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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: NOTEBOOK: EVER�CHANGING INDUSTRY Business slowing for many companies as the oil oil and and gas gas industry reacts reacts to drop in crude prices. - Cory Dellenbach
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12 CONTRACTOR PROFILE: SPURRING SUCCESS SUCCESS IN THE OILSANDS Saskatchewan-based Southern Spur Enterprises uses specialized vacuum trucks to help customers out of tough situations. - Cory Dellenbach
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EVER�CHANGING INDUSTRY Business slowing for many companies as the oil and gas industry reacts to drop in crude prices By Cory Dellenbach
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’ve said it before and I’m saying it again. The oil and gas industry is a roller coaster ride: One day it can be flourishing and the next it could be forcing companies out of business. It’s amazing what this industry can do for whole areas too. Take for example a report released by the Energy Information Administration in late April listing the top U.S. oilfields. The rankings were initially released in 2009
and the Eagle Ford Shale play, discovered in 2008, wasn’t even listed yet. This time, however, the southern Texas play had the top U.S. oilfield based on proved reserves in the EIA’s report. The EIA defines “proved reserves” as estimated quantities of oil and natural gas that c an be recoverable with reasonable certainty under existing economic economic and operating conditions. conditions. The Eagle Ford’s Eagleville field took the top spot, while Prudhoe Bay’s oilfield in northern Alaska Ala ska dropped to the third largest. In the 2009 report, the Prudhoe Bay field was the largest. The No. 2 spot on this year’s list was the Spraberry Trend field in the Permian Basin. Colorado’s Wattenberg field was fourth, while Eagle Ford’s Briscoe Ranch was fifth. In natural gas, the top U.S. field is the Marcellus Shale, which includes areas of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Marcellus stole the top spot from Texas’ Barnett Shale area. GROWTH OF THE MARKET
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one truck and today has over 20 vehicles in its fleet. The company, which cleans tanks and production facilities in the oilsands region of Canada, operates within a 100-mile radius of Lashburn and only serves the oil and gas industry with its fleet of vacuum trucks and trailers. Jim Donald, Southern Spur’s field supervisor, spent a week in February at the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show Show in Indianapolis tr ying to gather ideas for diversifying the company.
The oil oil and gas indust industry ry is a roller coaster ride: One day it can be flourishing and the next it could be forcing companies out of business. BEING CAUTIOUS
While Southern Spur ha s grown g rown considerably over the last 11 years, the company needs to think about diversification if it wants to conti nue growing. g rowing. That’s tha nks to the decline in crude oil prices, which has affected the company. The Bakken Shale play is one of the areas that’s been hit hardest by the price drop. In this month’s Bakken Extra feature, we tell you about a company and some workers who have been affected firsthand by the volatile crude oil prices. For many contractors, it’s a time to tighten the shoestrings a bit and find out where they can s ave money. HOW ABOUT YOU
How is your company dealing with the crude oil price slump, and what advice would you give to other contractors? We’d like to hear from you. Email me at editor@ gomcmag.com or call call 800/257-7222 to let me know. Enjoy this month’s issue of Gas, Oil & Mining Contractor ! GOMC
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Southern Spur Enterprises field supervisor Jim Donald grabs a stinger from a truck to set it up for a tank-cleaning job on an oilfield site near Lashburn, Saskatchewan. LEFT:
Southern Spur Enterprises owners Connie and Gerald Grassl pose alongside a 2012 Kenworth W900B with a standard Acro dump trailer at tached. The comp any, located in Lashburn, Saskatchewan, uses only Acro trailers within its fleet of over 20 trucks. MIDDLE:
Southern Spur Enterprises operator Travis Russell hooks up water pressure hoses to a stinger as he prepares for a tank-cleaning job. RIGHT:
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Saskatchewan-based Southern Spur Enterprises uses specialized vacuum trucks to help help customers customers out of of tough tough situations situations
erald Grassl didn’t want to leave Lashburn, Saskatchewan. He was familiar with it, he knew people and he was fa miliar w ith the major industry in t he northern Canadian region — oil and gas exploration and production. Grassl, who was working for another company driving vacuum truck s, wanted to set out on on his own a nd saw the opportunity for success as the market was tak ing off in 2004. He launched launched his company, Southern Spur Enterprises, at that time. “He had a vision about starting hi s own company, and he went and talked to a few prominent people who were in charge of s ome of the oil companies in the area and pitched his idea to them,” says Jim Donald, field supervisor for Southern Spur. “They told him that if he built the trucks they would give him a chance, and t hat’s how it all started.” The company started with one sludge hauler, but the fleet has since expanded to over 20 trucks serving a 100-mile area around Lashburn and Lloydminster. “Basically once you get outside of this little area, there isn’t a whole lot of other ot her i ndustry,” Donald says. “Everyone that works here is oil and gas oriented.”
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The company, with 38 employees, has a primary focus on tank cleaning, which accounts accounts for up up to 80 percent percent of of the business. Crude oil extracted from underground formations commonly contains sediments such as sand t hat are extracted w ith the oil. The sand settles to the bottom of the storage tanks and accumulates, eventually blocking the tanks’ ta nks’ ports if they are not cleaned. Crews attach a hydraulic stinger to the lower portion portion of the tank wall. Water pressure mixes the sand and turns it into slurry. “Our vac trucks can then suck that out of the tank,” Donald says. Crews w ill do about 20 stings a day. The company’s sludge haulers serve oilfield production facilities. “We go in and clean the facility out and we haul the sludge from them to a nearby disposal plant.” Southern Spur uses four disposal plants situated around the area, but the Lloydminster and Unity disposal plants are the company’s primary disposal sites. “It saves us travel ing time when we’re loaded loaded by having nea rby facilit ies,” Donald says. “The whole trick to the game is to get to the tanks and then to (continued)
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Southern Spur Enterprises operator Reece Miller, right, looks on as another employee is trained on the tank-cleaning process used by the company at an oilfield site.
the disposal site in a timely fashion so that you’re not gouging the customer too bad for travel time.” CONCRETE BUSTING
Southern Spur has proven it’s willing to take on any tank-cleaning job, even those that other companies can’t handle. In one case, other companies were unsuccessful cleaning a tank at a location just outside Lashburn. “It turned out to be a fairly unique job. We went there w ith a cre w and pulled the door to the t ank back and found that it was full of concrete.” Crew members took turns jackhammering the concrete into small enough pieces for it to be loaded into a vac t ruck. “Th at job took us a week to do, but no one else would t ackle the t he job.” job.” Donald says there wasn’t any complaining from his crew members, and it helped the company secure that customer for future jobs. “The oil company was more than happy to have us continue working for them on a regula r basis. I re ally have ha ve to take my hat off to the crew. They went right to work on that job a nd got it done.” done.”
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SERVICES OFFERED: Tank cleaning, cleaning, battery cleaning, cleaning, vacuum services
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Southern Spur now has a fleet of over 20 specialized trucks that help it tackle difficult jobs. “We’ve had some steady growth and went from having one sludge hauler to having six,” Donald says. Sludge haulers are different than a normal straight vacuum truck, having a double-helix drop belly rather than a standard cylindrical tank. “As the company has grown we’ve added straight vac trailers and now we’ve added self-contained vac trucks.” (continued)
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In total, the company has 11 self-contained vacuum trucks, truck s, five straight straig ht vacuum trailers trai lers and six sludge haulers. Acro Trailer of Springfield, Missouri, built all the trailers. “We also have a couple pressure trucks that we run in conjunction with some of the straight vacs,” Donald says. The self-contained vacuum trucks set the company apart from its competitors. “That stands us alone in the field as far as competitiveness,” Donald says. “There’s a lot of competition in our area because of the amount of work. We’ve set ourselves apar t by going the extra mile and making it so you don’t have to have three trucks on the site, you can have just one. The cost savings are huge.” SPECIALIZED CREW
Being competitive also means having a crew that is trained properly and not afraid to work long hours. Donald says Southern Spur has both. “The training is f airly extensive, plus crew members members are required to be at our monthly safety meeting that Gerald runs.” When hired, crew members must undergo certification for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), Carriage of Dangerous Goods (CDG), first aid, H2S and confined space. (continued) 16
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ABOVE: Southern Spur Enterprises staff in the truck yard. Back row, from left, Charlie Pambrun, field supervisor; Renae Smith, dispatcher; Jim Donald, field supervisor; Connie Grassl, owner; Gerald Grassl, owner; Luke Grassl, mechanic; Dick Percks, mechanic. Front row, from left, Wilson Chambers, operator; Mike Lawrence, mechanic. BELOW: One
of Southern Spur Enterprises’ Peterbilt 389 longnose trucks with a standard Acro dump trailer attached at its facility in Lashburn, Saskatchewan.
“There’s a lot of competition in our area because of the amount of work. We’ve set ourselves apart by going the extra mile and making it so you don’t have to have three trucks on the site, you can have just one.” Jim Donald
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Several of Southern Spur Enterprises’ sludge haulers and vacuum trucks are lined up in a field nearby its office in Lashburn, Saskatchewan. The company, founded in 2004, has grown to over 20 trucks and serves a 100mile radius around Lashburn. (Photo courtesy Southern Spur Enterprises)
“The whole trick to the game is to get to the tanks and then to the disposal site in a timely fashion so that you’re not gouging the customer too bad for travel time.” Jim Donald
IDEAS FROM THE WWETT SHOW Southern Spur Enterprises, based in Lashburn, Saskatchewan, was looking for ways to grow, and field supervisor Jim Donald thought some of its equipment manufacturers might be able to spark some ideas. Donald attended the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show in February for the first time to meet with several of those manufacturers. “We wanted to touch base with our people and see what was new on the market,” Donald says. “All of our products that we buy were there. The maker of our vac trailers was there, our pump makers were there. Everything that is on our trucks is from people we dealt with at the show.” Southern Spur uses pumps from Hibon on its trucks, so that was one manufacturer Donald visited; others included Acro Trailer and Gardner Denver. With the downturn in crude oil prices, the company was also looking for ways to keep growing, and going to the show helped them generate some new ideas. “We were looking at some ideas for diversification and we got quite a few good ideas,” Donald says. “We were pretty impressed with the show. I was in awe when I walked in.”
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organize the job and stay on site. I work with the owner to ensure that all health and safety regulations are met in the field on a regular basis also.” Grassl doesn’t do much work in the field anymore. He can usually be found in the office handling the day-to-day operations. Besides the field crews a nd the office staff, Southern Spur al so has a shop with th ree full-t ime mechanics. “It’s actually a huge savings having our own mechanics,” Donald says. “We run them 10 hours a day, and they would work longer if need be. We have them go five days a week and one guy is on call over the weekend.” TIME TO DIVERSIFY
With the current state of crude oil prices in flux, Donald doesn’t see much more the company can do in the industry and sees its growth coming from other industries. “At this time we’re probably not going to be doing a lot of changing and diversifying unless we find something to diversify into other than the oilfields,” Donald says. “The downturn in the price of oil has put the crunch on a lot of companie s here.” Southern Spur hasn’t had to cut any jobs since oil prices dropped, more info but crews are working shorter shif ts, Acro Trailer going from 12- to 18-hour days 800/589-5254 down to 8- or 10-hour days, and the www.acrotrailer.com ler.com company hasn’t hired anyone since Gardner Denver the slowdown. 217/222-5400 “We’re probably one of the w ww.gardnerdenverproducts.com ww.gardnerdenverproducts.com fortunate companies,” Donald says. Hibon Inc. “We haven’t had as big of a slowdow n (a division of Ingersoll Rand) Rand) as the majority of service companies 888/704-4266 w ww.hibon.com ww.hibon.com here ha ve.” ve.” GOMC
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Money Machines Fox Oilfield Services in Alberta bought a custom-designed 2015 Kenworth C500 truck that can be used as a winch truck or a bed truck. (Contributed photos by Fox Oilfield Services)
DOING DOUBLE DUTY With its two-for-one capabilities, Texas bed truck gives Alberta oilfield contractor a competitive edge by reducing costs for customers By Ken Wysocky
ess is more for oilfield contractors who bring large vehicles to congested drilling pads on a daily basis. In a nutshell, that explains why Fox Oilfield Services in Alberta, Canada, bought a custom-designed Texas Texas bed truck that does double duty on drilling sites thr oughout western Ca nada — and brings substantial sav ings to customers in the process. Fox Oilfield took delivery of the extra-brawny 2015 Kenworth C500 “It oftentimes eliminates in February. Since then, the truck, the need for a bed truck which can work as either a wi nch truck or a bed truck, has been impressing on a drilling site.” the company’s customers with its Christopher James versatil ity. Designed and outfitted by Marcep Manufacturing Ltd., the truck can carry up to 34,000 pounds of cargo on highways and can bed or spot load up to 50,000 pounds on drilling sites, says Christopher James, vice president of Fox Oilfield, based in Nisku, which is south of Edmonton in central Alberta. “It oftentimes eliminates the need for a bed truck on a drilling site,” James say s. A key fe ature i s the t ruck’s 50,00 0-pound spot loading capa city, which is roughly double the payload capacity of a typical Texas bed truck, which
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Fox Oilfield Services Inc., Nisku, Alberta, Canada VEHICLE:
2015 Kenworth C500 Texas bed truck, designed/built by Marcep Manufacturing Ltd.
FUNCTION :
Hauling and spot loading large drilling rig components
FEATURES:
550 hp Cummins diesel engine, 50,000-pound spot loading payload capacity, 34,000-pound road payload capacity, 18-speed Eaton-Fuller transmission, four-speed Spicer auxiliary transmission, tri-axle locking differential, 50-ton Braden winch
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About $352,000 $352,000 (or (or around $450,000 Canadian dollars) dollars)
usually maxes out around 25,000 pounds. “That provides our customers with substanti al cost saving s avings, s, because b ecause with a single s ingle truck we can c an transport tran sport materials to the site, then also use that same truck to put the cargo in place,” says Chris Cassin, president of Fox Oilfield. “Out here, a lot of equipment is out working in remote areas that might take 14 hours to reach one way. So if they don’t have to send out a (full-size) bed truck (along with a winch truck), the cost savings is substantial.” How substantial? It can ea sily amount to thousands of dollars per day or per trip. “That’s very appealing for our customers,” customers,” Cass in says. The Kenworth features a 50 -ton winch made by Braden (a brand owned
by Pacca r) and a 550 hp, high-torque Cummi ns die sel engine eng ine that ge nerates 2,050 ft-lbs of torque, which gives the truck extra power even when it’s working i n lousy soi l conditions. O ther featu res include inc lude an 18-s peed EatonFuller manual transmission with a four-speed auxiliary transmission made by Spicer (owned by Dana Da na Hold ing); ing ); the auxilia auxi liary ry unit effective e ffectively ly g ives the truck a 72-speed transmission. That’s a big benefit for a vehicle that’s often lugging extremely heav y loads in ver y muddy conditions, conditions, James notes. “Without exaggeration, you might be working in 2 or 3 feet of mud, especially during the springtime melt,” he says. Differential locking on all three rear axles, plus tire chai ns when needed, provides extra traction, says Edwin Krezanoski, a bed truck operator and dispatcher for Fox Oilfield. A driver can lock either one, two or all three axles, depending on the conditions, he adds.
“It’s a hardworking beast that gives us a significant competitive advantage.” Christopher James
generators generators to 400-bar rel fluid tanks, dry bulk tan ks and compre ssors. “It does n’t n’t completely replace a bed truck and its capabilities,” James explains. “But many times it can do what a bed truck does … and if whatever we’re moving weighs less than 34,000 pounds, we don’t need to use a trailer, which is good because there’s not a lot of space on drilli ng sites.” Fox Oilfield also owns a 1995 Kenworth C500 bed truck with tandem steering and tandem-drive axles, as well as numerous Kenworth T800 winch winc h tractor truck s and various var ious style trailers tra ilers made by Peerless, Aspen Aspe n Custom Trailers and Doepker Industries. But it’s the Texas bed truck that’s revolutionizing revolutionizing t he company’s company’s business, James notes. “It’s a hardworking beast that gives us a significant competitive advantage,” advantage,” he says. GOMC
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When Fox Oilfield orig inally inal ly starte d talking talk ing with Ma rcep officia ls about designing a more powerful Texas bed truck, James says the goal wa s 40,000 pounds of spotting capacity. To achieve and then exceed that goal required some creative engineering that moved as much weight as possible to the front of the truck to effectively create a counterweight that accommodates the extra lifting capacity. “Think of it as a teeter-totter, where we have to offset on the front end what the truck is lifting at the re ar,” ar,” he says. The moment of truth came when a customer asked if the truck could lift one of its 50,000-pound pressure tanks. “We gingerly attempted it and the truck handled it like a champ,” champ,” James says. “Being able to li ft that extr a 10,000 pounds is a big deal. That means it can handle any of the drilling packages that one of our biggest customers uses on site. “If the truck could only handle 40,000 pounds, that customer would need an extra piece of equipment from us to get the job done,” he continues. “Now they don’t have to incur the extra cost of a bed truck as a support unit on locat ion.” ion.” “That 10,000 pounds may not sound like a lot, but financially, it saves customers big time,” time,” Krez anoski notes. “This truck ha s by far exceeded our expectations.” The Kenworth truck hauls a nd spots a var iety of skid-mounted skid-mounted drilling site components, ranging from large pressure tanks, boiler units and
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Bakken Extra
TIMES ARE CHANGING With low oil prices, service companies and workers are dealing with layoffs By Cory Dellenbach
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ena Olheiser thought the man was joking when he came up to her at Command Center, a temporary labor and staffing service center in Dickinson, North Dakota, in early April. The man said he was laid off from an oil rig, getting good money, and was looking for a new job. He said he would only work for $35 an hour, a minimum of 50 hours each week, and paid housing with a $150 a day per diem. She soon realized he was n’t n’t joking and had a simple response. “Well, good luck with th at,” she said.
