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In This Issue One Savanna Award Winners Savanna Energy Services Corp. is a premiere energy services provider offering Remote PLC Access System conventional drilling, Hybrid drilling, well servicing, and oilfield rentals operating What’s Happening? in Canada, the United States, and Australia with a head office in Calgary, AB. Intro to Gail Boehm, VP, Rentals Rig-n-Dig • savannaenergy.com
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Intro to Gail Boehm, VP, Rentals As a result of continuous growth, D&D Oilfield Rentals has recently added Gail Boehm as Vice President. Boehm has extensive experience in managing oil and gas service manufacturing and rental operations and joined D&D in this regard through a connection with Rachel Moore, EVP Human Resources. “I am excited to be involved in this company with this opportunity,” Boehm says. With Boehm’s experiences, her role will focus more on process improvement, while Ken Goldade, General Manager, will remain focused on business development. “Right now we are trying to document the current state, and trying to make everyone’s life a little easier moving forward,” Boehm says. She describes the current infrastructure as limiting, so her plan is to work to put more robust processes in place so that D&D can handle additional rental locations even better than they did when the company started with one or two. Over the coming weeks and months, Boehm plans to visit all of the D&D locations.
D&D Oilfield Rentals www.ddoil.net info@ddoil.net
“I want to get firsthand knowledge of what sets D&D apart from the competitors and to understand the business more thoroughly.” “I’m really excited about the possibility of growing the business.” Moving forward, Boehm explains that this will involve expanding into areas where drilling is happening, for example heavy oil in Northern Alberta or the active drilling plays in the states. As well, she notes that continuing to work with drilling and service rig divisions to provide more rental equipment while we can will be key when looking at the future of D&D. To D&D customers, this will mean that we have the ability to expand to new locations closer to their drilling areas, and be even more responsive to their needs which will contribute to growth in other areas as well.
Outside of work, Gail loves skiing, hiking, bicycling, canoeing, and lots of other outdoor activities. As she likes to say, “I moved to Alberta more than 20 years ago to play in the mountains, and I still love to do that today!”
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Q1 2013 One Savanna Award Winners 2013 Q2`s nominations will be due June 15, 2013. Nomination forms can be found on Savnet under Forms, Business Unit: Communications and should be sent to: mgalica-huot@savannaenergy.com
Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners of this quarter’s One Savanna Award for presenting Savanna’s vision and values. Tracy Hug Bill Lawless Corey Patience Joe Gibeau Tim Lindsay
Vince Miller Shelda Brown Larissa Coughlan Phil Tzeng Trudy Atwell
800, 311 6th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H2 Phone: 403 503 9990 Fax: 403 267 6749 info@savannaenergy.com
Darren Gutfriend Ken Bell Karen Kirkeby Naomi Wiens Peter McNamara
Nathan Greener Chesley Ryder Saba Asgedom Emily Clegg Ewa Joniec
TASSQ TEAM (Karen Kirkeby, Steve Turner, Jaden Ross; Nicole Coache; Jenny Zhao)
Congratulations Kelli Maden! Kelli was nominated for going above and beyond in her role as a Field Office Administrator as part of Savanna USA. Thank you for your dedication and the sacrifices you have made in order to get your job done!
Savanna Energy Services Corp. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:SVY) For current stock information, visit tsx.com or savannaenergy.com
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Congratulations Jason Laun!
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In This Issue
Introduction to Gail Boehm One Savanna Award Winners A Diversified Reward Intro to Mary Jane Ryan Remote Troubleshooting What’s Happening? Australia Last Page
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Congratulations Mike Millington! Mike is a Field Superintendent for Savanna Drilling in Canada, and was nominated for his ability to provide values-based service to customers. Thank you for your dedication to the company’s vision and values!
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A Diversified Reward Savanna works hard year round to hire and maintain diverse candidates on our rigs and in our offices. Although sometimes extra effort is required, the process is often a rewarding one. Here is a story of one Rig Manager and his life-changing experience.
