191 WINTER 2016/17

Hunting Review the external house magazine of Hunting PLC 5 Hanover Square, London W1S 1HQ, UK

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Cover: Winter view of the Portland Head Light in Maine during snow storm

A SPORTING YEAR

The Hunting community in Asia demonstrates its sporting talent, with company supported events taking place across various venues.

7NORTH SEA CI

The company’s work to embed Continuous Improvement into the culture of Hunting is developed in Aberdeen.

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MAINE VISTA

The Hunting Dearborn facility in Maine is leading the way in energy saving, blending blending into its awe-inspiring surroundings.

12ALL FIRED UP

New technology for perforating guns has led to record breaking success for Hunting’s Titan Division in Canada, and stunning success in Texas.

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SUPPORTING SERVICE DOGS

A review of Patriot Paws’ three year tenure as Hunting’s corporate charity and the extent of its progress thanks to the support of the company.

16HUNTING AT A GLANCE

A snapshot of Hunting’s capabilities through the lifecycle of the wellbore, providing proprietary products to enable oil and gas extraction.

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KENYA SIGNS

The successful joint venture between Hunting and Alpha Logistics is expanding the company's footprint in East and Sub-Saharan Africa.

20SAUDI ONLINE

Looking back at Hunting Saudi Arabia’s first operational year and a successful start-up with SG Petroleum.

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OUR HUNTING COMMUNITY

Taking a look at just some of the many activities and events Hunting employees are participating in around the world.

23EZI-SHEAR SEAL LAUNCH

Hunting’s new surface pressure control valve has brought an innovative and safer approach to well intervention.

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Dennis Proctor, Chief Executive Officer

Elections and referendums have upended political establishments and the power of the popular mandate has been felt around the world. The desire forchange has been apparent in the appointment of a newgeneration of leaders that have dared to be different.

Our industry has also been through unprecedented times and is only now beginning to show a sustained return to activity. We have managed those areas within our control, sometimes painfully, and adapted to those we cannot. We are emerging stronger: better placed to provide the capacity that a changed industry needs, better focused to serve regional markets and better resourced to provide the foundations for future growth. While we review some of these initiatives within this issue, we should also look ahead to fresh opportunities and seek the advantages that change affords in the coming year.

Embracing change

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Pictured, from left to right: Jose Castro, Gavin Steele, Shane Cruden, Roger Findlay, Alexander Urquhart, Steve Imray, Barry Hill, Chris Venske, Chris Dow. Foreground: James Stuart, Bruce Robertson

"One of the most noteworthy accomplishments in keeping the price of Ford products low is the gradual shortening of the production cycle. The longer an article is in the process of manufacture and the more it is moved about, the greater is its ultimate cost." Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company.

Ford’s ideas were famously integrated into the Toyota Production System, beginning the modern story of Lean. Since then Lean concepts have been rolled out through high-end manufacturing industries beyond the automotive sector.

As part of Hunting’s Continuous Improvement (CI) strategy to develop and promote Lean implementation, Alexander Urquhart was hired into the UK team as CI Manager, based in Aberdeen. He leads a programme to deliver a combination of Lean and Six Sigma actions, the

former focused on improving efficiency and the latter on process variation. The programme commenced in January 2016 with the identification of 12 Green Belt (GB) candidates who were selected from across all functions - from operators through to senior management. Candidates were then paired up to focus on delivering respective GB projects as part of the certification route. The projects are mentored by Alexander, with support from Roger Findlay, Supplier Relationship Manager and Bruce Robertson, QHSE Manager (Group) both of whom have previous experience as Black Belts.

In association with Hunting's training partner Smallpeice, GB project objectives, as well as the role of the sponsors, were defined. On the first day the leadership group identified some 15 potential projects, of which five have been brought to fruition. These covered a diverse range of potential improvements within the Hunting business

suggested by the senior leadership team. Thus began nine days of intensive training divided into three sessions held roughly a month apart. All elements of Lean and Six Sigma were covered including a number of tools and techniques such as Value Stream Mapping (VSM), process flow diagrams and the basics of data analysis. More advanced concepts and techniques were also introduced such as the DMAIC cycle (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control), process capability and statistical process control.

All the prospective GB’s were then required to take an exam as part of the certification process and all members passed, which was a major milestone achievement for the programme. With the projects now live, this part of the cycle was successfully completed at the end of November.

North Sea CIThe time honoured concepts of Lean and Six Sigma were originally deployed by Henry Ford in the production line for the Model T Ford

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OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS:

ENERGY CONSUMPTION PROJECT: AIR COMPRESSION

Project Team: Steve Imray, OCTG Operations Manager and Barry Hill, Machine Operator

Problem statement: High cost of electricity for the Badentoy facility, adding to the overhead cost.

Potential benefits and impact:• Potential cost saving of ten

per cent per quarter • Reduction in CO2 emissions,

positively upselling the company as a business which is proactively reducing its carbon footprint

• Reduction in time waiting for air pressure/volume

• Improvement in the supply of compressed air to assembly and test area

NON PRODUCTIVE TIME REDUCTION PROJECT: MANUFACTURING OPTIMISATION

Project Team: Chris Dow, Technical Manager and Bob Law, Technical Sales Engineer

Problem statement: Total non-productive manufacturing time across all product lines had equated to 116,000 hours in the previous year, at a significant cost to the company.

