basis. That means CSR programs should identify strong partners that do not need this level of commitment from a company.
“It also is to a project’s benefit if a company already has a good relationship with an organization looking for a volunteer’s assistance,” Faggert said. “The cost of delivery, personnel hours and financial contributions making our Energize Our Communities program work is absolutely worth every dollar we spend.”
Humphries said CSR programs should make sure expectations are clear for all parties involved in a partnership. Some potential partners will expect a company to staff an entire project on their behalf, which most businesses do not have the resources to do. Others, according to Humphries, simply want companies to cut a check.
Since 2000, Faggert said more than 7,900 Dominion Transmission employees have volunteered for more than 215 community projects. This doesn’t include the tens of thousands of hours required to plan each project, Faggert said.
“That’s great, and you may want to do that, but understand that’s not a true partnership,” Humphries said. “That’s you funding a program, and that’s not going to help to build a strong connection with that organization and a strong connection within the community.” Dominion Transmission has created Energizing Our Communities, an employee volunteer program that gets Dominion’s workforce into volunteer programs in the neighborhoods and communities where the company operates. Pamela Faggert, CEO and Vice President of Compliance for Dominion Transmission, said companies who live and work in these communities are free to choose the
Energize Our Communities turned 30 years old in 2014, a year that saw Dominion Transmission employees organize 18 projects in seven states. According to Faggert, these projects included replacing osprey platforms along Long Island Sound; painting bridges and installing benches in a park in Cleveland; beautifying the grounds of a zoo in Pittsburgh; making household repairs for the disabled in Richmond, Virginia; and mentoring children throughout many school systems. Dominion Transmission also donated over $700,000 to these projects, much of which was used to purchase equipment needed for each project. Also, each project gets $2,500 to help with costs, according to Faggert.
Humphries said she believes one of the primary purposes of a good CSR program is to strengthen the ties and connection and build bridges to the community.
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Access Midstream
ARCADIS
ARM Group Inc.
Astro Thermal Tec Ltd.
Through a recent merger with Williams Partners L.P., Access Midstream joined Williams, a premier provider of large-scale natural gas infrastructure in North America. The Access operating area spans nine states in the Barnett, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Marcellus, Niobrara and Utica Shales and the MidContinent regions.
ARCADIS is the world’s leading natural and built asset design & consultancy firm. From upstream to retail and operating to legacy, ARCADIS has been a key supplier of costeffective solutions to oil and gas clients for over six decades. Our experts provide tailored business strategies that make good business sense.
ARM Group Inc. (ARM) is an earth resource engineering and consulting firm, specializing in environmental consulting, waste management engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources, natural resources, renewable energy development, geophysical surveys, and support to the oil & gas industry.
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.
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It is imperative for companies like Access Midstream to support local conservation projects that need such investment. It’s great to see the results from donations and the impact Access have made in the regions wetlands and rivers.
Access Midstream have shown a dedication to the conservation of the Greater Sage Grouse, most prevalent in Wyoming, by working in partnership with Wyoming Game and Fish to replant 5,000 acres with 12,000 seedlings. Re-establishment will take time and support from Access on projects such as this is invaluable to the eco-system.
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Creative solution to eliminate cutting/hand injuries on the work site with new sleeve design.
An effective method to reduce injury when on site, the solution has a variety of uses. A simple solution is often the best solution and this is a classic example.
ARM provides the full suite of geophysical services for E&P Companies. They have demonstrated their commitment to the community by the sponsorship of the Coaches versus Cancer fund raising event as well as the Capital Region Health Walk.
Appears to be a great product to use for water heating; lowers fuels costs, lowers emissions, lightweight reduces road damage, parts all from North America (thus reducing transportation costs and the associated environmental impact).
Truly the industry leader in innovative solutions with a focus on continuous improvement. Many “first of a kind” projects are being completed by this group in an efficient and effective manner that are being used as the industry standard moving forward. Hats off to Chris Stahl and his entire team.
Small company that brought to the market an economical and environmentally friendly water heating solution using clean natural gas. Low emissions, fuel saving and portable equipment is a great outcome.
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Avatar Management Services, Inc. For 25 years, Avatar has been a leading provider of organizational and human performance solutions. Whether your challenges relate to employee selection, orientation, behaviorbased safety training & education, leadership development, or expert organizational consultation, Avatar can create custom curricula and materials to achieve improved operational excellence.
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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. The company has been in business for more than a century and employs approximately 61,000 people in more than 80 countries.
Beemac Trucking Beemac Trucking is a nationwide flatbed, steel hauling trucking and logistics company providing safe, quality, value-added trucking, logistics, barge and rail intermodal port, warehousing, and specialized/heavy haul services to customers throughout North America. Beemac owns and operates the first and only public CNG filling station in Beaver County, PA, and is currently running 20 CNG powered tractors.
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Bilfinger Westcon Inc. Bilfinger Westcon Inc. is an Industrial General Contractor with 34 years of experience serving the oil/gas industry in oil plays throughout the United States. Safety is critical to the success of our projects. In order to ensure that our employees make it home every night, our goal is “zero incidents”.