The past 15 months on Savanna Well Servicing Rig 41, since Yuzdzhan has worked there, have made the time an “intersting, frustrating, and rewarding journey for all of us,” says Dave Busenius, Rig Manager. At first, Busenius says all the crew could notice were the barriers — not only the Bulgarian to English barrier, but the English to rig speak barrier and how each of these offered challenges when training and working with Yuzdzhan. “It was a huge eye-opener,” Busenius says. “But when we were able to look past the language barrier, we came to know an individual so accomodating, willing, and appreciative of the opportunity to work and support his family, I was convinced that he derserved a chance.” The crew soon discovered that if they took the time to do a task in front of him and let him watch, it eliminated the language difference and he caught on quickly. “You would think that a group of workers that learns “hands on” would have figured that out a lot sooner!!” Busenius says, but the hands-on learning approach worked, and in the past few months, as inexperienced hands have joined the team, Yuzdzhan has been able to show them how to go about their work safely and is not shy to let them know if they are not. “I have the utmost respect for him,” Busenius says. “So many things we take for granted in life seem like a priveledge to him. His philosophy about things in life, the importance of family, and the opportunity to do with our lives what we wish; that the only thing limiting us is ourselves.” Laura Koronko, Diversity Coordinator with Savanna says
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From L to R: Dave Berrecloth, Laura Koronko, Dave Busenius, and Bruce Nash celebrate after Busenius is presented with an award for his story.
that there is a lot we can learn from this story about giving people the time needed in order to understand. “A little bit of time and a little bit of patience goes a long way,” she says. “It might not happen the first time, or the second time, or even the third time but they will get it and they may become like Yuzdzhan and exceed our expectations!” One important piece, Koronko adds, is making sure everyone knows that diversity doesn’t just mean the obvious. “It isn’t just the newcomers that we have working on our rigs, it’s not just the women, it’s not just the aboriginal people. Diversity is every single person who works on our rigs because every single person comes with a story, and has had something to overcome in their work or personal life,” Koronko says. “Diversity isn’t just the colour of our skin or where we came from, it’s everything.” Bruce Nash, Vice President and General Manager at Savanna says that this story provides a great example of the values we are committed to. “This is true character that exemplifies the quality of people in our company!”
Intro to Mary Jane Ryan, Savanna USA HR Manager Mary Jane Ryan was recently hired on as HR Manager for Savanna USA. From her history of working in the pipeline industry beginning in the early 1980’s that includes Meryl Lynch, Woodside Energy based in Australia, and Crimson Exploration, she is able to bring extensive experience and perspective to the table. “Working on both the operations and drilling sides gives me an appreciation for each,” Ryan says. Not only that, but her experience is very relevant to the current issues being faced in the US for Savanna. “Savanna in the US is revamping and rebranding itself,” Ryan notes, adding that the office in the Woodlands, north of downtown Houston has had a lot of turnover, “but we have quite a lot of talented, educated individuals who work very hard and are very dedicated.” Fortunately, Ryan has experience working in turn around situations; building teams; and employee cooporation.
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“My goal for Savanna in the US is to make us compliant and in line with Savanna’s policies and procedures as quickly as we can,” she says.
We have quite a lot of talented, educated individuals [at Savanna] who work very hard and are very dedicated.
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Ryan spent the week of April 8 - 12, 2013 in Savanna’s Calgary office learning more about the processes the company has in place in order to return to the US and put the same in place there. This will involve getting employees to be knowledgable about where Savanna wants to go, she says, as well as the corporation’s goals, individual goals, and helping each person to understand how these pieces all work hand in hand. One of the main challenges in HR in the US, and especially Houston is the stiff competition that exists. “Houston is the energy capital of the world,” Ryan explains. “Lots of people move there seeking jobs, so we have challenges in the HR area in getting competitive with our benefits compared to our peers in the market here.” However, Ryan says that by keeping to our vision and values, Savanna has an opportunity to be seen as different to employees and other companies. “By practicing these vision and values, it makes us stand out in the industry,” she says. “If we talk about wanting excellence, we have to have excellence ourselves and demonstrate to others to show them what it is we are striving for.” Outside of work, Ryan says she enjoys gardening, shopping, and adding to her collection of antiques and glassware. Welcome aboard, Mary Jane!
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Remote Troubleshooting Saves on Costs
Example data from remote connection.