Potential benefits and impact:• Reduction in individual operator Non

Productive Time by 300 hours• Increased customer satisfaction• Reduction in manufacturing lead times• Increased Machine Operator value/

morale through better efficiency

VARIATION TO ESTIMATES/ MARGIN EROSION: MECHANICAL PLANT/ WET CENTRE REELS

Project Team: Chris Venske, Design Engineer and Jose Castro, HESWI Lead Hand

Problem statement: In the previous year, estimates of performance in the Well Intervention business had fallen significantly below expectation with a margin variation of some 31 per cent. Mechanical plant was identified as a heavy contributor to this variance.

Potential benefits and impact:• Reducing cost of Mechanical Plant by five

per cent – potentially increasing the margin• Improved Mechanical Plant design –

easier to manufacture and assemble• Simplified, modular product gives

significant customer benefits e.g. weight reduction

• 95 per cent reduction of unique inventory

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INVENTORY CONTROL PROJECT

Project Team: Shane Cruden, HESWI Operations Manager and James Stuart, Store Coordinator

Problem statement: Investigation suggested limited control of multiple revision items in stock. Evidence showed 45 different type parts in stock with more than one revision with a considerable excess value.

Potential benefits and impact:• Eliminate old revisions and

sustain stock level• Controlled process to define clearly

when revision control is required• Rework of old revisions to latest

specification to add value• Reduction in man hours consumed

managing old revisions including storage and handling

ON TIME DELIVERY MECHANICAL PLANT: GREASE INJECTION FRAMES

Project Team: Gavin Steele, Supply Chain Leader and Roger Findlay, Supplier Relationship Manager

Problem statement: Analysis showed 12 of 14 injection units had been delivered late to the customer by an average 95 days. The fabricated frames were being delivered later than required and from a sample of 10 late units, there were 106 engineering queries across all frame orders.

Potential benefits and impact:• 30 per cent reduction of engineering

queries – “right first time” approach• Reduction in non-value added

engineering, purchasing and supplier manufacturing time, therefore improving margins

• Improve delivery performance and customer satisfaction

• Improved communication across all internal functions

• Improved accuracy of planning and forecasting

THE RESULTThe potential benefits from the first phase of the five projects have been costed and savings will be scaled in the future, depending on the volume of orders received. It is anticipated that these GB projects will become the yardsticks to measure returns from each phase with additional benefit to be realised from carrying out some larger scope Black Belt sized projects. The company also has aspirations to extend the GB programme to other regions within the Group with the aim of spreading the Continuous Improvement message and maximising Lean processes.

The first phase of the programme culminated with a project review session for qualification followed by further review by senior leadership. This gave each project team the opportunity to communicate the benefits and elements of personal development achievements. At the end of November each of the nine GBs had their projects provisionally passed, based on some minor edits and work required to prove implementation and sustainability. The Master Black Belt, Steve Wilkinson, who carried out the appraisal delivered high praise for how much the programme had achieved in such a short space of time especially given the current challenges facing the oil and gas market. He went as far as to say the projects were in the upper ten per cent of the GB projects he had recently reviewed for certification. We expect all nine GB’s to be fully certified by early 2017. The plan then is that our newly created GB cadre will each start a new project and continue to share the learnings and benefits within their own teams across the wider organisation.

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‘Joy, health, positive attitude and enthusiasm for life’ is reported to be at the heart of the company’s regional sporting programme. The company actively encourages its employees to fulfil both their professional and sporting potential with regular group activities. This breaks down barriers and forms friendship bonds as well as encouraging personal fitness and promoting the benefits of competing in teams. Highlights covered here describe a broad range of events that are not just limited to individual and employee development but also those that embrace the wider communities in which we live.

INDONESIAN COMMUNITY TOURNAMENTThe Health Safety & Environment (HSE) Steering Committee of PT Hunting Energy Asia (PT HEA) organised a ‘Sepak Takraw’ tournament as part of the company’s corporate community involvement event. Held in support of the Kabil Youth Community, Sepak Takraw is a type of kick volleyball sport which is native to Southeast Asia. It differs from traditional

volleyball in its use of a rattan ball and only allowing players to use their feet, knees, chest and head to touch the ball.The tournament attracted 30 groups from the local community in the Kabil area. The committee also worked with the local Police Department to give talks and provide counselling for the youths and residents in the area on drug abuse and juvenile delinquency as part of the sports programme.

A sporting year As we approach the western calendar year end, it is fitting to focus on a broad range of sporting events that the company has supported during the past year and to focus in particular on the activities in which our Asian Pacific colleagues have participated

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Team sportsDuring the year employee teams were formatted to suit the sporting occasion: from the major fun sporting challenges undertaken in Wuxi to hard fought doubles Badminton matches in Batam.

SINGAPORE COMMUNITY BUBBLE MATCH In Singapore, community involvement came in a rush of ‘bubbles’ when some 24 curious first-time participants gathered to bump, bounce and roll in the Bubble Soccer Challenge. The activity reached out to youths supported by the Singapore Salvation Army, promoting sports as alternative healthier lifestyle. Encased in inflated ‘tori’ (covering the upper body and head), teams played fearlessly, charging at their opponents at intimidating speed. CHINA SPORTS AND GAMES MEET Earlier this year the company’s manufacturing facilities in Wuxi held the fifth edition of its popular annual sports and games meet. Promoting health, positivity and enthusiasm, the on-site event saw active participation from the management and employees in a range of fun activities such as tug-of-war, mass rope skipping, ping-pong relay, and a caterpillar walk.