“I’m surprised with how fast companies started cutting after the prices dropped.” Jeff Larson
Jobs like that are rare now in the Bakken and other shale plays across the country since crude oil prices dropped in October 2014. “I tell them here that everyone is expendable, everyone,” says Command Center branch manager Kristen Vesledahl. LOSING THE JOB
Alena P raus wa s one of many worker s who lost lost their jobs when oil prices prices dropped. The 63-year-old Dickins on resident worked for three years as a clerk for Baker Hughes when, in March, the oilfield serv ices company made cutbacks at its Dickinson office and let her go. Praus says she wasn’t surprised when the company cut her position. “I could feel it in the slowdown of 22
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the work,” Praus says. “They had to give someplace. They had to go somewhere. I have no ill feelings at all.” Praus has since moved to Fargo where she and her husband are building a retirement home closer to her two sons. She has already been applying for jobs in Fargo and wants to work a couple more years b efore retiring. Jeff Larson Lar son of Willi ston worked for an oilfield services company doing hydroexcavation when his company laid off about half of its employees as a result of industry slowdowns. He, at least, had something to fall back on. “I was there for five years and the cuts came up pretty quick,” Larson says. “I’m surprised with how fa st companies companies started cutting after the prices dropped. Now I’m working for my cousin in Minnesota driving flatbeds and doing deliveries. It’s a long way from home, but at least it’s something.” While Praus and Larson Lars on bounced back from los ing their oilfield jobs, ot hers may not be so lucky. “The guys that got laid off from out of town, out of state, they came from states where there were no jobs,” Praus says. “They came up here to North Dakota to get a job, left their families at home, got an apartment and worked here. Now they’re without a job and go back home, and there’s still no jobs there. Those are the ones I really feel for — the guys with the families.” THE OTHER SIDE
Bob’s Oil Field Service in Belfield was one of those Bakken Bakk en companies that was forced to lay off employees. For owner
Rob Heim it went fast — his business was flourishing in December, but a few months later he had to make the tough move. The company was founded by his father in 1977, 1977, and Heim says it was pain ful to tell his employees that he no longer had enough work to keep them employed. “What’s really tough for me is when I see these guys come from Michigan and Idaho, and they pack up to come here and
“I tell them here that everyone is expendable, everyone.” Kristen Vesledahl
kind of settle in and start going to work, and then all of a sudden they’re sitting across your desk and you say, ‘I don’t have any more work for you,’” Heim says. “A lot of them are here tempora rily. That’s not the worst part. It’s the ones who move their families here and everything, and all of a sudden they’ve got to uproot their families and go back home. Th at’s tough.” tough.” The company has multiple trucks, backhoes, excavators and steam cleaners. They offer roustabout services, tank battery construction and general maintenance. “There’s less wells coming on with less rigs and less work,” Heim says. “The construction has slowed down a lot for us. We’re We’re finding that they’re not fixi ng the margin of wells at this time. If they have troubles, they’ll shut the wells in and wait until the prices come up to fix them.” Heim says he’s using the downtime to catch up on building and equipment maintenance. “We grew faster than we wanted to,” Heim says. “This gives us time to get our infrastructure up to speed also. That’s important. And then, we’ll just take it as it comes.” GOMC
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Eye on the Industry
FACING RISK HEAD�ON Programs are changing the way the oil and gas industry looks at risk, both with equipment and people By Paul Nicolaus
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f there’s an asset, there’s a risk,” says Raul Vieira, VP of energy services at Bureau Veritas North America I nc. “And “And if there’s a risk, it needs to be managed.” Risk management is a process that looks to minimize the probability and consequences of adverse conditions and maximize the probability and consequences consequences of positive events, he explains.
“The risk management program provides the assurance that the asset will achieve its goals and requirements safely and in a timely manner through the entire life cycle.” Raul Vieira
no risk to the environment in the long run, he explains. “Historically, we have been working with risk and try ing to address it at different phas es of the life cycle of an as set,” Vieira says. “Exper ience today indicates that the sooner you start addressing the management of risk the better, because you become better positioned to respond.” First you try to eliminate that risk through design, then you try to reduce that risk through either design restrictions or construction restrictions, and then you try to minimize the consequences by addressing the risk that cannot be eliminated through various integrity management processes such as personnel training, operational procedures or community outreach. MANAGING UNCERTAINTIES
A look at integrated asset management requires an assessment of the perceived risks in a variety of areas, which could include business, safety, environment, health, costs, performance or compliance with reg ulations. Dependi ng on the ow ner of the asset and the asset itself, some of these categories of risk may take priority over others. For example, if an oil platform went up in a city and a safety issue developed, that might be perceived as a high priority because it could impact lives that are operating on the unit as well as people living within the community itself, Vieira s ays. If, on the other hand, a problem occurs with an offshore wind turbine, it is likely to be considered more of a financial risk because there is nobody there whose safety would be in jeopardy, and there is 24
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“Every owner, every user, has a different idea or need in terms of risk management,” Vieira adds, and when it comes to the oil and gas sectors, the projects involved are often complex. As a result, they involve uncertainties that stem from a wide range of sources. “The risk management process has as a target to look at these uncertainties and manage them with an implementation program that is both holistic and detailed to deal with the individual risks,” Vieira says. “The risk management program provides the assurance that the asset will wil l achieve its goals and requirements safely and in a timely manner through the entire life cycle,” he adds. “It is not a static exercise, it is not a snapshot, it is not something that you do during three years and then let go; it should be a life cycle process.”
The implementation approach is based on a cle ar identi fication of the goal s and requirements of the asset throughout the life cycle and then a prioritization of the level of management and the effort to be spent on each phase. “What we do is identify the risks, rank the risks, look at what the intentions of the asset are in terms of long-term goals and long-term objectives, and then decide which risk should be dealt with as a priority priority in relation to another risk,” Vieira explains. In the past, asset management related to equipment only. only. Over the yea rs, however, this has shifted to include the people who operate that equipment and the processes used by those people. More consideration is being devoted to personnel. Even the terminology has evolved as a result of this. Mechanical integrity has changed into asset integrity or integrity management. “The coverage is much broader,” broader,” Vieira says. “We have ha ve to look at the human side.” side.”
“Experience today indicates that the sooner you start addressing the management of risk the better, because you become better positioned to respond. respond.”” Raul Vieira
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“From the very conceptual phase of a project to the operational phase of a project, the measurements need to change and be addressed and be managed,” Vieira says. The idea is to have a big effort in the beginning and a minimum level of effort devoted to managing the risk during the operation of a project. A global g lobal company founded in 1828 and a nd initial in itially ly focused foc used on the t he safety s afety and operation of ships, Bureau Veritas has evolved over the years to become one of the largest quality assurance, health, safety, environment and social accountability (QHSE-SA) consultants in the world. With operations in over 850 offices in 140 countries, Vieira notes that the company is well equipped to offer risk management services. “We feel that we are very prepared to support organizations in the identification of their risks, in the assessment of priorities, in the implementation of a risk management program, and finally in the verification of the effectiveness of the program,” he says. GOMC
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Niobrara Extra
WORKING FOR THE INDUSTRY Petroleum Association of Wyoming helps explain rules and regulations facing the oil and gas industry By Greg Bates
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f the members of the Petroleum Assoc iation of Wyoming (PAW) (PAW) can bank on one thing, it’s that the association is going to have their backs in times of need. PAW has been doing that since the early 1900s. PAW is the largest and oldest petroleum industry trade association in Wyoming. Its focus is the betterment of of the state’s oil and gas industry by providing a forum for interaction among members, the public and local, state and federal governments. “One of the real great things I’ve noticed with this group, and I’ve noticed it for years and years, we are recognized as the voice of the industry in this state,”
“There’s really a lot of different members and “There’s companies. About every major company you can think of, we’ve got Exxon, Conoco, Encana, Chevron, you name it.” Bruce Hinchey
PAW Vice President John Robitaille says. “People in Wyoming want to hear from people in Wyoming. They don’t care what goes on in Colorado. They want to know what Wyoming thi nks. And when they a sk those questions, they look to us to answer them for t hem.” hem.” WORKING FOR THE MEMBERS
Currently, PAW comprises 196 members – 89 in the exploration and production (E&P) field, while the other 107 are consultants, lawyers and that 26
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type of profession. The organization’s membership figures fluctuate depending on the industry, the price of gas and oil, and the activities associated with companies purchasing other companies. In the last six years, PAW has had a high membership enrollment of 240. “There’s really a lot of different members and companies,” PAW President Bruce Hinchey says. “About every major company you can think of, we’ve got Exxon, Conoco, Encana, Chevron, you name it.” PAW is consistently a strong voice for its members. Whatever they need, PAW employees try to provide. “We work for them,” says Hinchey, who has been with PAW PAW for 13 years. “We have different committees: We have a public lands committee, we have a legal committee, a tax committee, a government relations committee. We meet and work on issues important to the industry. We have a chairman and they all work on issues and tell us what direction to take, what comments we should be working on, whether or not to support legisl ations, and stuff like that.” MAKING A DIFFERENCE
The association, which is headquartered in Casper, Wyoming, consists of a 36-member board of directors, which is voted on by their fellow members and is responsible for improving PAW policies and positions on industry affairs. “We’re really as strong as our committee structures, because they’re the ones with on-the-ground experience and the expertise in it, and they really educate us,” Robitaille says. “Then we can
go forth and present the overall industry ideal where we get all that information and kind of funnel it into us and we can give it back out.” out.” Adds Hinchey, “We make m ake comments on various rules and regs or legislation or EISs or regional management plans. The EPA has some ozone standards they’re proposing and we’re commenting on those, and viewsheds, stuff like that. There’s always an issue out there that we’re working on it seems lik e.” e.”
“We make comments on various rules and regs or legislation or EISs or regional management plans ... There’s always an issue out there that we’re working on it seems like.” Bruce Hinchey
Robitaille, who has also been at PAW for 13 years, believes the association is making a huge difference statewide and even nationwide in some instances. “I think if we look at various policies throughout the state, whether it be tax policies or environmental policies or production or what have you, I think we’ve been involved in most of those discussions,” Robitaille says. “And we’ve presented our side as best we can and most of the time the outcome is maybe not exactly what we want, but at least it’s a workable solution for us.” Hinchey pinpoints a couple of instances in the past where PAW really pulled through and made a difference. Nearly five years ago, former Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal was looking to develop some regulations for fracking in the state. PAW helped the effort and developed the rules th at work for for companies as well as for Wyoming. The state became the first to implement fracking and disclosure rules. “A lot of states have modeled their fracking rules after Wyoming,” Hinchey says. “I believe the federal government’s
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proposed some that are very similar as well.” Prior to developing the fracking regulations, PAW was also instrumental about a decade ago in helping area residents understand and deal with split estate, where surface and subsurface rights for a piece of land are owned by different different parties. “In Wyoming, we have a sig nificant amount of split estate and a lot of that is due to two-thirds of our minerals being owned by the federal government,” Robitaille says. “Folks that have lived in this country have known about it and understand it. But we get some folks that move in that don’t really know, and so we created initially, it was called a split estate initiative, and that was a product of our organization working with similar organizations in agriculture. We came up with a way for landowner s to understand what split estate is, and we even worked worked out a mediation type of process process for when there was a conflict, should it arise. Later that turned into law, which was then added into the Wyoming Oil and Ga s Conserv ation Commission rules. Tha t was reall y a big thing for us, and that’s worked really, really well.” One current issue that PAW is involved with is setbacks for oil and gas wells and a ssociated production equipment. PAW tries to always be proactive instead of reactive when it comes to industry issues. Hinchey believes the association is a very important asset to Wyoming. “It’s the voice of the industry,” Hinchey says. “We carry forward their message and it’s a unified message, which makes it much stronger than one that would be scattered with various thoughts here and there. It’s a good way for the organization to be represented and to be heard.” PAW is certainly being loud and clear with its message. GOMC
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Tech Perspective
THE RIGHT TRACKING CHOICE Follow these key points to make the best decision for your Follow business when selecting a GPS tracking system By Ryan Driscoll
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your business can be a tough decision. decision. Establishing key concepts to consider, what criteria are most important to you you and the return on investment you can potentially achieve are all critical in making your decision on the right GPS tracking partner. Key concepts to consider There are many different GPS tracking options to choose from, so it is smart to identify t he most basic components components of your fleet that ca n be af fected and would benefit from a GPS application. It is not just important for your business to consider what is needed right now, but also what will be needed down the road. This will help ensure that a s your needs change and grow, the solution solution will be able to adapt and sca le with you. It is critical to fi nd a solution that will provide your management team with the most accurate data, a smooth implementation implementation and, most important, a sign ificant return on investment. Every fleet has different goals and challenges that need to be accomplished, accomplished, so take t he time to dive into what those are for your fleet. Commencing the GPS tracking buying process with a general idea of what your criteria are will keep you focused focused on what you really need and allow you to to easily narrow down down your list of potential providers. Desirable capabilities Deciding what capabilities and features you need in a GPS tracking solution is the next phase of the decision-making process. Knowing what you would like to monitor monitor within your fleet will lead you to assess ing the right functionality in your GPS tracking softwa re. Many fleets, both large and small, will benefit f rom customized reporting capabilities, length of historical data retention, comprehensive alerts, and simple scheduling and dispatching as some of the core features in their GPS track ing software. Functionality, ease of 28
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It should not be the initial cost of the software that you worry about, but the opportunity cost. The advantages of choosing a valuable GPS tracking track ing solution greatly exceed the cost savings from selecting a cheaper version. use, accuracy of GPS data, quality cu stomer service and overall customizability are also cha racteristics that your GPS tracking provider should have. Attain the greatest return on investment If you are only looking to simply see dots on a map within GPS tracking software, the lea st expensive solution may be the route you want to ta ke. Yet, if you are looking to get the most most from your GPS tracking partner, you you will want a solution that can help you squeeze the maximum ROI. It should not be the initial cost of the software that you worr y about, but the opportunity cost. The advantages of choosing a valuable GPS tracking solution greatly exceed the cost savings from selecting a cheaper version. Quality GPS tracking is something that should be looked at as an investment and not a simple and cheap solution. Applications t hat are highly configurable and provide accurate reports, timely data and robust mapping capabilities will allow you to analyze a wide range of metrics to properly manage your fleet operations. Highly customizable alerts, reports and ea se of administration will give you all of the tools you need to have a clear insight into the data that w ill allow you to improve the efficiency and productivity of your fleet. Apply these general strategies to your GP S tracking t racking buying process a nd you will be well on your way to making the right decision in order to take full control of your fleet. GOMC
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Spotlight
REINSTATEMENT MADE SIMPLE Robotic Trydent 80 pipe cutter easily opens laterals in small-diameter piping By Craig Mandli
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elining small pipelines can be a time- and cost-efficient solution for the rehabilitation of piping systems. However, opening the lateral connections on those pipelines can sometimes be difficult, especially in hard-to-reach areas that provide limited access. The completely robotic Trydent 80 small-pipe cutting system from TRY TEK Machine Works solves that issue. The unit garnered plenty of attention among representatives from several industries at the 2015 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show in Indianapolis in February. “We believe that the small pipe and relining market is still emerging,” says Troy Miller, a senior engineer with TRY TEK and the designer of the Trydent 80. “We’re convinced that this product can meet the needs of that market.”
“The system was designed with versatility in mind.” Troy Miller
The unit performs rein statement of interior or exterior relined pipes from 3 to 6 inches in diameter. Operators can access pipe systems through cleanout ports or rooftop vent pipes in buildings where tenants are present or utility operations that cannot be disturbed. It can be used to reinstate an entire vertical waste pipe from a single access point, as its small, powerful cutting head can maneuver around 90- and 45-degree elbows and navigate multiple bends and turns. Its reach extends up to 100 feet and its narrow 23inch width enables easy access through doorways, or easy transport on rough or difficult-to-reach terrain. It can be used to reinstate lateral pipes connected to the sewer or utility main at ground or basement level. “The system was designed with versatility in mind,” says Miller. “We believe that it’s a fit across a lot of of different markets, including sever al that we really haven’t explored a great deal.” It has a powerful hydraulic cutting head and clamping mechanism, dual video outputs that permit digital recording, and an onboard color camera with self-cleaning lens connected to a weather-resistant, sunlightreadable video monitor. Water-powered hydraulics eliminate the potential for environmental environmental haz ards. An optional tripod carr ies the weight of hose during vertical vertica l reinstatement. It has simple and quick setup and operation, and operates with either 120 or 240 volt, and 50 or 60 Hz electric service. “Half of the battle when you are reinstating small pipelines is getting the unit into the proper position to cut,” says Miller. “Then you need to have enough power to make the cut. This unit provides that.” 30
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Troy Miller, left, a senior engineer with TRY TEK and the designer of the Trydent 80 smallpipe cutting system, explains the operation of the unit to two attendees at the 2015 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show in Indianapolis. The portable, robotic unit performs reinstatement of interior or exterior relined pipes from 3 to 6 inches in diameter. (Photo by Craig Mandli)
While the portabil ity and efficiency of the unit make s it a fit for all small sma ll pipe systems, the option to reinstate lateral connections from a single access point inside a building sets it apart, according to Miller. “The idea of relining a vertical stack in a building has actually kept contractors from bidding on jobs because of the difficulty reinstating it after,” says Miller. “That’s the type of problem this unit was made for.” TRY TEK decided to debut the Trydent 80 at the WWETT Show because it, Miller says, “gives us the most bang for our buck.” “This is the show we were really aiming for rolling this out, and the timing fell nicely into place,” says Miller. “Not only do we talk to a lot of plumbers at this show, but also municipalities, general contractors and utility service companies in the oil and mining sector. All those have a place for the Trydent 80. No one else has what this offers in one package.” 717/428-1477; ww w.try w.trytek.com. tek.com. GOMC
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AMER ISAF E, provider of high haza rd workers’ compensation insura nce, named David Morton senior vice president of sales and marketing. He will be responsible responsible for future sales and growth w ithin the organization. GAPVAX RENTAL NAMES OPERATIONS MANAGER
GapVax Rental Units named Earnest Rankin operations manager. GapVax Rental Units offers daily, weekly or monthly vacuum tr uck rentals. BENLEE OFFERS RECYCLING REPORT LEGACY OPENS NEW CORPORATE OFFICE
Legacy Building Solutions opened a new corporate office at its headquarters in South Haven, Minnesota. The 70- by 80-foot, two-story structure provides 10,000 square feet of office space for the company’s engineering, sales and marketing teams. The office is attached to Legacy’s existing fabric ma nufacturing plant.
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Benlee, manufacturer of roll-off trailers, and its sister companies, Goldsboro and Raleigh Metal Recycling, launched the Commodities and Metal Recycl ing Report. The weekly v ideo, posted on the companies’ websites, features a synopsis of the industry, as well as demand and pricing direction for metals and other commodities.
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Wastequip named Anthony E. Parker and Ernie Castro regional sales managers for its Technical Products Division. Parker will be responsible for the Midwest region and Castro will be responsible for growing sales in the Southeast, Southeast, Latin America and Caribbean.