Just like Savanna’s Information Technology (IT) Team has access to company computers around the globe, the Remote Access System in place on some of Savanna’s rigs allows our technicians to remotely diagnose and troubleshoot issues with drilling and well servicing equipment without having to physically access the rig location. Vasily Gleba, Electrical Project Engineer at Savanna, works with this technology on a regular basis, and says with this system he can monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot rig functionality. “When rigs had to be fixed in the past we had to make a phone call to dispatch a qualified person—who could be 10 or more hours away— to go to the rig, troubleshoot the problem, and then if they needed a part, turn around and have the same distance to go back,” Gleba explains. “In the meantime, the company is losing money, so we looked in to how this process could be simplified.”
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Now, rigs with the Remote Access System can simply place a call in to the TSG and work with them to address the problem and see if there is a chance they can fix it without having to physically visit the rig. “Our rigs are high-tech now, and there is lots of optimization involved in each of them,” Gleba notes. For example, a couple of months ago, Rig 64 in Australia noticed an issue with its braking system. “It was a recurring issue, but it was tough to troubleshoot because we didn’t have any feedback from the field other than ‘last night at 3’o clock [something] happened’ —what happened exactly no one could explain,” Gleba recalls. “To aid in the troubleshooting, I had the system recording for a period of time so I could go back and catch those situations when the described events happened.” From a combined effort in the TSG group of electrical and mechanical engineers, Gleba says he was able
to communicate with the rig and remotely modify the code on that rig to solve the problem. Ideally we should not have these sorts of problems, but Gleba says for those issues that do occur with the equipment, we can benefit from this system. “It provides Savanna with cost savings in [reducing] downtime, and cost savings in troubleshooting, as the majority of the issues we should be able to address with help from the rig crew and the office,” Vasily explains. The TSG plans to install this feature on all of the new builds, as every rig has the capability to include the remote connection system. “Even for rigs that do not have satellite or internet connection, we have an option to use a similar system that works with 3G so if the rig is located in an area of 3G service we can connect. It is all remote, and we work with IT to ensure that the information transfer is secure.”
Get Up & Move! Many of us find ourselves sitting from 8 to 12 hours a day either at our desks or in our vehicle. Just thinking about that sounds unhealthy and it is! We were not made to sit for long periods of time and lead sedentary life styles. It is time to get up and move! Exercise is associated with more health benefits than anything else, including: • reduced stress • strengthened heart and lungs • improved energy levels • maintained body weight • reduced risk of some cancers • increased longevity • improved outlook on life In short, exercise keeps you healthy and makes you look and feel better. Do something! Walk, run, dance, lift weights, learn a sport, cycle, choose an activity you enjoy and integrate the physical activity into your everyday life. Good health happens one day at a time accumulating over weeks, months and years. Why not choose to give your body what it requires? Movement. Here are some resources for you to check out, inspire and get you moving towards a healthier life:
• Savanna’s EAP program, Homewood Human Solutions, offers a “12 Weeks to Wellness”. To get started simply call them. The Health and Wellness Companion is also available to you. Take the Wellness Assessment, establish and maintain your Personal Health Record and visit the Health Library. Call 24/7 1-800-663-1142 or visit www.homewoodhumansolutions.com. • An inspiring website to check out is www.fatsickandnearlydead.com — make sure to watch the documentary. Follow that visit up by visiting www.meangreenjuices.com • Another site is www.beyonddiet.com.
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• Savanna provides healthy lifestyle resources by logging into www.savannaenergy.com and go to the Employee E-portal. Make the first move and inspire others to gain optimum health and enjoy life better.
Contact our Benefit Administrators Group Benefits — Drilling & RRSP Adiel Rautenbach at 403-267-6779 or arautenbach@savannaenergy.com Group Benefits — Well Servicing, D&D Rentals, Corporate and Rotators Application for Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability or Life Claim Sylvia Sargeant at 403-214-5950 or ssargeant@savannaenergy.com
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1 year no OSHA recordables plaque presentation to the crew on Savanna 643.