BOWLED OVER The company’s increasingly popular annual bowling competition saw a dramatic opening at the very end of last year with Daniel Tan, Managing Director of Hunting Asia Pacific, skittling all ten pins for an opening strike. Despite this impressive start, a new set of champions were crowned: Calvin Ong, who finished with 423 pins down, and Michelle Chong who took an average of 287 pins over three games. We eagerly await the results of this year’s championship.

"Joy, health, positive attitude and enthusiasm for life is reported to be at the heart of the company’s regional sporting programme"

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BASKETBALL CORONATIONThe final game in a tense ‘best of three’ tournament was staged between two of Hunting’s Singapore-based basketball teams at the beginning of the year. Standing at one game all, everything rested on the final. Despite an early lead from Whites into half time, the Blues' superior fitness and stamina won through to claim the prize with a four point margin at the final whistle. The title of ‘most valued player’ was awarded to Jerik Yap, while the post-match ‘sharp shooter’ prize was won by Patrick Deutsch.

CROSS STRAITS FRIENDLY FUTSAL The latest Futsal Friendly match to be held between employees of Batam-based PT HEA and their Singapore counterparts across the Straits of Malacca, has seen the Batam team storm to victory after two intense hours. Darwin was awarded most valued player for the winning team, while Maran Govindaraju took the title for the Singapore side after scoring three impressive goals. The top scorer for the event was Sebastianus Sena from PT HEA.

SMASHING TIME IN BATAMThe Sports & Recreation Committee of just PT HEA held a local badminton doubles competition played over two days in May. Promoting both health and teamwork, the tournament drew a total of 32 employees, divided into 16 teams of two. The competition was keenly fought with the winning pair of Heri Kartika/Juni Gultom beating Sebastianus Sena/Manof Wibowo in the final showdown.

Finally there were the group challenges where individuals were asked to test themselves against the natural environment and measure their efforts alongside their colleagues.

CLIMBING ‘ZHOU SHAN’Supported by a local government employee welfare programme, Hunting Wuxi organised a mid year employee trip to the Zhou Shan archipelago in north-eastern Zhejiang Province of China. A total of 124 management and employees from the OCTG and Perforating Guns production facilities joined the mountain climb, showing that no mountain is too high to climb when it is a shared endeavour.

Under the leadership of Operations Director Paul Zhang and his team, the expedition covered various locations in Zhou Shan including a visit to Chaoyang Pavilion and Puji Temple on Mt. Putuoshan which is one of four famous sacred Buddhist Mountains in China.

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In the two months to December 2016, over 755 runs have been successfully completed in the basin with the H-1 Perforating Gun System using standard wireline delivery

Perforating technology is being taken to to the next level with the introduction of ground breaking new systems developed by Hunting’s Titan Division, amounting to a generational change in perforating capability. Field deployment of the H-1 (whose acronym celebrates development under the Hunting banner), matched with the company's proprietary ControlFire® switch gear is set to revolutionize the market.

SELECTIVE FIRINGThe H-1 Perforating Gun System utilises Hunting’s ControlFire selective firing technology. A new ControlFire Cartridge (CFC) was specifically designed for the H-1 system which is innately Radio Frequency (RF) safe. The combination has eliminated exposed wiring, helping to reduce the risk of surface detonation when arming the perforating system. This means the H-1 perforating gun can be loaded offsite with shaped charges and detonating cord, then safely armed onsite with the CFC.

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGYConventional gun systems are susceptible to miss runs as a result of nicked wires, faulty crimps, seal failures or mechanical switch failures. The H-1 system eliminates or mitigates all of these. Conventional systems require separate gun to gun connecting hardware while the unique design of the H-1 perforating gun (integrated box X pin) eliminates this, so reducing the number of connections where failure can occur. The new CFC is pre-assembled and quality checked before packaging to ensure there is no chance of failure. Another cause of mechanical switch failure is positive/negative polarity configuration during assembly. Often this is incorrectly set up causing multiple guns to go off in a single location (two negative polarity guns strung together fire simultaneously when

All fired upNew perforating records are being set and customers from Texas to Saskatchewan are showing their appreciation for Hunting Titan's new generation of perforating system

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negative current is sent down string). The H-1 Perforating System has no polarity limitation. Each CFC has a unique ID that transmits to the surface control panel. With the ID selected, a pulse is sent to that cartridge only to activate the specific gun. Should an ID not provide a signal, the system is able to skip over that gun system and continue perforating.

COST EFFICIENCIESThe elimination of gun to gun connecting hardware enables the addition of more guns to each gun string – which has the logical effect of reducing the number of gun string runs per stage. Additional H-1 features help to reduce gun preparation time by up to 80 per cent using 50 per cent of the personnel when compared to conventional gun loading, cleaning, assembly and arming. An easy-to-load H-LokTM shaped charge was designed to simply snap into place on the charge tube. Detonating cord length has been measured exactly to the required length and quickly snaps into place. The CFC can be quickly screwed into place safely arming the gun system.