Emco Wheaton, supplier of fluid transfer systems, named Daniel Gheorghiu supervisor of engineering services in Canada. He will lead the engineering team in the desig n and development of products and systems. Daniel Gheorghiu
PROGRESS TANK LAUNCHES WEBSITE
Progress Tank launched a new website, ww website, ww w.progress w.progress tank.com. The The site features real-time online inventory of new and refurbished units, one-click access to customer service, and detailed descriptions and images of vacuum tank trucks. VACUUM VACUU M TRUCK TRUCK RENT RENTALS ALS ADDS ADDS HYDRO-KNIFE HYDROEXCAVATOR
Vacuum Truck Rentals Rental s added the L edwell Hydro-K nife hydroexca vator to its fleet of rental equipment. The 2,100-gal 2,100-gallon lon hydroexcavator delivers up to 200 degree s of hot water at 3,000 psi. Two 125-foot hoses work independently or in tandem to deliver 10 gpm each. The Hydro-Knife supports multiple excavators with or without onboard water systems. ARIES INDUS INDUSTRIES TRIES NAME NAMED D BUSINESS BUSINESS OF THE YEAR YEAR
Aries Arie s Industrie s was named a 2015 Top 10 Business of the Year by the Waukesha County Business Alliance and BizTimes Media. The award recognizes companies headquartered in southeastern Wisconsin that have consistent financial growth and demonstrate good business practices through employee relations, customer-focused commitment, community service and business e ducation partnersh ips. TROSTEL NAMES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Trostel, a custom rubber molding and compounding company, named Rafael Tavarez business development manager. He will lead the company’s client service and sales efforts targeting the oil and gas industries.
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Klein Tools received three product awards in Electrical, Construction & Maintenance magazine’s Product of the Year competition. Klein’s all-purpose pliers placed first in the hand tools category, the cushion-grip impact punchdown tool placed first in the voice-data-video tools category and the tradesman pro lighted tool bag placed first in the bags and totes category. DRESSER-RAND INDUCT LUCAS, MOLL INTO FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Dresser-Rand, global supplier of rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, petrochemical, power and process industries, inducted George M. Lucas Randall W. Moll George M. Lucas and Randall W. Moll into the Dresser-Rand Engineering Fellowship Program. KONECRANES PERSONNEL EARN SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS
John Philip Edward s, Konecrane s safety specialist, specia list, completed requirements for a Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) certification as a safety tr ained super visor (STS). Robert W. T Trachsler rachsler and Charles D. Royko, health, safety and environmental managers, completed requirements for a BCSP certification as occupational health and safety technologists (OHST). CEMA ISSUES STANDARD FOR RANKING CONVEYOR BELT CLEANERS
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The E2x series of high-performance, non-sparking alarm horn sounders, Xenon strobe beacons and combined devices from E2S received approval for Zone 2, 22 applications to IECEx and ATEX standards for gas and dust applications, complementing its Class I and II Division 2 UL and cUL approvals. GOMC FREE INFO – SEE ADVERTISER INDEX
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KEEPING KEEPIN G YOUR YOUR STAFF FOCUSED Workplace distractions can sidetrack employees from doing their jobs, but managers can minimize the diversions By Marty Martin
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s managers know all too well, workday distract ions are every where, stealing your employees’ precious time and productivity. Between new technologies that beg for people’s attention to the prevalence of shortened attention spans, everyone on your team may be more d istracted today th an in i n the past. Of course, being distracted at work creates numerous problems, from missed opportunities to strained business relationships. Therefore, you need to manage employees effectively to minimize their distractions. First, realize there are two categories of distraction: internal and external. Internal distractions include any physiological, emotional, attitudinal, biological or physical discomfort. Examples include having an upset stomach or a headache, worrying about a personal matter, feeling over whelmed with tasks, task s, sitting in an uncomfortable chair, experiencing anger toward a co-worker or grieving a loss. Any of these situations can quickly take an employee’s attention away from his or her tasks. External distractions involve other people and technology. Some examples are social media and text a lerts ringing on a smartphone, email notifications popping up on a computer screen and other employees who talk loudly in the office. These seemingly innocuous items easily divert people’s attention. The real challenge is that most employees aren’t experiencing just one or two of these distractions. They’re facing work interruptions on a daily basis. On top of all the internal and external distractions, organizational structures have changed over the years, packing more duties and responsibilities into every job description. That means your employees today have to spread their attention thin 34
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just to complete their expected workload. With all a ll of these factors, it’s no wonder so many people feel distracted at work. Fortunately, most distractions can be eliminated from the workplace if you take the time to m anage them. Here’s Here’s how. Design or redesign a job from a distractibility point of view. It’s natural for a manager to blame the employee for becoming distracted, saying things like “He’s not a team player,” “She’s not motivated” or “He doesn’t work well here.” The manager may even reprimand the individual for poor performance. But
Create a distraction elimination plan. Think back to your elementary school days. You likely had a few kids in the class who always bothered others, threw spit balls or just stared out the window for hours. What did the teacher do? She had a plan. If the kids were disruptive to the class, she’d move them up front near her. If they were window gazers, she’d position their desks so they could no longer see the window. No matter what the disruptive behavior, she knew what to do because she had a plan in mind for it. Good managers do the same. They sit down with the distracted employee and together create a distraction elimination plan (DEP). By working together, they may decide on some physical changes in the office that can help, such as moving to a new cubicle or changing the lighting, or they may figure out strategies the employee can use to maintain focus, such as not having an email program always open or disabling smartphone alerts. The great thing about a plan is that it provides concrete references and is used as a benchmark to gauge progress. Additionally, all organizations have risk management
The real challenge is that most most employees aren’t aren’t experiencing experiencing just one or two … distractions. They’re facing work interruptions on a daily basis. before going that route, take a good look at the job and environment to see if it’s making the employee distracted. What are the job duties, both the ones ones explicitly stated in the job description and the ones that person just always seems to do? What’s the working environment like? What visua l or auditory distra ction triggers are present? How is the office set up? Is the lighting, the chair and the desk layout conducive to good work habits? What other factors impact the employee’s efficiency, effectiveness and performance? If the work environment and the job are poorly designed, the talented individuals you bring in will continue to struggle, perhaps not because of their habits but due to the bad desig n. Therefore, before you reprimand, reprima nd, analy ze. What you find may surprise you.
plans, strategic plans, operational plans and business plans, so why not also have distraction elimination plans? Offer other resources when needed. Sometimes, even with the manager’s help and a solid DEP in place, the employee is still distracted. In these cases, the manager has to know when to offer additional resources. If your business has an employee assistance program, you may want to consider making a recommendation to an appropriate resource or service. If you don’t have a formal program, present the idea of additional help in a supportive and neutral fashion. You could even suggest it as a step in the DEP: “If the outlined steps in thi s plan don’t resolve the issue, then the employee will seek outside assistance in the form of a counselor or
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The next time you notice employees who are underperforming, don’t immediately reprimand them. Instead, take the time to determine if there’s something you or the company can do to remove the distractions from the workplace. Distractions don’t don’t have to be a major part of the workday. You can help minimize t hem. Remember, the fewer distractions people have, the more productive they’ll be. GOMC
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Liquid and Dry Bulk Transport Transport Equipment, Pipeline Installation, Maintenance and Inspection
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Bulk Transport Benlee Super Mini At 25 feet 11 inches, the Super Mini roll-off trailer from Benlee is Benlee is as short as a straight truck when attached to a tractor, but has a tighter turning turn ing radius and can be maneuvered into tighter spots. It weighs 12,400 pounds and can carry up to 50 percent more payload weight by law than a roll- off truck. It can carry 20-, 30-, 40- and 50-yard-tall boxes and frees up t he t ractor to be attached to another trailer when not in use. 734/890-6822; www. ww w.benlee.com benlee.com.. 1.
Buck’s Fabricating Double Rolling Roof roll-off Double Rolling Roof watertight roll-off containers from Buck’s Fabricating are seal tested prior to delivery. They can be loaded from the top with no crossmember in the way and still be unloaded like a regular roll-off. They can be used to make loading easier for materials that need a roof in addition to the sludge options. They can also be used for dewatering. 800/233-0867; www. ww w.bucksfab. bucksfab.com. com.
They have a 1/4-inch floor, seven-gauge sides, continuous inside welds, 8-inch OD front and rear rollers, and are vented to prevent implosion during unloading. The container is fully sealed with an EPDM door seal, a gasketed rear door with T-box se al, four door ratchets, a side-hinged rear door, and adjustable latches and hinges. Lid options include aluminum side-to-side rolling lids, steel split rolling lids and side-to-side tarps. Other options include front rollers, drains and valves, dewatering shells, placard holders, and push plates. Standard sizes are 20- or 25-cubic yard round-bottom or rectang ular containers. 877/468-9278; ww 877/468-9278; www. w.wastequip wastequip.com. .com.
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Wastequip sludge container Sludge containers from Wastequip Wastequip can be used to collect, store and transport a variety of sludge and waste products. They are suitable for a variety of contaminated liquids and hazardous soils/mud, fly ash, filter cake and car wash grit.
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Pipe/Pipe Tools Asahi/America Asahi/Ame rica Po Poly ly-Fl -Flo o The Poly-Flo Poly-Flo co-extruded doublecontainment piping system from Asahi/America is available in black PE and euro grey PP-R. It is ideal for installations with space constraints a nd systems where thermal expansion and contraction are present. The system includes full pressure, drainage drain age and machined fittings. This SDR-designed SDR-designed system is available in 1- by 1 1/2-, 2- by 3- and 4 by 6-inch 6-i nch siz es, and operates up to 150 psi at 68 degrees F. Black PE is suited for outside, aboveground applications because of its UV resistance, and it performs well in underground installations because of its resist ance to crack propagation. Euro grey PP-R is ideal for applications running 4.
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at higher temperatures due to its high pressure rating. The system is available with manual and low-point leak detection sensors. 800/343-3618; ww w.asahi-america.com. Graphic Products DuraLabel Graphic Oily Surface Tape DuraLabel Oily Surface Tape from Tape from Graphic Products aggressively Products aggressively adheres to greasy surfaces, allowing facilities to provide pipe markers for safety and OSHA and ANSI compliance. The tape’s adhesive backing chemically bonds with petroleum-based surface contamina nts to produce a strong and lasting bond in tough conditions. It will stand up to gasoline, moisture and salt spray to ensure pipe markings are clear and legible. Pipe markers are protected by a tough, polyester face-stock, making it ideal for use in dirty work environments and on impossibleto-clean surfaces. The white tape is available in 1/2- to 9-inch widths and is compatible with most DuraLabel printers. 888/326-9244; ww w. graphicproducts.com. 5.
McElroy QuickCamp The QuickCamp QuickCamp shelter and pipe-handling system from McElroy Manufacturing Manufacturing enables operators to butt fuse polyethylene pipe from 8-inch IPS to 36-inch OD within a lighted, insulated and climate-controlled enclosure. A single operator can load and align pipe by remote control from inside the shelter with the MegaMc 6.
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PolyHorse. The 21-foot-8-inch by 24-foot-7-inch shelter houses a hydraulically powered 1236/900 or 824/630 824/630 fusion carr iage with room for an office, break room or storage. It a lso includes electrical electrica l outlets and can be set up by two people. 918/8368611; ww 8611; ww w.mcelroy.com/fusion. w.mcelroy.com/fusion. ScreenCo Systems Handle-Tech Handle-T ech Hose Handles Handle-Tech Hose Handles, Handles, distributed by ScreenCo Systems, Systems, enable technicians to safely clamp onto hose or pipe and easily grip, torque and release it single-handedly through a natural movement. Through mud, cold, rain or sleet, the handles’ design allows workers to safely and efficiently manipulate hoses and pipes in any climate. They are ideal for drilling, mud suction hose, tanker hose, pneumatic truck hose, aircraft refueling hose, frac pipe, drill pipe, welding poly pipe and other rigid pipes. Sizes range from 1 1/2 to 6 inches, with an 8-inch version coming soon. H andles are manufactu red with long-glass long-glas s nylon th at enhances en hances the thermal therma l insulation properties. They are strong, nonconductive and wear-resistant in temperatures from -40 to 150 degrees F to withstand steam blastin g with deici ng equipment. 208/790-8770; ww w.screencosystems.com. 7.
Pipeline Assessment Tools and Software Marengo Fabricated Steel Tank-Intel Tank-Intel Tank-Intel smart remote tank monitoring from Marengo Fabricated Steel is a hardware/ software-based system that works on any tank. Dual-level sensors deliver two liquid tank levels to a smartphone, PC or tablet. Changes in the chemical and physical properties of the measured substance do not affect the sensor. The customizable system can withstand temperature extremes. 800/919-2652; ww 800/919-2652; www. w.mfsltd.co mfsltd.com. m. 8.
Wilson Systems IntelliTest IntelliTest from Wilson Systems Systems is a fully automated hydrostatic tester to certify critical iron parts in fracking applications. It can be used to test check valves, plug valves and plumbing components, as well as fracking trucks and manifolds. Once started, the test requires no operator intervention, allowing the operator to be available for other tasks, increasing work throughput. The automation automation ensures test integ rity, repeatability and traceability, and prevents over pressurizing the test specimen. Scalable from 50 to 60,000 psi, each system is provided with onboard air and fluid conditioning, and allows for pressure ramping between tests to multiple pressure levels without operator interaction. It can be operated either locally or remotely via PC or mobile device 9.
through a touch screen. It is available with or without an integrated cabinet enclosure, making maki ng it easily integrated into an existing test chamber. 972/931-8666; ww 972/931-8666; ww w.intellitesthst.co w.intellitesthst.com. m.
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Matador Matad or The aluminum Matador ASME Matador ASME code or noncode vacuum tank from Amthor International comes standard with a 5/16-inch-thick side shell and floor, full head baffles and no external rings. It is available as a dumping tank with or without full-openi ng rear doors, as well as with off-road construction options for various oilfield and mining applications. Various pump models are available, as are chassis and stock tanks. 800/328-6633; ww 800/328-6633; www.am w.amthorinternational. thorinternational.com. com. Advance anced d 11. Adv
Waste Waste Services VacSimize VacSimizer r The VacSimizer vacuum system from Advanced Waste Services Services is designed for oneperson operation. Easily maneuverable in tight areas, it delivers 2,400 cfm and legally hauls 42,000 pounds (80,000 pounds GVW). It has the capacity of a 5,000-gallon semi-tanker and the maneuverability of a straight vacuum truck. Axles Ax les retract for tight locations and extend to comply with bridge laws for driving with a full load. Features include 25-foot hose trays and a
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76-degree tipping angle with a full-opening rear door. The unit carries 200 feet of 4-inch vacuum hose and can be loaded from either side. 800/8429792; ww 9792; www. w.advancedwasteservices.com. advancedwasteservices.com. CanAm Extreme Duty Oilfield Combo Vacuum The Extreme Duty Oilfield Combo Vacuum unit from CanAm Equipment Solutions Solutions has a 3,200-gallon 3,200-gallon DOT 407 wa ste tank w ith full-open rear door and front hoist in either aluminum, stainless or carbon steel construction. It is available with Robuschi, NVE or Hibon positive displacement blowers, providing 90 0 to 1,600 1,600 cfm of high vacuum for continuous-duty operation. The fully heated, self-contained water system includes 800 gallons of storage. A CAT pressure pump provides water delivery up to 10 gpm and pressures to 3,000 psi. The Hotsy boiler package provides more than 700,000 Btu of heati ng power for hot water or steam. It is available in a variety of configurations for variable and industrial liquid waste to heavy heav y oilfield applications. 877/5822626; ww 2626; www. w.canamequipm canamequipment.co ent.com. m.
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Centerline Tank & Trailer large-capacity vacuum trailer Stainless steel vacuum trailers in either 180 or 200 bbl capacities from Centerline Tank & Trailer have a significantly larger capacity than the company’s origina l 130 bbl model. The weight 13.
Crescent Tank Flat Vacuum Tank The Flat Vacuum Tank from from Crescent Tank Mfg. Mfg. has a low-profile design with low center of gravity, making it safe on off-road and unstable terrain. It can be custom sized from 100 to 2,000 gallons and allows operators to carry equipment needed for the job on the bed. Liquid is held inside the truck bed and can be configured with multiple compartments. The vacuum tank is constructed from 1/4-inch mild steel. 585/6574104; ww 4104; www. w.crescenttank.com crescenttank.com.. 14.
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Fast-Vac Shuttle The 16-cubic-yard Shuttle Shuttle roll-off/lift-off vacuum loader from Fast-Vac has Fast-Vac has al l the capacities and functionality of a truck-mounted vacuum but without the maintena nce of a truck. They are ideally suited to refuse applications, industrial cleanups and spills. Multiple units may be in field service and moved with only a single truck. 262/878-0756; ww 262/878-0756; www. w.fast-vac. fast-vac.com. com. 16.
Foremost 2000 The 2000 Model Model vacuum truck from Foremost is mounted on a tridem or quad axle chassis, and comes with a 2,000-gallon water tank, tank , 13-yard debris body and a 70inch aluminum, heated and lit doghouse. The insulated van body offers ample storage room, shelving and a microwave on the driver’s side. It is available with either a standard Robuschi RBDV125 blower or optional Robuschi RB-DV145. The water system comprises a CAT 3560 wash pump, 740,000 Btu boiler and full winterization. The 26-foot rear-mounted extendable boom is controlled by a wireless Omnex controller, 17.
Dragon Products 137BBL LowProfile Non-Code Vacuum Tank Trailer The 137BBL Low-Profile Non-Code Vacuum Tank Trailer from from Dragon Products has Products has a capacity of 5,754 gallons, with a design pressure of 15 psi internal, 22 inch/Hg external, and 45 psig hydrostatic test. It has four manways, all domed style with plated swing bolts and wing nuts and one in rear head. It has a ball-type primary shutoff in the front manway, and ball-type secondary on the driver’s side front with drain. Its over-turn protection includes three tombstones located at front, middle and rear on top of tank. It has 15.
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a Watson Chalin Integra TI300 (lightweight integrated) air-ride suspension, 30,000 pounds per axle, tandem axle. The unit has steel grit blast coating on all steel surfaces, painted metallic silver with high-solids polyurethane. 877/2318198; ww 8198; ww w.dragonp w.dragonproductslt roductsltd.com d.com..