Congratulations to the following Brooks employees and their instructors on the recent completion of Convoy Training and HDTC training! Above (From L to R): Jeff Suave, Sidney Pike, Cory Patience, Lyle Stuut, Josh French, Tyler Smith, Josh Prins, Steve Wilson, and Doug Harlick Left (From L to R): Cory Patience Brooks Field Sup,Tyler Smith Rig 95,Josh Prins Rig 10 ,Doug Harlick Technical Training Specialist during the recent Brooks Convoy and HDTC Training
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Photos from fire extinguisher training in Moose Mountain. Images provided by Billy Wilson. Congratulations to Andrew Bushell (Motorhand, Rig 621) and Felicia on the birth of their baby! Hudson Michael Hendry Bushell Born February 14, 2013 at 5:56 pm weighing 7lbs 5 oz
Congratulations to Jeremie Darmon and Josee Amyotte on their engagement! We hope you’ll be happy together. Stay in love!
Congratulations to Awet Asgedom (Saba Asgedom’s son) on his MVP award for basketball at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Awet was also part of Savanna’s CYDC program.
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Australia Employee Assistance Program
Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are necessary in any organization that genuinely cares for their employees. Our lives do not just revolve around work and sometimes there are events happening at home that can severely impact our ability to perform in our roles to the standard required. For example relationship issues with partners, children, financial stress, or bereavement of a loved one.
Key features include: • 24 hour helpline – 7 days per week from registered and experience psychologists. Call 1 300 010 690. • trauma and incident response – in the event of a serious incident employees can access immediate assistance
The Employee Assistance Program is a tool to assist our employees in managing these relationships and ensuring happy productive outcomes both at home and in the workplace.
The EAP program through Recovre is an employee benefit that can be utilized confidentially to assist in those times when you need that bit extra help to cope with personal difficult situation The program is available not only for the employees but their immediate family members as well
• Assistance for immediate family members as well • Telephone consultation and flexible meeting arrangements
Questions? Contact:
• Face to face professional counselling within 48 hours
Anita Hindle, HR Team Lead 07 4633 6702 Toowoomba, QLD
• Up to 3 x 1 hour sessions of short term solution focused sessions with on going review • Critical Incident debriefing program on site
Savanna Australia EAP 1 300 010 690
For Canadian and US Employees seeking eAP assistance, please contact: Julie Bell, Savanna USA — 281 907 4800 Sylvia Sargeant, Savanna Canada — 403 214 5950
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Australia Meet & Greet — Chris Oliver, Mechanical Superintendent
Q: Where is home or where are you from originally? A: Home is at Kingsthorpe a little rural town 10mins west of Toowoomba. I am a born and bred local, growing up on the family farm at Kingsthorpe moving out of home after getting married to wife Joanne. We have two children named Jayde and Jacob.
Q: What about the opportunity to work for Savanna appeals to you? A: I find working with the team at Savanna an absolute pleasure, Savanna’s strong industry knowledge and their outlook on future growth in Australia is for sure to be both exciting and challenging. We also have a very strong Maintenance Team with like-minded thoughts on maintenance, equipment preservation and zero downtime.
Q: How did you come to arrive at Savanna? A: I came to arrive at Savanna after being approached to take up the role as Rig Mechanic on the New Rig 67. After a short time in this role the position as Mechanical Superintendent came up which I applied for and was successfully appointed.
Q: Any prior experience in oil and gas? A: I have been a qualified Diesel Mechanic since 1998 with extensive experience in the Crane, Transport, Mining and Oil and Gas Industries. I was Based as Maintenance Manager in Moranbah for a period of 3 1/2 yrs (Mining capital of the Bowen Basin 2hrs west of Mackay QLD). Previous experience in the drilling industry was 2yrs with Easternwell 6 mths as Drill Rig Mechanic then 1 ½ yrs as Mechanical Superintendent.
Q: Any hobbies or interesting facts we should know about you? I still continue to Farm the family farm with my Wife and Children and Mother and Father, I, like my Father, have a great passion for old Farm Machinery and Australian Nostalgia. Many hours over the last 20 yrs have been spent with my Father traveling Queensland collecting. Most of my spare time is taken up with fixing old machinery and trying to explain to my Wife and Mother why Dad and I have bought another tractor.
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Australia Congratulations to all our staff who have completed their IWCF, Certificates, and EEHA (Electrical Certificates — Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas).