TEXAN BANGThe Permian Basin in West Texas is proving to be one of the most prolific and enduring oil producing regions in USA. Vertical wells were the norm when oil was first produced in the 1920s but in recent times the combination of horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracking has bolstered renascent activity.

In the two months to December 2016, over 755 runs have been successfully completed in the basin with the H-1 Perforating Gun System using standard wireline delivery. There have been zero miss runs and all 3,311 perforating guns and over 20,000 shots fired (no skip over was needed) for a 100 per cent success rate. Customers are very happy with that performance record.

CANADIAN RECORDOn Tubing Conveyed Perforating trips, the ControlFire switch gear can allow over 100 guns at once to be run down the wellbore, while alternative systems need an additional two or three runs to complete perforation. This ability to speed up the perforating cycle obviously saves service line companies and operators a lot of money by reducing the time, labour and associated running costs. This was a clear proposition for Canada’s Titanium Tubing Technology who selected ControlFire on these criteria.

When Titanium Tubing Technology employed the ControlFire switch system they set a new Canadian perforating record, deploying a 52 CF assembly gun string for Teine Energy at Kindersley in Saskatchewan. The record had previously been held by Tucker Energy Services (now owned by Titanium Tubing Technology), but the new record was achieved after deploying the guns’ string in just one run with 60.3-mm e-coil.

SAFELY DOES ITControlFire is not only proving successful for its cost friendly efficiency and reliability. The system is also proven to be one of the safest on the market. The system ensures there is no unintentional initiation of the perforating sequence by extraneous electricity and is made to be completely RF safe, needed because of the high volume of radio traffic commonly associated with on and offshore operations. It is also free from electrostatic discharge, often borne by personnel, and safe from stray energy pulses up to 500 VDC.

Hunting prides itself on creating quality technology that customers can depend on every day. The Hunting Titan Division continues to be the market leader in the select fire market, creating systems that are reliable in their safety, effectiveness and efficiency.

The Regional Distribution Centre in Odessa serves the booming Permian shale plays

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Running at maximum capacity and with falling customer satisfaction ratings due to the length of the forward order book, the necessity to expand the Fryeburg operation was readily apparent. Luckily the 80 acre site had more than sufficient space to handle the enlarged footprint of 213,600 sq ft. However the location - in a beautiful corner of Maine boasting pristine rivers, lakes and mountains, just across the border from the White Mountains National Forest of New Hampshire – gave rise to unique local complications. As a responsible global citizen, when investment into the Dearborn facility was made,

Hunting took account of these important environmental factors as well as offering foresight into sustainability. In many ways the advanced use of new materials in the building programme reflected the innovative manufacturing techniques and technologies employed by Hunting Dearborn.

WHO TURNED THE LIGHTS ON?An example of this was the great consideration that was put into reducing light pollution. Landscaping was planned to reduce the visibility and soften the profile of the buildings at ground level and discreet lighting designed to minimise

upward light escape; maintaining the integrity of the natural Maine landscape. All new lighting, including parking lot lights, is now on auto schedule to capture actual consumer usage; dimming when not in use and brightening when sensing people are around. When lights are on ‘off mode’ they are still active (at 44 degrees north, it gets dark at 4pm in winter). When someone walks into the factory in the dark, the lights come on as they go, illuminating just the route being taken.

Kalwall insulated window panels were also installed in strategic areas. These allow

Maine VistaIt is little wonder that the stunning natural landscape of Maine should be a major contributory factor to key environmental considerations when expanding the Hunting Dearborn facility

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Photograph courtesy of Justin Macomber

natural light to pass through while having the advantage of higher insulation value than traditional windows. Further, this is connected to the light system which has a ‘light harvesting feature’ which adjusts lighting to needs, depending on the actual light in the environment.

CLIMATE CONTROLSA new heating system takes advantage of outdoor reset, looking continually at external air temperature and matching it to expected demand. In this way the boiler adjusts infinitely to target optimal temperature and save on fuel consumption.

Along with this feature, the cooling and heating are interlocked so they are in continual communication with one another and do not compete for resources.

WATER OF COURSEThe facility is next to a Poland Spring aquifer so the HSE Manager is especially cautious to ensure that nothing that could contaminate the environment becomes an issue. Liquid waste is segregated and sorted and even residual metal from waste becomes a subsidised revenue stream to help support the waste removal efforts; alongside normal water conservation measures.

Always pushing the boundaries of precision machining for customers who demand components and tools with exacting tolerances and exceptional configurations, this newly expanded plant has been fully commissioned with the needs of the local community and environment in mind. As a world class, state of the art facility with staff to match, the company now has the capacity and capability to position itself at the forefront of the customer’s mind: to serve their needs and, once again, surpass expectations.