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which allows for control of off-loading, vacuum, wash and vehicle rpm functions. f unctions. 403/295-5800; ww w.foremost w.foremost .ca. GapVax HV57 GapVax H V57 High-Dump The HV57 High-Dump vacuum High-Dump vacuum loader from GapVax allows customers to stay on site longer with the capabil ity to off-load into a standard rolloff container. The debris body high-dump system has a 72-inch dump height in the fully raised position with the body down; a 61-inch dump height in the fully raised position with the body dumped; and 22-inch rearward travel (no need to move the truck with the body elevated). It is a wet/dry unit that comes standa rd with a 5,300 cfm, 28-inch Hg vacuum pump and filtration system design, and 15- to 17-cubic-yard debris body. 888/442-7829; ww 888/442-7829; www. w.gapvax.com gapvax.com.. 18.
Guzzler Classic The Guzzler Classic Classic industrial vacuum loader from Guzzler Manufacturing Manufacturing has enhanced operator ergonomics and improved air routing, filtration and maintenance. A longer body provides improved materi al sepa ration. The standard ladder, catwalk and railing provide the operator with easy and safe access to the top of the truck. Enlarged baghouse and cyclone cleanout access doors provide easier access. 800/6273171; ww 3171; www. w.guzzler.co guzzler.com. m. 19.
Hi-Vac Aquatech B-1 Hi-Vac B-10 0 The Aquatech B-10 B-10 combination jet/vac truck from Hi-Vac Corp. Corp. has a single-engine design for lower fuel and maintenance costs, rearmounted hose reel and 360-degree top-loading rotating boom. The low center of gravity makes full loads more stable, while the self-cleaning tanks are corrosion- and abrasion-resistant. The air/vacuum system has an operating capacity of 2,700 cfm and a 204-inch water column. Options include extended boom, pneumatic foot control for one-man operation and lockable vacuum tubes. An internal boom allows for pickup of materials above and below water. 740/374-2306; ww w.hi-vac.com w.hi-vac.com.. 20.
Imperial Industries VAC3000 VAC3000 VAC3000 Series Series trucks from Imperial Industries are Industries are ASME-certified 407/412 steel DOT units with capacities of 3,200 and 3,600 gallons. Choose either a blower system (NVE 4310 or the Hibon 820) or a vacuum system (Fruitland, Moro or Wittig) to meet specific needs. The units feature three rollover bars, bolt-on aluminum hose trays, 4-inch riser intake, 6-inch discharge, full-opening rear door, three-stage hoist assembly and a complete hydraulically controlled system. 800/558-2945; ww 800/558-2945; www. w.imperialind.com. imperialind.com. 21.
Keith Huber Corporation Knight PD The Knight PD air-mover from Keith Huber Corporation Corporation uses a Robuschi RB-DV145 blower 22.
capable of 6,176 cfm. The Huber Master Control allows the operator to control all functions with the push of a button from one centrali zed location, including a separate baghouse and cyclone clean-out. It has a 3,000-gallon carbon steel tank with 5/16-inch shell, a DOT-approved boom mount, centrifugal centrif ugal nine-stage cyclone, hydraulically operated full-opening rear door with integrated safety cylinder valve, tank-mounted hydraulic vibrator, 53-degree dump angle, 6-inch discharge valve (mechanical or air operated), 6-inch intake valve with internal standpipe, rear work light s, LE D running ru nning lights, a backup back up alarm al arm and grounding reel. Options include ASME/ DOT 412, pressure off-load, Huber Lock rear door, hydraulically operated boom with 22 feet of reach and wireless operation and a HammerHead Armor front bumper. 800/334-8237; ww w.keithhuber.com. w.keithhuber.com. LMT hot-dip galvanized vacuum tank vacuum Hot-dip Hot-dip galvanized vacuum tanks from LMT from LMT resist corrosion in harsh environments. Steel tanks are fully submerged to provide full coverage inside and out. Galvanizing deters against caustic liquids and gases. Tanks are available in 300to 5,000-gallon capacities with customizable options. They are available with single or multiple compartments. Galvanized tanks can remain unpainted or be painted for a more traditional appearance. 800/545-0174; ww 800/545-0174; www. w.vaxteel.com vaxteel.com.. 23.
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KT Series The KT Series vacuum Series vacuum truck from Pac-Mac, a division of Hol-Mac Corporation, Corporation, has a noncode code carbon steel tank with two 4-inch rear sump discharges discharges (in 60, 70 and 80 bbl size options), butterfly butterfly valve options, an OSMI or Spicer transfer case, case, Gardner Denver (TEE) triplex pump, 1.75to to 3-inch Colmonoy plungers, a high-pressure cast cast steel fluid end for well service, mechanical lu bricator for stuffing box packing, a Fruitland R CF500 CF500 vacuum pump, stainless steel float level indicator indicator in the front tank head, 2-inch high pr essure essure piping with a 2-inch Oteco 5,000 psi pop-off valve, Weir SPM 2- by 1-inch plug valve for pr essure essure relief and 1-inch double swivel piping. It has ha s a self-lubricating chain guard for efficient and smooth operation, with an exterior 4-inch fluidfilled filled pressure gauge visible through the headache rack. rack. 800/844-3019; www.e-pac-mac.com. 25. Pik
Rite 3,600-gallon vacuum unit The 3,600-gallon steel tank vacuum unit fr om om Pik Rite is Rite is equipped with a 20-inch manway, aluminum aluminum hose trays and a DOT rear bumper. It has a 6-inch dump valve, 4-inch inlet w ith standpipe, a cleanable cleanable exhaust muffler and a ladder with safety gr ip ip tread. Working force is provided by a Masport H XL400 liquid-cooled liquid-cooled pump with a 10-gallon secondary secondary and final filter. Sight Sight eyes, safety strobes and and an LED light package are standard. Options include include toolboxes, backup cameras and extra lig hting. hting. 800/326-9763; www.pikrite.com.
Presvac Powervac Suck N Dump The Powervac Suck N Dump Dump PD blower wet/dry vacuum loader from Presvac operates Presvac operates as an air mover for dry applications or can be used at full vacuum and extreme recovery rates for tough liquid, sludge and slurry jobs. The material knockout feature in the debris tank minimizes carryover. Heavy-duty modular filtration is configured to blower size and application to provide blower protection and minimal maintenance. Blower options include Hibon, Roots or Robuschi, with full vacuum and 3,500 to 6,600 cfm. It has modular filtration optimized for cfm rating and application, along with 12-inch cyclone and baghouse dump chutes. Heavy-duty spring tensioned bolts allow for adjustment to mainta in leakproof seali ng. The dump dump chute doors open with the debris tank door. Options include stainless steel dump chutes, a boom, pressure off-load, water pump, soundproofing and heated valves. 800/387-7763; www.presvac.com. 26.
Progress Tank Carbon Steel Front Hoist and Full-Open Rear Door The ASME 407/412 Carbon Steel Front Hoist and Full-Open Rear Door from from Progress Tank is is built with a specialized specia lized cor rugated baf fle that not only allows for superior product control during transporting, but maximizes solids off-loading capability. It is available in carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum, all in ASME, non-code, DOT and TC. 816/714-2600; www.progresstank.com. 27.
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Super Products Arctic Supersucker The The Arctic Supersucker vacuum vacuum truck from Super Products Products makes dependable operation in harsh harsh conditions easier by relying on a design specifically specifically for use in frigid environments. It has an 8-inch 8-inch positive displacement vacuum system, 18-cubic-yard 18-cubic-yard payload capacity and body dump unloading, unloading, and cold-weather features including a glycol-heated glycol-heated collector body and tailgate, heated and insulated insulated heavy-duty tailgate drain valve, and low-temperature-rated low-temperature-rated hydraulic oil and hoses. It comes with a hydraulic boom with stainless steel cannon with cannon with an abrasion-resistant liner, and cold weather-resistant weather-resistant wiring and pendant for easy, dependable depend able operation of the boom. Dual liquid level indicators, indicators, LED work light package and an extra-la rge 90-inch toolbox are standard. 800/8379711; ww 9711; www.s w.superproducts uperproductsllc.com. llc.com. 28.
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Industrial Vacuum Loader The The Industrial Vacuum Loader from Vac VacCon is Con is available available with Hi-Dump and an Automatic Material Materia l Return System. Single-mode machines can recover recover wet or dry material with up to 28 inches inches Hg. Positive displacement blowers are capable of capable of pulling material as much as 700 feet. It is available available with a hydroexcavation package, which adds a powerful, a powerful, high-pressure water system that works together together with the vacuum system to excavate around around sensitive underground utilities, locate underg round round systems and excavate in areas with limited access. limited access. 888/491-5762; ww 888/491-5762; www. w.vac-con. vac-con.com. com.
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AllJetVa AllJet Vac c A high-dump option for AllJetVac AllJetVac combination jet/vac sewer cleaners from Vacall Vacall – Gradall Industries Industries allows the operator to raise the debris tank 76 inches above ground level and shift the tank horizontally 21 inches beyond the rear bumper. After removing debris from clogged lines, the operator can raise, shift and tilt the debris tank to dump material faster and more efficiently into dewatering containers, avoiding the need for dangerous ramps. The tank movement and dumping is accomplished with a wireless wirele ss remote control, affording the operator a clear view of the dumping process. The chance of spills can be further avoided with an optional slanting splash shield extending from the debris tank. 800/382-8302; ww 800/382-8302; www. w.vacallindustries. vacallindustries.com. com.
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Curry Supply 4,500-gallon off-road articulated water truck Curry Supply offers a 4,500-gallon tank on an off-road articulated 922 Hydrema chassis. These low-profile off-highway trucks replace standard all-wheel-drive highway trucks. The low profile and low center of gravity of the 922 gives it stability and safety. They are designed for use in a variety of industry applications, including oil and gas, underground and surface mining, construction or anywhere that low operating height is a concern or unstable ground conditions are a factor. They are ideal to operate in remote areas without access roads. Ship-out tank kits are available for easy insta llation. 800/345-2829; ww w.currysupply w.currysupply.com. .com. 31.
Ledwell & Son 4,000-gallon water tank The 4,000-gallon water tank from Ledwell & Son is Son is built with high-strength steel and lined with Polibrid 705 that helps extend the tank ’s duration against deterioration. It is painted to the customer’s color request and delivered with a quick turnaround. It comes with a 350 gpm PTO-driven pump, five spray heads and an optional 6-inch Sparger gravity dump bar. The tank is 15 feet long, and its height is based off of a 60-inch-diameter head. 888/533-9355; ww w.ledwell.com. w.ledwell.com. GOMC 32.
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Liquid and Dry Bulk Transport Equipment, Pipeline Installation, Maintenance and Inspection By Craig Mandli BAG STOP HANDLES HIGH PRESSURES AT LARGE OIL REFINERY
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TEAM Industrial Services was called in to take a look at a corroded, leaking water, caustic and catalyst line in a refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This was a 1.5-inch line coming off a 16inch header. TEAM was able to enclose and seal the leak, but after a time, corrosion down the line from the enclosure cause d complete complete joint failure. Since it was a 150 psi line, a bag stop that could handle 300 psi inflation pressures would be needed to inhibit flow to complete repairs. Solution
TEAM needed a bag that would seal off a 16-inch line while withstanding caustic conditions and very high pressures. They purchased two custom-designed bags (one for backup) from Petersen Products designed Products designed using ballistic nylon made impermeable and corrosion-resistant with EPDM. TEA M then built a test vessel that modeled the 16-inch 16-inch header on their premises and used pumps to raise internal pressures to 150 psi. In addition to bag integrity, they also wanted to measure and an alyze forces on the bag’s launch tube. “The launch tube is what we bolt onto the bag for actual in sertion and in flation,” says Scott Lominac, a TEAM TE AM hot tapping ser vices coordin ator. “It pushes the bag in a mea sured dist ance, we inflate infl ate with liquid and/or gas and it sta ys in place for the enti re repair. A nd then it’s used to withdraw the bag.” During te sting, t he bags and launch tube held up well. Result
The bag reached design pressures and achieved a 100 percent seal that held during repair work. Line repairs were completed without substantially affecting refinery operations. “We’ll certai nly work at 150 psi again,” again,” says Lominac. “And we’ll be establishing new ra nges – we expect to use inflat able plugs at even higher GOMC OMC pressures.” 800/926-1926; ww 800/926-1926; ww w.pipeplug. w.pipeplug.com. com. G
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Product Spotlight Constant-tension winches winches with adjustable boom add flexibility to pipe bursting process By Ed Wodalski
Grundowinch hydrostatic constant-tension winches, av ailable in 5-, 10- and 20-ton models from TT Technologies, are designed for var iable conditions in below-grade work, such as pipe bursting, cable pulling, sliplining, pipe pulling and swagelining. Also available is the variable vari able speed 3-ton model for pipe splitting. “It’s another tool for upsizing lines or collapsed lines that need to be repaired,” says Kevin Nagle, national accounts manager, T T Technologies. “It gives the contractor the option of coming in with a new pipe and not just putting a patch on a problem. You can get another 100 years of life out of a new pipe.” All winch wi nch models feature protective cable storage and a two-cylinder, 35 hp diesel engine, as well as hydraulic and adjustable booms designed for pulling liners and pipe-splitting equipment. “A remote control lowers the boom into the manhole,” Nagle says. “It’s for ease of use and contractors who deal in high production. The nice thing about using the boom system is there’s no exposed cable. If there’s a break in the line or something should happen during the bursting process, the cable is protected from coming out and injuring someone.” someone.”
The constant-tension design senses and automatically eliminates cable slack. Operational features include single-lever tension control (no gears to engage), power-assisted winch line feed and winch controls at the rear of t he unit for a safe view of the job while the winch i s in operation. “Constant tension is needed for the pipe bursting application,” Nagle says. “You usually use the winch with a pneumatic hammer, which is doing the work. The w inch is just t here to keep ten sion on the front of the tool while it’s advancing through the pipe. You don’t ever want to have any slack in the winch line. “If you get slack in the bursting process utilizing a winch that’s not constant tension, the tool could run over the winch line and separate from the line,” he says. “You’d lose the connection between the pneumatic hammer and your winch. The bursting process would end at that point and you’d have to dig up your tool.” The winch, with 2,000 feet of cable line, is mounted on a heavy-duty tandem-axle trailer with hydraulic surge brakes for safe towing. Undercarriage options include single- and double-axle models, as well as all-terrain tracks. 800/533-2078; ww w.tttechnologies.com. w.tttechnologies.com.
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The Expulse pulsation dampener from Flowrox quiets noisy process pipes while settling pressure peaks and uneven uneven flow. flow. The flexible, flexible, self-cleaning dampener resists wear, corrosion and most chemicals. Providing a flexible pump connection, the dampener reduces pipeline and pump hammering for increased gearbox and bearing life. 410/636-2250; ww 410/636-2250; ww w.flowrox.us. w.flowrox.us.
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The PC390LC-11 hydraulic excavator from Komatsu America Corp. is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D114E-6 Tier 4 Final engine that delivers 257 net hp. The excavator has an operating weight of between 87,388 and 89,248 pounds. Komtrax technology relays fuel levels, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) levels, operating hours, location, cautions and maintenance alerts. 847/437-5800; ww w.komatsuameric w.komatsuameric a.com. --- FREE INFO ON THESE PRODUCTS – RETURN FOLLOWING FORM ---
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KZE Series high-capacity pumps from BJM Pumps are designed for abrasive and slurry applications in mining, mineral processing, sa nd and gravel, lime slurry, fly ash, hydraulic fracking, slurry transport and drilling operations. Pump features include oil-cooled oil-cooled and lubricated double mechanical design, permanently lubricated upper and lower bearings, semi-open hard-metal slurry-type impeller capable of passing 1-inch solids, chrome iron agitator, cast iron motor housing, and stainless steel shaft and impeller. impeller. 877/256-7867; ww 877/256-7867; ww w.bjmpumps w.bjmpumps.com. .com. 4.
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The TruFrac composite frac plug from Weatherford International is rated for use in environments with temperatures to 300 degrees F and pressures to 10,000 10,000 psi. It can be used in s ingle- and multiple-zone multiple-zone stimulation operations operations in vertical, deviated, horizontal or multilateral wells. When deployed in horizontal wells, the plug can run in hole up to 500 fpm. 713/693-4161; ww 713/693-4161; ww w.weatherford.com. w.weatherford.com. 5.
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Gina and Omega gaskets from Trelleborg Pipe Seals Milford are designed to prevent water ingress in immersed tunnels. The Gina gasket is made from natural rubber combined from varying hardness and is supplied as a closed rectangular frame to seal each sectional element. The Omega seal connects each segment and is made from multiple layers of styrene butadiene rubber and nylon inlayers for durability. durability. The seal s enable the tr ansfer of hydrostatic loads and movements between tunnel ends caused by soil settlement, concrete concrete creep, temperature and earthquakes. 800/626-2180; ww 800/626-2180; ww w.trelleborg.com/en. w.trelleborg.com/en. 6.
GENERAL PIPE CLEANERS SECTIONAL DRAIN CLEANER
The Model 88 sectional drain cleaner from General Pipe Cleaners clears 200foot drainlines of tree roots and other stubborn stoppages. One end of the cable connects to the front of the machine and the other is placed in the drain. When turned on, the drain cleaner cable corkscrews its elf into the line while the operator safely stands behind the machi ne. The drain cleaner has a 3/4 hp motor motor that drives a 3.5-to-1 gear head and spins 8- to 10-foot quick-coupling cable sections in 3- to 10-inch lines. 800/245-6200; ww 800/245-6200; ww w.drainbrain.com. w.drainbrain.com. 7.
MARTIN ENGINEERING IMPACT CRADLE
Heavy-duty, medium-duty and light-duty impact cradles from Martin Engineering feature a bed of steel angles lined by energy-absorbing impact bars with a top layer of low-friction, ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) plastic for longerlasting conveyor belts and components. The cradles are designed to be located at transfer points of receiving conveyors, under the hopper and chute box, close to the tail pulley. The cradles have wing supports that adjust to match CEMA standard trough angles, as well as a 5 percent fine-tuning adjustment angle. 800/544-2947; ww w.martinw.martin-eng.com. eng.com. 8.
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The Model 3550 high-pressure plunger pump from Cat Pumps is rated to 10 gpm at 6,000 psi. The pump is desig ned for equipment equipment operating in h igh-duty cycle applications in remote or mobile applications such as hydroexcavating, jetting, blasting and hydrostatic testing. It can be direct-driven hydraulically or pulley driven from a motor or engine. Features include completely lubricated and cooled V-packings and low-pressure seals w ith chrome-plated chrome-plated forged brass inlet/discharge block manifolds. The wet end can be serviced without entering the crankcase. 763/780-5440; ww 763/780-5440; ww w.catpumps.com. w.catpumps.com.
