Florence, Kentucky— Doing Great Things

MOMENTUM
The magazine for the employees, customers and key suppliers of M-I SWACO, a Schlumberger company
Volume 16, Number 2 • 2013
www.miswaco.slb.com
Florence, Kentucky—
Doing Great Things
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MOMENTUM
Cover photo: D.J. Staab welds a MONGOOSE† Shaker using the robot welder.
EDITOR:
Katrina Pigusch
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE:
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Ahmed Said Amer, Houston, TX
Joe Bacho, Houston, TX
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Bob Bailey, Houston, TX
Alex Buchan, Beijing, China
Dan Close, Greybull, WY
Cheryl Cook, Florence, KY
Reuel Daniels, Mumbai, India
Mark Dick, Doha, Qatar
Mary Dimataris, Houston, TX
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Jerry Duncan, Florence, KY
David Enwere, Port Harcourt,
Nigeria
Tim Farrell, St. John’s, Canada
Silvio Goncalves, Rio De Janeiro,
Brazil
Dan Jefferson, Houston, TX
Adil Jiyenbayev, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Lance Lemaire, Battle Mountain, NV
Darlene LeMaster, Houston, TX
Art Leuterman, Houston, TX
Fabiano Miranda, Rio De Janeiro,
Brazil
Alan McLean, Houston, TX
Diana McMath, Dubai, UAE
Marie Merle, Houston, TX
Deepa Nair, Houston, TX
Toby Pierce, Lafayette, LA
John Regan, Denver, CO
Max Richey, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Neil Ross, Aberdeen, Great Britain
Mike Rousseau, Houston, TX
Dr. Al Sinker, Bangkok, Thailand
Josh Smith, Houston, TX
Liyu Sun, Houston, TX
Wale Talabi, Houston, TX
Alexander Van Den Tweel,
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian
Federation
Paul Ward, Houston, TX
Jeremy Wolf, Greybull, WY
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LETTER FROM THE
PRESIDENT
Joe Bacho emphasizes the
importance of safe driving and
discusses the focus on product
and service quality initiatives.
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MOMENTUM
Tianjin recognized for a great job.
Bautino LMP operation gets a big
contract. Kevin Kays volunteers
in West, TX. Russian Z-43 sets
record for world’s longest well.
FlexBilling implemented in
Thailand. Eureka turns 15. Qatar
GeoMarket volunteers and
donates. Port Fourchon pumps it
up. Kartini Day in Balikpapan.
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CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT
Currently there are 3 Master
Black Belts, 26 Black Belts, 85
Orange Belts and 721 White Belts.
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BLUE PRINT
A new section for Momentum
taking success stories submissions from around the world.
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UP CLOSE
A chat with VP of Global
Manufacturing Tim Richardson.
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FEATURE
Florence, Kentucky, a great place
to work.
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STEM
STEM program growth continues.
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TRADE SHOWS AND
CONFERENCES
OTC in Houston, a list of Q1 and
Q2 shows, and the 2013 NAM
REMS and NAO GeoMarket
Symposia.
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QHSE
M-I SWACO Greybull mine wins
the Reclamation Award in the
Non-coal Category from IMCC,
Safety awards, Brownsville barite
plant recognized by IMA-NA
and MSHA, salamanders in a
North Dakota sump, QHSE helps
employee’s daughter get driver’s
license, Team Colombia receives
Oxy award.
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TECH ROLL CALL
PETRA ENERGIA Slim Hole Mud
Tank system project, Battle
Mountain benefits from energy
efficient program, Vitoria
Logistica Offshore LMP increases
Brazil’s total storage capacity,
ULTRADRILL† drilling fluid
system wins Schlumberger Silver
Invention of the Year award
for 2012, CYCLOTECH† partial
processing system successful in
North Sea.
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AUTHORS AND PAPERS
26 papers were presented or
published.
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT
AND TRAINING
Training classes for both
employees and customers.
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AWARDS AND
ANNIVERSARIES
1092 employees are recognized
with service anniversary awards
in Q1 and Q2. Howard Keeling is
the senior service member, with
45 years of service.
TO OUR EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS
A
s we near the end of this year’s second quarter, I’d like to take this opportunity
to highlight some of our recent accomplishments and re-emphasize our main
areas of focus for 2013. First and foremost, safety continues to be our biggest
priority. We are saddened by two recent losses (one an employee, the other a third
party) as well as several other injuries which occurred earlier this year as the result
of driving-related incidents. These tragic accidents can be avoided in the future, but
it requires all of us to be extremely vigilant both at work
and on our own time when it comes to driving. I urge all of
you, especially as we enter the summer months, to pay close
First and
to your fatigue level, speed, safety laws and weather
foremost, safety attention
and road conditions before taking the wheel—always give
continues to
driving your full attention.
Joe Bacho
M-I SWACO President
be our biggest
priority.
In addition to safety, we have also spent a great deal of time this
year focusing on our product and service quality initiatives by
putting in place some aggressive targets aimed at eliminating
failures at the well site. Our management is committed to
assuring M-I SWACO has the correct resources to successfully provide service to our
customers. Also of great importance has been increasing efficiency when it comes to
M-I SWACO inventory and capital, by utilizing our current products worldwide and
significantly decreasing the days of sales outstanding. I appreciate everyone taking an
active role in helping us achieve these goals.
As always, I would like to thank all of our employees, customers and suppliers for
their hard work and commitment to our business and the industry. We are off to a
strong start this year, including participating in setting a recent world record with the
application of our RHADIANT† drilling fluid system to drill a well in the deepest water
depth in offshore India.
I look forward to a strong remainder of the year, including some exciting technology
introductions. It continues to be my honor to lead the remarkable M-I SWACO team.
Joe Bacho
M-I SWACO President
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M-I SWACO (Tianjin) recognized for a great job by Energy
Development Corporation (China), Inc.
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“
n environmental incident in 2011 caused the near elimination of
OBM projects in offshore China,” stated ES Operations Manager
Alex Buchan. M-I SWACO Project Engineer, Wang Zhi Gang, managed a project with Energy Development Corporation, Inc. (EDC) in
Bohai Bay, China, where OBM cuttings and associated waste were safely
managed. The project, supported from the Tanggu Warehouse location,
maintained a crew of M-I SWACO Waste Management and Solids Control
Engineers on the rig for the duration of the project.
The objective of the equipment used for the project was to minimize
waste and provide a means of cuttings containment for safe transfer
onshore. The reduction in waste resulted in minimal handling, reduced
QHSE risks and reduced costs to EDC. The first time use of a VERTI-G†
dryer in Bohai Bay minimized waste and allowed for future OBM
projects to be considered for approval by environmental agencies.
Recently opened Bautino LMP operation gets big contract
In a recent issue of Momentum, the construction commissioning of the newly built liquid mud plant (LMP)
in Bautino, Kazakhstan, was highlighted. The end of Q4
2012 brings the signing of a multimillion dollar fluids
service contract with major Caspian offshore operator, Agip KCO (ENI), for the next four years, or more, of
operational workload. The operational start-up, plant
staffing and required training courses have been completed within the limited and challenging time frame.
The result is operational readiness ahead of the contractual schedule.
The first oil base mud (OBM) of Bautino LMP was
mixed on February 7, 2013, and was approved by the
client to be sent offshore for use. Project Engineer Emil
Gotzev explained the importance of this day, “For every
LMP team member, from the Plant Operator to the Plant
Supervisor, this day is the beginning of continuous hard
work and huge responsibility in order to meet the customer’s expectations and objectives, and the company’s
goals and financial targets.”
Top row, left to right, Plant Operator Rzayev Kairat, Mud Engineer
Madetov Samat, Shift Supervisor Ibrayev Nurlan and Plant Operator
Dubirvayev Nurbek. Front row, left to right, Forklift Operator
Dubirbayev Algali, Storekeeper Zhapekov Sultangali, LMP Supervisor
Jiyenbayev Adil, Electrician Salimgereev Ruslan and HSE Coordinator
Altyngaliyev Nurlan.
Acronyms used in this section: ASA Asia Area AWA American Women’s Association BHA Bottom Hole Assembly D&M Drilling & Measurement DT&R Drilling Tools & Remedial
EDC Energy Development Corporation ERD Extended Reach Development ES Environmental Solutions HSE Health, Safety and Environment LMP Liquid Mud Plant NPT NonProductive Time OBM Oil Based Mud PAD Pump and Dump ROP Rate of Penetration SIG Special Interest Group TMG Thailand and Myanmar GeoMarket
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Sales Engineer Kevin Kays and his family volunteer for a day
in West, Texas
A
simple request for a short-notice day off revealed
their destination around 9:30 am and began setting up at
that Sales Engineer Kevin Kays, a DPM Sales
the VFW. West locals, thankful for a change in menu from
Manager, has a
barbeque, peeled and ate as
heart the size of Texas. In
fast as Kevin and crew were
April, the fertilizer plant
able to boil. Kevin realized
explosion in West, Texas,
more crawfish was needed
affected 95% of the town
and began to the arduand Kevin wanted to help.
ous hunt of finding more
He contacted the West Fire
mudbugs. He was able
Department and discovered
to locate 360 additional
they had help on the weekpounds of crawfish for the
ends, but not much during
hungry first responders and
the week. This discovery
residents
prompted him to request a
of West.
day off to drive to West
The Kays family wanted
and help.
to help more and visited
Hailing from Louisiana,
the local fire station and
Kevin is no stranger to
Red Cross (where they
crawfish boils. He and
gave a sizeable donation).
his wife, Sharon, have a
He saw people coming in
business where they host
and taking only what was
crawfish boils called Who
needed from the piles of
Dats Crawfish. They have
donations, knowing there
cooked over 19,000 pounds
may be others coming in
of crawfish since February.
who might need it more.
As part of the business
A restaurant attempted to
plan, they intend on doing
donate 200 prepared sandfour charitable events a
wiches while Kevin was
year and West seemed like
there, but the Red Cross was
a great way to give back.
unable to take the donaThe original plan was to
tion. Kevin volunteered to
take 100 pounds of crawfish
drive around and deliver
and 7 gallons of jambalaya.
the sandwiches to people
Additional food donations
who were working through
came in after he shared his
the rubble.
plan with a barbeque cookThe Kays family and crew
off competitor; he received
spent a long day giving
1,500 pounds of brisket, ribs
what they could to a comand pork shoulder, as well
munity in need. Kevin, famas 800 hot dogs and buns.
ily and crew finally packed
Along with his wife, two
up, thankful that the empty
daughters and employees,
trailers they hauled back to
who took off from their
Cypress were able to help
Top:
Kevin
and
Sharon
Kays
and
their
daughters
Karrington
and
weekday jobs to volunteer,
so many people.
Kennedy. Middle: Two employees, Terry and Cameron, of Who Dats
caravaned to West. They left Crawfish, who volunteered their time to help. Bottom: IrresistibleCypress at 4 am, arriving at
looking crawfish.
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Russian Z-43 sets new record for world’s longest well
T
he drilling of the new world record well, Z-43,
was drilled shoe-to-shoe at a depth of 40,846 ft
(12,700 m). This beat the previous world record also
set by the Schlumberger team consisting of 10 segments
on Z-44. This is another great example of how collaboration among the segments delivers a world-class well.
Application of Continuous Improvement and risk
assessment tools assisted in delivering flawless HSE and
service quality.
In addition to the challenges normally present in an
extended reach development (ERD) well, an unplanned
sidetrack from a window below the 18-5/8" casing
provided additional complications. The achievements
far overcome any challenges. Some of the achievements
include:
• Zero HSE hurts and spills
•
Flawless shoe-to-shoe BHAs in five long sections
•
Complex D&M BHAs
• Total of six world records broken
by D&M
• Flawless DT&R casing milling operations
with no NPT
• CRI performance with a very high ROP
(150–200 m/hr) in the two 17-1/2" sections
(more than 4,000 m long)
Some members of the Z-43 drilling team.
FlexBilling application implemented in Thailand
F
lexBilling is a tool within the ProjectView web
application that creates periodic sales orders, single
line invoices and consumed sales invoiced based on
the consumed product from a project’s ONE-TRAX well
file. The application was implemented in 17 countries
and has been used on more than 7,000 wells.
Thailand, the pioneer in the ASA region,
showed great initiative and has received
time-saving benefits, increased invoicing
accuracy, easier inventory tracking/
management and enhanced ONE-TRAX
data quality.
Arphaporn Thammateera, M-I SWACO
Controller in Thailand, said, “FlexBilling
process streamlines sales order creation
process, which eliminates invoicing
delays and increases invoicing accuracy
Thailand FlexBilling team: Wanchana Srisai,
Abhijart Kongto, Wichunart Panthukowit, Myron
Lazoruk, Catalin Aldea, Alexander Danilov, Liyu
Sun, Arphaporn Thammateera, Praima Teeyasoontranon, Theerada Pinsarn, Kanya Permsith,
Yaowanna Yamounwai, Kesara Kongnavang.
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in Thailand.” Myron Lazoruk, M-I SWACO TMG Regional
Manager, complimented, “The implementation of
FlexBilling application not only improved the billing
process, it also reinforced ONE-TRAX data quality in
Thailand operation.”
Eureka turns 15
I
n the fall of 1998, Eureka began with only 12
Communities. Leaders and members were
enthusiastic and committed to knowledge
sharing between segments and employees
globally. Five years later, Eureka members had
expanded the offering into 20 Communities
and 140 special interest groups with over 10,000
members. Today, Eureka has over 30,000 members
in 26 Communities, 124 SIGs and 338 bulletin boards. Since
January 2012, over 300 webinars have helped experts share
and exchange technical knowledge.
Eureka’s offering is not limited to Communities, SIGs
and bulletin boards. Through Eureka’s Tellus system,
Schlumberger employees have access to an online library
that makes finding SPE papers, journal articles, books, patents, market information and IT information simple. If you
are unable to find what you are looking for, the Tellus team
can help.
Even with these great offerings, Eureka is about to get
even better. Work is underway to provide you with a personalized Eureka experience. Activities in the Communities
and SIGs, related discussions and people you know will be
personalized to you. Another improvement will
be to the Enterprise search; it will be expanded
beyond the People Search to include a bulletin
board search. A final improvement will be an
increased ability to find experts; through Eureka,
you will be able to find the experts you are looking for from information already captured in the
Schlumberger knowledge system.
There are a few M-I SWACO employees who are currently
Eureka leaders:
• Ahmed Said Amer for the Lost Circulation Control SIG
• John Candler for the Environmental Technologies SIG
• Marc Churan for the Analytical Chemistry SIG
• Jerry Duncan for the Lean Six Sigma SIG
• Bill Foxenberg for the Reservoir Drilling & Completions
Fluids SIG
• Mike Freeman for the Drilling Fluids SIG
• Neil Grainger for the Chemistry Community
• Alyn Jenkins for the Corrosion SIG
• Diana Andrade for the Environmental Technologies SIG
• Tamesha Wells for the Volunteering in the
Community SIG
The American Women’s Association provides soldiers a feast
The American Women’s Association (AWA) of Qatar provided a
Thanksgiving meal, which included deep fried turkeys, for soldiers
stationed at Camp As Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar. About 100 soldiers
attended the dinner where Qatar Country Manager Mark Dick fried
two turkeys for the hungry U.S. soldiers.
Left to right are 5 soldiers, AWA President Diane Louison, Qatar Petroleum Drilling
Manager Wedge Louison, Qatar Country Manager Mark Dick.
Turkey and fryer are props. No frying actually occurred during this photo.
Qatar Masters volunteer promotes
M-I SWACO (for free)
Qatar Country Manager Mark Dick volunteered to work
at the Qatar Masters. It is a European PGA Tour event
that features some of the world’s best golfers, including
Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose and Paul Lawrie. Mark served
as a Golf Marshall/Scorer for various groups. He also
managed to get some free advertising for M-I SWACO
when he taped a towel on the sign board.
Qatar Country Manager Mark Dick covertly advertises M-I SWACO
at the Qatar Masters.
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Port Fourchon pumps it up
By Toby Pierce, DS business line manager
T
he Port Fourchon team reached a significant milestone last year by mixing and pumping 1.4 million
barrels of riserless pump and dump (PAD) mud.
In the spring of 2012, the drilling moratorium had been
lifted in the Gulf of Mexico, but customers were having
difficulty securing permits. In an effort to keep their rigs
busy, many of them started on a batch setting campaign
for drilling the riserless sections of their development
wells. Traditionally, when drilling a deepwater well, the
riserless section was drilled using seawater and PAD
mud. After the riser and BOP were attached, drilling
5 miles of each other and offering over 70,000 bbls of
available storage; this made it possible to mix and load
mud 24 hours a day at a build rate of 1,500 bbls per hour.
The first step in this successful undertaking was the
detailed planning of the wells in order to determine the
quantities of mud required for each well in the batch set.
The M-I SWACO project engineers determined the
volume of mud required for each well section by analyzing the mud weight density required, the flow rate
required to clean the wellbore and the expected rates
of penetration.
Port Fourchon’s main yard.
would continue with RHELIANT† synthetic based mud.