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CORPORATE OFFICES

REGIONAL HQ'S

KEY OPERATING LOCATIONS

CASING

CONNECTIONTECHNOLOGY

APRS

ELECTRONICS

DOWNHOLESUPPLY

DRILLINGTOOLS

MANUFACTURINGWEDGE-LOCK

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CORPORATE OFFICES

REGIONAL HQ'S

KEY OPERATING LOCATIONS

PERFORATINGSYSTEMS

SWITCH GEAR

MANUFACTURING

LOGGINGSYSTEMS

WELLINTERVENTION

PRECISIONMACHINING

SUBSEA

VARIBALL

THRU-TUBING

At a glanceDeveloping our own proprietary technologies is a longstanding strategic focus for the Group Through the development of our own technologies and proprietary know-how we are well positioned to secure market share by protecting our intellectual property with patents and trademarks. Hunting's substantial IP portfolio is a significant barrier to entry for competitors and allows us to defend margins and offer more operational flexibility, particularly in a downturn. The company's broad range of products and associated services spans the lifecycle of the wellbore, irrespective of whether it is intended for oil, gas, onshore or offshore. We manufacture high end, downhole metal tools and components required to extract hydrocarbons across the construction, completion and intervention stages of the wellbore lifecycle. A distinguishing feature of the Hunting range is that it is precision engineered to the extremely high tolerances required to withstand the high pressure/high temperature environments in which it is intended to be used.

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Active involvement in the local community has traditionally held a significant place in Hunting’s corporate conscience and the company has extended support to a great many charitable organisations over the years financially and in kind. The most recent beneficiary was Patriot PAWS Service Dogs (PPSD), a Texan charity which provides and trains

puppies to help American veterans and others suffering from both physical and emotional disabilities. Through the support and assistance of a PPSD puppy, these individuals are able to re-establish an independent way of life.

The charity is funded entirely by private donations, which enables the placement

of service dogs with veterans free of charge. Hunting supported PPSD from 2014 through to 2016 with significant proceeds associated with the Hunting Art Prize. During this time, the charity has been able to make major new additions to its training centres, as well as acquiring 50 puppies to be professionally mentored by its nine trainers.

Supporting service dogsAfter three years of support from Hunting, Patriot PAWS Service Dogs has significantly expanded its outreach to improve the lives of a great many disabled Americans

"The support of our friends at Hunting has been an invaluable asset"

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PAWS MOVING FORWARDPPSD was established by Lori Stevens in 2006 who saw an opportunity to use her dog training experience and deep understanding of the animals’ nature to help restore the independence and improve the lives of those affected by mobility or emotional issues.

Since then, the not-for-profit organisation has grown exponentially and now boasts facilities in a variety of locations around Texas. The latest development sees a much-needed expansion to the main training centre in Rockwall, as well as the hotly anticipated introduction of a new freestanding 3200 sq ft kennel in Spring 2017.

The building will feature 16 indoor-outdoor runs and a kennel isolation section of seven units with a separate ventilation system. “PPSD has come a long way since we started in 2006” Stevens explains, “but, with some 130 veterans on our waiting list, we must continue to increase the number of dogs we have in training. The new kennel facility will allow us to continue growing, and continue changing the lives of the veterans that we so proudly serve”.

With the new expansion nearing completion, the number of dogs at the Rockwall training facility will more than double, making great strides towards the team’s goal of 60 – 100 dogs within the programme. Pictured top left (l-r): Lori Stevens, Executive Director Patriot PAWS Service Dogs; Terri Stringer, Assistant Executive Director Patriot PAWS Service Dogs

Pictured bottom (l-r): Karen Kerekes, Patriot PAWS Puppy Raiser and Hunter; Sylvia Yetts, Patriot PAWS Puppy Raiser and Jazz; Leigh Gardner, Patriot PAWS Puppy Raiser and Drillbit; Brian Field and Justice, Veteran/Patriot PAWS Service Dog team

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TRAINED TO SERVEAs one of the senior staff members at PPSD, Training Director Bonnie Hoard has seen first-hand the positive difference that Hunting’s backing has made to the organisation. “The support of our friends at Hunting has been an invaluable asset” Bonnie said. “It has allowed us to add the Hunting-sponsored dogs to our training programme, and these dogs each represent an opportunity to change a veteran’s life for the better”. The most recent success story is Reckless, a Hunting-sponsored dog that recently graduated from PPSD and now is loyally serving his veteran”.

The veteran to whom Hoard alludes is former US Air Force pilot, Jeremy Webb. Having served for two and a half years, Webb was badly injured in a motor vehicle accident and initially told that he would never be able to walk again. Suffering from significant mobility issues, seizures and post-traumatic stress, Webb was in real need of the physical and emotional support that service dogs are trained to provide. As such, the team at PPSD selected Reckless,

a male yellow Labrador, to help Webb on the road to recovery. Reckless, who is two years old, graduated from the PPSD training programme in November 2016 and is one of the five dogs to date that have been sponsored by Hunting. The other dogs backed by Hunting are currently in training and named: Drillbit, Georgia, Stella and Titan. These hard-working pups continue to train diligently to reach their goal of graduating the PPSD programme and being placed in service with a disabled veteran.

Having experienced some of the difficulties faced by veterans transitioning from active duty to civilian life, Bonnie Hoard is keenly

aware the difference these dogs can make. “I have no doubt that these amazing dogs have literally saved lives - many times that we know about, and likely many more that we do not”. Reckless, for example, has been trained to assist with Webb’s physical mobility issues and also to serve as a calming presence to help diminish the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress. “Thanks to Hunting and Reckless, I can finally get my life back and be a dad again” Webb explained.

The Hunting Review wishes the team at Patriot PAWS Service Dogs the very best of luck in achieving its highly admirable ambitions.