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GAS, OIL AND MINING TRADE SHOWS AND CONFERENCES JULY JUL Y 13-14 1 3-14
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Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (MARS) summer meeting, meeting , Lake Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; www.mwrailshippers.com. www.mwrailshippers.com.
The Bluefield Bluefield Coal Show Show , Brushfork Armor y-Civic Center, Center, Bluefield, West West Virginia; www Virginia; www.bluefieldchamber .bluefieldchamber.com/bluefield-coal.com/bluefield-coal-show show.. SEPT. 22-23
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Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Conference, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio; www Antonio; www.urtec.org. .urtec.org. JULY JUL Y 29-30 2 9-30
North American Pipeline Congress, Congress, The Westin Chicago River North, Chicago; pipelinecongress.com.
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South Texas Texas Oilfield Expo, Expo, Henry Henr y B. Gonzalez G onzalez Convention Center, Center, San Antonio; www Antonio; www.southtexasoilfielde .southtexasoilfieldexpo.com. xpo.com.
Oklahoma Oil & Gas Expo, Expo , Cox Pavilion, Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City; www City; www.okoilexpo .okoilexpo.com. .com. OCT. 14-15
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Tri-Stat Tri-Statee Oil and and Gas Convention Convention,, Woodward Conference Center, Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma; www Oklahoma; www.tsogc.com. .tsogc.com.
OKC Oilfield Expo, Expo, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City; www.okcoilfieldexpo.c www.okcoilfieldexpo.com. om. OCT. 25-27
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NAPE (North American Prospect Expo) South, South , George R. Brown Convention Center, Center, Houston; napeexpo.com/shows/about-the-show/houston. AUG. 24-26 24-26
The Pipeline Pipeline & Energy Expo, Expo, Cox Business Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma; www.pipelineenergyexp www.pipelineenergyexpo.com. o.com.
DUG Eagle Ford, Ford, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Center, San Antonio; www.dugeagleford.com. www.dugeagleford.com. OCT. 27-28
Eastern Oil and Gas Conference and Trade Show , Monroeville Convention Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania; www.pioga.o www.pioga.org/even rg/event/2015t/2015-eastern eastern-oil-and-oil-and-gas-conf gas-conference erence-and-t -and-trade-sh rade-show ow.. OCT. 27-29
LAGCOE (Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition) 2015, 2015 , Cajundome, Lafayette, Louisiana; www Louisiana; www.lagcoe.com. .lagcoe.com.
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reg Brown doesn’t like hearing about accidents involving rolloff trucks and trailers. As the owner of Benlee, a manufacturer of roll-off equipment, he knows the mistakes people make are preventable. preventable. “It’s done to save time and a nd it can end up in death. The question is what equipment designers can do to outthink the person who is trying try ing to sidestep the s ystem,” ystem,” says say s Brown. In the 10 years he has owned the company near Detroit, Benlee has made
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EVER�CHANGING INDUSTRY Business slowing for many companies as the oil and gas industry reacts to drop in crude prices By Cory Dellenbach
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’ve said it before and I’m saying it again. The oil and gas industry is a roller coaster ride: One day it can be flourishing and the next it could be forcing companies out of business. It’s amazing what this industry can do for whole areas too. Take for example a report released by the Energy Information Administration in late April listing the top U.S. oilfields. The rankings were initially released in 2009
and the Eagle Ford Shale play, discovered in 2008, wasn’t even listed yet. This time, however, the southern Texas play had the top U.S. oilfield based on proved reserves in the EIA’s report. The EIA defines “proved reserves” as estimated quantities of oil and natural gas that c an be recoverable with reasonable certainty under existing economic economic and operating conditions. conditions. The Eagle Ford’s Eagleville field took the top spot, while Prudhoe Bay’s oilfield in northern Alaska Ala ska dropped to the third largest. In the 2009 report, the Prudhoe Bay field was the largest. The No. 2 spot on this year’s list was the Spraberry Trend field in the Permian Basin. Colorado’s Wattenberg field was fourth, while Eagle Ford’s Briscoe Ranch was fifth. In natural gas, the top U.S. field is the Marcellus Shale, which includes areas of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Marcellus stole the top spot from Texas’ Barnett Shale area. GROWTH OF THE MARKET
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one truck and today has over 20 vehicles in its fleet. The company, which cleans tanks and production facilities in the oilsands region of Canada, operates within a 100-mile radius of Lashburn and only serves the oil and gas industry with its fleet of vacuum trucks and trailers. Jim Donald, Southern Spur’s field supervisor, spent a week in February at the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show Show in Indianapolis tr ying to gather ideas for diversifying the company.
The oil oil and gas indust industry ry is a roller coaster ride: One day it can be flourishing and the next it could be forcing companies out of business. BEING CAUTIOUS
While Southern Spur ha s grown g rown considerably over the last 11 years, the company needs to think about diversification if it wants to conti nue growing. g rowing. That’s tha nks to the decline in crude oil prices, which has affected the company. The Bakken Shale play is one of the areas that’s been hit hardest by the price drop. In this month’s Bakken Extra feature, we tell you about a company and some workers who have been affected firsthand by the volatile crude oil prices. For many contractors, it’s a time to tighten the shoestrings a bit and find out where they can s ave money. HOW ABOUT YOU
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Cover Story
Southern Spur Enterprises field supervisor Jim Donald grabs a stinger from a truck to set it up for a tank-cleaning job on an oilfield site near Lashburn, Saskatchewan. LEFT:
Southern Spur Enterprises owners Connie and Gerald Grassl pose alongside a 2012 Kenworth W900B with a standard Acro dump trailer at tached. The comp any, located in Lashburn, Saskatchewan, uses only Acro trailers within its fleet of over 20 trucks. MIDDLE:
Southern Spur Enterprises operator Travis Russell hooks up water pressure hoses to a stinger as he prepares for a tank-cleaning job. RIGHT:
Spurring Success
IN THE OILSANDS
Saskatchewan-based Southern Spur Enterprises uses specialized vacuum trucks to help help customers customers out of of tough tough situations situations
erald Grassl didn’t want to leave Lashburn, Saskatchewan. He was familiar with it, he knew people and he was fa miliar w ith the major industry in t he northern Canadian region — oil and gas exploration and production. Grassl, who was working for another company driving vacuum truck s, wanted to set out on on his own a nd saw the opportunity for success as the market was tak ing off in 2004. He launched launched his company, Southern Spur Enterprises, at that time. “He had a vision about starting hi s own company, and he went and talked to a few prominent people who were in charge of s ome of the oil companies in the area and pitched his idea to them,” says Jim Donald, field supervisor for Southern Spur. “They told him that if he built the trucks they would give him a chance, and t hat’s how it all started.” The company started with one sludge hauler, but the fleet has since expanded to over 20 trucks serving a 100-mile area around Lashburn and Lloydminster. “Basically once you get outside of this little area, there isn’t a whole lot of other ot her i ndustry,” Donald says. “Everyone that works here is oil and gas oriented.”
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GETTING TO WORK
The company, with 38 employees, has a primary focus on tank cleaning, which accounts accounts for up up to 80 percent percent of of the business. Crude oil extracted from underground formations commonly contains sediments such as sand t hat are extracted w ith the oil. The sand settles to the bottom of the storage tanks and accumulates, eventually blocking the tanks’ ta nks’ ports if they are not cleaned. Crews attach a hydraulic stinger to the lower portion portion of the tank wall. Water pressure mixes the sand and turns it into slurry. “Our vac trucks can then suck that out of the tank,” Donald says. Crews w ill do about 20 stings a day. The company’s sludge haulers serve oilfield production facilities. “We go in and clean the facility out and we haul the sludge from them to a nearby disposal plant.” Southern Spur uses four disposal plants situated around the area, but the Lloydminster and Unity disposal plants are the company’s primary disposal sites. “It saves us travel ing time when we’re loaded loaded by having nea rby facilit ies,” Donald says. “The whole trick to the game is to get to the tanks and then to (continued)
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Southern Spur Enterprises operator Reece Miller, right, looks on as another employee is trained on the tank-cleaning process used by the company at an oilfield site.
the disposal site in a timely fashion so that you’re not gouging the customer too bad for travel time.” CONCRETE BUSTING
Southern Spur has proven it’s willing to take on any tank-cleaning job, even those that other companies can’t handle. In one case, other companies were unsuccessful cleaning a tank at a location just outside Lashburn. “It turned out to be a fairly unique job. We went there w ith a cre w and pulled the door to the t ank back and found that it was full of concrete.” Crew members took turns jackhammering the concrete into small enough pieces for it to be loaded into a vac t ruck. “Th at job took us a week to do, but no one else would t ackle the t he job.” job.” Donald says there wasn’t any complaining from his crew members, and it helped the company secure that customer for future jobs. “The oil company was more than happy to have us continue working for them on a regula r basis. I re ally have ha ve to take my hat off to the crew. They went right to work on that job a nd got it done.” done.”
SOUTHERN SPUR ENTERPRISES LOCATION:
Lashburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
OWNER:
Gerald Grassl
EMPLOYEES:
38
SERVICE AREA:
100-mile radius around Lashburn and Lloydminster
SERVICES OFFERED: Tank cleaning, cleaning, battery cleaning, cleaning, vacuum services
TRUCKS, TRUCKS AND MORE TRUCKS
Southern Spur now has a fleet of over 20 specialized trucks that help it tackle difficult jobs. “We’ve had some steady growth and went from having one sludge hauler to having six,” Donald says. Sludge haulers are different than a normal straight vacuum truck, having a double-helix drop belly rather than a standard cylindrical tank. “As the company has grown we’ve added straight vac trailers and now we’ve added self-contained vac trucks.” (continued)
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In total, the company has 11 self-contained vacuum trucks, truck s, five straight straig ht vacuum trailers trai lers and six sludge haulers. Acro Trailer of Springfield, Missouri, built all the trailers. “We also have a couple pressure trucks that we run in conjunction with some of the straight vacs,” Donald says. The self-contained vacuum trucks set the company apart from its competitors. “That stands us alone in the field as far as competitiveness,” Donald says. “There’s a lot of competition in our area because of the amount of work. We’ve set ourselves apar t by going the extra mile and making it so you don’t have to have three trucks on the site, you can have just one. The cost savings are huge.” SPECIALIZED CREW
Being competitive also means having a crew that is trained properly and not afraid to work long hours. Donald says Southern Spur has both. “The training is f airly extensive, plus crew members members are required to be at our monthly safety meeting that Gerald runs.” When hired, crew members must undergo certification for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), Carriage of Dangerous Goods (CDG), first aid, H2S and confined space. (continued) 16
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ABOVE: Southern Spur Enterprises staff in the truck yard. Back row, from left, Charlie Pambrun, field supervisor; Renae Smith, dispatcher; Jim Donald, field supervisor; Connie Grassl, owner; Gerald Grassl, owner; Luke Grassl, mechanic; Dick Percks, mechanic. Front row, from left, Wilson Chambers, operator; Mike Lawrence, mechanic. BELOW: One
of Southern Spur Enterprises’ Peterbilt 389 longnose trucks with a standard Acro dump trailer attached at its facility in Lashburn, Saskatchewan.
“There’s a lot of competition in our area because of the amount of work. We’ve set ourselves apart by going the extra mile and making it so you don’t have to have three trucks on the site, you can have just one.” Jim Donald
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Several of Southern Spur Enterprises’ sludge haulers and vacuum trucks are lined up in a field nearby its office in Lashburn, Saskatchewan. The company, founded in 2004, has grown to over 20 trucks and serves a 100mile radius around Lashburn. (Photo courtesy Southern Spur Enterprises)
“The whole trick to the game is to get to the tanks and then to the disposal site in a timely fashion so that you’re not gouging the customer too bad for travel time.” Jim Donald
IDEAS FROM THE WWETT SHOW Southern Spur Enterprises, based in Lashburn, Saskatchewan, was looking for ways to grow, and field supervisor Jim Donald thought some of its equipment manufacturers might be able to spark some ideas. Donald attended the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show in February for the first time to meet with several of those manufacturers. “We wanted to touch base with our people and see what was new on the market,” Donald says. “All of our products that we buy were there. The maker of our vac trailers was there, our pump makers were there. Everything that is on our trucks is from people we dealt with at the show.” Southern Spur uses pumps from Hibon on its trucks, so that was one manufacturer Donald visited; others included Acro Trailer and Gardner Denver. With the downturn in crude oil prices, the company was also looking for ways to keep growing, and going to the show helped them generate some new ideas. “We were looking at some ideas for diversification and we got quite a few good ideas,” Donald says. “We were pretty impressed with the show. I was in awe when I walked in.”
“Everybody also has to be oriented by every oil company that we work for, and we probably work for 10 or 15 oil companies,” Donald says. As field super visor, Donald is norm ally making ma king sales sa les calls cal ls and dropping in on job sites to make sure work is going smoothly. “If it’s a big job, I usually 18
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organize the job and stay on site. I work with the owner to ensure that all health and safety regulations are met in the field on a regular basis also.” Grassl doesn’t do much work in the field anymore. He can usually be found in the office handling the day-to-day operations. Besides the field crews a nd the office staff, Southern Spur al so has a shop with th ree full-t ime mechanics. “It’s actually a huge savings having our own mechanics,” Donald says. “We run them 10 hours a day, and they would work longer if need be. We have them go five days a week and one guy is on call over the weekend.” TIME TO DIVERSIFY
With the current state of crude oil prices in flux, Donald doesn’t see much more the company can do in the industry and sees its growth coming from other industries. “At this time we’re probably not going to be doing a lot of changing and diversifying unless we find something to diversify into other than the oilfields,” Donald says. “The downturn in the price of oil has put the crunch on a lot of companie s here.” Southern Spur hasn’t had to cut any jobs since oil prices dropped, more info but crews are working shorter shif ts, Acro Trailer going from 12- to 18-hour days 800/589-5254 down to 8- or 10-hour days, and the www.acrotrailer.com ler.com company hasn’t hired anyone since Gardner Denver the slowdown. 217/222-5400 “We’re probably one of the w ww.gardnerdenverproducts.com ww.gardnerdenverproducts.com fortunate companies,” Donald says. Hibon Inc. “We haven’t had as big of a slowdow n (a division of Ingersoll Rand) Rand) as the majority of service companies 888/704-4266 w ww.hibon.com ww.hibon.com here ha ve.” ve.” GOMC
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Money Machines Fox Oilfield Services in Alberta bought a custom-designed 2015 Kenworth C500 truck that can be used as a winch truck or a bed truck. (Contributed photos by Fox Oilfield Services)
DOING DOUBLE DUTY With its two-for-one capabilities, Texas bed truck gives Alberta oilfield contractor a competitive edge by reducing costs for customers By Ken Wysocky
ess is more for oilfield contractors who bring large vehicles to congested drilling pads on a daily basis. In a nutshell, that explains why Fox Oilfield Services in Alberta, Canada, bought a custom-designed Texas Texas bed truck that does double duty on drilling sites thr oughout western Ca nada — and brings substantial sav ings to customers in the process. Fox Oilfield took delivery of the extra-brawny 2015 Kenworth C500 “It oftentimes eliminates in February. Since then, the truck, the need for a bed truck which can work as either a wi nch truck or a bed truck, has been impressing on a drilling site.” the company’s customers with its Christopher James versatil ity. Designed and outfitted by Marcep Manufacturing Ltd., the truck can carry up to 34,000 pounds of cargo on highways and can bed or spot load up to 50,000 pounds on drilling sites, says Christopher James, vice president of Fox Oilfield, based in Nisku, which is south of Edmonton in central Alberta. “It oftentimes eliminates the need for a bed truck on a drilling site,” James say s. A key fe ature i s the t ruck’s 50,00 0-pound spot loading capa city, which is roughly double the payload capacity of a typical Texas bed truck, which
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Fox Oilfield Services Inc., Nisku, Alberta, Canada VEHICLE:
2015 Kenworth C500 Texas bed truck, designed/built by Marcep Manufacturing Ltd.
FUNCTION :
Hauling and spot loading large drilling rig components
FEATURES:
550 hp Cummins diesel engine, 50,000-pound spot loading payload capacity, 34,000-pound road payload capacity, 18-speed Eaton-Fuller transmission, four-speed Spicer auxiliary transmission, tri-axle locking differential, 50-ton Braden winch
COST:
About $352,000 $352,000 (or (or around $450,000 Canadian dollars) dollars)
usually maxes out around 25,000 pounds. “That provides our customers with substanti al cost saving s avings, s, because b ecause with a single s ingle truck we can c an transport tran sport materials to the site, then also use that same truck to put the cargo in place,” says Chris Cassin, president of Fox Oilfield. “Out here, a lot of equipment is out working in remote areas that might take 14 hours to reach one way. So if they don’t have to send out a (full-size) bed truck (along with a winch truck), the cost savings is substantial.” How substantial? It can ea sily amount to thousands of dollars per day or per trip. “That’s very appealing for our customers,” customers,” Cass in says. The Kenworth features a 50 -ton winch made by Braden (a brand owned
by Pacca r) and a 550 hp, high-torque Cummi ns die sel engine eng ine that ge nerates 2,050 ft-lbs of torque, which gives the truck extra power even when it’s working i n lousy soi l conditions. O ther featu res include inc lude an 18-s peed EatonFuller manual transmission with a four-speed auxiliary transmission made by Spicer (owned by Dana Da na Hold ing); ing ); the auxilia auxi liary ry unit effective e ffectively ly g ives the truck a 72-speed transmission. That’s a big benefit for a vehicle that’s often lugging extremely heav y loads in ver y muddy conditions, conditions, James notes. “Without exaggeration, you might be working in 2 or 3 feet of mud, especially during the springtime melt,” he says. Differential locking on all three rear axles, plus tire chai ns when needed, provides extra traction, says Edwin Krezanoski, a bed truck operator and dispatcher for Fox Oilfield. A driver can lock either one, two or all three axles, depending on the conditions, he adds.