Until the operators secured permits, they would start
multiple wells using the seawater and PAD mud. This
change in drilling also meant a change in production,
which meant 20,000–60,000 bbls of PAD mud every
8–15 days.
Production of such a large amount of PAD mud was a
monumental feat. First, the people involved in coordination and communication worked hard to produce results.
They include the Port Fourchon warehouse team, Port
Fourchon liquid mud team, the Amelia Marine
Department, as well as buyers, supply chain teams and
account teams based in customer offices in New Orleans
and Houston. The second element to the success of this
operation are the five liquid mud plants located within
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The next step was to determine the time line for
delivery of the mud and the number of boats the customer needed to have on contract to deliver mud to the
rig. M-I SWACO logistics and materials managers began
to plan for barges of barite and brine material to be
available and staged appropriately as well as truckloads
of DUO-VIS† biopolymer and lots and lots of big bag salt.
It takes 56 big bags to make 1,000 bbls of super salt
saturated PAD mud. There are 22 bags on a truckload and
at build rate of 36,000 bbls per day, 91 truckloads of salt
or 2,016 big bags were needed daily. The salt is ordered
3–6 weeks in advance to ensure the material is on the
ground when the mixing begins. Each bag has to be
offloaded, staged to a storage area, moved to the mixing
area and cut into the mixing pit. This required a small
regiment of workers to operate
in a safe and timely manner. A
novel rail and hopper system
was designed to increase the
rate that big bag salt could be
added safely to the mixing pit.
It takes 80 sacks of DUO-VIS
biopolymer per 1000 bbls of S3
PAD mud or 2,880 sacks per day,
which were all hand cut into
the HI-RIDE† mixing hoppers at
the mud plant. It takes 143 tons
of barite to make 1,000 bbls of
S3 PAD mud or 5,148 tons per
day at full capacity. That is over
five barges, or the equivalent of
228 truckloads, of barite per day.
The crews at the Amelia barite
grinding plant and Amelia Hub
worked at maximum capacity
for 14 months during this
period to keep the mud plants
Regional VP Bret Toups thanks Port Fourchon employees for their hard work.
supplied with all required
materials. During all this time,
During this 14-month period, the M-I SWACO teams in
the Port Fourchon shore base did not shut down mixing
Amelia,
Port Fourchon and on the offshore rigs did not
due to a late delivery of products by barge or by truck.
cause any significant downtime to the rig operations due
There are five liquid mud plants in Port Fourchon. All five
to late or delayed mud delivery. The ability to batch set the
plants were utilized on a constant basis for the 14 months
wells saved our customers 10–15% on time spent drilling
during the batch set operations to build PAD mud. Building
the wells. Considering the daily expense of an offshore rig,
the mud required the plants to first be filled with brine
this presented a significant savings for our customers.
water from a waiting barge. Next, DUO-VIS biopolymer
While mixing PAD mud, Port Fourchon mud plants also
was added to the brine in the 1,000 bbls mixing pit,
mixed and shipped over 700,000 bbls of RHELIANT
followed by 35 to 55 big bags of salt. Finally, the mud was
synthetic based mud.
weighed up to 16.0 pounds per gallon (ppg) before being
Recognition events were held in April and May at Port
pumped to the storage tanks. This process repeated until
Fourchon where Amelia gave their thanks for such a huge
the mud plant was full. A full mud plant in Port Fourchon
project. Regional Vice-President Bret Toups thanked the
can hold between 9,000 to 13,000 bbls. Once the plant was
crews for the hard work during this very busy period. It
full, any dead time was spent waiting on a boat to take
would not have been possible without the dedication of all
the mud to the offshore rig. The coordination between the
the M-I SWACO teams supporting this operation.
M-I SWACO liquid mud team and the customer’s logistics
office was critical to avoid dead time. Once loaded, the mud
was transported to the rig site (150–300 miles away) and
offloaded to the waiting drillship rig. The rig would offload
the supply vessel and blend the mud with seawater to the
desired mud weight using an M-I SWACO HI-SIDE mixing
unit. Mud was circulated through the wellbore at a rate of
1,100–1,400 gpm, or 1,500–2, 000 bbls per hour. Once
empty, the offshore supply boat would then make the 1–2
day trip back to Port Fourchon and be reloaded.
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Wellbore Productivity technology showcase
T
he WP technology showcase is complete and has
already made a big impression on many clients.
The unit is a 24-ft. enclosed trailer designed
with a rack system to carry full-size wellbore cleanup
tool models. A very distinctive wrap, including the
3-D Displacement hero image, covers the outside and
is a definite eye catcher. The idea for this showcase
originated over a year ago by Barbi Messier and, after
a tremendous amount of effort on the trailer design,
wrap design and tool models, has culminated with
fantastic results. The showcase rollout of the SMART
3-D Displacement Services occurred at the Houston, TX,
Museum of Natural Science in February 2013. There were
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very positive comments from all. Since then, numerous clients have seen the showcase, including Chevron,
ENI and Apache. The tools displayed in the showcase
include the MAGNOSTAR† magnet, MAGNOSHOE† tool,
MULTIBACK† casing cleaning tool, Heavy-Duty WELL
PATROLLER† downhole filtering tool, WELL SCAVENGER†
vacuum debris removal tool, WELL COMMANDER† tool,
Heavy-Duty RAZOR BACK† casing cleanup tool, WELL
COMMISSIONER† inflow test tool, RIDGE BACK† Burr Mill
and MAGNOSWEEP II† debris recovery tool. The showcase
is available for client lunch and learns, trade shows and
internal events. To inquire about scheduling the showcase, please contact Barbi Messier at [email protected].
The M-I SWACO Battle Mountain location benefits from
energy efficient program
N
ew equipment installed at the M-I SWACO processing facility in Battle Mountain, NV, is expected
to reduce the plant’s annual electricity usage by
about 278,300 kilowatt hours. That is enough energy to
power approximately 30 northern Nevada homes for a year,
and equivalent to reducing 208 tons of carbon emissions.
M-I SWACO achieved the savings by retrofitting one of
the plant’s 200-horsepower air compressors with a variable
speed drive that operates the compressor’s electric motor
more efficiently. In addition to reducing the energy costs,
M-I SWACO received a $16,657 rebate from NV Energy’s Sure
Bet Incentive Program, which helps commercial consumers
operate more efficiently.
The Battle Mountain plant mines barite used by both
M-I SWACO and customers for drilling fluid production.
Left to right, NV Energy’s John Hargrove and Karen McGinley present
Battle Mountain Plant Manager Lance Lemaire a check for $16,657 from
the Sure Bet Incentive Program.
Almost impossible to find crawfish, boiled and enjoyed in Doha, Qatar
M-I SWACO, together with
Schlumberger, Smith Bits, Occidental
of Qatar and RasGas (ExxonMobil/
Qatar Petroleum) sponsored a shrimp
and crawfish boil in Doha, Qatar. In
total, 100 kg of crawfish and 50 kg of
shrimp were boiled, along with
potatoes, corn and hamburgers.
Pictured left to right, RasGas Well Management Manager Jim Davis, Smith Bits
Operations Manager Mike Kieschnick, Gulf Drilling International Rig Manager Troy Pratt,
Schlumberger OFS Marketing Manager Steve Schwin, Oxy Qatar President and General
Manager Steve Kelly, RasGas Subsurface Technical Group Manager David Frye, Oxy Qatar
Drilling Manager Angel Santos, Schlumberger GeoMarket Manager Curtis Gavin, Qatar
Country Manager Mark Dick.
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M-I SWACO in Balikpapan, Indonesia, celebrates Kartini Day
By Mouren Lumintang, ES administrator
K
artini Day is an Indonesian holiday commemorating the birth of Raden Ayu Kartini, known as
Raden Ajeng Kartini sometimes, on Apr. 12, 1879.
As a pioneer in the area of women’s rights, she became
a prominent Javanese and Indonesian heroine.
Kartini was the daughter of a Javanese nobleman
who worked for the Dutch colonial administration.
Because of her father’s role, Kartini had exposure to
In 1904, at the age of 25, Kartini died after the birth of
her first child. Her letters were published in 1911 under
the title, Door duisternis tot licht, or “Through darkness
into light.” In her letters, Kartini wrote about her views of
the prevalent social conditions of the time, particularly
the condition of native Indonesian women. The majority
of the letters protested the tendency of Javanese culture
to impose obstacles for the development of women to
have freedom to learn and study. Kartini wrote
of her ideas and ambitions, including Zelfontwikkeling, Zelf-onderricht, Zelf-vertrouwen,
Zelf-werkzaamheid and Solidariteit. These ideas
were all based on Religieusiteit, Wijsheid en
Schoonheid, that is, belief in God, wisdom and
beauty, along with Humanitarianisme and
Nationalisme. Kartini’s letters also expressed her
hopes for support from overseas.
In correspondence with Estell “Stella”
Zeehandelaar, Kartini expressed her desire to be
like a European youth. She depicted the sufferings of Javanese women fettered by tradition,
unable to study, secluded and prepared for
polygamous marriages with men they did
not know.
Kartini Day as a national holiday was
first declared by President Sukarno, the first
Left to right, row 1: Mouren, Rika, Tina, Alfrida, Suwarti, Firda, Janette, Astrid; row 2:
President of Indonesia, to be Apr. 21, Kartini’s
Anne, Sylvia, Linda Helmer, Syane, Therecia, Ezra, Darwin; row 3: Trias, Lalo, Mahdar,
birth date. This day was intended to remind
Edwar, Kenny Helmer, Yudi, Hendry, Rubana, Valerie. Not pictured are Dana Fisher,
Risda Pangaribuan and Hotman Pasaribu.
women to participate in “the hegemonic state
discourse of development.” After 1965, Suharto’s New
Western ideas at the Dutch school she attended. After
Order state reconfigured the image of Kartini from that of
withdrawing from the school, due to her noble birth,
radical women’s emancipator to one of dutiful wife and
she corresponded with Dutch friends about her conobedient daughter. On this day, “young girls wear tight,
cern for both the plight of Indonesians under colonial
fitted jackets, batik shirts, elaborate hairstyles and ornate
rule and for the restricted lives of Indonesian women.
jewelry to school, supposedly replicating Kartini’s attire
She married in 1903 and began to fight for the right of
but in reality wearing an invented and more constricting
women to be educated; this was against the unwritten,
ensemble than she ever did.”
but all-pervading, Javanese law Adat.
Henry Goodrich ES personnel team
receives nomination
The Henry Goodrich ES personnel team, offshore Eastern
Canada, was nominated for the Suncor D&S Rig Based
Operations Integrity Verifications Recognition program on
Apr. 23, 2013.
Left to right, Ken Rowsell, Darren Mackay, Yomi Ajayi (drilling fluid
specialist), Kevin McQuaig, George Edwards. Missing from the photo are
Blair Hayes and Jeff Tetford.
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Continuous Improvement
Brazil Continuous Improvement event results in more home
time for ES employees
By Marcio Roberto Hoertel, personnel manager Brazil
I
n mid-2012, the ES group conducted a Continuous
Improvement event to examine the travel required by
ES personnel to support their operations. They found
that many of the ES employees were passing each other in
the airport to go work in another’s home area. Over the
last few years, the ES business has more than doubled in
Brazil which spurred an increasing need for skilled people.
The demands
required the workforce to be assigned
where needed to keep
up with the growth of
the operation.
This CI effort was
sponsored by Alex
Church, country
manager, and Alcides
Left to right, Bruno Medeiros, Waldney
Cavalcante, Paulo Romar, Jaci Serafim,
Alcoba, ES manager.
Alexandre Cerbino, Alcides Alcoba,
Marcio Roberto
Marcio Hoertel, Jocelito Gutierrez
Hoertel, personnel manager and CI
Orange Belt, facilitated the team event.
The team started by
accessing the skills
needed to support the
various operations
around Brazil. Then
Marcio facilitates a discussion with
they aligned the closthe team.
est people with the
required skills to each local operation. As a result, many
people were no longer required to spend time outside the
work schedule to travel to the various locations.
The resulting savings in travel cost and the overtime
cost was significant. However, the more important benefits were reduced exposure to travel accidents, more rested
employees and more time at home. In addition, a decline
in ES employee turnover is being recognized.
The CI effort is a structured process of engaging the
people that do the work to resolve issues or take full
advantage of opportunities. Marcio’s diligent CI approach
to leading a cross department team through a thorough
issue analysis, establishment of a clear measurable
improvement plan and periodic following guided the
team in the full accomplishment of their goals. This is the
caliber of work expected and performed by the M-I SWACO
CI Orange Belts.
True CI is a Business Transformation of engaging our
people’s knowledge to “Shift from Department Efficiency
to Business Efficiency.”
CI Belts
Currently, there are 3 Master Black Belts, 26 Black
Belts, 85 Orange Belts and 721 White Belts in the
CI belt program.
Certification
Flora Salgado is awarded her CI Orange Belt
Certification by CI Global Manager Jerry
Duncan. Flora is the OSHE MCA.
Acronyms used in this section: APG Australasia GeoMarket ASA Asia Area BMP Middle East and Asia Area of Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines CI Continuous Improvement
DSO Days Sales Outstanding DT&R Drilling Tools & Remedial EAF Europe & Africa Area ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ES Environmental Solutions GM GeoMarket KPO Key
Performance Objective LAM Latin America Area MCA Mexico Central America MEA Middle East Area NAM North America Area NOC National Oil Company OSHE Occupational
Safety, Health and Environment SIPOC Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers TMG Thailand and Myanmar UAT User Acceptance Testing
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Continuous Improvement
Focus for CI Champions on efforts surrounding inventory
and DSO reduction
by Jerry Duncan, CI global manager
J
oe Bacho kicked off this year’s CI Train-the-Trainer
session. The purpose of the CI Train-the-Trainer
course, held May 13–16 in Houston, was to inform
CI Champions throughout the company of the latest
about the CI focus and to provide an update on the
latest CI programs. The session began with Joe Bacho
welcoming everyone and quickly moved to the CI
focuses for 2013-2014. He re-emphasized the CI goals
set in the CI Council meeting a few weeks ago.
Portions of Joe Bacho’s message are shown below.
“We have a significant issue concerning inventory.
M-I SWACO represents [a large portion] of all
Schlumberger inventory. Schlumberger has set an
initiative to reduce [the amount of] inventory ... over
the next few years. In order for Schlumberger to meet
that goal, M-I SWACO has to meet that goal. We
started a project with SBC to focus specifically on
inventory reduction; it is a three-phase project and
will take a few years to complete. The first phase is to
reduce the supply of non-moving inventory items.”
“The second phase focuses on the Demand Planned
effort, led by Mark Stoller, VP Demand Planning and CI.
The Demand Planning process will provide better
visibility on what is being ordered compared to the
anticipated revenue. There is significant disconnect
today between what we think we need and what we
actually need. This is a big area of opportunity, but it
is going to take time to get this rolled out around
the world.”
“The third major step focuses on surplus inventory. Much
is said about how clients require we maintain so much
inventory; as a result, there are surplus stockpiles around
the world that continue to add to the inventory evaluation. So the focus is on consolidating this inventory in
our hubs rather than having location surplus stocks.”
“Finally, we have to look at the overall rationalization for
the products we carry. There are duplicates of the same
products with various tweaks and versions, which give
us the opportunity to rationalize the product offerings.”
Left to right, Jerry Duncan, Max Yeh, Cheryl Cook, Martin Herrera, Pat Hozdic, Sandy King, Brenda McIntosh-Doell, Holly McNaughton,
Flora Salgado, Marianne Slater, Lisa Stephen, Curtis Buxton, Don Presley, Felipe Liporace, Kenny Holland, Mark Hughes, Brad Johnson,
Brian Rogers, Chris Barker, Luis de la Torre, Mike Rousseau.
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“If we do everything
right over the next
two years and we get
through Demand
Planning and product
rationalization, there
is a significant
opportunity for a
huge inventory
reduction.”
“The prize is huge. That’s one of the big rewards of reducing
inventory, receivables, etc., as it lets us re-invest that
money in the business. I’d rather have that money create
opportunities for our organization, than have it sitting in
warehouse doing nothing for the company.”
“I wanted to talk to
you because we have
found the processes
and tool sets, that we
have learned and
adopted through
Joe Bacho speaks to the CI Champions.
Continuous
Improvement, which are very effective in things like
reducing our inventories and our DSO. We are going to
count on you heavily for the remainder of this year to focus
on these two very significant areas. Some of things we are
doing now are not only to fix the immediate problem, but
to fix the process. We are going to change the way we do
things by providing some tools, dashboards and setting
metrics, which work based on the days of supply by
product, which then show supplies to the country level.
This allows everyone to track their progress on a daily
basis. Anyone can see the level of excess at any given time.”
The week’s session included other speakers, John Oliver,
VP Marketing and Technology, and Mark Stoller, VP
Demand Planning and CI. Both John and Mark emphasized
the importance of using CI to gain our people’s ideas and
engagement to achieve improvements for the betterment
of our business and our employees.
Session leaders and participants shared best practices of
the M-I SWACO CI approaches to achieve DSO reduction,
and Mark Stoller provided an overview of Demand
Planning and how these tools can be used to manage and
reduce inventory.