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Focused on maximizing organizational results through a vertically integrated solution focused on safety and education to minimize accidents. Avatar provides a turnkey safety solution for their clients, of significant importance to our Industry.
Interesting approach to negate unnecessary failures on the road at work with the defensive driver training and development program. I liked the interactive case study used specifically for the Oil & Gas Awards and the glowing reference from Baker Hughes. Excellent use of media to present their submission sees Avatar score highly in this category.
Baker Hughes’ frack water expertise provides the necessary foundation for its ability to develop and deploy innovative water and wastewater management systems that can be tailored to each operator’s needs and that minimize operating costs, waste generation, and environmental impacts.
Baker Hughes’ entry described a significant technical innovation, the hybrid drill bit, which combines the advantages of poly-crystalline diamond bits and roller cone technologies in a single bit. Their case studies demonstrate they achieved significant cost savings for their customers using the new bit at extreme depths by improving rate of penetration and eliminating additional trips in interbedded formations.
Fantastic to see a company showing commitment to the reduction of emissions by implementing a CNG fleet that is also more economical to run and thus has dual benefit to the company and the community.
Significant achievements have been made for this company. Some major milestones reached and have shown a good commitment to the community philanthropically and environmentally.
A newer company to Appalachia but an impressive list of accomplishments.
This company has an amazing safety record. They are clearly dedicated to the integration of safety into every aspect of their business. Their employee retention and client return is laudable.
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BOND
Calfrac Well Services
CASCO USA
Founded in 1907, BOND has become one of the Northeast’s most trusted construction firms. The firm is focused on expanding their client services for the gas transmission markets along the northeastern corridor. They employ experts to provide the most responsive services possible to their clients.
Calfrac Well Services is an innovative pressure pumping services provider focused on unconventional natural gas and light oil plays plus strategic international markets. With state-of-theart equipment, inhouse R&D, an expert team of employees and experienced management, Calfrac is strongly positioned for continued success. At Calfrac, our purpose is flawless execution.
CASCO USA is an industry leader in the supply and servicing of superior quality industrial equipment including electric and diesel-powered compressed air systems, pumps, chillers, fluid cooling systems, and hydraulic and industrial hose and fittings. All equipment can be tailored to your exact requirements by our experienced in-house engineering team.
CDM Resource Management LLC CDM Resource Management LLC provides contract natural gas compression and production 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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An impressive submission that makes good use of testimonials from significant players in the market. Comprehensive breadth of service and good use of technology to manage specific safety concerns via a robust cloud based system.
Bond has successfully been executing pipeline and facility construction projects in extremely chilling environmental and regulatory environments. Their safety and community service records are very good.
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A leading service provider in well completions, they have a flawless execution that is safe. They are conscientious about safety and the environment.
Calfrac’s pressure pumping and individual detail to each well, along with their safety record, educational opportunities, and training offered to their employees make them a stand out company in their field. A company with a great reputation for getting the job done and making a great well.
Great supplier in the Northeast region, offering seminar education sessions and a tailored approach to the provision of compressed air systems.
Leading equipment supplier with audited bespoke solutions. Extremely comprehensive submission, with strong supporting documentation.
CDM has built a fullservice organization based on quality performance whilst emphasizing safety and environmental compliance as well as community stewardship.
After reading CDM’s overview as presented to Oil and Gas Awards Ltd., I find it to be one of the best and most thorough descriptions of their company to be submitted to our group. Their compression services and high percentage Runtime Guarantees and the efficiencies of their employees along with their safety and training programs they offer help to make them the outstanding company that they are.
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Cenergy, LLC Cenergy, LLC is a full-service general contractor located in located in Milton, WV, providing engineering, manufacturing, and construction services to the natural gas industry.
CIANBRO A total commitment to safety combined with an innovative team of knowledgeable construction professionals, has enabled Cianbro to build a durable reputation for planning, managing and successfully constructing many technically complex projects safely, on schedule and within budget. Teamwork, dedication and customer satisfaction are what differentiate Cianbro from its competitors.
Cinco Energy Management Group Cinco Energy Management Group provides comprehensive land and asset management and consulting services for Oil & Gas properties in North America. Cinco represents domestic E&P companies, private equity firms, banks, and international clients and we provide clients with advice and access to relationships developed from over 25 years in the industry.
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) provides comprehensive industry-focused consulting services that advance our clients’ strategic business objectives. CEC engineers, scientists and professionals are recognized for delivering innovative design solutions and integrated expertise in six practice areas: civil engineering, ecological sciences, environmental engineering and sciences, surveying, waste management and water resources.
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I have direct experience with Cenergy’s team and their ability to continue to meet incredibly tight deadlines.
A succinct submission profiling their expertise and provided examples to consolidate their statements.
Impressive photos showed first class construction operations results, with outstanding safety record.
Comprehensive submission detailing many aspects of their service in a structured and well laid out document. CIANBRO clearly deliver for their clients.