“It’s a hardworking beast that gives us a significant competitive advantage.” Christopher James
generators generators to 400-bar rel fluid tanks, dry bulk tan ks and compre ssors. “It does n’t n’t completely replace a bed truck and its capabilities,” James explains. “But many times it can do what a bed truck does … and if whatever we’re moving weighs less than 34,000 pounds, we don’t need to use a trailer, which is good because there’s not a lot of space on drilli ng sites.” Fox Oilfield also owns a 1995 Kenworth C500 bed truck with tandem steering and tandem-drive axles, as well as numerous Kenworth T800 winch winc h tractor truck s and various var ious style trailers tra ilers made by Peerless, Aspen Aspe n Custom Trailers and Doepker Industries. But it’s the Texas bed truck that’s revolutionizing revolutionizing t he company’s company’s business, James notes. “It’s a hardworking beast that gives us a significant competitive advantage,” advantage,” he says. GOMC
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When Fox Oilfield orig inally inal ly starte d talking talk ing with Ma rcep officia ls about designing a more powerful Texas bed truck, James says the goal wa s 40,000 pounds of spotting capacity. To achieve and then exceed that goal required some creative engineering that moved as much weight as possible to the front of the truck to effectively create a counterweight that accommodates the extra lifting capacity. “Think of it as a teeter-totter, where we have to offset on the front end what the truck is lifting at the re ar,” ar,” he says. The moment of truth came when a customer asked if the truck could lift one of its 50,000-pound pressure tanks. “We gingerly attempted it and the truck handled it like a champ,” champ,” James says. “Being able to li ft that extr a 10,000 pounds is a big deal. That means it can handle any of the drilling packages that one of our biggest customers uses on site. “If the truck could only handle 40,000 pounds, that customer would need an extra piece of equipment from us to get the job done,” he continues. “Now they don’t have to incur the extra cost of a bed truck as a support unit on locat ion.” ion.” “That 10,000 pounds may not sound like a lot, but financially, it saves customers big time,” time,” Krez anoski notes. “This truck ha s by far exceeded our expectations.” The Kenworth truck hauls a nd spots a var iety of skid-mounted skid-mounted drilling site components, ranging from large pressure tanks, boiler units and
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Bakken Extra
TIMES ARE CHANGING With low oil prices, service companies and workers are dealing with layoffs By Cory Dellenbach
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ena Olheiser thought the man was joking when he came up to her at Command Center, a temporary labor and staffing service center in Dickinson, North Dakota, in early April. The man said he was laid off from an oil rig, getting good money, and was looking for a new job. He said he would only work for $35 an hour, a minimum of 50 hours each week, and paid housing with a $150 a day per diem. She soon realized he was n’t n’t joking and had a simple response. “Well, good luck with th at,” she said.
“I’m surprised with how fast companies started cutting after the prices dropped.” Jeff Larson
Jobs like that are rare now in the Bakken and other shale plays across the country since crude oil prices dropped in October 2014. “I tell them here that everyone is expendable, everyone,” says Command Center branch manager Kristen Vesledahl. LOSING THE JOB
Alena P raus wa s one of many worker s who lost lost their jobs when oil prices prices dropped. The 63-year-old Dickins on resident worked for three years as a clerk for Baker Hughes when, in March, the oilfield serv ices company made cutbacks at its Dickinson office and let her go. Praus says she wasn’t surprised when the company cut her position. “I could feel it in the slowdown of 22
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the work,” Praus says. “They had to give someplace. They had to go somewhere. I have no ill feelings at all.” Praus has since moved to Fargo where she and her husband are building a retirement home closer to her two sons. She has already been applying for jobs in Fargo and wants to work a couple more years b efore retiring. Jeff Larson Lar son of Willi ston worked for an oilfield services company doing hydroexcavation when his company laid off about half of its employees as a result of industry slowdowns. He, at least, had something to fall back on. “I was there for five years and the cuts came up pretty quick,” Larson says. “I’m surprised with how fa st companies companies started cutting after the prices dropped. Now I’m working for my cousin in Minnesota driving flatbeds and doing deliveries. It’s a long way from home, but at least it’s something.” While Praus and Larson Lars on bounced back from los ing their oilfield jobs, ot hers may not be so lucky. “The guys that got laid off from out of town, out of state, they came from states where there were no jobs,” Praus says. “They came up here to North Dakota to get a job, left their families at home, got an apartment and worked here. Now they’re without a job and go back home, and there’s still no jobs there. Those are the ones I really feel for — the guys with the families.” THE OTHER SIDE
Bob’s Oil Field Service in Belfield was one of those Bakken Bakk en companies that was forced to lay off employees. For owner
Rob Heim it went fast — his business was flourishing in December, but a few months later he had to make the tough move. The company was founded by his father in 1977, 1977, and Heim says it was pain ful to tell his employees that he no longer had enough work to keep them employed. “What’s really tough for me is when I see these guys come from Michigan and Idaho, and they pack up to come here and
“I tell them here that everyone is expendable, everyone.” Kristen Vesledahl
kind of settle in and start going to work, and then all of a sudden they’re sitting across your desk and you say, ‘I don’t have any more work for you,’” Heim says. “A lot of them are here tempora rily. That’s not the worst part. It’s the ones who move their families here and everything, and all of a sudden they’ve got to uproot their families and go back home. Th at’s tough.” tough.” The company has multiple trucks, backhoes, excavators and steam cleaners. They offer roustabout services, tank battery construction and general maintenance. “There’s less wells coming on with less rigs and less work,” Heim says. “The construction has slowed down a lot for us. We’re We’re finding that they’re not fixi ng the margin of wells at this time. If they have troubles, they’ll shut the wells in and wait until the prices come up to fix them.” Heim says he’s using the downtime to catch up on building and equipment maintenance. “We grew faster than we wanted to,” Heim says. “This gives us time to get our infrastructure up to speed also. That’s important. And then, we’ll just take it as it comes.” GOMC
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Eye on the Industry
FACING RISK HEAD�ON Programs are changing the way the oil and gas industry looks at risk, both with equipment and people By Paul Nicolaus
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f there’s an asset, there’s a risk,” says Raul Vieira, VP of energy services at Bureau Veritas North America I nc. “And “And if there’s a risk, it needs to be managed.” Risk management is a process that looks to minimize the probability and consequences of adverse conditions and maximize the probability and consequences consequences of positive events, he explains.
“The risk management program provides the assurance that the asset will achieve its goals and requirements safely and in a timely manner through the entire life cycle.” Raul Vieira
no risk to the environment in the long run, he explains. “Historically, we have been working with risk and try ing to address it at different phas es of the life cycle of an as set,” Vieira says. “Exper ience today indicates that the sooner you start addressing the management of risk the better, because you become better positioned to respond.” First you try to eliminate that risk through design, then you try to reduce that risk through either design restrictions or construction restrictions, and then you try to minimize the consequences by addressing the risk that cannot be eliminated through various integrity management processes such as personnel training, operational procedures or community outreach. MANAGING UNCERTAINTIES
A look at integrated asset management requires an assessment of the perceived risks in a variety of areas, which could include business, safety, environment, health, costs, performance or compliance with reg ulations. Dependi ng on the ow ner of the asset and the asset itself, some of these categories of risk may take priority over others. For example, if an oil platform went up in a city and a safety issue developed, that might be perceived as a high priority because it could impact lives that are operating on the unit as well as people living within the community itself, Vieira s ays. If, on the other hand, a problem occurs with an offshore wind turbine, it is likely to be considered more of a financial risk because there is nobody there whose safety would be in jeopardy, and there is 24
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“Every owner, every user, has a different idea or need in terms of risk management,” Vieira adds, and when it comes to the oil and gas sectors, the projects involved are often complex. As a result, they involve uncertainties that stem from a wide range of sources. “The risk management process has as a target to look at these uncertainties and manage them with an implementation program that is both holistic and detailed to deal with the individual risks,” Vieira says. “The risk management program provides the assurance that the asset will wil l achieve its goals and requirements safely and in a timely manner through the entire life cycle,” he adds. “It is not a static exercise, it is not a snapshot, it is not something that you do during three years and then let go; it should be a life cycle process.”
The implementation approach is based on a cle ar identi fication of the goal s and requirements of the asset throughout the life cycle and then a prioritization of the level of management and the effort to be spent on each phase. “What we do is identify the risks, rank the risks, look at what the intentions of the asset are in terms of long-term goals and long-term objectives, and then decide which risk should be dealt with as a priority priority in relation to another risk,” Vieira explains. In the past, asset management related to equipment only. only. Over the yea rs, however, this has shifted to include the people who operate that equipment and the processes used by those people. More consideration is being devoted to personnel. Even the terminology has evolved as a result of this. Mechanical integrity has changed into asset integrity or integrity management. “The coverage is much broader,” broader,” Vieira says. “We have ha ve to look at the human side.” side.”
“Experience today indicates that the sooner you start addressing the management of risk the better, because you become better positioned to respond. respond.”” Raul Vieira
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Some of the most comm common on asses sment methods include technical safety, reliability assurance, project risk management, value improving processe s, asset integrit y management and human factors. The tools and techniques depend on the type of risk that is being assessed and can vary from a high level qualitative method such as a what-if workshop to a more sophisticated quantitative method such as a probabilistic cost and schedule assessment.
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“From the very conceptual phase of a project to the operational phase of a project, the measurements need to change and be addressed and be managed,” Vieira says. The idea is to have a big effort in the beginning and a minimum level of effort devoted to managing the risk during the operation of a project. A global g lobal company founded in 1828 and a nd initial in itially ly focused foc used on the t he safety s afety and operation of ships, Bureau Veritas has evolved over the years to become one of the largest quality assurance, health, safety, environment and social accountability (QHSE-SA) consultants in the world. With operations in over 850 offices in 140 countries, Vieira notes that the company is well equipped to offer risk management services. “We feel that we are very prepared to support organizations in the identification of their risks, in the assessment of priorities, in the implementation of a risk management program, and finally in the verification of the effectiveness of the program,” he says. GOMC
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Niobrara Extra
WORKING FOR THE INDUSTRY Petroleum Association of Wyoming helps explain rules and regulations facing the oil and gas industry By Greg Bates
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f the members of the Petroleum Assoc iation of Wyoming (PAW) (PAW) can bank on one thing, it’s that the association is going to have their backs in times of need. PAW has been doing that since the early 1900s. PAW is the largest and oldest petroleum industry trade association in Wyoming. Its focus is the betterment of of the state’s oil and gas industry by providing a forum for interaction among members, the public and local, state and federal governments. “One of the real great things I’ve noticed with this group, and I’ve noticed it for years and years, we are recognized as the voice of the industry in this state,”
“There’s really a lot of different members and “There’s companies. About every major company you can think of, we’ve got Exxon, Conoco, Encana, Chevron, you name it.” Bruce Hinchey
PAW Vice President John Robitaille says. “People in Wyoming want to hear from people in Wyoming. They don’t care what goes on in Colorado. They want to know what Wyoming thi nks. And when they a sk those questions, they look to us to answer them for t hem.” hem.” WORKING FOR THE MEMBERS
Currently, PAW comprises 196 members – 89 in the exploration and production (E&P) field, while the other 107 are consultants, lawyers and that 26
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type of profession. The organization’s membership figures fluctuate depending on the industry, the price of gas and oil, and the activities associated with companies purchasing other companies. In the last six years, PAW has had a high membership enrollment of 240. “There’s really a lot of different members and companies,” PAW President Bruce Hinchey says. “About every major company you can think of, we’ve got Exxon, Conoco, Encana, Chevron, you name it.” PAW is consistently a strong voice for its members. Whatever they need, PAW employees try to provide. “We work for them,” says Hinchey, who has been with PAW PAW for 13 years. “We have different committees: We have a public lands committee, we have a legal committee, a tax committee, a government relations committee. We meet and work on issues important to the industry. We have a chairman and they all work on issues and tell us what direction to take, what comments we should be working on, whether or not to support legisl ations, and stuff like that.” MAKING A DIFFERENCE
The association, which is headquartered in Casper, Wyoming, consists of a 36-member board of directors, which is voted on by their fellow members and is responsible for improving PAW policies and positions on industry affairs. “We’re really as strong as our committee structures, because they’re the ones with on-the-ground experience and the expertise in it, and they really educate us,” Robitaille says. “Then we can
go forth and present the overall industry ideal where we get all that information and kind of funnel it into us and we can give it back out.” out.” Adds Hinchey, “We make m ake comments on various rules and regs or legislation or EISs or regional management plans. The EPA has some ozone standards they’re proposing and we’re commenting on those, and viewsheds, stuff like that. There’s always an issue out there that we’re working on it seems lik e.” e.”
“We make comments on various rules and regs or legislation or EISs or regional management plans ... There’s always an issue out there that we’re working on it seems like.” Bruce Hinchey
Robitaille, who has also been at PAW for 13 years, believes the association is making a huge difference statewide and even nationwide in some instances. “I think if we look at various policies throughout the state, whether it be tax policies or environmental policies or production or what have you, I think we’ve been involved in most of those discussions,” Robitaille says. “And we’ve presented our side as best we can and most of the time the outcome is maybe not exactly what we want, but at least it’s a workable solution for us.” Hinchey pinpoints a couple of instances in the past where PAW really pulled through and made a difference. Nearly five years ago, former Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal was looking to develop some regulations for fracking in the state. PAW helped the effort and developed the rules th at work for for companies as well as for Wyoming. The state became the first to implement fracking and disclosure rules. “A lot of states have modeled their fracking rules after Wyoming,” Hinchey says. “I believe the federal government’s
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proposed some that are very similar as well.” Prior to developing the fracking regulations, PAW was also instrumental about a decade ago in helping area residents understand and deal with split estate, where surface and subsurface rights for a piece of land are owned by different different parties. “In Wyoming, we have a sig nificant amount of split estate and a lot of that is due to two-thirds of our minerals being owned by the federal government,” Robitaille says. “Folks that have lived in this country have known about it and understand it. But we get some folks that move in that don’t really know, and so we created initially, it was called a split estate initiative, and that was a product of our organization working with similar organizations in agriculture. We came up with a way for landowner s to understand what split estate is, and we even worked worked out a mediation type of process process for when there was a conflict, should it arise. Later that turned into law, which was then added into the Wyoming Oil and Ga s Conserv ation Commission rules. Tha t was reall y a big thing for us, and that’s worked really, really well.” One current issue that PAW is involved with is setbacks for oil and gas wells and a ssociated production equipment. PAW tries to always be proactive instead of reactive when it comes to industry issues. Hinchey believes the association is a very important asset to Wyoming. “It’s the voice of the industry,” Hinchey says. “We carry forward their message and it’s a unified message, which makes it much stronger than one that would be scattered with various thoughts here and there. It’s a good way for the organization to be represented and to be heard.” PAW is certainly being loud and clear with its message. GOMC
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THE RIGHT TRACKING CHOICE Follow these key points to make the best decision for your Follow business when selecting a GPS tracking system By Ryan Driscoll
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your business can be a tough decision. decision. Establishing key concepts to consider, what criteria are most important to you you and the return on investment you can potentially achieve are all critical in making your decision on the right GPS tracking partner. Key concepts to consider There are many different GPS tracking options to choose from, so it is smart to identify t he most basic components components of your fleet that ca n be af fected and would benefit from a GPS application. It is not just important for your business to consider what is needed right now, but also what will be needed down the road. This will help ensure that a s your needs change and grow, the solution solution will be able to adapt and sca le with you. It is critical to fi nd a solution that will provide your management team with the most accurate data, a smooth implementation implementation and, most important, a sign ificant return on investment. Every fleet has different goals and challenges that need to be accomplished, accomplished, so take t he time to dive into what those are for your fleet. Commencing the GPS tracking buying process with a general idea of what your criteria are will keep you focused focused on what you really need and allow you to to easily narrow down down your list of potential providers. Desirable capabilities Deciding what capabilities and features you need in a GPS tracking solution is the next phase of the decision-making process. Knowing what you would like to monitor monitor within your fleet will lead you to assess ing the right functionality in your GPS tracking softwa re. Many fleets, both large and small, will benefit f rom customized reporting capabilities, length of historical data retention, comprehensive alerts, and simple scheduling and dispatching as some of the core features in their GPS track ing software. Functionality, ease of 28
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It should not be the initial cost of the software that you worry about, but the opportunity cost. The advantages of choosing a valuable GPS tracking track ing solution greatly exceed the cost savings from selecting a cheaper version. use, accuracy of GPS data, quality cu stomer service and overall customizability are also cha racteristics that your GPS tracking provider should have. Attain the greatest return on investment If you are only looking to simply see dots on a map within GPS tracking software, the lea st expensive solution may be the route you want to ta ke. Yet, if you are looking to get the most most from your GPS tracking partner, you you will want a solution that can help you squeeze the maximum ROI. It should not be the initial cost of the software that you worr y about, but the opportunity cost. The advantages of choosing a valuable GPS tracking solution greatly exceed the cost savings from selecting a cheaper version. Quality GPS tracking is something that should be looked at as an investment and not a simple and cheap solution. Applications t hat are highly configurable and provide accurate reports, timely data and robust mapping capabilities will allow you to analyze a wide range of metrics to properly manage your fleet operations. Highly customizable alerts, reports and ea se of administration will give you all of the tools you need to have a clear insight into the data that w ill allow you to improve the efficiency and productivity of your fleet. Apply these general strategies to your GP S tracking t racking buying process a nd you will be well on your way to making the right decision in order to take full control of your fleet. GOMC
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REINSTATEMENT MADE SIMPLE Robotic Trydent 80 pipe cutter easily opens laterals in small-diameter piping By Craig Mandli
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elining small pipelines can be a time- and cost-efficient solution for the rehabilitation of piping systems. However, opening the lateral connections on those pipelines can sometimes be difficult, especially in hard-to-reach areas that provide limited access. The completely robotic Trydent 80 small-pipe cutting system from TRY TEK Machine Works solves that issue. The unit garnered plenty of attention among representatives from several industries at the 2015 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show in Indianapolis in February. “We believe that the small pipe and relining market is still emerging,” says Troy Miller, a senior engineer with TRY TEK and the designer of the Trydent 80. “We’re convinced that this product can meet the needs of that market.”