In addition, the session trainers, Jerry Duncan, Max Yeh,
and Luis de la Torre (DT&R Lean Champion), introduced the
new CI for Managers two-day course, presented techniques
to engage the adult learner and provided updates to the CI
White Belt training, now known as CI Practitioner. As part
of the session, each participant developed their own CI
promotion and engagement plan to deploy upon their
return to their locations.
Jerry Duncan, CI global manager, noted that the SLB
segments are collaborating to share their CI best practices
across the company and develop CI training common to all
segments. Considering Schlumberger personnel are highly
mobile across the company, this provides a common CI
language and approach to business improvement in such a
way that no one will be required to re-learn, no matter
their assignment.
For additional information, contact anyone in the class
picture or Jerry Duncan at [email protected].
“My intent is to fix the process once and for all around
inventory. It’s going to require a cultural change and make
us a little uncomfortable. I was probably the worst when I
was a mud engineer. I liked to have a lot of inventory
setting around. I know there are a lot of people like me out
there, but they are going to have to trust in the system, in
the process, trust in the fact that supply chain and materials management will be able to deliver the products we
need. There are a lot of things to be done to change the
culture.”
“I’m calling on your support, as you return to your different
operations, to focus on these two very significant issues. I’d
like that to be the focus of CI this year—reduction of
inventory and DSOs.”
“Within the last month we had great traction on DSO
reduction. Overall DSOs are down … [with] ASA [showing]
the lowest of any area in M-I SWACO. When Max Yeh,
ASA CI Champion, the “DSO King,” got involved using the
processes and techniques that you all have learned
through Continuous Improvement, in less than a year ASA
has cut their DSO in half. That’s significant.”
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Continuous Improvement
Demand Planning – FORECAST 2.0
By Paul Ward
F
ORECAST 2.0 is the forecasting and inventory
management tool that will support our
company-wide Demand Planning process.
After many months configuring and developing
the tool with outstanding support from the two
pilot locations, North Gulf Coast (NAM) and
Germany (EAF), the global rollout commenced in
January of this year. NAM in particular is making
excellent progress with most areas live and they
are on-track for all Districts to be live by the
middle of June. This has only been possible due to
the commitment, determination and support from
NAM senior management, district management
and all levels throughout Project Engineering and
Distribution in the Operations.
Development of FORECAST entry requirements for Canada West District.
Rollout Approach
Each rollout commences with a 3-day kick-off
session attended by a representative project engineer, engineering manager and distribution manager from each district or country participating in
the rollout schedule. During the 3-day session, the
teams define and develop exactly how the system
will map to their business needs for capturing
forecast data and calculating their material requirements for the near and longer term. At the end of
the first week there is a clearly defined, understood
and documented process detailing who is responsible for which aspects of the ongoing Demand
Planning monthly cycle.
Example of the FORECAST entry screen.
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Over the next 5 weeks, the system is fully configured for
the operation’s needs with the implementation team
returning in the seventh week of the rollout schedule to
conduct system ‘user acceptance testing’ (UAT). If all goes to
plan, the location will be live on the 9th week of the rollout
schedule.
Teamwork
A key component of the implementation has been the
involvement of Operations—the people who will be
entering the forecast and managing the system-generated
recommendations for ordering. The participation from
Operations has been outstanding, assuring the system is
configured to suit their requirements.
System Flexibility
Next Steps
The system is flexible in facilitating forecast entry at a
level that is appropriate for the business and/or location.
For some locations, adding a forecast for every rig in the
location is required, but for other locations, it may be more
appropriate to enter a forecast for a group of rigs, or even
at a higher level of district or country.
The system will be live in NAM by mid-June 2013. The
Western Hemisphere Implementation Team will commence the LAM rollout in June and is scheduled to be live
in 2013. In parallel, some parts of EAF have gone live with
forecast entry and ASA have kicked off with a week 1
session and a plan to also be live in 2013. The Russia and
MEA rollout will commence later this year.
NAM established two Demand Planners to support the
Demand Planning process. This role has been essential to
ensure the right people have been involved throughout
the FORECAST 2.0 implementation and to support the
Demand Planning process ongoing for the NAM Area. The
establishment of a full-time Demand Planner for each
area is an essential requirement for an effective implementation and ongoing support of the ongoing Demand
Planning process.
Transparency and Availability of Information
There are many significant benefits from the FORECAST
2.0 system, such as:
• All data is in a single system—a single ‘source
of truth’
•
Data and information can be viewed at various levels
such as rig-level, district/country or area
•
Summary views can be presented with drilldown
capability for details
•
Order and inventory information is integrated with
the current Oracle ERP system
•
Forward inventory projections and turns based on
the plan are calculated and presented
The single biggest benefit the system provides is
undoubtedly the availability of information. This helps
users of the system at all levels to make informed decisions regarding material planning and inventory
management.
Example of information available to aid in decision-making.
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M-I SWACO ASA DSO Continuous Improvement journey
By Max Yeh and Max Richey
H
time. This was an aggressive goal, but as a team we felt it
istorically, the M-I SWACO ASA days sales
was possible to achieve.
outstanding (DSO) have been in the 70-day
After defining the problem and goal statement for
range. Starting in mid-2011, the DSO in ASA
the
project, the next step was to perform an assessment
began deteriorating and had climbed to 93 days in May
of the existing processes by conducting a Gemba walk
2012. The outstanding trade receivables problem had
at selected countries. The Gemba walk provided the
negatively affected the company’s liquidity position.
Improving the ASA DSO
performance was no small
task, especially with so many
“The M-I SWACO ASA team has achieved significant improvements in DSO
countries/entities in the area
using the tools and processes of Continuous Improvement. The commitment,
as well as the large amount of
integrity, drive and teamwork demonstrated by the M-I SWACO ASA team
NOC customers. This article
in this achievement is what the Blue Print is all about. My thanks and
highlights the CI journey that
the M-I SWACO ASA team
congratulations go out to the entire M-I SWACO ASA team.”
took in achieving remarkable
–Joe Bacho, President M-I SWACO
and sustained DSO improved
performance.
Max Yeh joined the
M-I SWACO ASA team as the
CI Champion in May 2012
with the focus of achieving
sustained DSO improvement
across the area and reaching the KPOs by year-end.
Max’s plan was to utilize the
CI methodology and tools to
define problems, understand
the current-state process
and root causes and develop
a fast-track improvement
plan for the area. Due to the
SIPOC diagram
wide geographical spread
and number of countries in
ASA, we realized it was not practical to conduct
sequential CI DSO events or projects at every
single location. Furthermore, conducting CI
projects or events one location at a time would
be too slow to achieve the goal by year-end.
The final approach was to identify the specific
DSO issues at different locations and apply
pragmatic solutions to improve the DSO by
conducting CI events and projects in selected
countries, and then rapidly share best practices
across ASA.
The ASA DSO CI journey follows the Define,
Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control
(DMAIC) A3 problem solving approach. As part
of “Define,” the goal of the project was initially
set to achieve 75 days of DSO by the end of 2012
per the ASA DSO KPO. This represented 18 days
Cause and effect diagram
of improvement at the area level in 6 months of
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opportunity to get direct input from the
key process owners from operations and
functions. The information collected
from the process owners was mapped in
a high-level SIPOC chart, which highlights the key factors and stakeholders that have direct influence on DSO
BMP GM DSO CI event team picture
performance.
In addition to the SIPOC exercise, all
potential root causes were documented
using a cause and effect diagram. The
cause and effect diagram organized the
potential root causes of issues contributing to high DSO days in four categories.
The information on these two CI tools
quickly helped Max and the stakeholders to understand the gaps and the
issues at their locations and provided
high-level direction in approaching difTMG GM DSO CI event team picture
ferent countries in improving DSOs.
After gaining the big picture on
the issues, the area conducted two 4-day CI events in the
BMP and TMG GeoMarkets and one CI project in the APG
GeoMarket. The lessons learned and best practices from
these events were quickly disseminated across the area.
Resources were realigned and responsibilities redefined to
address process gaps. Better metrics were defined and routinely captured and monitored against progress each month
including collection status and actions/responsibilities to
address any shortfalls. This ongoing tracking and visibility
has been key to achieving the sustained improvement.
DSO improvement by ASA area and GM
The following table shows the improvement at ASA and
GM levels in the 12-month period ending April 2013. All of
the GMs have improved their DSO performance in double
digits. The sum of contributions from different GMs have
resulted in 42.6 days or 46% improvement at ASA area level.
The chart at the right shows the M-I SWACO ASA area DSO
trend from January 2012 to April 2013.
The improvement trend has been remarkable since beginning the DSO CI initiative in May 2012. There was a brief DSO
deterioration in October and November 2012 due to ORACLE/
SAM implementation in ASA. Both finance and field operations resources in these two months were spent adapting
to the new systems. The GM teams were able to get back
M-I SWACO ASA DSO Trend Chart
on track in December and continued their improvement in
2013. The 42.6 days improvement represents nearly $50 million liquidity improvement for the company. This is a great
continuing our success. We think a similar dedicated effort
accomplishment for the M-I SWACO ASA team using the CI
that is properly resourced and led by a qualified CI person
methodology in achieving quick and sustained improvecould yield similar results for other areas in the company
ment. We are very proud of the efforts and focus of everyone
and thereby make a significant improvement in the cominvolved in the ASA DSO CI project, and look forward to
pany’s liquidity position.
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Blue Print
The Schlumberger Blue Print
Reinforcing our organization’s values, identity, purpose and mindset
By Marie Merle
I
n April of this year, Schlumberger introduced the
The Blue Print—Our Identity and The Blue Print in
Action—Our Code of Conduct as guides to help us
uphold the integrity upon which our organization’s reputation is founded. Led by CEO Paal Kibsgaard, this important undertaking outlines the mindset we must all share
to ensure the future success of our organization. Today,
Schlumberger stands in a unique position as the undisputed leader in its domain. This is thanks to the diversity
of our people, the strength of our technology and the
tremendous advantages of our size and our organization.
As our industry continues to grow in terms of activity and
complexity, we have the opportunity to take our performance to an entirely new level and better meet the needs
of our customers, which will require unprecedented levels
of teamwork.
“Schlumberger stands at a crossroads,” said Paal
Kibsgaard. “Over the last decade, we have grown faster
than at any other time in our history, and our industry has
become more complex and competitive. Our continuing
success is going to require focus and teamwork of a magnitude we have not known up to now. The Blue Print lays
the foundation for that focus.”
“Our primary concern is to realize the full potential of
our great size and organization,” Kibsgaard notes. “If we
can achieve this, we will set a whole new standard of
performance and reshape the oilfield services market
for years to come. The Blue Print is a tool to help
us in this endeavor. I encourage everyone to
read it carefully, keep it close at hand and
adopt its ideas as you move forward in
your roles with the finest company in
the oilfield services business.”
future success depends on it! The four Mindset
behaviors include 13 performance factors that
will serve as the criteria upon which the
SLP-3 performance of each Schlumberger
employee is determined. In this way, your
contribution to the overall performance of
Schlumberger is measurable.
Our Mindset
The principal element of The Blue
Print, known as Our Mindset, comprises
four types of behavior—Commitment,
Integrity, Teamwork and Drive. All of us
are accountable for adopting this behavior in
terms of our attitude, words and actions as we interact
with each other and with our external stakeholders. Our
The Blue Print Stand Downs
The Blue Print Stand Downs were launched
around the world on Apr. 5, and as of the end of
May, the resulting QUEST certifications were close to
90%. This number reflects the percentage of Schlumberger
employees who have attended a presentation, participated
Acronyms used in this section: CEO Chief Executive Officer SLP-3 Schlumberger Limited Personnel Form 3
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Introduction to The Blue Print Completion Rate
The chart above shows M-I SWACO leading in percentage of employees who have completed the Introduction to The Blue Print training.
in the exercises and Q&As and gained a working knowledge of the Schlumberger Mindset and the main principles
of The Blue Print in Action—Our Code of Conduct. Every
employee is required to participate in a Stand Down to
pass the new Blue Print certification on QUEST.
M-I SWACO is among the leading segments with
over 90% of employees having participated in a stand
down, and a big thank you goes out to all the managers and employees involved in rolling out these efforts.
The Blue Print certification finish line is set for the end
of June, at which time the Stand Down period will be
closed and all current employees will no longer be able
to have their QUEST certificates validated. At that point,
the Values, Identity, Purpose and Mindset as well as the
Code of Conduct information contained in the Blue Print
documents will be incorporated into training for new
employees.
For more information on Our Mindset and our new
Code of Conduct, visit hub.slb.com/blueprint and www.
integrity.slb.com.
The Blue Print is a new section for Momentum. We invite you to submit your stories and experiences related to The
Blue Print. This could be related to the rollout, experiences related to you, a co-worker, a boss, an employee, on one
of the four behaviors related to The Blue Print, or it could be how you feel about The Blue Print. Whatever it is, we
would like to hear about it and publish it in the next issue of Momentum. Send your submission to Katrina Pigusch
at [email protected].
Blueprint
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Up Close
Manufacturing
In each issue, Momentum sits down with one of the many experts within the
M-I SWACO organization for a candid look at their area of expertise and how it
impacts not only our company, but the industry as well.
UP CLOSE recently visited with Tim Richardson, Vice President of Global
Manufacturing, to learn more about the manufacturing side of M-I SWACO and
find out more about what is being done right.
Tim Richardson, Vice President of Global Manufacturing
Momentum:
Momentum:
T.R.:
T.R.:
What is your background
in the oil and gas industry?
How have your previous
positions prepared
you for VP of Global
Manufacturing?
Excellence in Execution
would be the simple
answer.
This is not an award as
much as it is a strategy.
The Centers of Excellence
allow us to focus on specific
product types with highly
trained people who are
engaged in providing the
highest-quality products
and services.
Tim Richardson:
My career started with
M-I SWACO in 1980 as
a Fluid Specialist. The
company was called IMCO
Services at that time and
I was working in the Gulf
of Mexico. I spent four
years in the field before
transferring into the New
Orleans sales organization.
After nine years in sales, I
moved into sales with the
Environmental Solutions
[ES] group. Since then,
I have held many positions within the company
including Sales Manager,
Area Operations Manager
for ES, Regional Director
of Operations for the GOM
(DS/ES/WP), NAM ES/DS
Director and currently VP of
Global Manufacturing.
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T.R.:
Honestly, I was surprised
when asked to manage
the global manufacturing
groups. I believe the years
I spent managing operations provided me with a
different perspective. Most
would see manufacturing
as only supplying products
to operations, but it also
involves supporting product delivery. My previous
experience taught me that
it is important that manufacturing needs to work
closely with operations and
sales to assure we meet
their needs.
Momentum:
If there were a mission
statement for how you
view manufacturing,
what would it be?
Momentum:
Can you elaborate on that
a little bit more?
T.R.:
It can be attained through
two things. First is a
defined marketing strategy
with measureable goals.
Those goals include focus,
simplicity, discipline and
delivery of a high-quality
product to market on
time or ahead of time. The
second part of Excellence in
Execution is doing the right
thing by placing the right
people with the right skills
in the right job.
Momentum:
Four manufacturing
locations recently became
Centers of Excellence.
Can you tell me more
about the award?
Momentum:
What locations are
Centers of Excellence?
T.R.:
Florence, KY, is a Center
of Excellence for shakers.
Berra, Italy, is a Center of
Excellence for centrifuges.
Edinburgh, Scotland, is a
Center of Excellence for
screens. Queretro, Mexico,
is a Center of Excellence for
pressure vessels.
Momentum:
Why were these
sites chosen?
T.R.:
Each Center of Excellence
location was selected
because they have ownership on the specific product.
Each location owns the
specific product engineering development, prototype construction and the
commercialization of the
product. By focusing on a
specific product type, it is
possible to assure timely
product development, quality and delivery.
Momentum:
Besides the four Centers of
Excellence, where are the
other facilities?
T.R.:
Besides the four Centers
of Excellence, there are six
other locations. Nivelles,
Belgium, does industrial
manufacturing; Singapore,
Malaysia, does industrial
screen manufacturing;
Shanghai, China, does oilfield and industrial screens;
Mumbai, India, does
industrial equipment and
screens; Macon, Georgia,
does industrial screens; and
Tulsa, Oklahoma, does oilfield and industrial screens.
Momentum:
Why are these other six
locations not identified as
Centers of Excellence?
T.R.:
As I previously mentioned,
the Centers of Excellence
are responsible for the
development, prototype
and commercialization of
the product. The other
locations build the products
based on engineering from
one of the Centers of
Excellence. The other
locations are based on
market strategy, allowing
us to be competitive
around the world. It’s
important to look at the
best place to build in order
to compete in the local
markets.
Momentum:
You previously mentioned
that locations focus on
oilfield and/or industrial
manufacturing. Can you
explain more about the
industrial manufacturing
that M-I SWACO does?