Cinco provides land services of great value to the E&P Industry. Their Cinco Cares program demonstrates community involvement and support.
Well thought out and excellently presented submission that’s indicative of Cinco’s approach to the service they supply their clients.
CEC’s integrated service approach has allowed it to tackle projects for some of their clients that their competitors would have to collaborate with other firms in order to complete the task at hand. Good management and core values drive this company in the right direction.
CEC has an outstanding portfolio of projects across the full range of the energy development sector, for the E&P and Midstream companies. They have a broad array of services needed to serve the industry. They have demonstrated outstanding Corporate Responsibility through the 3 plus 1 pillars program. Their focus on sustainable solutions is excellent.
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Columbia Midstream Group Columbia Midstream is leveraging its unique expertise to meet the infrastructure needs of natural gas producers from the wellhead to transmission…and beyond. Columbia Midstream provides: • Gas Gathering, Processing and Treatment; • System Design and Engineering; • Operations and Maintenance of Systems; • Advanced Automation Technologies; and • Custom-designed Efficiency.
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Crestwood Midstream Partners LP Crestwood Midstream (NYSE: CMLP) is a master limited partnership headquartered in Houston, Texas, that owns and operates midstream businesses in multiple unconventional shale resource plays across the United States. Crestwood’s diversified asset base and integrated services provide flow assurance across the value chain for producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil.
Davis Law Group
Dominion Resources
The Davis Law Group Formally The Law Offices of Cara C. Davis specializes in a variety of services for Oil & Gas industry clients. Our experience and training ensure that whatever your need, we can handle it. Original Title Opinions, Supplemental Title Opinions, Preparation of Curative tile Documents, and Oil & Gas Litigation.
Dominion Resources is one of the nation’s largest energy companies with 24,600 megawatts of generation, 10,900 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline and 6,455 miles of electric transmission lines. Dominion also operates 949 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves customers in 12 states.
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Significant Marcellus player that shows a commitment to staff and their safety through the S.P.I.R.I.T program. Good social giving for 2014.
The completion of the Hickory Bend and Big Pine gathering system in just 14 months is a very impressive accomplishment. NiSource (now Columbia Midstream Group) have scored well on this basis.
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Good use of facility overview to paint a picture of their operations and a succinct submission that touches on multiple category criteria. Crestwood have scored well on this basis.
Significant player in the major shale plays. Crestwood operate with a clear commitment to health and safety. They show an appetite for the development of their operations and use strategic acquisitions and development projects alongside organic growth.
Testimonials in the submission emote an understanding of how much clients value their service within the region. With a number of award wins already Ms. Davis and her team are an asset to the region.
A small yet agile law firm that is leading from the front for title work in the oil and gas industry. Under the guidance of Cara C. Davis, it is clear from the submission that clients value their time, opinions and guidance. Good community work too.
Dominion through the Dominion Foundation Awards exceeds more than $19 million throughout 13 states more than speaks for itself and I believe is not matched by any other corporation in the area. Their causes are wide varied and are distributed throughout the broad spectrum of human needs.
Dominion’s long-standing program of corporate giving, employee involvement and community engagement is an iconic example of a comprehensive, wellfunded and thoughtful service that an energy company can provide to the communities and constituencies throughout its area of operations.
Total Equipment wins Northeast 2014 Industry Supplier of the Year Award for the third year in a row! Our oil & gas division specializes in the sales & service of pumps, compressors, blowers and more to the drilling, completion, midstream, production and water needs of the Utica & Marcellus Shale Play. Total Equipment’s Capabilities
Equipment Design Support
Project Management
Start-Up Services and Customer Training
Expert Repair & Maintenance
In-house Machine Shops
Vertical Rebowl Services
Blower Repair, Skids & Packaging
Pump Repair, Skids & Packaging
Compressor Repair, Skids & Packaging
In-house CAD drawings by certified technician
Vibration Analysis/Laser Alignment
Flow Measurement
Total Equipment Company is a manufacturers representative to some of the top named industries equipment lines.
So, whether you need a designed packaged system, expert repairs and upgrades using our inhouse machine shop, or our 24 hour field service technicians to visit your site we will have your equipment running quickly. To see a complete list of products & services including maintenance, parts, rentals and machining, please call us at 412-269-0999 or 304-755-3345 or visit us on the web at www.totalequipment.com.
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Dresser-Rand
E.S. Wagner Company
Dresser Rand is among the largest suppliers of rotating equipment solutions to the worldwide oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries. With its short cycle times, global service presence and leading edge technology, Dresser-Rand can help clients gain a competitive advantage in the LNG market.
Established in 1947, E.S. Wagner Company is a heavy civil and highway construction company, serving clients in public and private sectors. With offices in the Midwest and Southeast, E.S. Wagner has the assets and resources necessary to complete the most challenging and complex projects in a variety of geographical areas.
Eclipse Resources Corporation Eclipse Resources Corporation is an independent exploration and production company engaged in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Appalachian Basin. The Company intends to focus on developing its substantial inventory of horizontal drilling locations and will continue to opportunistically add to this acreage position where it can acquire acreage at attractive prices.