Patriot PAWS Training Director, Bonnie Hoard

Former US Air Force pilot, Jeremy Webb and his PPSD, Reckless

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The 20,000 sq ft facility is custom built to manufacture, assemble, test and re-certify Hunting wireline pressure control equipment (PCE) and Thru Tubing tools. Hunting holds 60 per cent and SG Petroleum has a 40 per cent stake in the joint venture company.

The intention is to leverage local manufacturing with quick delivery, on-hand technical support and closer customer cooperation principally for: • Wireline PCE – manufacture, assembly,

testing and re-certification services • Thru Tubing tools – manufacture,

assembly, testing, refurbishment and field services

MANAGING TOGETHERDuring the start up phase of Hunting Saudi Arabia, Hunting's Shared Services Department (SSD) in Dubai is responsible for managing regional business administration functions including sales order processing to customers in Saudi. Following the successful implementation of the Microsoft AX ERP system in both Dubai and Dammam, administration of both locations can be managed centrally. The SSD, managed by Wendy Pirie in Dubai, is responsible for all order processing, procurement, materials control and logistics for both locations. Transfer of knowledge to Hunting's administration coordinators in Saudi Arabia is evolving quickly via the ERP system and daily interaction with the Dubai team. This is underpinned by quarterly training sessions in the Dubai office. Ahmed Alqaroosh (Purchasing

and Logistics Coordinator) and Rabab Bokhamseen (General Administrator) recently completed their second intensive training course in Dubai. Similarly, Finance Control is supervised from Dubai, as is Quality Control and Engineering.

The Dammam facility has applied for API Monogram Licensing on 5CT, 6A and 7-1 standards and the Quality Management System certification on requirements of API Specification Q1 ninth edition and ISO 9001:20015 edition. The certification audit took place in December 2016 and the facility is expected to become licensed and certified in the first quarter of 2017. The support team for quality assurance and quality control activities include Muhammed Zeeshan Ali, Quality Leader; Muthusamy Dhanapal and Dmitriy Firulev, Quality Inspectors; and Ilya Bykov, MENA Quality Manager.

Saudi onlineThe Saudi Arabian manufacturing and well intervention service facility in Dammam celebrates its first full year of operations

Pictured top left (l-r): M Dhanapal, D Firulev, I Bykov Pictured top right (l-r): R Bokhamseen AlqarooshPictured bottom right: W Pirie

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The 75,000 sq ft facility is a joint venture between Hunting Energy Services and Alpha Logistics Services (EPZ), with Hunting holding a 60 per cent and Alpha Logistics a 40 per cent stake respectively. Hunting Alpha (EPZ) offers the following services: • Casing threading and make-up • Rotary shouldered connections • Stabilisers build-up and hard face repair • Hard banding re-application

QUALITY APPLICATIONThe company is expanding its quality department to introduce Field Inspection Services to customers throughout Africa where a mobile team with equipment can be dispatched as required to a customer's site and perform: drill stem element inspections to NS-2, DS-1 Cat 1-5 and casing inspections to API 5A5 and proprietary procedures. Where possible, nonconformities such as seal damage, oversized bevel diameters,

Kenya signsHunting's manufacturing facility, located in Mbaraki Wharf, Mombasa, Kenya has been established and operational since October 2014

CAPE TOWN

MOMBASAProviding coverage

to West, Southand East African

Operations

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thread damage and hard banding applications are repaired onsite saving the customers unnecessary machining and transportation costs. This also contributes to more economical well costs.

The facility has applied for API Licensing on 5CT and 7-1 standards and the Quality Management System certification on requirements of API Specification Q1 9th edition and ISO 9001:2015 edition. The certification audit was

carried out in December 2016 and the facility is expected to become licensed and certified in the first quarter of 2017. The team is also working towards API Spec 7 and acquiring JFE Licences.

The support team for quality assurance activities include Stewart Melvin - HSEQ Leader; Enosh Kiplagat - QA Inspector; and regionally, Zane van den Heever, Quality Leader - South Africa.

Pictured left: S Melvin (left) and E Kiplagat (right) from the QA team

Pictured right: standing (l-r) Abdallah Athman (Business Development Manager Hunting Alpha (EPZ)), Chandra Sekhar (Finance Director, Alpha Group), Bruce Ferguson (Director Hunting Energy Services) and seated (l-r) Sam McClements (Director Hunting Energy Services) and Arif Kurji (Managing Director Alpha Group)

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TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHunting has been awarded the sole license for the new valve from Aberdeen based Interventek Subsea Engineering and has added it to its “Ezi” group of pressure control equipment. The Ezi-Shear Seal Valve (Ezi-SSV) provides a compact, reliable, rapid shear mechanism if needed during slickline, wireline, capillary or coiled tubing operations, to isolate and seal a wellbore. It also offers a cutting and sealing capability for standard offshore or high-pressure applications where an additional level of pressure barrier contingency is required.

The Ezi-SSV primary application is for installation on offshore wellheads where access is a problem and a shear and seal function is required on or as close as possible to the wellhead. The compact design allows for deployment through a standard offshore intervention hatch, often negating the need to remove main hatch covers and lost time associated with that process. It also reduces heavy lift exposure and potential shutting in of adjacent producing wells.

NOVEL EDGEAlmost all existing shear and seal cutter valves are based around a standard linear hydraulic ram on the blowout preventer. Those valves have a large footprint and, in many cases, cannot be passed through an intervention hatch cover.