“The system was designed with versatility in mind.” Troy Miller
The unit performs rein statement of interior or exterior relined pipes from 3 to 6 inches in diameter. Operators can access pipe systems through cleanout ports or rooftop vent pipes in buildings where tenants are present or utility operations that cannot be disturbed. It can be used to reinstate an entire vertical waste pipe from a single access point, as its small, powerful cutting head can maneuver around 90- and 45-degree elbows and navigate multiple bends and turns. Its reach extends up to 100 feet and its narrow 23inch width enables easy access through doorways, or easy transport on rough or difficult-to-reach terrain. It can be used to reinstate lateral pipes connected to the sewer or utility main at ground or basement level. “The system was designed with versatility in mind,” says Miller. “We believe that it’s a fit across a lot of of different markets, including sever al that we really haven’t explored a great deal.” It has a powerful hydraulic cutting head and clamping mechanism, dual video outputs that permit digital recording, and an onboard color camera with self-cleaning lens connected to a weather-resistant, sunlightreadable video monitor. Water-powered hydraulics eliminate the potential for environmental environmental haz ards. An optional tripod carr ies the weight of hose during vertical vertica l reinstatement. It has simple and quick setup and operation, and operates with either 120 or 240 volt, and 50 or 60 Hz electric service. “Half of the battle when you are reinstating small pipelines is getting the unit into the proper position to cut,” says Miller. “Then you need to have enough power to make the cut. This unit provides that.” 30
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Troy Miller, left, a senior engineer with TRY TEK and the designer of the Trydent 80 smallpipe cutting system, explains the operation of the unit to two attendees at the 2015 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show in Indianapolis. The portable, robotic unit performs reinstatement of interior or exterior relined pipes from 3 to 6 inches in diameter. (Photo by Craig Mandli)
While the portabil ity and efficiency of the unit make s it a fit for all small sma ll pipe systems, the option to reinstate lateral connections from a single access point inside a building sets it apart, according to Miller. “The idea of relining a vertical stack in a building has actually kept contractors from bidding on jobs because of the difficulty reinstating it after,” says Miller. “That’s the type of problem this unit was made for.” TRY TEK decided to debut the Trydent 80 at the WWETT Show because it, Miller says, “gives us the most bang for our buck.” “This is the show we were really aiming for rolling this out, and the timing fell nicely into place,” says Miller. “Not only do we talk to a lot of plumbers at this show, but also municipalities, general contractors and utility service companies in the oil and mining sector. All those have a place for the Trydent 80. No one else has what this offers in one package.” 717/428-1477; ww w.try w.trytek.com. tek.com. GOMC
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Industry News
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AMER ISAF E, provider of high haza rd workers’ compensation insura nce, named David Morton senior vice president of sales and marketing. He will be responsible responsible for future sales and growth w ithin the organization. GAPVAX RENTAL NAMES OPERATIONS MANAGER
GapVax Rental Units named Earnest Rankin operations manager. GapVax Rental Units offers daily, weekly or monthly vacuum tr uck rentals. BENLEE OFFERS RECYCLING REPORT LEGACY OPENS NEW CORPORATE OFFICE
Legacy Building Solutions opened a new corporate office at its headquarters in South Haven, Minnesota. The 70- by 80-foot, two-story structure provides 10,000 square feet of office space for the company’s engineering, sales and marketing teams. The office is attached to Legacy’s existing fabric ma nufacturing plant.
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Benlee, manufacturer of roll-off trailers, and its sister companies, Goldsboro and Raleigh Metal Recycling, launched the Commodities and Metal Recycl ing Report. The weekly v ideo, posted on the companies’ websites, features a synopsis of the industry, as well as demand and pricing direction for metals and other commodities.
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Wastequip named Anthony E. Parker and Ernie Castro regional sales managers for its Technical Products Division. Parker will be responsible for the Midwest region and Castro will be responsible for growing sales in the Southeast, Southeast, Latin America and Caribbean.
Emco Wheaton, supplier of fluid transfer systems, named Daniel Gheorghiu supervisor of engineering services in Canada. He will lead the engineering team in the desig n and development of products and systems. Daniel Gheorghiu
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Progress Tank launched a new website, ww website, ww w.progress w.progress tank.com. The The site features real-time online inventory of new and refurbished units, one-click access to customer service, and detailed descriptions and images of vacuum tank trucks. VACUUM VACUU M TRUCK TRUCK RENT RENTALS ALS ADDS ADDS HYDRO-KNIFE HYDROEXCAVATOR
Vacuum Truck Rentals Rental s added the L edwell Hydro-K nife hydroexca vator to its fleet of rental equipment. The 2,100-gal 2,100-gallon lon hydroexcavator delivers up to 200 degree s of hot water at 3,000 psi. Two 125-foot hoses work independently or in tandem to deliver 10 gpm each. The Hydro-Knife supports multiple excavators with or without onboard water systems. ARIES INDUS INDUSTRIES TRIES NAME NAMED D BUSINESS BUSINESS OF THE YEAR YEAR
Aries Arie s Industrie s was named a 2015 Top 10 Business of the Year by the Waukesha County Business Alliance and BizTimes Media. The award recognizes companies headquartered in southeastern Wisconsin that have consistent financial growth and demonstrate good business practices through employee relations, customer-focused commitment, community service and business e ducation partnersh ips. TROSTEL NAMES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Trostel, a custom rubber molding and compounding company, named Rafael Tavarez business development manager. He will lead the company’s client service and sales efforts targeting the oil and gas industries.
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Klein Tools received three product awards in Electrical, Construction & Maintenance magazine’s Product of the Year competition. Klein’s all-purpose pliers placed first in the hand tools category, the cushion-grip impact punchdown tool placed first in the voice-data-video tools category and the tradesman pro lighted tool bag placed first in the bags and totes category. DRESSER-RAND INDUCT LUCAS, MOLL INTO FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Dresser-Rand, global supplier of rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, petrochemical, power and process industries, inducted George M. Lucas Randall W. Moll George M. Lucas and Randall W. Moll into the Dresser-Rand Engineering Fellowship Program. KONECRANES PERSONNEL EARN SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS
John Philip Edward s, Konecrane s safety specialist, specia list, completed requirements for a Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) certification as a safety tr ained super visor (STS). Robert W. T Trachsler rachsler and Charles D. Royko, health, safety and environmental managers, completed requirements for a BCSP certification as occupational health and safety technologists (OHST). CEMA ISSUES STANDARD FOR RANKING CONVEYOR BELT CLEANERS
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The E2x series of high-performance, non-sparking alarm horn sounders, Xenon strobe beacons and combined devices from E2S received approval for Zone 2, 22 applications to IECEx and ATEX standards for gas and dust applications, complementing its Class I and II Division 2 UL and cUL approvals. GOMC FREE INFO – SEE ADVERTISER INDEX
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KEEPING KEEPIN G YOUR YOUR STAFF FOCUSED Workplace distractions can sidetrack employees from doing their jobs, but managers can minimize the diversions By Marty Martin
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s managers know all too well, workday distract ions are every where, stealing your employees’ precious time and productivity. Between new technologies that beg for people’s attention to the prevalence of shortened attention spans, everyone on your team may be more d istracted today th an in i n the past. Of course, being distracted at work creates numerous problems, from missed opportunities to strained business relationships. Therefore, you need to manage employees effectively to minimize their distractions. First, realize there are two categories of distraction: internal and external. Internal distractions include any physiological, emotional, attitudinal, biological or physical discomfort. Examples include having an upset stomach or a headache, worrying about a personal matter, feeling over whelmed with tasks, task s, sitting in an uncomfortable chair, experiencing anger toward a co-worker or grieving a loss. Any of these situations can quickly take an employee’s attention away from his or her tasks. External distractions involve other people and technology. Some examples are social media and text a lerts ringing on a smartphone, email notifications popping up on a computer screen and other employees who talk loudly in the office. These seemingly innocuous items easily divert people’s attention. The real challenge is that most employees aren’t experiencing just one or two of these distractions. They’re facing work interruptions on a daily basis. On top of all the internal and external distractions, organizational structures have changed over the years, packing more duties and responsibilities into every job description. That means your employees today have to spread their attention thin 34
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just to complete their expected workload. With all a ll of these factors, it’s no wonder so many people feel distracted at work. Fortunately, most distractions can be eliminated from the workplace if you take the time to m anage them. Here’s Here’s how. Design or redesign a job from a distractibility point of view. It’s natural for a manager to blame the employee for becoming distracted, saying things like “He’s not a team player,” “She’s not motivated” or “He doesn’t work well here.” The manager may even reprimand the individual for poor performance. But
Create a distraction elimination plan. Think back to your elementary school days. You likely had a few kids in the class who always bothered others, threw spit balls or just stared out the window for hours. What did the teacher do? She had a plan. If the kids were disruptive to the class, she’d move them up front near her. If they were window gazers, she’d position their desks so they could no longer see the window. No matter what the disruptive behavior, she knew what to do because she had a plan in mind for it. Good managers do the same. They sit down with the distracted employee and together create a distraction elimination plan (DEP). By working together, they may decide on some physical changes in the office that can help, such as moving to a new cubicle or changing the lighting, or they may figure out strategies the employee can use to maintain focus, such as not having an email program always open or disabling smartphone alerts. The great thing about a plan is that it provides concrete references and is used as a benchmark to gauge progress. Additionally, all organizations have risk management
The real challenge is that most most employees aren’t aren’t experiencing experiencing just one or two … distractions. They’re facing work interruptions on a daily basis. before going that route, take a good look at the job and environment to see if it’s making the employee distracted. What are the job duties, both the ones ones explicitly stated in the job description and the ones that person just always seems to do? What’s the working environment like? What visua l or auditory distra ction triggers are present? How is the office set up? Is the lighting, the chair and the desk layout conducive to good work habits? What other factors impact the employee’s efficiency, effectiveness and performance? If the work environment and the job are poorly designed, the talented individuals you bring in will continue to struggle, perhaps not because of their habits but due to the bad desig n. Therefore, before you reprimand, reprima nd, analy ze. What you find may surprise you.
plans, strategic plans, operational plans and business plans, so why not also have distraction elimination plans? Offer other resources when needed. Sometimes, even with the manager’s help and a solid DEP in place, the employee is still distracted. In these cases, the manager has to know when to offer additional resources. If your business has an employee assistance program, you may want to consider making a recommendation to an appropriate resource or service. If you don’t have a formal program, present the idea of additional help in a supportive and neutral fashion. You could even suggest it as a step in the DEP: “If the outlined steps in thi s plan don’t resolve the issue, then the employee will seek outside assistance in the form of a counselor or
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The next time you notice employees who are underperforming, don’t immediately reprimand them. Instead, take the time to determine if there’s something you or the company can do to remove the distractions from the workplace. Distractions don’t don’t have to be a major part of the workday. You can help minimize t hem. Remember, the fewer distractions people have, the more productive they’ll be. GOMC
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Bulk Transport Benlee Super Mini At 25 feet 11 inches, the Super Mini roll-off trailer from Benlee is Benlee is as short as a straight truck when attached to a tractor, but has a tighter turning turn ing radius and can be maneuvered into tighter spots. It weighs 12,400 pounds and can carry up to 50 percent more payload weight by law than a roll- off truck. It can carry 20-, 30-, 40- and 50-yard-tall boxes and frees up t he t ractor to be attached to another trailer when not in use. 734/890-6822; www. ww w.benlee.com benlee.com.. 1.
Buck’s Fabricating Double Rolling Roof roll-off Double Rolling Roof watertight roll-off containers from Buck’s Fabricating are seal tested prior to delivery. They can be loaded from the top with no crossmember in the way and still be unloaded like a regular roll-off. They can be used to make loading easier for materials that need a roof in addition to the sludge options. They can also be used for dewatering. 800/233-0867; www. ww w.bucksfab. bucksfab.com. com.
They have a 1/4-inch floor, seven-gauge sides, continuous inside welds, 8-inch OD front and rear rollers, and are vented to prevent implosion during unloading. The container is fully sealed with an EPDM door seal, a gasketed rear door with T-box se al, four door ratchets, a side-hinged rear door, and adjustable latches and hinges. Lid options include aluminum side-to-side rolling lids, steel split rolling lids and side-to-side tarps. Other options include front rollers, drains and valves, dewatering shells, placard holders, and push plates. Standard sizes are 20- or 25-cubic yard round-bottom or rectang ular containers. 877/468-9278; ww 877/468-9278; www. w.wastequip wastequip.com. .com.
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at higher temperatures due to its high pressure rating. The system is available with manual and low-point leak detection sensors. 800/343-3618; ww w.asahi-america.com. Graphic Products DuraLabel Graphic Oily Surface Tape DuraLabel Oily Surface Tape from Tape from Graphic Products aggressively Products aggressively adheres to greasy surfaces, allowing facilities to provide pipe markers for safety and OSHA and ANSI compliance. The tape’s adhesive backing chemically bonds with petroleum-based surface contamina nts to produce a strong and lasting bond in tough conditions. It will stand up to gasoline, moisture and salt spray to ensure pipe markings are clear and legible. Pipe markers are protected by a tough, polyester face-stock, making it ideal for use in dirty work environments and on impossibleto-clean surfaces. The white tape is available in 1/2- to 9-inch widths and is compatible with most DuraLabel printers. 888/326-9244; ww w. graphicproducts.com. 5.
McElroy QuickCamp The QuickCamp QuickCamp shelter and pipe-handling system from McElroy Manufacturing Manufacturing enables operators to butt fuse polyethylene pipe from 8-inch IPS to 36-inch OD within a lighted, insulated and climate-controlled enclosure. A single operator can load and align pipe by remote control from inside the shelter with the MegaMc 6.
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Pipeline Assessment Tools and Software Marengo Fabricated Steel Tank-Intel Tank-Intel Tank-Intel smart remote tank monitoring from Marengo Fabricated Steel is a hardware/ software-based system that works on any tank. Dual-level sensors deliver two liquid tank levels to a smartphone, PC or tablet. Changes in the chemical and physical properties of the measured substance do not affect the sensor. The customizable system can withstand temperature extremes. 800/919-2652; ww 800/919-2652; www. w.mfsltd.co mfsltd.com. m. 8.
Wilson Systems IntelliTest IntelliTest from Wilson Systems Systems is a fully automated hydrostatic tester to certify critical iron parts in fracking applications. It can be used to test check valves, plug valves and plumbing components, as well as fracking trucks and manifolds. Once started, the test requires no operator intervention, allowing the operator to be available for other tasks, increasing work throughput. The automation automation ensures test integ rity, repeatability and traceability, and prevents over pressurizing the test specimen. Scalable from 50 to 60,000 psi, each system is provided with onboard air and fluid conditioning, and allows for pressure ramping between tests to multiple pressure levels without operator interaction. It can be operated either locally or remotely via PC or mobile device 9.
through a touch screen. It is available with or without an integrated cabinet enclosure, making maki ng it easily integrated into an existing test chamber. 972/931-8666; ww 972/931-8666; ww w.intellitesthst.co w.intellitesthst.com. m.
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Matador Matad or The aluminum Matador ASME Matador ASME code or noncode vacuum tank from Amthor International comes standard with a 5/16-inch-thick side shell and floor, full head baffles and no external rings. It is available as a dumping tank with or without full-openi ng rear doors, as well as with off-road construction options for various oilfield and mining applications. Various pump models are available, as are chassis and stock tanks. 800/328-6633; ww 800/328-6633; www.am w.amthorinternational. thorinternational.com. com. Advance anced d 11. Adv
Waste Waste Services VacSimize VacSimizer r The VacSimizer vacuum system from Advanced Waste Services Services is designed for oneperson operation. Easily maneuverable in tight areas, it delivers 2,400 cfm and legally hauls 42,000 pounds (80,000 pounds GVW). It has the capacity of a 5,000-gallon semi-tanker and the maneuverability of a straight vacuum truck. Axles Ax les retract for tight locations and extend to comply with bridge laws for driving with a full load. Features include 25-foot hose trays and a
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76-degree tipping angle with a full-opening rear door. The unit carries 200 feet of 4-inch vacuum hose and can be loaded from either side. 800/8429792; ww 9792; www. w.advancedwasteservices.com. advancedwasteservices.com. CanAm Extreme Duty Oilfield Combo Vacuum The Extreme Duty Oilfield Combo Vacuum unit from CanAm Equipment Solutions Solutions has a 3,200-gallon 3,200-gallon DOT 407 wa ste tank w ith full-open rear door and front hoist in either aluminum, stainless or carbon steel construction. It is available with Robuschi, NVE or Hibon positive displacement blowers, providing 90 0 to 1,600 1,600 cfm of high vacuum for continuous-duty operation. The fully heated, self-contained water system includes 800 gallons of storage. A CAT pressure pump provides water delivery up to 10 gpm and pressures to 3,000 psi. The Hotsy boiler package provides more than 700,000 Btu of heati ng power for hot water or steam. It is available in a variety of configurations for variable and industrial liquid waste to heavy heav y oilfield applications. 877/5822626; ww 2626; www. w.canamequipm canamequipment.co ent.com. m.
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Centerline Tank & Trailer large-capacity vacuum trailer Stainless steel vacuum trailers in either 180 or 200 bbl capacities from Centerline Tank & Trailer have a significantly larger capacity than the company’s origina l 130 bbl model. The weight 13.
Crescent Tank Flat Vacuum Tank The Flat Vacuum Tank from from Crescent Tank Mfg. Mfg. has a low-profile design with low center of gravity, making it safe on off-road and unstable terrain. It can be custom sized from 100 to 2,000 gallons and allows operators to carry equipment needed for the job on the bed. Liquid is held inside the truck bed and can be configured with multiple compartments. The vacuum tank is constructed from 1/4-inch mild steel. 585/6574104; ww 4104; www. w.crescenttank.com crescenttank.com.. 14.
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Fast-Vac Shuttle The 16-cubic-yard Shuttle Shuttle roll-off/lift-off vacuum loader from Fast-Vac has Fast-Vac has al l the capacities and functionality of a truck-mounted vacuum but without the maintena nce of a truck. They are ideally suited to refuse applications, industrial cleanups and spills. Multiple units may be in field service and moved with only a single truck. 262/878-0756; ww 262/878-0756; www. w.fast-vac. fast-vac.com. com. 16.
Foremost 2000 The 2000 Model Model vacuum truck from Foremost is mounted on a tridem or quad axle chassis, and comes with a 2,000-gallon water tank, tank , 13-yard debris body and a 70inch aluminum, heated and lit doghouse. The insulated van body offers ample storage room, shelving and a microwave on the driver’s side. It is available with either a standard Robuschi RBDV125 blower or optional Robuschi RB-DV145. The water system comprises a CAT 3560 wash pump, 740,000 Btu boiler and full winterization. The 26-foot rear-mounted extendable boom is controlled by a wireless Omnex controller, 17.
Dragon Products 137BBL LowProfile Non-Code Vacuum Tank Trailer The 137BBL Low-Profile Non-Code Vacuum Tank Trailer from from Dragon Products has Products has a capacity of 5,754 gallons, with a design pressure of 15 psi internal, 22 inch/Hg external, and 45 psig hydrostatic test. It has four manways, all domed style with plated swing bolts and wing nuts and one in rear head. It has a ball-type primary shutoff in the front manway, and ball-type secondary on the driver’s side front with drain. Its over-turn protection includes three tombstones located at front, middle and rear on top of tank. It has 15.