Entech Engineering, Inc. We help our clients in the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays make connections and informed decisions for their upstream, midstream, and downstream natural gas infrastructure. We deliver thorough planning, design, and environmental consulting services with rapid response for well pads, pipelines, compressor and metering, as well as transmission.
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LNGo looks to be the kind of industry development that will revolutionize the use of stranded gas. The system provides rapid access to LNG production in a mobile modular solution.
The distributed LNG system should help propel the utilization of NG. With the dramatic increase in the availability of NG, there is a real need to increase utilization, especially in those areas that have limited pipeline capacity. This system is another advancement in the virtual pipeline segment.
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I particularly liked the implementation of best quality practices that inclusively addressed the thoughts and opinions of the team, owners, and the stakeholders. Good use of 3rd party documentation to consolidate the submission.
A long-standing and well-known construction firm in the region. They clearly document where their specialist services and their USP’s are in the submission. A regular in the top excavation/ foundation specialty contractors; whilst their investment in environmental remediation shows their commitment to the industry.
Eclipse has a clear corporate dedication to the health and safety area. They have an extensive array of training programs that extend to every one of their site locations. They have taken a leadership role in the use of the air shower to minimize the potential for silica dust contamination.
Among the many facets of Eclipse corporate social responsibilities is their much-needed education of the citizens in the areas in which they are active. Their community and media rig tours and Cuttings donations to the Ohio Core Repository are of great importance.
100% employee owned. Breadth of initiatives for the local community undertaken and individuals recognized for their personal contributions underpins an authentic commitment to the region.
Comprehensive analysis of the criteria that details wide scope of services delivered. The information is well supported with a variety of testimonials serving to profile Entech successfully as a leading Marcellus engineering firm.
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Environmental Tank & Container Environmental Tank & Container has become one of the biggest names in fluid storage and oilfield equipment. Each piece of equipment that leaves our facility is designed by a robust team of engineers, manufactured by highly trained, certified craftsmen, and tested by a third party firm to ensure quality throughout the development process.
EOG Resources, Inc. EOG Resources, Inc. is one of the largest independent crude oil and natural gas companies in the United States with proved reserves in the U.S., Canada, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, China and Argentina. The U.S.-focused company is a technological leader in horizontal drilling to produce hydrocarbons from shale.
Evets Oil & Gas Construction Services Evets Oil & Gas Construction Services is a full-service mechanical contractor that is dedicated to constant improvement and sustainability. Our guide – “To serve others with integrity for the sake of our future generations” – has resulted in significant growth since Evets’s incorporation in 1968.
EZLifline EZLifLine is an Ohiobased business, dedicated to providing its customers with specialized safety equipment and training. All of our equipment is held to strict quality control standards, providing the reassurance and dependability needed for the oil and gas industry and beyond. home at the end of the day, every day.
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Adaptation, Innovation, Dependability. This company’s geographic location saw them capitalize on an untapped market amidst the boom whilst saving their new clients money and reducing impact on the environment.
A great example of how innovation drives developments within the industry and opens up opportunities for companies with entrepreneurial spirit. ET&C provide a broad spectrum of tank and container systems and their values and commitment to their clients and their corporate giving has put them in the upper quartile in this category.
EOG demonstrated a willingness to give back to the communities where they work and live.
Very impressive TRIR and equally as impressive growth contributed to by the booming Marcellus/Utica in recent years. Good job.
EOG have clearly taken their commitments to operational excellence and community engagement to the next level. The detail provided on their best practices is remarkable. Regular participation in regional NPC councils of excellence and as a founding member of the MSC, EOG’s commitment to showcasing best practice is unparalleled. They don’t just talk the talk, they walk it.
Northeast U.S. based company that has grown its business organically through continuous optimisation of the services it provides to meet the needs of its customers. Outstanding safety record.
Innovative solution to protect workers from falls in any worksite location. Modular, mobile and adaptable solution.
An important way to ensure safety of staff when accessing hard to reach locations for remedial works etc. So many applications for our industry!
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Fortis Energy Services Fortis Energy Services, headquartered in Michigan, offers oil and gas well services throughout the Rocky Mountain and Northeast regions. Fortis’ core value ”Safety First” is demonstrated through their Fortisafe Certified program reducing nonproductive field time, while protecting both customer’s investment and our employees. Fortis recently launched Fortis4Vets hiring initiative.
Gulfport Energy Corporation Our Company is a valuedriven, growth oriented oil and gas exploration and production company. Our corporate strategy is to internally identify prospects, acquire lands encompassing those prospects and evaluate those prospects using subsurface geology and geophysical data and exploratory drilling. Using this strategy, we have developed an oil and natural gas portfolio of proved reserves, as well as development and exploratory drilling opportunities.
Halliburton Halliburton provides products and services to the energy industry. It 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.
Hill International Trucks, LLC Heavy-and medium-duty truck and trailer dealer. OH, PA and WV locations. International Truck and MAC Trailer franchises. All makes of used equipment. Rental and leasing options for private fleets. Maintenance and breakdown service by certified diesel technicians. Large parts inventory. Body Shop performs collision repair, detailing and paint work.