The Ezi-SSV operating principle is revolutionary in its design. Obstructions are sheared via the rotation of a uniquely designed blade mounted on a robust saddle. Wireline or coiled tubing is trapped and sheared between this blade and a corresponding blade on the bore of the valve. Vitally, the edges of the shearing blades are located on a plane which is offset and quite separate from the surfaces which provide the sealing function; any damage incurred on the cutting blades while shearing therefore cannot affect the critical sealing surfaces. This separation of the

cutting and sealing mechanisms is fundamentally new and unique to Ezi-SSV, in accordance with emerging industry closure time requirements. Bore sealing is completed by a flapper, guided into sealing contact with the valve seat whilst avoiding all cutting surfaces and edges.

The superior shear and seal arrangement delivers unprecedented sealing integrity after multiple shearing of wireline or coiled tubing. Low hydraulic swept volumes allow for rapid closure of the valve in an emergency situation. This provides a step change improvement in well control safety, in a quick, compact, efficient and cost effective product.

In an increasingly complex market, Hunting is proving leadership in

innovative cost effective solutions without compromising safety or quality for its customers' high profile investments.

Ezi-Shear Seal launchThe well intervention portfolio has been strengthened by the addition of an innovative new surface pressure control valve that provides reduced operational risk and significant cost savings

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Our Hunting CommunityLONG SERVICE AWARDSThe proud recipients of Hunting Dearborn’s 25 years of service award are pictured from left: Wayne “Rusty” Rideout, Jay Lusky, and Steve Fortin.

FORDOUN OCTG SUPERCENTREHunting is nearing completion of consolidating its Scottish Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) production and support services at its Fordoun facility. This rationalisation aligns the company operations with new industry realities. All OCTG production moves to the purpose built threading facility while the Badentoy site remains as the European HQ, providing customer sales support, shared services and is the main European production site for the company’s well intervention products.

The industry is looking for cost savings and Fordoun can deliver this by becoming an OCTG ‘supercentre’ allowing the entire post-mill supply chain to be completed on one site, removing the transportation costs between threading, storage and re-work processes.

APPOINTMENTSBradley Matejcek has been promoted to Operations Manager at US Manufacturing’s Ameriport facility located in Baytown, Texas. Bradley has 19 years of manufacturing experience and his previous role at Hunting’s Ameriport facility was Manufacturing Manager.

Erwin Visser has been appointed Manager for Well Testing and Fabrication at the Velsen Noord facility in Holland. Coincidentally he takes over the position from his father Klaas Visser who worked at Hunting for 34 years before retiring in 2016. Klaas established the Hunting Fabrication/Well Testing department and his colleagues presented him with a welded Hunting Horn as a leaving present.

CELEBRATE 365In mid June 2016, Hunting Energy’s Tuas facility in Singapore marked its 365 accident-free days. To acknowledge the contribution of the collective efforts of the workforce, a celebratory lunch was held. The HSE Steering Committee initiated a T-shirt design competition with the winning entry getting the honour of it printed on the commemorative t-shirts worn by all at the event.

Since the introduction of the HSE steering framework in 2012, the manufacturing facilities in Asia Pacific have seen marked improvements in safety records and this milestone reflected the continuing effort to build a culture where everyone is responsible for their own safety as well as those around them.

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The flag at auction with Hunting’s Tony Robichaux, James Bergeron of HOFI and three military veterans

HUNTING HOUMAThe Houma Oilman's Fishing Invitational (HOFI) organisation was formed 23 years ago as a network for workers in the oil industry. The HOFI also provides a channel for the industry to give back to the community by raising money to help local charities. L.A."Tony" Robichaux, based at Hunting’s Highway 311 facility in Houma, is a HOFI board member. Last year, Tony acquired an American flag made of old cypress fence boards and arranged for some 50 military veterans to sign the flag. The piece was donated to auction and received a bid of $3500.00 - the largest of any single item on the day and it was all donated directly to the Wounded War Heroes organisation (WWH). This organisation helps injured combat veterans to get back into outdoor activities such as fishing and adjust to civilian life.

Following this, Tony was selected to serve on the WWH Advisory Board.

AP CI FORUMIn late 2016, 18 participants from Indonesia, China and Singapore took part in a technical forum, organised by Hunting’s Training Academy and Engineering Services teams.

The annual gathering provides a platform for discussing and sharing knowledge and experiences across regional business units. Participation at this year’s forum was expanded to include team players from the Management Information Systems (MIS) department that had supported improvement initiatives in the past year. Presentations from various project teams covered topics such as improvements and innovations in production and quality to material sourcing and testing as well as MIS collaborations.

The collaborative spirit of the forum enables operational and service excellence. In the coming year, the region is committed to grow its CI community by involving more staff at different levels in project initiatives.

DOUBLE IMPACTDuring the holy month of fasting, employees from Hunting Energy’s Indonesian plant in Batam represented the company in two separate

“break fast” events with orphans from the local Al-Kahfi and Daarul Aitam Foundations. In support of these activities, the organising committee

arranged an in-house drive for donations to purchase gift packs and “red packets” for token monies to be given to the children. Part of the funds

raised went toward supporting the children’s education in the form of subsidy for school fees and books.