T.R.:
Most people think
M-I SWACO only does
oilfield manufacturing, but
there is also an industrial
manufacturing group. The
industrial manufacturing is
an exciting group within
the manufacturing organization. The industrial group
Manufacturing’s
current challenge
is assuring on-time
delivery, every
time, to Operational
and Capitals Sales
requests.
is similar to oilfield manufacturing only in the fact
that they build equipment
to separate particles. For
the oilfield group we are
removing drill solids; on
the industrial side, we
provide separation equipment for pharmaceuticals,
minerals, plastics, food and
cruise line industries. They
manufacture a line of
products including sifters,
round separators, rectangular separators and
industrial screens. Our goal
is to double the size of this
business over the next
five years by growing our
existing market and by
moving into new markets
such as paper, lumber
and mining. This will be
accomplished through
new market penetration,
resources, acquisitions and
new technology.
Oilfield manufacturing is
the largest part of the
business though, and we
provide equipment for
drilling operations. For
DPM we provide choke
valves and consoles, such
as the SUPER CHOKE† and
AUTO CHOKE†; manifolds;
RCDs; and pressure vessels,
such as the SMGS, MGS,
three-phase separators and
degassers. For solids control
we manufacture shakers,
such as the MONGOOSE
PRO† & PT, MD 2 and MD 3;
centrifuges, such as the
414, 518 HV, 500 HV and
600 HV; and tank systems
build to spec. We also
manufacture our own
screens, not only for our
own equipment, but also
for almost all of our
competitors’ shakers.
We also do clean cut, such
as RVTs.
our purchases, capacity and
personnel. Unfortunately,
the downturn in drilling
activity has impacted both
our oilfield and industrial
manufacturing. In previous
years we built sifters for
the proppant business in
North America, which were
used in hydraulic fracking,
but going forward we must
adapt to changes in the
business.
The good news is that
we are seeing an increase
in activity, our backlog
to build new equipment;
because of this we expect
to finish the year at full
capacity.
I recently attended the
first meeting to discuss the
ES Demand Forecasting
tool. This is exciting
because it will help with
visibility and preparation
for the needs of Operations
and Capital Sales. The new
tool will involve BLMs,
Operations, Manufacturing
and Capital Sales, with
feedback provided at each
level. The power of the tool
will allow manufacturing
to plan resources, material
purchases and scheduling,
which ultimately helps
us meet the needs of both
our internal and external
customers.
Momentum:
What are some challenges
that you currently face in
manufacturing?
T.R.:
Manufacturing’s current
challenge is assuring ontime delivery, every time,
to Operational and Capitals
Sales requests. In order to
assure delivery, we rely on
a forecast to help us plan
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Jody Morris demonstrates how motor stators are
assembled for the vibratory separator.
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Florence, Kentucky Manufacturing Facility
A Schlumberger Center of Excellence and headquarters of SWECO
or some, Kentucky is famous for their annual derby
(and mint juleps) and for others it is famous for its
one-time residents such as Daniel Boone, John James
Audubon, Hunter S. Thompson, Diane Sawyer and Johnny
Depp. Nestled in northern Kentucky is Florence, home of
one of M-I SWACO’s manufacturing facilities,
famous in some circles for quality separators, but most likely unknown to the majority
of employees. Everyone should know more
about the facility in Florence though because
there are some great things going on there.
The first thing to know about the Florence
plant is that safety is essential. A tour will
not be given, a meeting will not occur, nor
will a vendor visit happen unless visitors
are willing to watch an informative safety
video. Director of Global Manufacturing Tom
Niehaus is proud of the fact that since joining the company in 1994 there has been a
constant increase in the focus on safety with
major efforts in recent years adding further
levels of safety to the operation. The video promotes safety
awareness and reviews the required personal protection
equipment (PPE) needed on the shop floor. Once done, the
viewer gets a card, good for three years, identifying them
as an informed visitor. They have communal PPE available,
hardhats, steel-toed shoes, protective eyewear and packaged earplugs.
Plant Manager Scott Arnold oversees the day-to-day
operations at the manufacturing facility in Florence. He
says that some days it feels like he is managing two different companies. In a sense, he is. Not only does Florence
manufacture oilfield equipment, they also manufacture
industrial separation equipment sold by SWECO.
M-I L.L.C. purchased SWECO from Emerson Electric on
Dec. 15, 2000. Before then, SWECO sold round and rectangular separation equipment in both the process equipment
and oilfield markets.
SWECO started in 1917 in California, as Southwestern
Engineering Company. They designed and manufactured
ore milling and mining equipment. In 1942 and 1955,
Southwestern Engineering Company was awarded patents
for the original round motion device and modern round
F
separator. Utilizing their patented technology, Southwestern
Engineering Company manufactured vibratory round
screen separators, grinding mills and finishing mill equipment. In 1969, Southwestern Engineering Company sold
its successful heat exchanger business and renamed the
Top left: The locally famous water tower at one time advertised the
Florence Mall. Top right: Jockeys enjoying some practice time at
Turfway Park. Above: Kim Zaun and Dave Adner discuss the turbo
separator behind them.
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formed entity SWECO Inc. In 1973, SWECO Inc. established The Oilfield Services Division to develop and
manufacture solids control equipment for use in
the oil and gas drilling industry. In the same year,
the company set up a manufacturing plant for
finishing mills in Florence, KY.
Emerson Electric purchased SWECO, Inc. in 1979
from the Miller family. The company developed
various pieces of equipment that greatly influenced
the industry under the leadership of Emerson
Electric, including the production of a rectangular
separator. A downturn in the oilfield in the early
1980s led to the sale of SWECO’s Oilfield Services
Division in 1987 to Environmental Procedures
Inc., who later sold the business to Brandt Oilfield
Services.
Through the years, other acquisitions
became part of SWECO’s continued success and
growth. First was Macon Wire in 1994 and then
Southwestern Wire Cloth (Tulsa, OK) and then
United Wire (Edinburgh, Scotland) by M-I L.L.C. in 2001.
M-I SWACO’s decision to buy SWECO was based on
their experience in the separation and oilfield industries.
At that time, SWECO was
smaller, but considered a
The Florence, KY
global leader for the supply
manufacturing facility
of process separation equiphas been designated
ment. There were SWECO
locations in Macon, GA;
as a Center of
Nivelles, Belgium; Singapore;
Excellence (COE)
Mumbai, India; a joint venture in Queretaro, Mexico;
within M-I SWACO.
and a licensee in Melbourne,
Australia. The SWECO manufacturing locations are strategically selected based on market demand. Approximately
Fred Brewer assembling a choke console.
80% of SWECO’s products are customized to meet customer
needs. Local manufacturing lowers cost, allows for quicker
delivery to customers and affords better customer service.
Local representatives are familiar with the language, the
local customs and are able to build a relationship with the
customer.
The Florence, KY, manufacturing facility has been designated as a Center of Excellence (COE) within M-I SWACO.
The idea behind a COE is to have specialists for a product
line. The team responsible for the product is able to make
improvements to design and manufacturing because of
a singular focus. AS a COE for shakers and chokes (pressure control), the Florence team is responsible for engineering, specifications, processes for manufacturing and
assembling each product.
Additionally, they must
identify and secure the key
suppliers for each component of a product.
Florence is not the only
manufacturing COE. The
Berra, Italy, facility is
the COE for centrifuges;
Edinburgh, Scotland, is the
COE for oilfield screens.
These facilities have the
same responsibilities as
Florence for their respective
product lines.
Jody Morris operates a
ring roller machine,
which creates a separator
screen frame.
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Top: Scott Arnold demonstrates how the opening size of a pharmaceutical screen is measured, verifying it is within the customer’s size
tolerance. Bottom: The heavy weld staging area. The flag identification process was developed using CI.
M-I SWACO is an organization with global customers and
operations, which makes manufacturing and shipping an
entire product line from one facility impractical. Regional
production at another manufacturing facility is necessary and the COE facility is still responsible for production.
Critical components are sent from the COE facility, while
non-critical components are sourced by the local manufacturing facility. The COE is also responsible for training,
process replication, quality and regular auditing in the
satellite build facility. Key examples include Berra producing all centrifuges and Florence producing all MONGOOSE
PRO† motor tubes.
Capital investments are significant when developing the
necessary capabilities for a product line. Creating a COE of
a product line focuses the investment in a single facility
and keeps the overall expenses within a reasonable budget. The equipment fabricated and assembled in Florence
is manufactured with highly advanced equipment. For
example, 3-D lasers are used to cut complex piping and
provide exact welding prep surfaces, robotic welding is
used to make crucial shaker components and choke critical
components are measured by a Zeiss coordinate
measuring machine (CMM).
Continuous Improvement (CI) processes are
actively applied at the Florence plant, as well as all
the other manufacturing facilities. Each employee,
no matter his or her job function, goes through
a Lean 101 course. This two-day crash course has
helped improve many of the processes at the plant.
A key CI project for Florence was a challenge to
reduce the amount of time it took to assemble a
MONGOOSE† shaker. The theoretical assembly time
for a shaker was 15 hours, however the process was
highly variable and tracking was difficult. One
person would work on a shaker from start to finish;
with a 15–20 hour assembly time, it was difficult to
accurately schedule the units through the shop. The
CI project led to a change in the department schedule from a five-day, 8-hour schedule to a four-day,
10-hour schedule. The operation to complete the
shaker was also split into two steps, one requiring
10 hours of work from one technician and 5 hours
of work from two other groups of technicians. This
set a clear takt time and eliminated carryover into
the next day. Overall, the improvement increases
department utilization and doubles production,
when necessary.
Customers purchasing SWECO separators range
across almost all industries, including chemical,
paper, pharmaceutical, food and specialty minerals.
The people most familiar with the SWECO products
and customers are SWECO Director of Global Sales/
Marketing Tom Bowen and SWECO Director of Engineering
Brad Jones. Brad started with the company in 1973 during his
days at university. Longevity of that type with a company is
Andrew Justice starts the centrifuge assembly process. Behind him,
additional machines are in various stages of completion.
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Top: This 3-D laser cuts both pipe and tube as well as 2-D plate and
sheets. Middle: Greg Rowe operates a 2-D laser that is able to cut two
sheets at once. Bottom: Chris Gagnon demonstrates how the Zeiss
programmable CMM operates on a choke body. It verifies critical
measurements meet requirements.
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something to be very proud of, but beyond that, he identified the top two things he is most proud of in his career.
“Ten years ago I hired a pharmaceutical scientist who
helped us develop a vibratory filter/dryer, which is key to
producers of new microsphere, controlled release, injectable drugs. A second major innovation is the five-year-old
composite circular screens, which required us to develop
the first composite screen with molded-on gaskets, which
are now the major screen sold—over 10,000 annually.”
These types of innovations have helped in the success of
the SWECO product line and helped with visibility in large
and small business. Who is the largest customer of SWECO
products? “The specialty chemical industry is the largest
purchaser of SWECO separation equipment, with over half
the machines sold classifying dry powders to size before
packaging, while others perform slurry screening similar
to our drilling fluid
shakers,” shared Jones.
No matter where you
The majority of big
business customers are
are, SWECO separators
in the United States,
are identified as one of
while in the rest of the
the best on the market.
world smaller organizations are the primary
customers. No matter where you are, SWECO separators
are identified as one of the best on the market.
Although SWECO is sometimes thought of as its own
entity, it is a business unit of M-I SWACO. Vice President
of Global Manufacturing Tim Richardson explains how
the two are related, “M-I SWACO manufactures oilfield
equipment and industrial equipment. The industrial group
provides equipment and screens to pharmaceutical, food
service, chemical, mineral and paper companies—essentially any company that needs something separated. The
oilfield group provides equipment and screens for drilling
operations around the world.”
The challenge of operating two large, different businesses in one manufacturing facility determines how and
where to share and split resources. In Florence, resources
are shared in fabrication, machine shop and warehousing.
Additionally, many layers of salaried support personnel
are equally split between the businesses in functions such
as purchasing, supply chain, quality and manufacturing
engineering. As the processes and products become more
specialized, the splits in personnel begin to occur. Welding,
assembly and finishing processes are product line-specific
and personnel are allocated accordingly.
Another split happens on the P&L level. The industrial
side (SWECO) is responsible for their own P&L, but acts
as a cost center for the oilfield side. Tom Bowen describes
SWECO as a complete business and profit center: “Each
global location has a sales and marketing team, responsibility for meeting growth/P&L objectives and maintains
locally or shares engineering, accounting and manufacturing functions with Florence, KY. Responsibility for SWECO’s
worldwide business is managed from Florence.”
Tom Niehaus describes
what is going on in Florence
now, “As SWECO further
integrates into M-I SWACO
and Schlumberger, the focus
is on continuing to adopt
best practices and represent
the corporate image. Recent
efforts in enhanced PPE
and shop 5S, a methodology and acronym for sorting, straightening, shining,
standardizing and sustaining, have produced dramatic
changes and positive results.
We have quite a few visitors,
both travelling employees
and customers, so it is critical we maintain a very clean
and organized shop on a
daily basis, with the goal of
representing best in class.”
The next big challenge for Florence, and
the manufacturing group as a whole, is
forecasting for two businesses that follow differing business cycles and operate
under different models. Niehaus explains,
“The industrial and oilfield businesses
are quite different and present a special
challenge. The industrial business is
largely custom work where we produce
90% or more of the components in-house.
We operate under a make-to-order model
where most jobs are engineered to the
customer’s needs and inventory pre-stocking is minimal. In order to meet acceptable lead times, the shop has to be very
flexible with a large set of capabilities.”
Tom continues and explains how
this is for the oilfield side. “The oilfield
business is quite the opposite in that
we operate under a make-to-stock model where we
handle many product lines, minimal customizations and
generally larger volumes. As the final configurations of
the equipment are not known and demand can be very
sporadic, the stocking is done primarily at the parts level
instead of the finished unit. Stocking of parts is critical
as many of the parts are purchased, have significant lead
times and volumes for units and spares can be quite high
and variable. While the two models are quite different,
we have developed through the years a system that
allows both to co-exist and even thrive as we are able to
shift resources from one business to the other as
demands change.”
The successes of the Florence, KY, manufacturing facility
far outweigh the future challenges they face. Evidence
Top: High bay assembly area for environmental solutions
equipment. Above: Choke unit ready for shipping.
to support this is found in their active CI participation,
adherence to QHSE standards and desire to improve. The
next time you are in Northern Kentucky, don’t forget your
steel-toed boots and stop by to visit the plant.
To find out more about the Centers of Excellence, visit
the M-I SWACO Hub and watch the video.
To find out more about the SWECO product line, visit
their website at www.SWECO.com or visit their Facebook
page, SWECO, a business unit of M-I L.L.C.
Florence, Kentucky
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STEM
STEM program growth continues
T
he STEM program continues to advance across the
ES business. Each area of the business in ES is now
successfully conducting STEM at the rig site, as
well as in the ES workshops and for standard equipment
that may be in storage awaiting a customer or transfer to
another location.
In January 2012, there were 71 ES locations. Of those, 48%
were at Tier 2, with none at Tier 1. As of April 2013, there
are 62 ES locations, with 94% at Tier 2 and 16 of those are
at Tier 1. An additional 12 locations are expected to achieve
Tier 1 status this year.
The QUEST reporting system has been
successfully modified
to incorporate STEM
reporting across the ES
business. Additional
information can be
found at the STEM
SharePoint^ site
(http://gbu.web.
miswaco.com/STEM/
default.aspx) if you
have not already
logged your STEM
entries into QUEST.
Five STEM workshop posters are
currently being developed highlighting the benefits and importance of STEM. The first is
available from Corporate Marketing.
Acronyms used in this section: ES Environmental Solutions STEM Standard Equipment Maintenance
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Trade Shows and Conferences
2013 Offshore Technology Conference
United States Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell talks to
Marketing Services Manager Dan Jefferson as Schlumberger VP of
Global Accounts and Industry Affairs Dan Domeracki watches.