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Fortis’s high degree of customer satisfaction and education are more than admirable. Their veteran and employment initiative is second to none and speaks for itself. Not only do they honor and respect our returning veterans but open avenues of education and training to those who have unselfishly served our country.
The Fortis Energy Services Veteran Employment Initiative is an excellent example of a CSR program that targets and addresses an important community need. It recognizes the substantial contribution our veterans make to our nation, provides them with much-needed employment opportunities, and it helps grow support for veterans’ hiring programs.
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Strong E&P company in the NE. Impressive production growth with good increased acreage in Utica. Impressive well results in recent quarters.
Strong commercial strength was demonstrated with clear metrics and explanation of future strategies. This included their focus on the sweet spots of Utica where they have already committed resources and shown impressive drilling and production results.
SourShield H2S control is an alternative to the use of a biocide when drilling or completing a well. The use of the system, successfully implemented in the Marcellus, will benefit from implementation in other regions for additional data. Based on the evidence provided by Halliburton, this looks like a very interesting technological development.
Bacterial contamination and souring of produced fluids and gas is an issue which, historically, has required the use of ecologically damaging biocides to maintain good production levels and minimize operational issues and degradation. This system offers a more environmentally sound alternative that delivers equivalent results. This is certainly a technology that underlines Halliburton’s commitment to R&D and addresses the immediate needs of their clients in the face of ever increasing regulation.
Hill International trucks addressed each point of the criteria and delivered their submission concisely and with clarity.
Good example case studies and refreshing documentation of the many ways in which Hill International Trucks have met the growing demands of the Northeast region.
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Hodgson Russ LLP The Oil & Gas Practice Group at Hodgson Russ serves companies, investors, and lenders engaged in all aspects of exploration, development, production, transportation, refining, marketing, distribution, and field services. Firm-wide, our 200plus attorneys facilitate the U.S. legal aspects of transactions around the world, practicing in every major area of law.
IPC Energy Services, LLC
JC Fodale Energy Services
IPC Energy Services, LLC (IPC) is a familyowned and operated business located in Harmony, Pennsylvania, offering E&P companies super vacuum services, hot water pressure washing, frac tank rentals and hauling, and solidification material delivery. IPC’s goal is to service its customers’ in the most efficient and cost effective manner possible.
The JC Fodale Energy Services Group of Companies is a WBE (Women Business Enterprise) which began operations in 2010 and has grown to be a dynamic leader in the Energy Services space. Our Executives, Management and Service Line Talent live our business slogan everyday; “Service is our Business, Safety is our Culture!”
Keystone Clearwater Solutions Keystone Clearwater Solutions (“Keystone”) serves natural gas industry operators and midstream companies by providing total water management solutions. These services include the operation of surface water intakes to the operation and maintenance of water pipeline systems, pipeline construction projects, water transfer and frac-transfer services, and water storage solutions.
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From the Food Bank, Cancer Care, Non-profit Boards and many others; their attorneys and other employees are dedicated to making Buffalo a better place to live.
Hodgson Russ is one of the most innovative and forward thinking law firms within the region. Their dedication to their clients, both large and small, is an example of their longstanding commitment to providing support with legal issues a company or individual can face. Consider then, the commitment they have shown to the community on a wider scale in this submission. Pro Bono services, financial support, and over 20 community organizations that are supported. Superb.
IPC is a Northeast based company who has built up its line of services to meet the needs of the local industry. It has the proper training programs to ensure safety and environmental compliance. IPC demonstrated a proactive approach to support the community where they live and work.
Strong industry partner to their clients. IPC look for solutions that will benefit all involved. Innovative applications of technology and sound working relationships with regulators and other government agencies seem to be strong points as well.
With such rapid growth in the last few years, it would be understandable for a company to focus on profit over safety and the short term gains on offer but it is evident that the success of JC Fodale is borne from the early instillation that safety and community is paramount, success will follow when these values are upheld.
JC Fodale’s safety record, Wireline and Slickline Wire Service and associated tank division make the company a one stop store for any operator wishing to drill a well. Knowing that one of the most environmentally astute and responsible companies, wherever they work, can handle any issue that may arise in well drilling and completion.
Keystone Clearwater Solutions demonstrate innovative leadership in safe and reliable water management. They lead the way in the use of fused HDPE pipelines to move water and have developed company-wide standard operating procedures that promote safe, environmentally protective operations. Their introduction of above ground storage tank systems minimise operating expenses and surface impacts.
Keystone Clearwater works with their clients to deliver environmentally sound solutions based on years of experience within the industry. It is clear, from the wide variety of initiatives and procedures that they have detailed, their solutions are born from a deep understanding of their operating partners specific requirements.
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Keystone Pure Water Tech Inc. Keystone Pure Water Tech provides highly efficient and cost effective waste water cleanup solutions for the gas industry including: frack water recovery and water recycling solutions. Keystone’s process combines ozone + electrocatalysts under super-critical conditions to create a highly oxidative environment that converts hydrocarbons to CO2 & H2O while removing other contaminants.