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which allows for control of off-loading, vacuum, wash and vehicle rpm functions. f unctions. 403/295-5800; ww w.foremost w.foremost .ca. GapVax HV57 GapVax H V57 High-Dump The HV57 High-Dump vacuum High-Dump vacuum loader from GapVax allows customers to stay on site longer with the capabil ity to off-load into a standard rolloff container. The debris body high-dump system has a 72-inch dump height in the fully raised position with the body down; a 61-inch dump height in the fully raised position with the body dumped; and 22-inch rearward travel (no need to move the truck with the body elevated). It is a wet/dry unit that comes standa rd with a 5,300 cfm, 28-inch Hg vacuum pump and filtration system design, and 15- to 17-cubic-yard debris body. 888/442-7829; ww 888/442-7829; www. w.gapvax.com gapvax.com.. 18.
Guzzler Classic The Guzzler Classic Classic industrial vacuum loader from Guzzler Manufacturing Manufacturing has enhanced operator ergonomics and improved air routing, filtration and maintenance. A longer body provides improved materi al sepa ration. The standard ladder, catwalk and railing provide the operator with easy and safe access to the top of the truck. Enlarged baghouse and cyclone cleanout access doors provide easier access. 800/6273171; ww 3171; www. w.guzzler.co guzzler.com. m. 19.
Hi-Vac Aquatech B-1 Hi-Vac B-10 0 The Aquatech B-10 B-10 combination jet/vac truck from Hi-Vac Corp. Corp. has a single-engine design for lower fuel and maintenance costs, rearmounted hose reel and 360-degree top-loading rotating boom. The low center of gravity makes full loads more stable, while the self-cleaning tanks are corrosion- and abrasion-resistant. The air/vacuum system has an operating capacity of 2,700 cfm and a 204-inch water column. Options include extended boom, pneumatic foot control for one-man operation and lockable vacuum tubes. An internal boom allows for pickup of materials above and below water. 740/374-2306; ww w.hi-vac.com w.hi-vac.com.. 20.
Imperial Industries VAC3000 VAC3000 VAC3000 Series Series trucks from Imperial Industries are Industries are ASME-certified 407/412 steel DOT units with capacities of 3,200 and 3,600 gallons. Choose either a blower system (NVE 4310 or the Hibon 820) or a vacuum system (Fruitland, Moro or Wittig) to meet specific needs. The units feature three rollover bars, bolt-on aluminum hose trays, 4-inch riser intake, 6-inch discharge, full-opening rear door, three-stage hoist assembly and a complete hydraulically controlled system. 800/558-2945; ww 800/558-2945; www. w.imperialind.com. imperialind.com. 21.
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capable of 6,176 cfm. The Huber Master Control allows the operator to control all functions with the push of a button from one centrali zed location, including a separate baghouse and cyclone clean-out. It has a 3,000-gallon carbon steel tank with 5/16-inch shell, a DOT-approved boom mount, centrifugal centrif ugal nine-stage cyclone, hydraulically operated full-opening rear door with integrated safety cylinder valve, tank-mounted hydraulic vibrator, 53-degree dump angle, 6-inch discharge valve (mechanical or air operated), 6-inch intake valve with internal standpipe, rear work light s, LE D running ru nning lights, a backup back up alarm al arm and grounding reel. Options include ASME/ DOT 412, pressure off-load, Huber Lock rear door, hydraulically operated boom with 22 feet of reach and wireless operation and a HammerHead Armor front bumper. 800/334-8237; ww w.keithhuber.com. w.keithhuber.com. LMT hot-dip galvanized vacuum tank vacuum Hot-dip Hot-dip galvanized vacuum tanks from LMT from LMT resist corrosion in harsh environments. Steel tanks are fully submerged to provide full coverage inside and out. Galvanizing deters against caustic liquids and gases. Tanks are available in 300to 5,000-gallon capacities with customizable options. They are available with single or multiple compartments. Galvanized tanks can remain unpainted or be painted for a more traditional appearance. 800/545-0174; ww 800/545-0174; www. w.vaxteel.com vaxteel.com.. 23.
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KT Series The KT Series vacuum Series vacuum truck from Pac-Mac, a division of Hol-Mac Corporation, Corporation, has a noncode code carbon steel tank with two 4-inch rear sump discharges discharges (in 60, 70 and 80 bbl size options), butterfly butterfly valve options, an OSMI or Spicer transfer case, case, Gardner Denver (TEE) triplex pump, 1.75to to 3-inch Colmonoy plungers, a high-pressure cast cast steel fluid end for well service, mechanical lu bricator for stuffing box packing, a Fruitland R CF500 CF500 vacuum pump, stainless steel float level indicator indicator in the front tank head, 2-inch high pr essure essure piping with a 2-inch Oteco 5,000 psi pop-off valve, Weir SPM 2- by 1-inch plug valve for pr essure essure relief and 1-inch double swivel piping. It has ha s a self-lubricating chain guard for efficient and smooth operation, with an exterior 4-inch fluidfilled filled pressure gauge visible through the headache rack. rack. 800/844-3019; www.e-pac-mac.com. 25. Pik
Rite 3,600-gallon vacuum unit The 3,600-gallon steel tank vacuum unit fr om om Pik Rite is Rite is equipped with a 20-inch manway, aluminum aluminum hose trays and a DOT rear bumper. It has a 6-inch dump valve, 4-inch inlet w ith standpipe, a cleanable cleanable exhaust muffler and a ladder with safety gr ip ip tread. Working force is provided by a Masport H XL400 liquid-cooled liquid-cooled pump with a 10-gallon secondary secondary and final filter. Sight Sight eyes, safety strobes and and an LED light package are standard. Options include include toolboxes, backup cameras and extra lig hting. hting. 800/326-9763; www.pikrite.com.
Presvac Powervac Suck N Dump The Powervac Suck N Dump Dump PD blower wet/dry vacuum loader from Presvac operates Presvac operates as an air mover for dry applications or can be used at full vacuum and extreme recovery rates for tough liquid, sludge and slurry jobs. The material knockout feature in the debris tank minimizes carryover. Heavy-duty modular filtration is configured to blower size and application to provide blower protection and minimal maintenance. Blower options include Hibon, Roots or Robuschi, with full vacuum and 3,500 to 6,600 cfm. It has modular filtration optimized for cfm rating and application, along with 12-inch cyclone and baghouse dump chutes. Heavy-duty spring tensioned bolts allow for adjustment to mainta in leakproof seali ng. The dump dump chute doors open with the debris tank door. Options include stainless steel dump chutes, a boom, pressure off-load, water pump, soundproofing and heated valves. 800/387-7763; www.presvac.com. 26.
Progress Tank Carbon Steel Front Hoist and Full-Open Rear Door The ASME 407/412 Carbon Steel Front Hoist and Full-Open Rear Door from from Progress Tank is is built with a specialized specia lized cor rugated baf fle that not only allows for superior product control during transporting, but maximizes solids off-loading capability. It is available in carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum, all in ASME, non-code, DOT and TC. 816/714-2600; www.progresstank.com. 27.
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Super Products Arctic Supersucker The The Arctic Supersucker vacuum vacuum truck from Super Products Products makes dependable operation in harsh harsh conditions easier by relying on a design specifically specifically for use in frigid environments. It has an 8-inch 8-inch positive displacement vacuum system, 18-cubic-yard 18-cubic-yard payload capacity and body dump unloading, unloading, and cold-weather features including a glycol-heated glycol-heated collector body and tailgate, heated and insulated insulated heavy-duty tailgate drain valve, and low-temperature-rated low-temperature-rated hydraulic oil and hoses. It comes with a hydraulic boom with stainless steel cannon with cannon with an abrasion-resistant liner, and cold weather-resistant weather-resistant wiring and pendant for easy, dependable depend able operation of the boom. Dual liquid level indicators, indicators, LED work light package and an extra-la rge 90-inch toolbox are standard. 800/8379711; ww 9711; www.s w.superproducts uperproductsllc.com. llc.com. 28.
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Industrial Vacuum Loader The The Industrial Vacuum Loader from Vac VacCon is Con is available available with Hi-Dump and an Automatic Material Materia l Return System. Single-mode machines can recover recover wet or dry material with up to 28 inches inches Hg. Positive displacement blowers are capable of capable of pulling material as much as 700 feet. It is available available with a hydroexcavation package, which adds a powerful, a powerful, high-pressure water system that works together together with the vacuum system to excavate around around sensitive underground utilities, locate underg round round systems and excavate in areas with limited access. limited access. 888/491-5762; ww 888/491-5762; www. w.vac-con. vac-con.com. com.
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Ledwell & Son 4,000-gallon water tank The 4,000-gallon water tank from Ledwell & Son is Son is built with high-strength steel and lined with Polibrid 705 that helps extend the tank ’s duration against deterioration. It is painted to the customer’s color request and delivered with a quick turnaround. It comes with a 350 gpm PTO-driven pump, five spray heads and an optional 6-inch Sparger gravity dump bar. The tank is 15 feet long, and its height is based off of a 60-inch-diameter head. 888/533-9355; ww w.ledwell.com. w.ledwell.com. GOMC 32.
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Liquid and Dry Bulk Transport Equipment, Pipeline Installation, Maintenance and Inspection By Craig Mandli BAG STOP HANDLES HIGH PRESSURES AT LARGE OIL REFINERY
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TEAM Industrial Services was called in to take a look at a corroded, leaking water, caustic and catalyst line in a refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This was a 1.5-inch line coming off a 16inch header. TEAM was able to enclose and seal the leak, but after a time, corrosion down the line from the enclosure cause d complete complete joint failure. Since it was a 150 psi line, a bag stop that could handle 300 psi inflation pressures would be needed to inhibit flow to complete repairs. Solution
TEAM needed a bag that would seal off a 16-inch line while withstanding caustic conditions and very high pressures. They purchased two custom-designed bags (one for backup) from Petersen Products designed Products designed using ballistic nylon made impermeable and corrosion-resistant with EPDM. TEA M then built a test vessel that modeled the 16-inch 16-inch header on their premises and used pumps to raise internal pressures to 150 psi. In addition to bag integrity, they also wanted to measure and an alyze forces on the bag’s launch tube. “The launch tube is what we bolt onto the bag for actual in sertion and in flation,” says Scott Lominac, a TEAM TE AM hot tapping ser vices coordin ator. “It pushes the bag in a mea sured dist ance, we inflate infl ate with liquid and/or gas and it sta ys in place for the enti re repair. A nd then it’s used to withdraw the bag.” During te sting, t he bags and launch tube held up well. Result
The bag reached design pressures and achieved a 100 percent seal that held during repair work. Line repairs were completed without substantially affecting refinery operations. “We’ll certai nly work at 150 psi again,” again,” says Lominac. “And we’ll be establishing new ra nges – we expect to use inflat able plugs at even higher GOMC OMC pressures.” 800/926-1926; ww 800/926-1926; ww w.pipeplug. w.pipeplug.com. com. G
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Product Spotlight Constant-tension winches winches with adjustable boom add flexibility to pipe bursting process By Ed Wodalski
Grundowinch hydrostatic constant-tension winches, av ailable in 5-, 10- and 20-ton models from TT Technologies, are designed for var iable conditions in below-grade work, such as pipe bursting, cable pulling, sliplining, pipe pulling and swagelining. Also available is the variable vari able speed 3-ton model for pipe splitting. “It’s another tool for upsizing lines or collapsed lines that need to be repaired,” says Kevin Nagle, national accounts manager, T T Technologies. “It gives the contractor the option of coming in with a new pipe and not just putting a patch on a problem. You can get another 100 years of life out of a new pipe.” All winch wi nch models feature protective cable storage and a two-cylinder, 35 hp diesel engine, as well as hydraulic and adjustable booms designed for pulling liners and pipe-splitting equipment. “A remote control lowers the boom into the manhole,” Nagle says. “It’s for ease of use and contractors who deal in high production. The nice thing about using the boom system is there’s no exposed cable. If there’s a break in the line or something should happen during the bursting process, the cable is protected from coming out and injuring someone.” someone.”
The constant-tension design senses and automatically eliminates cable slack. Operational features include single-lever tension control (no gears to engage), power-assisted winch line feed and winch controls at the rear of t he unit for a safe view of the job while the winch i s in operation. “Constant tension is needed for the pipe bursting application,” Nagle says. “You usually use the winch with a pneumatic hammer, which is doing the work. The w inch is just t here to keep ten sion on the front of the tool while it’s advancing through the pipe. You don’t ever want to have any slack in the winch line. “If you get slack in the bursting process utilizing a winch that’s not constant tension, the tool could run over the winch line and separate from the line,” he says. “You’d lose the connection between the pneumatic hammer and your winch. The bursting process would end at that point and you’d have to dig up your tool.” The winch, with 2,000 feet of cable line, is mounted on a heavy-duty tandem-axle trailer with hydraulic surge brakes for safe towing. Undercarriage options include single- and double-axle models, as well as all-terrain tracks. 800/533-2078; ww w.tttechnologies.com. w.tttechnologies.com.
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FLOWROX PULSATION DAMPENER
The Expulse pulsation dampener from Flowrox quiets noisy process pipes while settling pressure peaks and uneven uneven flow. flow. The flexible, flexible, self-cleaning dampener resists wear, corrosion and most chemicals. Providing a flexible pump connection, the dampener reduces pipeline and pump hammering for increased gearbox and bearing life. 410/636-2250; ww 410/636-2250; ww w.flowrox.us. w.flowrox.us.
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The PC390LC-11 hydraulic excavator from Komatsu America Corp. is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D114E-6 Tier 4 Final engine that delivers 257 net hp. The excavator has an operating weight of between 87,388 and 89,248 pounds. Komtrax technology relays fuel levels, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) levels, operating hours, location, cautions and maintenance alerts. 847/437-5800; ww w.komatsuameric w.komatsuameric a.com. --- FREE INFO ON THESE PRODUCTS – RETURN FOLLOWING FORM ---
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BJM PUMPS HIGH�CAPACITY SLURRY PUMPS
KZE Series high-capacity pumps from BJM Pumps are designed for abrasive and slurry applications in mining, mineral processing, sa nd and gravel, lime slurry, fly ash, hydraulic fracking, slurry transport and drilling operations. Pump features include oil-cooled oil-cooled and lubricated double mechanical design, permanently lubricated upper and lower bearings, semi-open hard-metal slurry-type impeller capable of passing 1-inch solids, chrome iron agitator, cast iron motor housing, and stainless steel shaft and impeller. impeller. 877/256-7867; ww 877/256-7867; ww w.bjmpumps w.bjmpumps.com. .com. 4.
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WEATHERFORD COMPOSITE FRAC PLUG
The TruFrac composite frac plug from Weatherford International is rated for use in environments with temperatures to 300 degrees F and pressures to 10,000 10,000 psi. It can be used in s ingle- and multiple-zone multiple-zone stimulation operations operations in vertical, deviated, horizontal or multilateral wells. When deployed in horizontal wells, the plug can run in hole up to 500 fpm. 713/693-4161; ww 713/693-4161; ww w.weatherford.com. w.weatherford.com. 5.
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TRELLEBORG IMMERSED TUNNEL SEALS
Gina and Omega gaskets from Trelleborg Pipe Seals Milford are designed to prevent water ingress in immersed tunnels. The Gina gasket is made from natural rubber combined from varying hardness and is supplied as a closed rectangular frame to seal each sectional element. The Omega seal connects each segment and is made from multiple layers of styrene butadiene rubber and nylon inlayers for durability. durability. The seal s enable the tr ansfer of hydrostatic loads and movements between tunnel ends caused by soil settlement, concrete concrete creep, temperature and earthquakes. 800/626-2180; ww 800/626-2180; ww w.trelleborg.com/en. w.trelleborg.com/en. 6.
GENERAL PIPE CLEANERS SECTIONAL DRAIN CLEANER
The Model 88 sectional drain cleaner from General Pipe Cleaners clears 200foot drainlines of tree roots and other stubborn stoppages. One end of the cable connects to the front of the machine and the other is placed in the drain. When turned on, the drain cleaner cable corkscrews its elf into the line while the operator safely stands behind the machi ne. The drain cleaner has a 3/4 hp motor motor that drives a 3.5-to-1 gear head and spins 8- to 10-foot quick-coupling cable sections in 3- to 10-inch lines. 800/245-6200; ww 800/245-6200; ww w.drainbrain.com. w.drainbrain.com. 7.
MARTIN ENGINEERING IMPACT CRADLE
Heavy-duty, medium-duty and light-duty impact cradles from Martin Engineering feature a bed of steel angles lined by energy-absorbing impact bars with a top layer of low-friction, ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) plastic for longerlasting conveyor belts and components. The cradles are designed to be located at transfer points of receiving conveyors, under the hopper and chute box, close to the tail pulley. The cradles have wing supports that adjust to match CEMA standard trough angles, as well as a 5 percent fine-tuning adjustment angle. 800/544-2947; ww w.martinw.martin-eng.com. eng.com. 8.
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CAT PUMPS HIGH�PRESSURE PLUNGER PUMP
The Model 3550 high-pressure plunger pump from Cat Pumps is rated to 10 gpm at 6,000 psi. The pump is desig ned for equipment equipment operating in h igh-duty cycle applications in remote or mobile applications such as hydroexcavating, jetting, blasting and hydrostatic testing. It can be direct-driven hydraulically or pulley driven from a motor or engine. Features include completely lubricated and cooled V-packings and low-pressure seals w ith chrome-plated chrome-plated forged brass inlet/discharge block manifolds. The wet end can be serviced without entering the crankcase. 763/780-5440; ww 763/780-5440; ww w.catpumps.com. w.catpumps.com.
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MAKING CHANGES TO THE EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT Roll-off trailer manufacturer tries to thwart safety violations By Doug Day
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reg Brown doesn’t like hearing about accidents involving rolloff trucks and trailers. As the owner of Benlee, a manufacturer of roll-off equipment, he knows the mistakes people make are preventable. preventable. “It’s done to save time and a nd it can end up in death. The question is what equipment designers can do to outthink the person who is trying try ing to sidestep the s ystem,” ystem,” says say s Brown. In the 10 years he has owned the company near Detroit, Benlee has made
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metal recycling companies in Raleigh and Goldsboro, North Carolina, so he uses the products he manufactures. In fact, one of his own drivers escaped injury when he hit an overpass on a customer’s property, but it cost the company plenty. “I just got the bill for an enormous amount of money.” He says audible hoist alarms are often disabled by drivers or not connected on trailer units, because the noise is annoying. Benlee now offers an amber blinking alarm light and hoist up switch ($80) that is mounted on the driver’s side of the trailer and visible only in the rearview mirror. It isn’t isn’t a bother and clearly reminds the dr iver that the hoist is raised.
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