The M-I SWACO booth at the Offshore Technology
Conference (OTC), held in Houston May 6–9, highlighted many technologies. Equipment on display
included:
• HOLD RCD
• VERSA-CHOKE† unit
• SUPERCHOKE† unit
• AUTOCHOKE† unit
• MD-3† Triple-Deck Shale Shaker
• DURAFLO† Axiom Shaker Replacement Screen
• D500† Composite Flat Panel Screen
• DURAFLO Screen for Brandt VSM-300 Shaker
• MD-2† Double-Deck Shale Shaker
• WELL COMMANDER† ball-activated valve
• SMART 3D† Displacement Service
• RHADIANT† Drilling Fluid System
• RHELIANT† Drilling Fluid System
Q1 Shows
• Texas Groundwater Expo (HDD), San Marcos, TX,
Jan. 23–25
• SPE Middle East Unconventional Gas Conference,
Muscat, Oman, Jan. 28–30
• Underground Construction Technology (HDD),
Houston, TX, Jan. 29–31
• SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference,
The Woodlands, TX, Feb. 4–5
• IADC Health, Safety, Environment & Training
Conference, Houston, TX, Feb. 5–6
• Pipeline Integrity Management, Houston, TX,
Feb. 11–14
• Northeast Waterwell Expo (HDD), Fitchburg, MA,
Mar. 15–16
• Society of Mining Engineers (HDD), Denver, CO,
Feb. 24–27
• Next Generation Oil & Gas Summit, Cape Town,
South Africa, Feb. 25–27
• AWWA Membrane Conference, San Antonio, TX,
Feb. 25–28
• AADE National Technical Conference, Oklahoma City,
OK, Feb. 26–27
• PDAC (HDD), Toronto, Ontario, Mar. 3–6
• SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, Mar. 5–7
• SPE Digital Energy Conference, The Woodlands, TX,
Mar. 5–7
• SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show (HDD with
Schlumberger), Manama, Bahrain, Mar. 10–13
• National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Orlando,
FL, Mar. 17–21
• Offshore Mediterranean Conference, Ravenna, Italy,
Mar. 20–22
• International Petroleum Technology Conference
(HDD with Schlumberger), Beijing, China, Mar. 26–28
• SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubings and Well Intervention
Conference, The Woodlands, TX, Mar. 26–27
Q2 Shows
• IADC Drilling HSE Asia Pacific 2013 Conference,
Singapore, Apr. 3–4
• SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry,
The Woodlands, TX, Apr. 8–10
• IADC Environmental Conference, New York, NY,
Apr. 8–9
• SPE Bergen One-Day Seminar, Bergen, Norway,
Apr. 10
• SPE Unconventional Resources Conference,
The Woodlands, TX, Apr. 10–12
• SPE North Africa Technical Conference, Cairo, Egypt,
Apr. 15–17
• SPE European HSE Conference, London, England,
Apr. 16–18
• MPD & UBD Conference, San Antonio, TX,
Apr. 17–18
• M-I SWACO Technology Expo, Houston, TX, Apr. 25
• OTC, Houston, TX, May 6–9
• OZWater Conference, Perth, Australia, May 7–9
• SPE Artificial Lift Conference Americas, Cartagena,
Columbia, May 21–22
• SPE European Formation Damage Conference,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Jun. 5–7
• IADC World Drilling Conference, Istanbul, Turkey,
Jun. 19–20
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M-I SWACO hosts 2013 NAM REMS and NAO
GeoMarket Symposia
By Ahmed Said Amer
S
ince 2004, Schlumberger has annually hosted an
internal reservoir symposium. The symposium
provides an opportunity for technical experts to
convert knowledge into a document that earns peer
recognition and group awards based on the following
criteria:
• Technical depth, in honor of Conrad Schlumberger
• Business relevance, in honor of Claude Boyeldieu
• Innovation, in honor of Henri Doll
The Eureka Prize is decided by popular vote of the
judging panel.
This year, the NAM REMS Symposium was held
at M-I SWACO, Houston, TX, from May 6–8. Denis
Heliot, Martin Poitzsch and Xiaoyan Zhong were
key participants in organizing the event. It included
presentations of the best technical contributions and
innovations from each North American Schlumberger
Engineering and Research Center. The areas included
were drilling, reservoir characterization and
production. The three-day event was attended by over
70 technical experts.
The North America Offshore (NAO) GeoMarket
Symposium, also held at M-I SWACO, was coordinated
by Chris Reilly, Bob Holicek, Benson Panjikaran and
Wade Welkener. The event, held from May 15–16,
included several relevant topics from different groups
on planning and execution of offshore projects and
the value it brings to the customers.
Some of the presentations were:
Susan Rosenbaum explains the selection process.
Ryan Shursen presents on ACTIMUL RD dry emulsifier.
• ACTIMUL RD† – a Solid Performer by Ryan Shursen
• I-BOSS† – Avoiding Losses in Depleted and Weak
Zones by Jim Friedheim
• Drilling Needs an App for That by Sanjit Roy
• New Technologies to Develop and Apply Drilling
Fluids in uHTHP Wells by Guido De Stefano
• SMART 3D Displacement Services Delivering an
Efficient Wellbore Cleanup by Gabe Little
• Expanding Drilling Windows in Deep Water
Depleted Sands by Ahmed Amer and Jason Dore
Several M-I SWACO presentations were also made
in other GeoMarkets symposia with over 40 abstracts
submitted.
Mike Freeman leads a brainstorming session.
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Symposium Winners
Conrad Schlumberger Prize for Technical
Depth: Bob Freedman, “Major Advances in
Reservoir Fluid Analysis Achieved Using a
New High-Performance Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Lab System”
Claude Boyeldieu Prize for Business Relevance:
Jim Friedheim, M-I SWACO, “I-BOSS – Integrated
Borehole Strengthening Solutions for Wellbore
Strengthening and Avoiding Losses in
Depleted and Weak Zones”
Sanjit Roy presents on new drilling applications.
Jerry Kapoor, W/G-Houston, “Full Waveform
Inversion around the world”
Henri Doll Prize for Innovation: Vikas Jain,
HFE, “Characterization of Underlying Pore and
Fluid Structure using Factor Analysis on
NMR Data”
Eureka Prize for Popular Vote: Guido de
Stefano, M-I SWACO, “New Technologies to
Develop and Apply Drilling Fluids in
uHTHP Wells”
Guido De Stefano, with Martin Poitzsch and Denis Heliot, receives
an award for his presentation on RHADIANT† ultra-high
temperature drilling fluid system.
NAM REMS Symposium attendees watch the presentations.
The judging panel confers after a presentation.
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QHSE
The IMCC awards the M-I SWACO Greybull mine the
Reclamation Award in the Non-coal Category
G
reybull, WY, is home of M-I SWACO’s bentonite mine
and national winner, in the Non-coal Category, of
the Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC)
reclamation award. Reclamation of bentonite mine land in
the Big Horn Basin presents several challenges. An average
rainfall of 5", sodic soils and invasive weeds are ongoing
problems that require fresh ideas.
Nine innovative projects were conducted by M-I SWACO
in 2012 to address the mitigation of several failed reclamation sites, the chemical and biologic control of invasive
weeds, the reassessment of soils handling practices, the
fostering of agency relationships and the improved coordination of internal mining and reclamation communications. Addressing these concerns directly affected 545 acres
of native and mined land, generated a revision in reclamation practices for an additional 1,248 acres and involved
the active participation of several outside agencies and
institutions.
The IMCC presented the Kenes C. Bowling National Mine
Reclamation award to M-I SWACO’s Mart Hinkley and Dan
Close at a banquet in Cincinnati, OH, on Apr. 16, 2013.
Left: Left to right, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Representative Alan
Edwards, Mine Superintendent Mart Hinkley and Geologist Dan Close. Above: Employees of
the Greybull bentonite mine.
ExxonMobil Global awards Catch of the Week to Babawale
Salami Babawale, an ES Engineer aboard the Transocean Baltic 1, was awarded the ExxonMobile Catch of the Week
(COTW) award on Nov. 4, 2012. Babawale received the award for noticing burning electrical cable while passing a
mud logging unit. He immediately called the attention of the mud loggers. The extra length of the
440v armour cable supplying power to the unit was melting. The rig electrician was notified and
the unit was powered down before replacing the cable with the two end connected to an explosion
proof junction box.
Salami Babawale
Acronyms used in this section: CEO Chief Executive Officer COTW Catch of the Week DS Drilling Solutions HSE Health, Safety and Environment IMA-NA Industrial Minerals
Association-North America IMCC Interstate Mining Compact Commission MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration QHSE Quality, Health, Safety and Environment SBM
Synthetic Based Mud VP Vice President WP Wellbore Productivity
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M-I SWACO employees on Hibernia Platform offshore Eastern Canada excel
Dec. 17, 2012 – Bob Gill noticed a rusted, unlabeled drum of some type of chemical while cleaning up the area where hazardous chemicals are stored. The drum
had several numbers on the outside. Bob, with the assistance of the Hibernia
stores, was able to identify the contents as hydrochloric acid. He immediately
had the contents stored in a properly labeled steel drum until it could be
disposed of properly.
Bob Gill, right, is awarded the Enhancement/Environmental Hazard Recognition Green Catch
Award by ExxonMobil supervisor Wade Greenwood.
Dec. 21, 2012 – Nicole Kavanagh was having lunch with several of her
co-workers at 23:00 when she observed one of them gasping for air. She
immediately began performing the Heimlich Maneuver and freed the
food from his airway. Nicole received a recognition award in the
ExxonMobil morning meeting on Dec. 22 for her lifesaving action.
Left to right, Regional Manager Todd Reid, QHSE Manager Tim Farrell, Kavanagh,
DS Operations Manager Rod Downey.
Mar. 13, 2013 – Gerald Green and Douglas Hunt were loading Glydril (WBM) onto the MV Norseman at shorebase
when they observed black fluid coming from the discharge line as the transfer switched to another tank on the
vessel. The initial thought was that there was SBM in the vessel’s lines. The men realized there was a potential for
cross-contamination and stopped the job. Samples confirmed that SBM had contaminated the Glydril in the
Norseman’s tank. The contaminated fluid was removed and a new procedure developed for flushing and cleaning
vessel lines.
Gerald Green receives the Green Catch
Award for his action to protect the
environment.
Doug Hunt receives the Green Catch Award
for his action to protect the environment.
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IMA-NA and MSHA recognize Brownsville barite plant
The Industrial Minerals Association-North America
(IMA-NA) in cooperation with the U.S. Department
of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA) recognized the Brownsville barite plant for
zero reportable employee injuries for working
200,000 continuous employee hours in 2012. The
plant actually has 241,094 working hours with zero
reportable incidents. Brownsville now joins the
ranks of the Greybull mine and the Amelia plant,
previous winners of the same award.
Bob Bailey accepted the award on behalf of the
Brownsville plant on May 9, 2013, at a ceremony in
Washington, D.C.
Left to right, IMA-NA President Mark Ellis, VP Global Minerals
Bob Bailey and IMA-NA Chairman and Wyo-Ben Corporation
CEO David Brown.
Salamanders in a North Dakota sump present a good question
W
hat do you do if you find salamanders in one
of your sumps? This was a question Facility
Manager Dorin Gabor had to ask when a
family of Tiger Salamanders were discovered during a
recent Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan update in
Stanley, ND. Not knowing the status of the species or
how to safely remove them from the sump, Gabor along
with the regional Environmental Specialist and QHSE
managers contacted the North Dakota Game and Fish
Department. A non-game biologist from the Game and
Fish Department was able to provide Dorin with advice
on how to
safely
remove the
salamanders
and relocate
them to a
new home in
a pond near
the facility.
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The team was unsure if the species was on the endangered list. By contacting the appropriate agency, they
were able to take the necessary precautions and demonstrate respect for and a commitment to the environment.
Should you or any team member come across an
unknown species, avoid disturbing it if possible. If you
cannot avoid disturbance, contact the local Fish and
Wildlife Department (or appropriate equivalent) for
guidance. This
is one of the
many ways to
demonstrate
M-I SWACO’s
environmental
leadership.
Mom utilizes QHSE Specialist to help daughter get driver’s license
Ainur Zhuldybaeva is a 16-year-old Riverton (WY) High School student and daughter of M-I SWACO Accounting
Clerk Alma Lucas. She took her driver’s license exam and passed the written portion, but not the driving skills
assessment section. Alma approached QHSE Specialist Ammon Foster for help preparing Ainur to pass her re-test.
Ainur, Ammon and Alma met to discuss what was needed to pass. Ammon also conducted two modified commentary drives to help demonstrate satisfactory driving skills.
A week later, Ainur retook the
driving test and passed with a
score of 100%. The examiner
even commented how impressed
they were with the pre-trip walk
around the vehicle.
Left to right, Rockies Operations Controller Krista Fidler, QHSE Specialist Ammon Foster,
newly licensed driver Ainur Zhulbybaeva, Accounting Clerk and mother Alma Lucas.
Darryl Diamond receives a Safety Leader
recognition award
Drilling Fluid Specialist Darryl Diamond, of Eastern Canada
received a Safety Leader recognition award from the
Offshore Installation Manager aboard the West Aquarius
drilling rig.
Team Colombia receives Oxy Award
Team Colombia received an Oxy award for excellent performance in HSE for
DS/WP services in the Llanos area during the drilling campaign of 2012.
Congratuations!
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Tech Roll Call
PETRA ENERGIA Slim Hole Mud Tank system project
By Silvio Goncalves and Alcides Alcoba
T
wo slim hole mud tank systems were assembled and
installed for PETRA ENERGIA (National Oil Company).
PETRA ENERGIA is on an exploratory campaign to
discover economically feasible unconventional reservoirs
(i.e., shale gas and tight gas) located in the gas-bearing São
Francisco Basin in the southeastern region of Brazil.
The client’s requirements included a customized, integrated project incorporating solids control and pressure
control. These factors along with a local content requirement
from M-I SWACO Brazil led to a run-plug-and-play type system and a successful on-site installation.
M-I SWACO Brazil managed all stages of the project from
the concept phase to completion to job operation. The
project involved installing two 170 bbl Slim Hole Mud Tank
systems, each on separate rigs. The stage of the project was
completed in a timely manner between April and October of
2012: conception, process flow diagram (PFD), shop engineering details, manufacturing, installation, factory acceptance
testing (FAT), transportation, field assembly and the beginning of the job operation.
Each mud tank system is manufactured from carbon steel
and has the capability to receive, mix and store the mud. Each
system includes stairs with handrails, walkways, mud/gas
separator, compact D-gasser, 5K choke, 5K console, kill manifold, MEERKAT PT† shaker, model 518 centrifuge packaged
with two centrifugal pump assemblies, mud gun, mud hopper
and 5HP agitators.
The project tasks were defined early, thus allowing timely
execution of all phases. The parts and components of both
systems were assembled in BAPAM (base of client) by the 26th
week after the contract was signed. During the course of the
project, biweekly progress reports were provided to the client.
The engineering reviews were conducted locally and the pressure control equipment (choke manifold, compact D-gasser
and mud and gas separator) were inspected and tested as part
of the process to verify the performance of the system.
New 6,000 bbl Vitoria Logistica Offshore LMP increases
Brazil’s total storage capacity to 110,380 bbls (17,549 m3)
I
n December of 2012, a new 6,000 bbl liquid mud plant
(LMP) was installed in the Vitoria Logistica Offshore (VOL)
shore base, which increased the storage capacity for all
of Brazil to 110,380 bbls (17,549 m3). This base is located in the
Espirito Santo State in Southeast Brazil.
The liquid mud plant used the design concepts of a
portable plant while following the standards of the
M-I SWACO Global Facilities Engineering Group Reference
Guide. The unit size is 317 m2 and is comprised of four
fiberglass storage tanks which hold 1,500 barrels each, a
250 barrel mixing tank, two 6"x 8"diesel engine pump
systems, a 6" venture hopper and a cartridge filtration unit.
The installation was done to support a water-based fluid
and completion brine operation of the SHELL BC-10 offshore
project. Around the time the project began, the team had
already surpassed 100,000 barrels of fluid built and pumped
to the workboats. The fluids pumped included the FLO-PRO†
system, sodium chloride and potassium chloride brines.
Left to right, Plant Supervisor Jose Marconi and LAM Facilities
Project Manager Fabiano Miranda stand in front of the newly
installed portable liquid mud plant.
Acronyms used in this section: BHA Bottomhole Assembly LMP Liquid Mud Plant POOH Pull Out of Hole R&D Research and Development VOL Vitoria Logistica Offshore
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M-I SWACO receives the E&P Meritorious Engineering Award for the
RHADIANT drilling fluid system
Left to right;
M-I SWACO
President Joe Bacho,
VP of Drilling
Solutions Lee Conn,
E&P representative,
VP of Research &
Engineering Jim
Bruton and VP
of Marketing
and Technology
John Oliver.
WELL SCAVENGER recovers over 2,000 lbs of debris during
completion cleanup operations in a deepwater GOM well
A
major operator was completing a well that required
a post-perforation packer plug cleanup and a
retrieval run. After the cleanup and retrieval run,
a well control issue ensued as formation sand entered the
casing. The well was killed and additional cleanup of a large
quantity of formation sand was required. The M-I SWACO
Specialized Tools group recommended utilizing the new
modular WELL SCAVENGER† vacuum debris removal tool
to clean above the packer plug and perform the retrieval.
Once the formation started giving up sand, the tool was
used again with more debris chambers that could recover a
larger quantity of debris.
The BHA was designed with an overshot retrieval tool
on bottom, a MAGNOSTAR† magnet, the WELL SCAVENGER
vacuum debris removal tool (with three debris chambers)
and a SABS circulating valve. The targeted depth to retrieve
the packer plug was 11,414 ft, parameters were taken at a
depth of 11,327 ft. The M-I SWACO tool engineer began washing down while pumping at 4 bpm and rotating at 30 rpm.
Once the overshot retrieval tool was approximately 25 ft
from targeted depth, workstring rotation was stopped. They
continued to wash down at 4 bpm, achieved targeted depth
and successfully engaged the packer plug for retrieval. The
post well control BHA was designed with a mule shoe on
bottom and a length of tailpipe able to pass through the
packer bore. Above that three MAGNOSTAR magnets were
placed in the string, the WELL SCAVENGER vacuum debris
removal tool (with four debris chambers) and a SABS
circulating valve. Circulation was started at a depth of
11,360 ft at 5 bpm as they began washing down. The string
took weight (5K) at 11,365 ft; the pump rate was increased
to 6.4 bpm. The string began making progress downhole.