Answer to last month’s OZ IQ Test! How did you do? There are now more than 200 million can toads in Australia. How many were introduced to the country in 1935? a) b) c) d)
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This is the last of the OzIQ quiz questions look out for something different and equally as awesome for next month!
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Name Andrew Robertson Blake Ashwell Nathan Morgan Name Darren Cass Name Davin Jackle Jason Shepherdson Kevin Pressey Jason Laun Joe Harbour Heath Bartlett Mark Wallis Blaine Thomas Daniel Stafrace Morgan Epp
Date 08-Mar-13 22-Mar-13 19-Apr-13 Rig 65 Rig 409 406 WS 64 407 406 408 407 64 408
Position Derrickhand Position Rig Manager Derrickhand Field Superintendent Rig Manager Lead Floorhand Derrickhand Leasehand Lead Floorhand Lead Floorhand Rig Manager
Cert Level Cert II & III Cert III Cert III Cert III Cert II Cert II Cert II Cert II Cert II Cert II
CAODC Safety Award Recipients
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The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) recently awarded their 32nd Annual Safety Awards. These awards are given to senior field employees (Rig Managers and Drillers) who reach 200 days without a recordable incident. This year’s recipients from Savanna include: Dave Andrews Wade Avery Kevin Betke Dale Bijou Monty Bodin Jason Bonnell Ron Carswell Jeff Case Alfred Connolly Dean Cowell Travis Cowell Fabian Crane Gord Currence Terry Cusack Kyle Denne Marvin Gardner Neil Gervais Gerald Gould Jason Hill Shawn Holmes Rob Jankowski Kevin Johnson Matt Johnson Jason Keith Troy Kletzel Wayne Kozakewich Gerrit Kruitbosch Jeff Lane Rob Langkopf Darryl Lee Keith Marr David McGoldrick Jeff McKinnon Jeremy Meeks Jason Nelson Gord Pack Alex Petrie Jesse Ragan Derek Rideout Sheridan Ryan Randy Sheppard Aaron St. Pierre Delbert Stade Emery Sutton Brad Thue Ken Tremmel
Congratulations!
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CLASSIFIEDS HSE Team Lead (Alberta) Ensures operations are conducted in a safe and efficient manner by integrating and implementing company and regulatory policies at work and project location.
CAREERS
Apply online at savannaenergy.com/careers
Equipment Coordinator (Nisku) Maintains and validates inventory and certification records. Also responsible for tracking and organizing equipment along with ensuring certification and inspection documents are valid and stored at rig level.
Truck Driver (Acheson) Responsible for safely transporting equipment and good to customers, internal and external.
Construction/Yard Supervisor (Nisku) Plans, schedules, coordinates construction of new builds, modifications and re-certification of existing rigs. Yard supervisory functions and tasks as assigned
Winch Truck Operator/Delivery Driver (Weyburn, SK) Safely transports equipment and goods to customers, internal and external as well as being able to safely run a winch truck. The successful individual must also be willing to do shop work as well.
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Dognut: Bowl-shaped object that is attached to the last piece of tubing and fed down through the BOP into the casing bowl where it seals the wellhead. Also Known as the tubing hanger. Mouse Hole: This is where drill pipe is placed to make connections. Shale Shaker: A vibrating screen for sifting out rock cuttings from drilling mud.
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JOKEs:
A man sees a sign in front of a house: “Talking Dog for Sale.” He rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the backyard. He goes into the backyard and sees a black mutt just sitting there. “You talk?” he asks. “Yep,” the mutt replies. “So, what’s your story?” The mutt looks up and says, “Well, I discovered this gift pretty young and I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA about my gift, and in no time they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping.” “I was one of their most valuable spies eight years running. But, the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn’t getting any younger and I wanted to settle down.” “So, I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security work, mostly wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings there and was awarded a batch of medals.” “Had a wife, a mess of puppies, and now I’m just retired.” The man is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog. The owner says, “Ten dollars.” The guy says, “This dog is amazing. Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?” The owner replies, “He’s such a liar. He didn’t do any of that stuff.”
Redcliff’s local Ultimate Frizbee team is looking to grow the league and introduce the sport to new groups. Interested? Visit the website above.
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