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The 2015 Chilli Champion Paul Allen, passes on the prize spoon to this year’s winner, Doreen Wentworth

CI SINGAPOREWhen the production team in Singapore found that phosphating for coat steels with high chromium did not have consistent phosphating outcomes, they collaborated with the engineering team in the regional office to address the problem.

Over a six month period, the project team, led by Senior Engineer Oo Yong Yze, conducted nine sets of tests to investigate the problem. This led to the establishment of new optimal bath conditions for nine steel materials.

The applications were further monitored over another six months with findings affirming that the accurate measurement and application of the new bath parameters produced consistent quality output for the once difficult-to-coat materials. Quality of phosphating for these materials has improved, bringing down internal rejection rate to less than one per cent. These lessons were incorporated into the work instructions with training conducted for the phosphating team.

DEARBORN CHILLI CHAMPThe Hunting Dearborn Division recently held its annual chilli cook-off. The popular event sees colleagues bring their

own interpretations of a chilli to be judged by their peers. Each participant pays a small fee and the proceeds are

given to the winner on the understanding that half of the amount will be donated to charity. Doreen Wentworth

won this year’s competition and donated all the proceeds to Harvest Hill Animal Shelter.

WUXI CIThe layout and loading equipment in the Hunting Energy Completions Equipment facility was originally designed for two to three ft perforating guns. In 2015, the facility began to receive more orders for medium to long guns (seven ft and above). However, improvised loading procedures did not produce optimal results, so an engineering team was commissioned to deliver an improved system.

Led by Zhang Xiangni (Deputy Engineering Manager), team engineers Xue Anqing and Zhang Xiaoming collaborated with the production crew during six months of feasibility studies and testing, before a final proposal was delivered in March 2016. The newly designed feeder system installed inside the spindle bore was implemented at minimal cost and monitored over another six month period ending October 2016 for consistency and reliability.

Productivity improved two-fold in the loading of these medium to long perforating guns. With the new feeder system, the production team is now able to load 22-24 pieces of medium and long guns per shift compared to 10-12 guns before the project began.

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The winning team, The War-Turtles, celebrate their victory

HES UK MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNINGIn late September a bake sale in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care was held at the Badentoy facility in Aberdeen. The team’s delicious cakes and treats raised an impressive £488 in contributions.

ANGEL REACHAngel Reach is a charity based in Conroe, Texas, that assists foster children as they transition out of the foster care system into the adult world as independent youngsters. Technical support staff at Hunting Energy Services in Northpoint identified IT equipment that was now obsolete to the company but of great use to the charity. Representatives from Angel Reach are pictured taking delivery of this equipment.

SOUTH AFRICA KINDERHUISOn a sunny day last October, Hunting’s South African team held a barbeque for the children of SA Kinderhuis, which is the oldest welfare

institution in South Africa and home to 44 boys and girls.

While a few members of the Hunting team had the

barbeque going, the rest joined the children on the sports field to participate in the various planned activities. The youngsters were placed

in teams which competed for prizes. To end the day Hunting employees found their sporting abilities put to the test in the sack race challenge.

ABERDEEN TEAM BUILDINGEarlier this year the OCTG Chief Operating Officer, Tom Jackson, gathered representatives from each operating section of Hunting Energy Services UK OCTG to take part in a team-building day.

As well as being provided with an overall financial and sales

performance review, each contract manager presented a summary of their customer’s operations and likely sales opportunities. A manufacturing and production appraisal was undertaken which included the Dutch facility, while a yard services review focused on inventory utilisation and deterioration monitoring.

The engineering group provided an update on new product development and testing.

Throughout the day, various team-building exercises were undertaken to improve communication and to demonstrate the benefit of the departments working more closely together.

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Mike Morin assists a Boys & Girls Club member to put the star on the tree

Some of Hunting’s Santa Project volunteers with Boys & Girls Club members

GIVING TREESusan Smith, Benefits/Payroll Administrator, Gail Nadeau, Receptionist, and “Giving Tree” Co-ordinator at Hunting Dearborn with a few of this year’s presents donated by Hunting employees.

“HEALTHY LIFE HAPPY LIFE”The Workplace Health Promotion (WHP) Team at Hunting Singapore has spent the past year focused on building a healthier and happier lifestyle for employees. To mark the end of the project, an event was

attended by 102 employees.

The afternoon saw eight groups competing in a series of fun games as well as fringe activities that focused on building teamwork and camaraderie among the employees.

The WHP Team includes: Ng Chui Khee, Yovita Christianti, Michelle Chong, Echo Yong and Adela Chan. The WHP Ambassadors are: Danny Chew and S. Ellapparaja (Benoi), Png Yingjie (IBP), Linus Hoon (Tuas).

SUBSEA STARSThe ties that bind the local community and Hunting Subsea were strengthened this year with a full calendar of charitable activities and thoughtful initiatives. This included donating blood to

the Gulf Coast Blood Drive, hosting a coat and blanket drive for Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, and helping to provide access to breast cancer screening through donations to The Rose. The team also

helped local students to start the school year ready to learn, by giving 100 backpacks filled with school supplies and other items needed in the classroom. Subsea finished the year by spreading lots of Christmas

cheer to the Boys & Girls Club. The Club, whose mission is to “inspire and enable all youth”, was given a Christmas celebration, complete with tree, trimmings, treats and gifts for 20 of its deserving youth members.

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