As the mule shoe entered the packer, the pump rate was
slowed to 5 bpm. Progress was made to a depth of 11,461 ft.
The workstring was then POOH to record debris. One
additional run was made with wash pipe to circulate out
any remaining sand until the necessary depth was reached.
Regular completion operations then resumed as scheduled
until the well was brought on line.
The post-perforation cleanup and packer plug retrieval
run was accomplished in one trip. The WELL SCAVENGER
vacuum debris removal tool recovered 490 lbs of formation
sand created during perforation operations. Subsequently
a post-well control cleanup was performed with the
WELL SCAVENGER vacuum debris removal tool recovering
1,589 lbs of formation sand for a total of 2,079 lbs of debris.
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Tech Roll Call
ULTRADRIL drilling fluid system wins Schlumberger Silver
Invention of the Year award for 2012
T
he Silver Award means that the ULTRADRIL† drilling fluid system is the 2012 Invention of the Year
winner for M-I SWACO and the Schlumberger
Drilling Group. This year’s Silver Award follows last year’s
Gold Award for the RHELIANT† system. Therefore, for the
last two years M-I SWACO has won the Invention of the
Year for the Drilling Group. It is a clear recognition of the
industry-changing technology that M-I SWACO continues
to develop.
The ULTRADRIL system is a unique high-performance,
water-base drilling fluid that has demonstrated wellbore
stability and drilling performance that is comparable to
oil-base fluids. Independent evaluations of the ULTRADIL
drilling fluid have rated it as the best water-base system
in the industry. More than 70 patents have been granted
or stand pending for ULTRADRIL technology. As a result,
our competitors have been unsuccessful in developing
a fluid emulating the properties of the ULTRADRIL fluid.
Not only has it changed the industry’s view of water-base
drilling fluids, but it has also proved to be a significant
commercial success for M-I SWACO.
The success of the
ULTRADRIL system began with
The ULTRADRIL
the innovation of five longdrilling fluid system tenured, brilliant researchers
– Emanuel Stamatakis, Arvind
is a clear example
Patel, Jim Friedheim, John Lee
of the pacesetting
and Steve Young.
technology that
With the commitment and
dedication
of the entire R&D
results in profits for
organization during its deployour shareholders.
ment, it has truly become one
of our leading technologies.
The ULTRADRIL drilling fluid system is a clear example of
the Schlumberger pacesetting technology that results in
profits for our shareholders.
Emanuel Stamatakis joined M-I SWACO in 1977 as a Research Chemist.
During his 34 years here, he has worked in R&D as a Research Scientist and
has developed many new drilling fluid products and systems. Emanuel has
also helped with the startup of three chemical plants. He has over 130 granted
patents worldwide. He holds a B.S. in chemistry and a M.S. in organic chemistry,
both from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Arvind Patel joined M-I SWACO in 1981 as a Research Chemist. He has been
instrumental in the development of numerous drilling fluid products and systems, including RHELIANT fluid. He has 64 granted patents worldwide and
another 33 pending applications. Arvind taught 0rganic chemistry at Texas A&M
University and did post-doctoral research at Fox Chase Cancer Research Center
in Philadelphia. He holds a B.S. in chemistry from M.S. University of Baroda,
India, a M.S. in organic chemistry from Stephen F. Austin State University at
Nacogdoches, TX, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of North
Texas, Denton.
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Jim Friedheim is currently the Corporate Director of Fluids Research for
M-I SWACO. He attended Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, PA, and graduated
from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, with a B.S. in organic chemistry. He received
his M.A. and Ph.D. in theoretical organic chemistry from The University of Texas at
Austin. He joined IMCO Services in 1984 as a Drilling Fluids Engineer/Scientist working in South Texas and later in the Gulf of Mexico as a mud engineer. In 1987, he
was transferred to the M-I SWACO Drilling Fluids Product Development Group. From
1991 to 1996, Jim led the Drilling Fluid’s International Technical Center in Aberdeen,
Scotland. He returned to Houston to join the marketing department for two years
before returning to fluids research. Jim is a constant innovator, and was recognized
last year as a member of the RHELIANT fluid team.
John Lee holds a Bachelor’s degree in geology from the Chinese Culture University,
and a Master’s and doctoral degrees in geochemistry from Texas Tech University. He
joined IMCO in 1984 as a sales and service engineer before beginning his career as a
chemist. During his 27 years with M-I SWACO, Lee has worked in the field as a mud
engineer, in R&D and Analytical departments as a Research Scientist, and served at
a customer’s office as a liaison, before returning to R&D in 2002. His specialization
includes clay mineralogy and shale stabilization. He has developed several waterbased and inverts drilling fluid systems for different applications, and was also a
member of the RHELIANT fluid team.
Steve Young is another member of the RHELIANT fluid team and is currently the
manager of Drilling Solutions Research and Development. He holds a Bachelor’s
degree in pharmacy from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. He has 23 years
of experience with drilling fluids in both operational and technical positions. His
current position involves identifying new technology needs, coordinating the R&D
efforts of a diverse group of industry professionals and translating the R&D output
into field useable technologies. He has authored a number of papers on drilling fluid
development, design and implementation.
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CYCLOTECH partial processing system successful in North Sea
By Dr. Alastair Sinker
O
and typically operates with residence times less than
n Nov. 18, 2012, the world’s first offshore produc30 seconds, compared to the more usual 10 minutes for a
tion scale partial processing system was suctraditional separation train.
cessfully commissioned in the North Sea. The
The North Sea primary wellhead platform has 15
170,000 barrels per day (bpd) CYCLOTECH† partial proelectrical submersible pump driven wells, producing
cessing system was supplied by M-I SWACO’s Produced
120,000 bpd fluids
Water & Sand
with a water cut of
Management
92% and a gas void
Group (PWSM)
fraction of ~20%. This
and has the capacmultiphase production
ity to more than
is routed to another
double the current
platform via a 14" pipeoil production.
line. The export presFor maturing oil
sure from the primary
basins such as the
platform is ~31 barg
North Sea, shallow
and the maximum
water West Africa
production possible
and the South
through the pipeline
China Sea, the
before the ESPs trip
ability to sustain
(at 35 barg back presoil production is
sure) is 140,000 bpd.
largely dependent
M-I SWACO PWSM
on the ability to
designed, manufacmanage the evertured and commisincreasing volsioned a compact
umes of produced
The North Sea successful commissioning team.
CYCLOTECH parwater economitial processing system consisting of the following
cally. The infrastructure of many of these mature develcomponents:
opments is typically a spoke and hub structure, with a
• 2 x 50% CYCLOTECH P20 pre-separation
number of wellhead platforms feeding a centralized prohydrocyclones
cessing platform, or feeding a centralized hub platform,
• 3 x 50% CYCLOTECH B20 de-oiling hydrocyclones
which then forwards the fluids to shore for processing.
• 1 x degassing vessel
As the water cut rises, the processing facilities and/or
The system also had to be designed to handle a sigthe infield flowlines become bottlenecked and stifle the
nificant sand production in the North Sea, which caused
field’s ability to sustain oil production because of the rise
erosion and blockage issues on process equipment
in total fluids.
installed on all the customer’s platforms.
A partial processing system is designed to be installed
Following commissioning, the partial processing
on the upstream wellhead platforms or hub platforms
system separated 50,000 bpd of water in the North
and separate, treat and discharge a significant proporSea primary platform, reducing the fluids loading to
tion (up to 90%) of the water phase from the wellstream
the pipeline in the other platform from 120,000 bpd to
fluids to debottleneck the infield flowlines and down70,000 bpd. This separated water was then treated and
stream processing facilities. In many cases, the spare
discharged on the primary platform with an oil in water
capacity these systems create is a game changer, typi(OIW) level less than 2 ppm. This resulted in a reduction
cally doubling to quadrupling the potential oil producin the backpressure on the primary platform from 31 bar
tion from the field. Wellhead platforms are typically
to 23 bar, which caused oil production from the same
small, have very limited spare space, are unmanned
15 wells to immediately increase by ~10%. It has also
and have almost no utility systems. This implies that
created spare capacity in the other platform to allow the
a partial processing system must be very compact,
start-up of another six wells. However, when the system
self-sufficient with minimal utility requirements, very
is run at full capacity, it will allow total production to
robust and flexible in operation. The CYCLOTECH partial
increase to 210,000 bpd by separating 120,000 bpd of
processing system uses cyclonic technologies as a basis
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water on the primary platform.
could start up a significant numThis system exceeded the customber of extra wells. The fluids from
er’s expectations and they are now
the Congo field are very heavy
considering M-I SWACO partial
(17 API) and cold (23° C), yet a field
processing technology for other
trial performed in January 2012
applications in the North Sea.
demonstrated that the partial
Many maturing fields are now
processing system could remove
struggling with water production,
in excess 95% of the water on the
increasing the number of opporwellhead platform and treat this
tunities for partial processing over
water to < 25 ppm. This system has
the last 18 months. M-I SWACO has
the capacity to increase oil producalready tested and sold another
tion from the offshore Congo field
80,000 bpd system to another oil
by a factor of four.
and gas company for use offshore
The future is certainly bright for
Congo. The requirement was simipartial processing and M-I SWACO
Dr. Al Sinker shakes hands with Schlumberger TMG
lar to the North Sea system where
PWSM leads the way in this excitGeoMarket Manager Peerasak Gamonsugosol after he
a number of wellhead platforms
ing new field. As a footnote to this,
announces the winner.
are producing fluids via a multiDr. Alastair Sinker presented the
phase pipeline from a hub platform to a central processing
North Sea partial processing project as part of the TMG
platform. The pipeline was constrained at a maximum proReservoir Symposium 2013 and won both the Henri Doll
duction of 30,000 bpd with a water cut of 95%. The need
prize for innovation and the overall prize for best paper.
in offshore Congo was to debottleneck the pipeline so they
Authors and Papers
Lee, John, Young, Steve and Shadravan,
Arah (Texas A&M University). “HPHT
Testing.” Oilfield Technology
(January 2013) 51–53.
Device Accurately Predicts Field Lubricant
Performance.” AADE-13-FTCE-04, AADE
National Technical Conference, Oklahoma
City, OK, Feb. 26–27, 2013.
Depleted Carbonate Reservoirs Offshore
Republic of Congo.” SPE 163460, SPE/IADC
Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, Mar. 5–7, 2013.
Young, Steve; Friedheim, Jim; Lee, John
and Prebensen, Ole Iacob. “New Rheology
Fluid Simplifies Engineering, Enhances
Performance.” Hart Energy E&P Magazine
(January 2013) 51–53. (Based on SPE
154682).
Stamatakis, Emanuel; Young, Steve and
De Stefano, Guido. “Meeting the UltraHTHP Fluid Challenge.” SPE 153709. SPE
Drilling & Completion (March 2013) 86–92.
Zamora, Mario and Hildebrand, Ginger
(Schlumberger). “Design Aid for Charting a
Drilling Automation Roadmap.” SPE 16343,
SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, Mar. 5–7, 2013.
He, Wenwu; Hajash, Andrew and Sparks,
David. “Reactive transport at stressed
grain contact and creep compaction of
quartz sand.” Journal of Geophysical
Research, 2013, Vol. 118, p. 497–510,
doi:10.1002/jgrb.50064.
Jensen, Terrell and Slater, Ken. “Product
Selection Process Utilizing New Lubricity
Burden, Paul and Dimitriadis, Klisthenis
(Tullow); Clement, Kayli; Nguyen, Chau;
Staples, Tony and Thomas, Seye. “Drilling
Fluid Selection Methodology for Environmentally Sensitive Areas.” SPE 163508,
SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, Mar. 5–7, 2013.
Thomas, Seye; Leleux, Jerome and Delvaux,
Alex (Perenco). “Novell Drilling Fluid
Design Enables Successful Drilling of
Musa, I. and Ansari, A. (Saudi Aramco),
Alfonzo, N. and El Gammal, S. “HighPerformance, Water-Based Fluid Rising to
the Challenge in Saudi Arabia.” SPE 164321,
SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show,
Manama, Bahrain, Mar. 10–13, 2013.
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Authors and Papers
Continued from page 43
Young, S. and Friedheim, J.
“Environmentally Friendly Drilling Fluids
for Unconventional Shale.” Offshore
Mediterranean Conference, Ravena, Italy,
Mar. 20–22, 2013.
Palmgren, Tor H.; Fajt, James R.; Danilov,
Alexander G. and Burnett, David B.
(Texas A&M University). “Aeration and
Microfiltration for Solids Removal of
Produced Waters from the Barnett
Shales.” SPE 163803, SPE Americas E&P
Health, Safety, Security and
Environmental Conference, Galveston,
TX, Mar. 18–20, 2013.
Massam, Karen; Andrade, Diana and
Mueller, Frank. “Optimizing Drilling
Waste Treatment to Meet Discharge
Criteria.” SPE 163785, SPE Americas E&P
Health, Safety, Security and
Environmental Conference, Galveston,
TX, Mar. 18–20, 2013.
Massam, Karen; Hunter, Martin;
Eriksen, Frank and Stolen, Geir.
“Automatic Tank Cleaning; A Shining
Example.” SPE 163784, SPE Americas E&P
Health, Safety, Security and
Environmental Conference, Galveston,
TX, Mar. 18–20, 2013.
Hoelscher, Katherine Price; Young,
Steve; Friedheim, Jim and De Stefano,
Guido. “Nanotechnology Application
in Drilling Fluids.” Offshore
Mediterranean Conference, Ravena,
Italy, Mar. 20–22, 2013.
De Stefano, G.; Stamatakis, E. and Young,
S. “Development and Application of
Ultra-HTHP Drilling Fluids.” Offshore
Mediterranean Conference, Ravena, Italy,
Mar. 20–22, 2013.
Slater, K. and Amer, A. “New Automated
Lubricity Tester Evaluates Fluid
Additivies, Systems and Their
Application.” Offshore Mediterranean
Conference, Ravena, Italy,
Mar. 20–22, 2013.
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Ji, Lujun; Gumarov, Salamat; Shokanov,
Talgat; Anokhin, Viacheeslav and
Ronderos, Julio. “Evaluating Wellbore
Displacement Efficiency of Post-Slurry
Overflushing and Its Effect on Injection
Pressure in Waste Injection Operations.”
IPTC 17198, International Petroleum
Technology Conference, Beijing, China,
Mar. 26–28, 2013.
Lee, R.; Decker, T. and Bulgachev, R., (BP);
Navarro, R., Plank, A. (Schlumberger),
Baswdeo, S. and Jones, A. “Novel
Filtercake Breaker Successfully Used in
the OHGP Serrette Project in the Carrier
Fluid.” SPE 165140, SPE European
Formation Damage Conference,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands,
Jun. 5–7, 2013.
Patel, Arvind; Zhang, Joyce Hui; Ke,
Mingje and Panamarathupalayam,
Balakrishnan. “Lubricants and Drag
Reducers for Oilfield Applications –
Chemistry, Performance, and
Environmental Impact.” SPE 164049, SPE
International Symposium on Oilfield
Chemistry, The Woodlands, TX,
Apr. 8–10, 2013.
Torres, Camil and Sinche, Galo
(Petroamazonas); Navarro, Raul; Endara,
Edison; Carreón, Francisco; Murillo,
Pablo and Cortez, Santiago. “Optimized
Filtercake Breaker Successfully Used in
the OH Completions in Yuralpa and
Oso Fields.” SPE 165139, SPE European
Formation Damage Conference,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands,
Jun. 5–7, 2013.
Gomez, Sandra and Patel, Arvind. “Shale
Inhibition: What Works?” SPE 164108, SPE
International Symposium on Oilfield
Chemistry, The Woodlands, TX,
Apr. 8–10, 2013.
Gumarov, Salamat; Shdokanov, Talgat;
Anokhin, Viacheslav; Benelkadi, Said
and Ji, Lujun. “Drill Cuttings Subsurface
Injection Well Design and Completion
Best Practices and Lessons Learned.”
SPE 164674, SPE North Africa Technical
Conference, Cairo, Apr. 15–17, 2013.
Mahrous, R.; Montoto, B.P. (Schlumberger),
Silva, M. and Gonçalves, J. Thomaz
(Petrobras). “A Significant MWD Tool
Signal Strength Improvement: Another
Advantage of Using a Treated Micronized
Barite Drilling Fluid System.” SPE 159748.
Publication in Drilling Contractor May/
June 2013.
Viste, P.; Watson, R.B. and Nelson, A.C.
“The Influence of Wettability on Return
Permeability.” SPE 165160, SPE European
Formation Damage Conference,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands,
Jun. 5–7, 2013.
Færgestad, Irene M.; Watson, Russell
and Viste, Patrick, Strachan, Cameron
and Johannesen, Jorunn (Statoil).
“Development and Field Trial of a New
Exploration HPHT Reservoir Drill-In
Fluid.” SPE 165099, SPE European
Formation Damage Conference,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands,
Jun. 5–7, 2013.