Lauttamus Communications Lauttamus Communications, a communications and security company, located in the Marcellus and Utica Shale Plays, specializes in two-way radio communications systems, inbound and outbound call center services, integrated security systems, towers, wireless networks, SCADA, and mass notification. Lauttamus owns FCC Spectrum in 14 states and does business in 38 states.
Leo’s All Season Vehicles, Inc. Northeastern Ohio’s leading dealer of the finest quality all season vehicles, backed with excellent service.
MAC Safety MAC Safety is a full-service safety company committed to providing a wide array of cost effective safety solutions. The professionals at MAC Safety have over two decades of experience servicing sectors such as the oil and gas industry, chemical manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, power and coal fire plants, and nuclear power.
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The Advanced Oxidation Process disinfects and purifies many different wastewaters using multiple technologies to do so in incredible time.
An impressive means to make unsanitary water sanitary that benefits the driller in a number of ways. This results in direct savings and reduces the environmental impact of trucking activities within the region.
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Lauttamus made a significant time and money commitment to the state of West Virginia in a public service manner.
Strong client base in the region, good suite of products that make communication accessible, notable recognition already received. The company has shown consideration within the region.
A fully amphibious, all-terrain vehicle enabling access to remote and inaccessible locations whilst minimizing environmental impact which is particularly important in wetlands areas.
These look like a lot of fun and they have a very practical purpose! I had never considered the wide range of uses with health & safety and environmental benefits built in.
Another example of an established company in one industry porting skills and knowledge over to fulfill a requirement for oil and gas.
They’ve leveraged a position within the Marcellus and Utica and found their niche. With the market in upturn or downturn safety consultants will always be in high demand.
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Engineering & Environmental Services
McCutcheon Enterprises, Inc.
McTish, Kunkel & Associates
Since 1947, McCutcheon Enterprises, Inc. has provided complete waste management solutions to a diversified range of industries & clients. From emergency response to tank cleanings, waste transportation, waste & water treatment, disposal, safety training, equipment sales/rental, and hydraulic sales/ service MEI will be there when you need us.
McTish, Kunkel & Associates is a 280 person Consulting Engineering and Environmental Services Firm with an experienced staff of Engineers, Environmental Scientists, Surveyors and Construction Managers. MKA has provided services to a wide range of clients for over 38 years from our offices in Allentown, Montoursville and Pittsburgh.
Momentum Momentum Oil & Gas LLC was formed in January 2011 and is an investment portfolio company of Kayne Anderson Energy Funds with an initial equity commitment from Kayne Anderson Energy Fund V and management of $50 million.
Mountaineer Keystone Holdings, LLC Mountaineer Keystone is an Appalachian Basin oil and gas company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. We currently have approximately 181,000 net acres under lease in the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia and approximately 25,000 net acres in the Utica Shale in Ohio.
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Year after year McCutcheon are recognized in the Awards, demonstrating the fantastic work they are doing to support the region across the industry. Exceptional case studies this year get my vote.
McCutcheon’s exemplary job at the Cryo Plant in Renfrew, PA, speaks for itself. Their HAZMAT response team transportation, hydro cleaning and waste disposal are handled with a high degree of professionalism, filling a specialized niche in our industry.
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Fantastic commitment from McTish Kunkel & Associates to the industry. Good project work, testimonials and service to their clients.
Strong industry partner with their clients, delivering solutions that will benefit all involved. Innovative applications of technology and sound working relationships with regulators and other government agencies seem to be strong points as well.
Getting the Harrison hub running after 6 moths is very impressive!
The size of the hub and its processing capability is enviable. Strong safety culture and good record.
Not only brings new acreage to the portfolio but adds significant midstream gas gathering assets.
The combined footprint offers immediate drilling opportunity, ample natural gas takeaway and an accelerated 5-year development plan.
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Mustang Oilfield Services, LLC Mustang Oilfield Services is at the core of the Marcellus and Utica shale oil and gas industry, supporting companies that drill shale gas wells in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Mustang hauls water and a variety of equipment to well pads, forestalling those drilling companies from depleting onsite resources.
New Pig Energy New Pig Energy was created to provide the best and safest secondary containment for drilling and fracturing operations. The NPE Team brings years of in-field experience and sets the standard for answering the shale industry’s safety and regulatory needs. New Pig Energy – Secondary Containment from the Leak & Spill Experts™.
Noise Solutions (USA) Inc. Established in 1997, Noise Solutions Inc. has grown to become the leading North American provider of engineered industrial noise suppression for the energy sector. Noise Solutions manufactures the most effective and robust equipment, including acoustic and thermal buildings and enclosures, cooler fan silencers, engine emissions control and exhaust silencers.
Orion Drilling Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, ORION is a full service drilling company with the tools necessary to help you hit TD.
Judge’s comments
Mustang are a thoroughbred trucking firm born in the Marcellus and are worthy for the honor due to their contribution to the industry in the last year.