Zamora, Mario; Roy, Sanjit and Slater,
Kenneth. “Issues with the Density and
Rheology of Drilling Fluids Exposed to
Extreme Temperatures and Pressures.”
OMAE2013-11428, ASME International
Conference on Ocean, Offshore and
Arctic Engineering, Nantes, France,
Jun. 9–14, 2013.
Career Development and Training
SIPP Training
Reuel Daniels, M-I SWACO QHSE manager INM, facilitated a successful SIPP Level 2 training for 24 employees in
Kakinada, India. Much thanks goes to Mr. Jameel, fondly called Jameel Bhai, for organizing the entire event, enrolling
employees and coordinating the logistics for the commentary task assessment (CTA) on the final day.
SIPP Level 2 students in Kakinada.
Reuel Daniels providing feedback
after the completion of the CTA.
Customer Training
Conocophillips School
BP School
ConocoPhillips School
A four-day customer drilling fluids school was held at the M-I SWACO
Anchorage facility, where 11 ConocoPhillips Alaska drilling engineers and
one Schlumberger cementing engineer attended. The school incorporated
both classroom and lab activities. Mark Kilburn, a trainer from Houston,
facilitated the course with the help of local M-I SWACO Project Engineers
Scotten Blair, Chris Ornt and Rick Morris.
Class Photos
Deepwater Mud School held in Houston, TX, from Apr. 29–May 3.
Attendees were, left to right, Acosta Andres (PE, Colombia), Julian
Cuchimaqui (field engineer, Colombia), Stafan Surujbally (mud
engineer, Trinidad), Phillip James Abbott (PROACT, Houston), John
Hanckey (mud engineer, Gabon), Suzett Urbano (PROACT, Houston),
Yang Song (modeling & stimulation engineer, Houston), Wale Talabi
(training specialist, Houston).
Acronyms used in this section: BP British Petroleum CTA Commentary Task Assessment INM India GeoMarket PE Production Engineer QHSE Quality, Health, Safety and
Environment SIPP Schlumberger Injury Prevention Program
Career Development and Training
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Awards and Anniversaries
R.T. Braswell celebrates 35 years
Left to right, R.T Braswell receiving his service award from Regional
Operations Manager Kelly Hall.
Senior Project Engineer R.T. Braswell has had a
career of travel and adventure. After receiving
a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the
University of Tennessee in 1970, Braswell served
as a B-52 co-pilot in the Air Force and later an
aircraft commander until 1976. After getting out
of the service, he worked for a company that
manufactured florescent light ballasts until
October 1977 when he began his career in oil and
gas as a mud engineer with Dresser MAGCOBAR.
Braswell has worked in several locations with
several job titles, met his soulmate and fathered
two children. In May 2004 he transferred into a
drilling fluid product engineer position in the
Houston district office. According to him, “It has
been a good career for this old Tennessee boy.”
Mark Fairbanks celebrates 25 years
Mark Fairbanks, M-I SWACO BPXA
account manager, received his
25-year award. Mark started his
career in May 1987 as a warehouseman, then moved into solids control
operations in 1989. He attended
mud school in August 1995 and
worked on the North Slope of Alaska
as a DFS for multiple clients. Mark’s
field career continued until
December 2003 when he was
promoted to a project engineer in
the Anchorage office.
Left to right, Alaska Area Manager Raymond Figueroa, Fairbanks and wife Penny.
Acronyms used in this section: AKA Alaska GeoMarket BPXA British Petroleum Exploration Alaska CCB Change Control Board DFS Digital Field System ES Environmental
Services QHSE Quality, Health, Safety and Environment
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Timothy Johnson celebrates 25 years
Timothy Johnson, AKA GeoMarket
QHSE manager, received his 25-year
award. Tim started his career in
April 1988 as a filtration hand
and worked his way up to service
operation manager. In 2004, he was
promoted to the AK QHSE manager
and continued in QHSE for
M-I SWACO until July 2012, when he
accepted his current position.
Left to right, Alaska Area Manager Raymond Figueroa, Johnson and guest Carma Man.
5-Year Anniversaries
Prudhoe Bay Plant Manager Chad Myers received his 5-year
service award at the Alaska seniority banquet, held Nov. 16. Left
to right, Alaska Area Manager Raymond Figueroa, Myers and
his wife, Jennifer.
Cody Cucullu, ES operator, received his 5-year award at the
Alaska seniority banquet, held Nov. 16. Cody works at the
M-I SWACO Alaska Alpine Ball Mill. Left to right, ES Alpine
Project Manager Lonnie Wood, Cucullu, father Jim and Alaska
Area Manager Raymond Figueroa.
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5-Year Anniversaries Continued
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Project Engineer Pete Nelson received his 5-year award at the
Alaska seniority banquet, held Nov. 16. Pete started his career
with M-I SWACO when he attended basic mud school and was
working on the North Slope as a drilling fluid specialist. In
October 2011 he was promoted to his current position. Pete was
instrumental in managing the M-I SWACO 2012 SHELL Arctic
drilling operations, including design, planning, delivery and
execution of the campaign. Left to right, Alaska Engineering
Manager Kemp Webb, Nelson, wife Jane and Alaska Area
Manager Raymond Figueroa.
Chris Jones, equipment specialist, received his 5-year award at
the Alaska seniority banquet, held Nov. 16. Chris began his career
as an ES operator on the Alaska M-I SWACO Pressure Fluids
Management System (PFMS) unit on the North Slope. Chris also
has experience as a CCB operator on the ENI OPP project. Left to
right, ES Personnel Manager Jason Lawson, Jones, guest Sammy,
and Alaska Area Manager Raymond Figueroa.
Garrett Hoffman, an Alaska M-I SWACO Prudhoe Bay Mud Plant
manager, received his 5-year service award at the Alaska seniority banquet, held Nov. 16. Garrett started his M-I SWACO career
as a facility warehouseman, where hard work helped him
reach a lead position. In January 2012, he was promoted to his
current position. Pictured are Hoffman, left, and Alaska Area
Manager Raymond Figueroa.
Nick Ridley, warehouseman, received his 5-year service award
at the Alaska seniority banquet, held Nov. 16. Ridley works at
the M-I SWACO Prudhoe Bay Mud Plant in Deadhorse, Alaska.
Pictured are Ridley, left, and Alaska Area Manager Raymond
Figueroa.
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10 Years cont.
Victor Aguillon
Rafail Allagulov
Victor Antonio
Adrian Arrendondo
Eduart Avendano
Hector Baldazo
Mohamed Barkati
Salvador Bartolo
Gerald Batiste
Finn Beckmann
Brahim Benabdallah
Amid Beni
Samir Benkhedah
Barrett Beraud
Kirk Bogard
Viktor Bolshov
Kevin Bonin
Shane Bouchard
Benziane Boussebih
David Brandt
Robert Brewster
Kevin Brooks
Timothy Broussard
Diane Brown
Sarah Brown
Dena Browne
Ricky Bruce
Kevin Buteaux
Eric Cady
Garbriel Calderon
Darrell Caldwell
Kimber Call
Jose Carrion
Mariano Carvajal
Sahit Casanova
Dallas Cervantes
Lorenzo Chaga
Charles Chapoton
Uttam Chavan
Igor Chernousov
Abdelbasset Cherrouf
Anthony Clarke
Gregory Clemons
Dan Close
Jose Contreras
Octavio Cortes
Jose Cruz
Marcel Jose D Da Motta
Josiel Da Silva
Javier De Dios
Andre De Gannes
Maria De La O
Roger De Spain
Alexandra Deike
Nassereddine Delhoum
Rodolfo Diaz
Benedito Diogo
Brandan Duhon
Patrick Dunlevy
Ian Dwyer
Edwar Edwar
Iwan Handoko Effendy
Hassan El Borgy
Mahfouz El Sayed
Dario Elizondo
Mourd Farhi
William Farrell
Hichem Fecih
Artur Felsing
Mustapha Fergani
Fabio Fernandez
Goncalves
Grisel Flores
Debbie Ann Francois
Paul Fredericks
Erick Garcia
Oswaldo Garcia Ruiz
Victor Garcia
Dinesh Gaud
Eugeniy Godunov
Cesar Gutierrez Gomez
Carlos Gonzalez
Roberto Gonzalez
Isidro Granadillo
Gary Gray
James Gray
Fernando Guzman
Abdelslam Hafsi
John Hanchey
Nina Hansen
Lars Hardli
Samir Harireche
Barry Henry
Juan Hernandez
YienTiang Ho
Steve Houghton
Kirsty Houston
Charles Huval
Nabil Kamil Ichallamen
Jimmie Jones
Fula Junior
Abdelghani Kaddour
Udomlak Kaewjuey
Kamat Kamat
Yuriy Koksharov
Andrey Korolev
Abdelkrim Kountar
Nadezhda Krapchunova
Dmitry Krepostnov
Gennady Kuksov
Vitaliy Kuznetsov
Mikhail Lalavekov
Sergei Lapin
Elena Lapteva
Mohamed Latreche
Alexey Likhtinov
Aminadad Lopez
Ezequiel Lopez
Karey Louviere
Sergei Lukyanov
IN MEMORIAM
Paul van Lamsweerde
Paul van Lamsweerde (38) worked with
M-I SWACO in the United Kingdom for over 10
years. He was tragically killed in a snowboarding
accident at Chamonix in France on Mar. 28, 2013.
He is missed by his friends and colleagues and
our thoughts go out to his family.
Rovert Lutz
Francesca Maggioni
Troy Mahan
Alexander Malkov
Jose Maria
Mariano Marquez
Oscar Maya
Ryad Megueni
Abbas Meshady
Kevin Michie
Mostafa Mohamed Kasem
Terry Mollenbrink
Vladislav Mosin
Carlos Moyano
Nakim Nakim
Narong Nakplang
Miguel Nava
Yury Nayko
Chau Nguyen
David Nugent
Wahyu Budi Nugroho
Gary Nussbaum
Christian Ornt
Syamsudin Pairin
Suresh Pal
Nikolay Pavlioglo
Glenn Pennell
Jorge Pinto
Cipto Purnomo
Sigit Purnomo
Joao Quebana
Jesus Ramirez
Rodney Ramrattan
Rasmin Rasmin
Carlos Real
Thomas Reineke
Ruslan Remeev
Fredy Reyes
Ingeborg Rian
Ridwan Ridwan
Anselveto Riko
Hector Rivera
Lazaro Roca
Lada Romanova
Raul Romero
Katherine Romero-Davis
Nobnakorn Sae-Chim
Mustapha Salah Ouelhadj
Rashid Salakhov
Egil Runar Salvesen
Gaston Santos
Mahfoud Saoudi
Carlos Luis Sartori
Vishal Sawant
Khirddine Serdouk
Dmitry Sergienko
Dmitry Shcherbakov
Kermit Sheffield
Alexey Shestakov
Evgeny Shirokov
Nickolay Sionikhin
Sahat Situmorang
Vladimir Smirnov
David Smith
Timmy Smith
Yaroslav Sobol
Alex Solares
Russ Somers
Jaime Sosa
Jose Soto
Wayne Bradley Sproxton
Ladena Stringer
Sumarno Sumarno
Suryadi Suryadi
Suyatno Suyatno
Arif Syam Sumar
Olga Tabakova
Luis Tam
Lee Thompson
Antoine Thuriere
Mohamed Tiranime
Michael Tofoya
Ever Torres
Abdelouahab Touahri
Ali Toudert
Francisco Valencia
Ezequiel Vasquez
Luis Vazquez
Adolfo Vieyra Vallejo
Olga Volgina
Nurhadi Wahyana
Michael Whitlatch
Nurli Widjaja
Tony Wilkinson
Clint Young
5 Years
Ahmed Abbas
Nargiz Abbasova
ElSayed Shawky
AbdelHalim Mohamed
Ahmed AbdelKader
AbdelAziz
Attia AbdelMegeid
Ramadan
Kamarul Zaini Abdul
Samat
Oswaldo Abreu
Victor Hugo Acosta Zavala
Antonio Julio Agreda Coll
Carlos Aguilar Culachaua
Adham Ahmed
AbdelGhany
Islam Ahmed ElBadawy
Mohamed Ahmed
Soliman
Mandeep Ahuja
Musa Ala-ud-din
Canga Alberto
Celso Damian Albornoz
Heraldo Albuquerque
Marisol Amaya Mogollon
Nick Anderson
Francisco Andrade
Patricio Andrade
Anand Annamalai
Sandor Antal
Caitlin Armstrong
Harold Ricardo Arnao
Roman
Jorge Luis Arroyo Reyes
Nikita Austin
Laurent
Avala-Ngoueranga
Cesar Ayala
Lloyd Ayasuk
Asif Babar
V. Veerendra Babu
Nelya Bagriy
Nicole Bakker
Reynaldo Balaguir
Andre Baluta
Andrey Baranov
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5 Years cont.
Diego Barca Fernandes
Ronnie Bargo
Rafael Basantes
Dmitry Basov
Washington Bautista
Andrey Baydakov
Stuart James Beales
Ahmed Bedda Zekri
Glenn Beisert
Ana Bejan
Mohamed Belkacemi
Gustavo Bello
Ammar Benbekhma
Travis Benoit
Jan Helge Bere
Espen Bergersen
Sergey Bezdrabko
Ndinga Birao
Melvin Bitsche
Edison Black
William Blackburn
Michael Boasso
Alexei Bogdanov
Edgardo Bohorquez
Becerra
Alvaro Bolanos Patino
Ismail Boudebza
Kevin Breaux
Leonardo Brodsky
Thomas Brooks
Mack Brown
John Bruce
Sigifredo Omar Bruno
Vilchez
Puput Budiarto
Vadim Bulekov
Matondo Bunga
Inacio Bungo
Nelson Bungo
A Butler
Nikolay Bychkov
Gianny Lizeth Cabanillas
Mauricio
Darwin Caicedo
Ernesto Rodolfo Caimilla
Laci Cain
Fred Calixto
Casey Canion
Sergio Eduardo Cardinale
Julio Casao
Jose Luis Casaos
Leonardo Daniel Casas
Sharon Casipong
Gabriel Castro
Roy Catto
Luis Ccahuana Ylla
German Claudio Ceballos
Guillermo Cedeno
Kenneth Celestine
Paulo Cesar Da Silva
Roldofo Cevallos
Thanachote Chaiyakarn
Dinesh Chandrasekaran
Victor Chigozi
Momentum
Taunnya Child
Manuel Chile
Loredana Chirila
Wun Leong Chong
Alexander Chonillo
Ronnison Choonoo
Vladimir Chukhnov
Jeffrey Clement
Washington Cobo Erazo
Plutarco Collado
Juan Carlos Condori
Sancho
Elias Contreras
Hernandez
Silvia Emilia Contreras
Cheryl Cook
Ramon Eduardo Cordoba
Moreno
Fiorella Dennis Cordova
Seminario
Julius Coronel
Pedro Cortez
Santiago Cortez
Omar Edgardo Corvalan
Mayembe Costa
Justin Cremer
Eduardo Cuellar
Francisco Cuisso
Pablo Cuta Tibaduiza
Alisson Da Cruz
Ruben Boaventura Da
Cruz Fernandex
Frode Dalland
Gabriel Damiano
Andrade
Hari Dasari
Elbert Delgado
Larry Demaree
Stefan Denecke
Salomo Denny A.S.
Jessie Derouen
Christopher Detiveaux
Carrie Devine
Joseph Devulgt
Roberto Di Grazia
Alejandro Daniel Dias
Matthias Dieckmann
Roald Djonne
Joseph Donathy
Kevin Donnelly
Vyacheslav Doroshenko
Raimundo Dos Santos
Meretgeldy Dovletov
Henrique Duda
Evgeny Dudkin
Albert Dugas
Marty Dunn
Inna Dzhebrailova
Eghosa Ebohon Ero
Bayardo Echeverria
Haakon Eikeland
Marcel Eils
Yasser El Dallal
Adel El-Firjani
Rune Eliassen
Amanda Ellis
Ricardo Emerick Filho
Amarachi Enwemuche
Tamunoye Erekosima
Rosendo Estrada
Saldarriaga
Clotaire-Marie Eyaa
Allogo
Clifford Ezeh
Mochammad Fahmi IMR
Heath Falls
Oswaldo Farias Burgos
Mahmoud Farid Ali
Imelda Faried
Laszlo Farkas
Hafez Fawzy
Diego Fernandez Garcia
Marco Antonio
Fernandez Rufino
Rubens Ferreira Da Silva
Jose Benito Ferreyra
Garren Fielding
Dmitry Filatov
Ronny Finnema
Sheldon Flaman
Jaime Flores
Oziel Flores
Jorge Alfonso Flores Vela
Morten Folkmann
Kegan Foote
Sharon Fore
Christopher Foreman
Matthew Frawley
Janina Froehlich
Maxim Frolov
Kjell Froyen
Adrian Rolando Gabilan
Jhony Gahona Hurtado
Tavriz Gainetdinov
Dante Ganaban
Carlos Garcia
Marcos David Garcia
Ana Teresa Garrido
Aguilera
Kristi Gay
Leonardo Horacio Gelsi
Guy Gibson
Omar Gijon
Robert Gijon
Robert Gillilan
Courtney Girdwood
Eduard Glushkov
Hugo Godoy
Dmitry Golovin
Felix Goma
Alirio Gomez Torres
Gilson Gonzaga
Mayra Christell Gonzalez
Paola Gonzalez
B.V. Gopal
Santosh Gopi
Matthew Goyer
Jorg-Walfried Graf
Alexander Grigoryev
Fernando Lionel Guajardo
Luis Guerrero
Tom Erik Guldberg
Ratnam Raju Gunam
Ricardo Gutierrez
Cristian Guzgan
Yassine Hamoum
Torfinn Hansen
Samuel Hanson
Sreeja Hariram
James Harwell
Trond Hauge
Mohamed Helmi
William Ramsay
Henderson
Franky Hermanto
Robin Hernaez
Adrian Oswaldo
Hernandez
Ana Maria Herrera
Briceno
Jhonny Paul Herrera
Garcia
Michael Hess
Elhadi Heumissi
Javier Hidalgo Guerra
Dufer Hinostroza
Jesco Hoffman
Christel Hogemark
Kenneth Holland
Sammie Holloway
Dales Hughes
Ian Hughes
Mark Hughes
Shawn Hunt
Adam Hunter
Adolfo Raul Hurtado
Cevallos
Carlos Hurtado
Tiffany Huval
Marsel Idrisov
Carlos Patricio Inzunza
Sergey Izbyshev
Rigoberto Jacinto
Sachin Jadhav
John James
Rachel James
Suphanai Jamsutee
Brenda Jaynes
Keith Jenkins
Lauro Paolo Jimenez
Rafael Jimenez
Cergio Jimenez Munoz
Joao Joana
Kyrre Roald Johansen
Alfred Johnson
Felix Jonah
Joby Joseph
Alejandro Manuel Julca
Castro
Paavo Juppi
Leslie Jury
Araya Kainan
Igor Kalujin
Marcin Kaminski
Atif Kareem
Vaishali Karkare
Sergey Karpushin
Cassandra Keeter
Lynn Kennedy
Michael Kent
Khalil Ahmed Yunus
Khot
Nilesh Khot
Thanapath
Kiattidechwarong
Gulnara Kim
Michael King
Dmitry Kintsel
Joakim Kjenes
Kenny Klepise
Andreas Klimek
Jesus Klinger
Oksana Kobets
Mariusz Kostrzycki
Fodjo Kousdio
Gennady Kovyazin
Artem Kozak
Oleksandr Krasuk
Sergey Krishtal
Frank Roger Kristiansen
Vladimir Krivonozhkov
Mikhail Krupelnitsky
Jelger Kuipers
Aleksandr Kumanin
Sunil Kumar
Konstantin Kuzmin
Sergey Kuznetsov
Raymond Kvarme
Christian La Torre Leon
Anna La Trace
Hever Laguna Riveros
Victor Lamborne
Djamel Hachani Lamri
Ryan Larsen
David Lawler
Frederic-Tevi
Lawson-Opape
Vibeke Leirvik
Rodrigo Leite
Paulo Lema
Jesus Leon
Alicia Paola Leon De La
Torre
Ron Lincz
Justin Linscombe
Justin Little
Miguel Angel Llenque
Torres
Jason Lock
Edgar Loera
Mikhail Lokhman
Aleksandr Lonkin
Joao Lopes
Leonardo Lopes
Jose Remedios Lopez
Romel Lopez
Roger Lorenzo
Joss Lovie
Marius Luetke-Kogge
Mark Lumsden
Marcial Machahuachi
Velasquez
Zeferino Macaia
Volodymyr Machyshyn
Angelica Galazi Maciel
Veera Nancharayya
Maddula
Bo Madsen
Claire Main
Ross Mair
Abdullah Makki
Yury Malakhovsky
Natalia Malygina
Orhus Mandanguy
Alfredo Oscar Mansilla
Juan Fernando Mansilla
Danijel Maric
Cesar Marin
Gustavo Gabriel Martinez
Ruslan Mavlyutov
Gabriel Mavungo
Simon McManus
Cleomax Medeiros Junior
Wilson Medina Rocha
Mai-Britt Mehus
Hetty Meidiaryanti
Aquilino Mendez
Jacobo Sebastian Mendez
Eric Mendoza
Freguine Mendoza
Ahmed Metwalli
Francisco Javier Micieli
Guillermo Mieres
Jose Miguel
Romaric
Miguindou-Mbiala
Steven Millen
Patrick Miller
Xandel Miranda
Igor Mirzoev
Brennan Mischenko
Oleg Mishutin
Bojan Mitric
Ali Mohamed Haroun
Abdelhamid Mohamed
Ibrahim
Ali Mohsin
Samuel Mongold
DeMarcus Moore
Javier Arturo Morales
Alexander Morrison
Hazem Mostafa Mabrouk
Arsene-Davy
Moundounga
Nathalie Moureau
Valeria Moyano
Djoko Muljono
Dylan Munro
Afonso Muntu
Harry Inge Myrvang
Deepa Nair
Mena Magdi Nasrallah
Wilson Nazareno
Stanciu Neacsu
Alexandr Nekrasov
Alexander Colin Nelson
Martin Elias Neme
Luis Nene
Obari Ngulube
Flemming Nielsen
Robert Nielsen
Jessie Paola Nieto Burgos
Pavel Nikintin
Assel Nizamiyeva
Alain Nkonguily
Wesley Novak
Odd Magne Nyro
Amelie Nzang-Ollomo
Thecla Obieje
Hugo Adrian Ocampo
Mette Okland
Pavel Oleynikov
Leudo Oliveira
Olubukola Olugbenle
Batyr Orazniyazov
Jose Ordonez
Luis Ortega
Luis Ortega Quintero
Nelson Ortiz Perez
Christian Orupabo
Sergey Osaulko
Mika Otterstaetter
Carlos Enrique Ovando
Jesus Pacheco
Maria Paez
Luis Palacios
Tor Palmgren
Jacinto Panzo
Rakesh Parab
Jose Luis Parada
Carlos Paredes
Struan Park
Jagdish Parmar
Norman Parsons
Oscar Pastor Salcedo
Derek Paterson
Raymond Paterson
Luca Pavani
Cecilia Peck
Javier Pedraza
Ever Pedriel Duran
Julio Cesar Perdriel
Alexander Perekhodov
Denis Perevalkin
Sergey Perevoznik
Wilman Perez Becerra
Miguel Perez Guerra
Victor Hugo Perez Perez
Anastasia Perminova
Leonardo Luiz Pessanha
Sergiy Petrov
Alexey Petryaykin
Jose Luis Pinedo Rios
Nelson Anibal Pino
Marceline Pinto
Estevao Pitra
Dinara Pogodina
Andrey Polyakov
Igor Ponomarev
Joshua Posey
Swavik Pradeep
Valeria Proano
Din Pyak
Hilda Mariana Quintero
Leslie Quiroz
Karsten Rabe
Ruth Yulia Rahayu
Ashwin Ramamurthy
Adrian Ramirez
Carlos Ramirez
Douglas Ramsey
Melvin Ratcliff
Niranjan Singh Rathore
Mohamed Refaie
Omar Remolina Amaya
Riter Rengifo Vargas
Vasily Repkin
Marina Revazova
Roberto Ribera Candia
Andrea Ricchieri
Kent Richardson
Maykel Rafael Rincones
Meneses
Alexandra Pamela Rios
Meneses
Mathieu Roan
Calum Robertson
Daniel Roca
Dmitriy Rochev
Marcelo Rodrigues
Nixon Rodriguez Dorado
Jose Rodriguez Ojeda
Joachim Roettle
Jimmy Rojas
Eko Prasetyo Romantha
Marcelo Claudio Romero
Weida Rong
Sergio Tomas Rosales
Marcia Rosero
Oleksandr Rozhko
Artem Rudyuk
Jan-Oliver Ruhnke
Anna Russinova
Anatoliy Rybalkin
Adel Saddik
Khaled Sahli
Mir Saifullah
Victor Alfonso Salazar
Guzman
Dardo Salazar Rivera
Manuelito Salvan
Viktor Samarov
Filipe Sambo
Gulzhamal Sanbayeva
Jose Sanchez
Raziel Sanchez
Luis Remberto Sandoval
Barrientos
Pierre Santana
Edleia Santos
Jose Santos
Luiz Carlos Santos
Denis Sapozhnikov
Jose Saray Gamboa
Enrique Alejandro Sardo
Jerage Sassa
Vladislav Savonov
Ronald Schroeder
Eric Schluer
Dian Mira Sekar Ayu
Claudio Serrano Chavez
Carlos Serrato
Mayur Shah
Amr Shaheen
Altaf Shaikh
Maxim Shcherbatyuk
Sedric Shepard
Papesh Shinde
Olesya Shmakova
Mohammad Shoaid
Igor Shubenkin
Samir Shukurov
Maxim Shumilov
Eloy Siale Batapa
Oleg Sidorov
Julian Silva
Mara Lucia Silva
Policardo Simba
Bello Simeon
Vladimir Simonov
Gary Skillin
Cecilie Skogen
David Smith
Matthew Smith
Dmitry Smolin
Gerald Soares
Shafiek Soeker
Andrey Sokolov
Dmitry Sokolov
Virgilio Solarzano
Andrey Solodukhin
Diedone Songo
Gerardo Daniel Sosa
Alexey Sosnovsky
Stefano Spaccamonte
Brandon Stafford
Jasminka Stang
Paul Stubbert
Daniel Fernando Suarez
Fazal Subhan
Samuel Sullivan
Liyu Sun
Codey Swenson
Bobby Swift
Robert Sybert
Olga Tambovtseva
Hwee Kiat Tan
Leni Tanchiatco
Stanislav Tangatarov
Erika Tapia
Dmitry Tarapunko
Armando Tati
Roque Tati
Mina Tawfik Kamel
Redda Tayebi
Olesya Tchizhikova
Ruka Te Moana
Dmitriy Telegin
Terry Thibodeaux
Arbind Thomas
Iain Thomson
Dmitriy Titov
Kevin Todd
Nelly Paola Tong
Manrique
Omar Torres
Pablo Roberto Torres
Ricardo Torres
Ricardo Torres Amasifuen
Druby Trahan
Timo Trauth
Anthony Tuohy
Charles Turnbull
Olga Tyumentseva
Joshua Ukaps
Cesar Ureta Chavez
Eberto Vaca Barrientos
Nicoleta-Cristina Vaduva
Anatoly Vaganov
Juan Valencia Chavarro
Vitaly Valisevich
Darwin Valle
Gerald Vallow
Raju Varghese
Fabian Vasconcelos
Curtis Vasquez
Manuel Vasquez
Harry Hiroito Vasquez
Zevallos
Rune Vatne
Vitaly Vaygult
Silvia Mariela Vazquez
Javier Del Milagro
Veintimilla Mogollon
Juan Manuel Velazquez
Ivan Velez Mejia
Bogdan-George
Verezberger
Adelcio Victorino
Ingvild Vik
Anastasia Vilarskaya
Mihai Vilcu
Gabino Villa
Semen Vinokurov
Olga Vorobyeva
Viktor Vyunov
Brian Walden
Keith Walder
Izzatunnafs Wan Nordin
Thaweesak Wangngam
Valarie Watts
ZHaoHua Wei
Mario Weiss
Kenneth Whitehead
Dell Williams
XiaoQian Xu
Yuliya Yakubenko
Qing Yan
Cathleen Yanco
Anhua Yang
JianMin Yang
Alexander Yaroshenko
Steven Yates
Hamza Youb
Ahmed Younes
Abdel Moneim Youssef
Stina Yttersian
Linli Yu
Alexander Yudin
Irina Zadrutskaya
Jesus Rolando Zambrana
Pamuri
Ahmed Zayed
Sergey Zekeev
JianMin Zhang
Jun Zhang
Ravil Ziganshin
Felix Zubiri
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Anniversaries
1092 employees are recognized with service anniversary awards in Q1 and Q2. Howard Keeling is the senior
service member, with 45 years of service.
45 Years
Howard Keeling
40 Years
Thomas Abercrombie
Thomas Abramson
Majed Alkassem
Richard Barrett
Bobby Farmer
Peter Johnson
Timothy Wilkin
35 Years
Curtis Boykin
Sue Cheng
Francis Dechert
Rita Fischer
Carlos Huaynoca
Eugene Leblanc
Robert Mercer
Daniel Miller
Michael Rafferty
Raymond Ravitz
Dallas Rhodes
Mohammad Syukur AM
Charles Thomas
Mark Wells
Don Wooten
30 Years
Peter Dutoit
Pratoto Hadi
Robert Keife
Diadie Savane
Nina Torgersen
25 Years
Mohamed AbdelHalim
Robinson Bolt
Phillip Bumala
Isabelle Bussy
Bertrand Chavignon
John Christie
Donald Collingwood
Jonathan Cullen
Dieter Dopp
Marc Eaton
Becky Eyesio
Thomas Folke
Vivienne Graham
Marcel Guillot
Mart Hinckley
Anders Hou
Lynn Jenkins
Kasim Kanibu
Hossam ElDin Khaled
Edwin Latuihamallo
Stewart Livingston
Lisbeth Lode
Bernard Louis
Deepak Mathur
Kevin McManus
George McMennamy
Alaa ElDin Mohamed
AbdelHalim
Christopher Nicol
Kjell Harold Nilsen
Godwin Osubor
Colin Paterson
Sheila Runge
Arvid Sverre Sandnes
Charles Sanner
Brenton Sell
Zia Haider Shah
Kenneth Slater
Thomas Speeg
Henry Stachura
John Stearn
William Steward
Bittie Still-Lakey
Sundaram Srinivasan
William Thurston
Marcos Jose Vieira
Mark Weber
Steven Young
Jianxiong Zhu
20 Years
Christian Agala
Tim Calhoon
Apolinar Chavez
Mario Colmenares
Finn Dahlin
Angelo De Cassan
Laureano Antonio Delfin
Torres
Edward Derkach
Jeffrey Dierig
Said Gadjiev
Richard Harris
David Harrison
Frank Hildersley
Heath Hopkin
Dwayne Kennerson
Pavel Kosmin
Vladimir Kuksov
Scott Larue
Gordon Logan
Debra Massey
Gordon Morland
Ronald Peltier
Anna Perardel
Jan Harald Pettersen
Alexander Podobedov
Jhonny Reyes Sanchez
Russell Riddle
Carlos Rodriguez
Jim Teeuwsen
Alexander Varlamov
Mikhail Vorobyev
Alexander Vyalov
Robert David Wilson
Damir Ziangirov
15 Years
Khaled AbdelSalam
Gardy Abshire
Sobhy AbulFotouh
Mohamed Adil
Sergey Alyabiev
Meddah Kamel Amer
Joselito Araujo
Torstein Aspaas
Ibrahim Ba-alawi
Sheila Barron
Barry Batiste
Smail Benabdellah
Abdelkader Benmeddah
Ole Bjorsvik
Paul Blagdon
Robert Bodnar
Carlos Jose Bolivar
Vallenilla
William Brownell
Russel Byrd
Harold Callaway
Egyptcio Coelho
Jose Da Silva
Dario D’Angelo
Christopher Dietzen
Edna Ekwoaba
Luciano Elias
Kurt Fontenot
Radik Galiev
Claudio Garcia
Marcel Gheaus
Anatoly Gorlov
James Greene
Ali Hammamid
Per Heggen
Robert Hood
Leila Hosoy
ElSayed Hussien
Mahmoud
Tom Magne Jakobsen
Habib Kereddine
Francois LeGuellec
Lance Lemair
Bilal Limam
Bruce Macmillan
Ysupbai Madrimov
Richard Mahrer
Jonas Manbouana
Zoran Markanovic
Stephen Mason
Paul Mbedi
Christophe Mbemene
Thomas McConnell
David McDonald
Mark Mercer
Barret Miles
Hassan Mohamed
Yehia Mohamed
Gualberto Angel Montano
Badry Mostafa
Mamdouh Mostafa
Steve Namsoo
Terje Nicolaisen
Frode Nilsen
Aidyn Niyazgaliyev
Antonio Nunez
Darrell O’Brien
Hope Ovie-Thompson
Benjamin Paiuk
Bruce Parish
John Peck
Jens Peder Pedersen
Michael Pittsinger
Andrew Popplestone
James Rannells
Paul Ravey
Robert Reid
Todd Reid
Dana Rhodes
Ubel Rios
Jeffery Rominsky
Orjan Rong
Neil Rothnie
Natalya Rudyuk
Viviana Mercedes
Sandoval
Harold Saravia
Grete Schilling
Hossam Shabaan
Alastair Sinker
Viktor Skreka
Mustapha Smati
Corey Steensen
Timothy Stein
Curtis Taylor
Michael Timmerman
Nils Gunnar Torkelsen
Theophile Torres
Terje Torsvik
Enzo Alfredo Turchetti
Holger Ullmann
Gustavo Vargas
Luis Velasquez Aranguren
10 Years
Essam Abd El Haleem
Ricardo Acosta
Jose Aguilar
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