Hauling heavy and bulk in the Marcellus is wholly necessary and Mustang are equipped to deliver for their clients safely and economically.
Liners seem to be innovative and address shortfalls of more traditional liners.
Broad testimonials have seen Noise Solutions score well in this category.
Orion’s staff is committed to the company and the region in terms of safety.
New Pig provides a durable and effective liner system that protects surface spills. For me, their expansion and their commitment to their clients by offering regulation education and onsite maintenance and support at no additional cost ensured their selection as a leader in this category.
The suppression of sound on site is one of the main challenges faced on the well site. Noise Solutions have manufactured an innovative and effective modular solution to address this challenge.
The rigs manufactured with cost savings in mind are pertinent to the current climate and make Orion one of the leaders in this category.
Rugged and robust. This system is one of the best available on the market.
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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. The company has operations in Canada, the United States, and internationally to maintain an influential role in key markets.
Pioneer Energy Services Pioneer Energy Services provides land contract drilling services and production services to independent and major oil and gas exploration and production companies. Production services include well servicing, wireline, and coiled tubing services. Pioneer operates in all major basins in the US and internationally in Colombia through its Drilling Services Segment.
Range Resources
Rice Energy Inc.
Range Resources Corporation is among the leading independent natural gas companies in the United States. Range pioneered the Marcellus in 2004, which is now the largest producing natural gas play in the United States.
Our success is the result of our seasoned and diversified employee base, comprised of expert personnel who use the latest technologies and apply sound business practices. We challenge our employees to be innovative and creative, and our are rewarded for their hard work and success.
Judge’s comments
Packers Plus is one of the foremost open hole innovators in the Northeast. Their open hole multi staged completion systems are responsible for accessing more stages and better perforation and bridge plugs as demonstrated by the great volumes of gas produced in the Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin. Their environmental awareness and community giving set them apart from many other companies.
They have strived to be a leading supplier in their industry.
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Pioneer Energy Services have been doing great work across the US in the last year. Their range of services in support of their new rigs serve to meet their clients expectations and then supersede their expectations. Pioneer have been moving up the rankings.
Pioneer’s entry describes their “Live Safe” initiative to promote a culture of safety both at home and on the job across their organization. Pioneer’s adopting the “it can wait” campaign addresses a very current risk of accidents from talking or texting while driving. Pioneer drives personal commitment to safety as key to maintaining a culture where everyone watches out for each other’s safety.
Range Resources always seems to be the leader in the Marcellus play. They consistently set the standard for others to follow. Their water management plans are impressive. Their commitment to vapor recovery and reduction of GHG sets a high bar for others to follow. Their FLIR inspections are interesting.
Range is very proactive in promoting the industry to the public in a positive and beneficial way.
A significant increase in acreage and drilling locations for Rice.
Adding more high quality shale wells to Rice’s portfolio, within an area of previous success to the company.
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Scientific Drilling International Scientific Drilling is a global drilling service provider and the Ultimate Partner in Wellbore Placement. We are the only company to offer a complete navigation solution for the energy services sector that includes High Accuracy gyro Survey, MWD, LWD, MagTraC MWD Ranging™, and Cased Hole Solutions.
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Shalewater Solutions Shalewater Solutions is an innovative and respected water management company. It provides proven expertise to deliver integrated solutions for water treatment, storage, transfer and hauling. ShaleApps™ mobile technology delivers real-time water tracking and accounting. It enables optimized water logistics management, reduces trucking costs, and improves invoicing, accounting and reporting accuracy.
Southwestern Energy Company Southwestern Energy is an oil and natural gas company based in Houston, Texas. Its primary current activity is, according to the company, the “development of the unconventional gas reservoir located on the Arkansas side of the Arkoma Basin.”
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Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has a total of 350 attorneys with 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals dedicated to energy. We have 15 offices in Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia, all within reach of the nation’s largest shale plays.
Judge’s comments
Scientific has a history of innovative developments that are beneficial to the industry as a whole.
Scientific are committed to supporting their clients with increased safety and improving cost and time efficiencies; moreover they fully commit to the needs of their clients and deliver a valuable service in drilling technology, well placement and production logging.
Put into the market an integrated water treatment transfer and handing service that successfully deals with produced and flow back water. Has a complete solution for industry that is economic. Well done.
A smart solution for a critical element of the industry water. Really highlights the innovation and technology developments that drive this industry forward.
A truly transformational acquisition for the company.
A major transaction adding significant assets to their existing world class positions in the Fayetteville and NE Pennsylvania.
Very impressive entry, good case examples and particularly strong showing in thought leadership.
This company are a well known and a very well respected energy practice. Over the years they have amassed multiple longstanding relationships with leading producers. One of the leaders in energy matters around the globe.
Really exciting use of technology to enhance already comprehensive water management services. Excellent media coverage to support the entry.
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Superior Glove Works Ltd. Family-owned and operated, Superior Glove Works protects the hands of hundreds and thousands of oil and gas workers across the continent every day. After international expansion and more than 100 years in business, Superior Glove maintains its head office outside Toronto and manufactures a large portion of their gloves right in North America.
TekSolv TekSolv, headquartered in Newark, Delaware, has grown into awardwinning providers of professional service solutions for industrial markets, focusing on safety and training services, systems integrations and oilfield automation services, engineering consulting, and environmental and occupation health services.
The Great Lakes Construction Co.
Total Equipment Company
Ranked in ENR’s Top 400 and named one of America’s safest companies, The Great Lakes Construction Co. is one of Ohio’s premier Heavy-Civil contractors. We selfperform earthmoving, piling, utilities, concrete, demolition, and environmental work. In the Oil & Gas market, we have performed work in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Total Equipment Company is a regional sales and service provider for pumps, compressors, blowers, and mixers. TEC was founded by its current president Mike Weir in 1982. Since then we have grown to become the region’s leading provider of associated equipment and services in all major markets including, Energy, Metals, Chemical Processing, Mining, Oil & Gas, and Water & Waste Water Treatment.
Judge’s comments
Good use of testimonials and a great case study on drastically reduced hand injuries.
An impressive backstory to support the manufacture of a wide variety of gloves that minimize injury in the myriad of potential hazards from daily tasks when on site.
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The TekSolv HydroWatch system adds significant value and efficiencies through automated water tracking, record keeping, management and compliance reporting, and process monitoring. This innovation enhances safe operations and minimizes environmental risks.
A system and solution that effectively identifies dangerous build up of explosive gases. This is a fantastic product that can be deployed quickly and cost effectively. Comprehensive Evaluation! This technological development is something that really should be celebrated
Great Lakes Construction Co. makes excellent use of its resources to address community social, public welfare and educational needs and to promote employment and training opportunities in the construction industry.
Truly inspiring testimony from one of the leading civil and general contracting firms in the basin. The number of initiatives and the diversification of efforts is simply amazing. Their service to their community is not just another ancillary activity or something that they do in their “spare time”, but instead is a core ingredient of the soul or make-up of their company. Well done Great Lakes, well done!!
A supplier that tailors its services to the demands of each client’s individual needs is important and Total Equipment do this exceptionally well.
A vibrant submission showing what sets TEC apart from its competition. Great use of case studies with leading operators to underline how far TEC are prepared to go to serve their clients needs. Great video too.
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Total Safety Total Safety is the world’s premier provider of integrated safety and compliance services and products including gas detection, respiratory protection, safety training, fire protection, compliance, inspection, industrial hygiene, onsite emergency medical, communications, engineered systems design, flare services and materials management. We operate from 144 locations in 22 countries to ensure the safe Wellbeing of Workers Worldwide (W3).
U.S. Well Services, LLC
Unimin Corporation
U.S. Well Services, LLC is a Houston, Texas based oilfield services provider of well stimulation services to the upstream oil and gas industry. We engage in high-pressure hydraulic fracturing in unconventional oil and natural gas basins.
Founded in 1970, Unimin Corporation has grown from a small, local sand mining company to become a leading producer of non-metallic industrial minerals in the worldwide Sibelco Group. Our products are the fundamental building blocks of nearly every manufacturing and industrial process.
Warren Resources, Inc. We are an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of domestic onshore crude oil and gas reserves. We focus our exploration and development activity in our waterflood oil recovery properties in the Wilmington Field within the Los Angeles Basin of California, our coalbed methane natural gas, or CBM, assets in the Rocky Mountain region and our position in the “core-ofthe-core” of the Marcellus shale in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Judge’s comments
Total Safety is the fully integrated global provider of safety services.
CCSM (Centralized Confined Space Monitoring) stands out as a key-influencing factor as to why Total Safety’s customers stay with them for years. Good commitment to the protection of the workforce.
This technology has the potential to be a game changer. The reduction in energy costs up to 80% is going to revolutionize the completions and production segment of the operation. The reduction of noise up to 69% is a dramatic bonus.
Large supplier dedicated to the supply and delivery of proppant across North America’s energy industry.
Comprehensive submittal that details their portfolio of products for the industry very nicely.
Acquired core-of-the-core Marcellus Shale assets including some of the top performing wells drilled to date.
Net production to increase by more than 200% - from 36 to 118 million cubic feet per day - very impressive!
The Clean Fleet Technology™ system is an exciting development that utilizes natural gas fuelled gas turbines and is the only electric, mobile well stimulation technology.
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Worthington Industries Worthington Industries is the leading global manufacturer of pressure cylinders and related products for industrial, alternative fuel, energy and consumer products markets. Our broad product line, including custom solutions for oil and gas storage, processing and transportation, serves every major U.S. shale region. Our global support team provides unsurpassed customer service with market-leading technical, product, and market expertise.
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Judge’s comments For any event logistics or judging enquiries, please contact: Worthington have a rich history within the oil and gas sector and their inclusion on the shortlist is well deserved. Excellent safety record. Good testimonial.
A very capable company that manufactures state of the art energy products for the oil & gas industry. They have great presence in the region and an even better reputation.
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