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TAM International marked its 45th anniversary and the opening of its recently-built manufacturing facility on October 18 with a tour of the facilities in Houston, Texas. The new site was open to employees in September. TAM specializes in infatable packers; swellable packers; and associated downhole products and services. The 26-acre site is housed contains 126,000sq ft of manufacturing space and 17,000sq ft of ofce space. It is a 24-hour manufacturing site operated in three shifts. It includes an auto- clave to cure rubber, colanders to cut rubber into strips, a packer- testing unit, and a unit to pre-torque packers to spec. The facility also boasts a fully-automated parts machine, improving efciency

TAM’s new manufacturing facility doubles the manufacturing size of the company’s previous facility.

and safety.

• The European branch of the Pre-qualifed companies will present junk catcher

Intervention Coiled Tubing their innovative offering to the commit- Previous winners of the award (ICoTA Europe) has tee prior to the conference, being held in include, BP, Oilenco, and Baker Hughes.

Association announced the fnalists of its Innovation Aberdeen on November 13-14. ICoTA Europe chairman Michael

Awards ahead of its annual SPE ICoTA Finalists are: Taggart, said: “This award is intended to

Well Intervention Conference. Antec, with its Acrobat Gyro compass recognize the tremendous hard work that

The award is presented annually to system an organization, its personnel, suppliers an organization that, in the eyes of the OneSubsea, with its MARS fuid and clients must commit to when intro-

ICoTA Europe committee, represents the injection system ducing new technology or an existing most innovative product or service to be READ Cased Hole, with its adapting technology to the area.” developed or introduced to the European multi fnger calliper technology The winner will be announced on the market in the last 18 months. Interwell, with an expandable frst day of the conference.

• Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil

Chuck Schaub, P.E., LAGCOE Technical session to recognize the winning technol- (LAGCOE), one of the ogies. Each winner presents a 10-minute

Exposition

Sessions Committee Co-Chair and world’s pioneer oil and gas exposi- overview of their innovation to industry

EDG, Inc. Project Manager. “This year’s tions, recognized the 2013 Spotlight on leaders attending LAGCOE. The technol- award winners have pushed industry

New Technology award winners at the ogies were reviewed by a panel of judges limits through creativity, effciency and

CajunDome in Lafayette October 23. who evaluated submissions based on the safety.”

This awards program recognizes com- fve criteria of new, innovative, proven, 5D Oilfeld Magnetics panies with revolutionary technologies broad interest, and signifcant impact. Open Hole Net

TM “We had outstanding applications that advance the process of discovering Baker Hughes FASTrak LWD from companies presenting exceptional and producing oil and natural gas. Fluid Analysis Sampling and Testing technological advancements,” said LAGCOE dedicates a technical Services

Baker Hughes SC-XP – SC-XPTM • • Statoil Gulf Services Wood UK-based engineering frm , the North Extreme Performance Frac Pack and will form a joint venture (JV) with American subsidiary of the Norway’s Gravel Pack Tool System

Group

Statoil Siemens to provide integrated Germany’s , has signed a lease for 581,000 E&B Green Solutions rotating equipment services. The JV will square feet in CityWestPlace in Houston, G – Clean Products comprise the maintenance and power Texas, to serve as their North American Hickman Sales & Service solutions businesses of Wood Group headquarters. The company already Stable Data System

GTS (excluding its Rolls Wood Group, 225,000 square feet in the complex. Newpark Mats and Integrated Services

TransCanada Turbines and Sulzer Wood Statoil will over time occupy the entirety Advanced Composite Mats joint ventures) and Siemens’ TurboCare of CityWestPlace Building 2, comprising Zahroof Valves business unit, which provides aftermarket 431,000 square feet, as well as extend ZPV High Effciency Modular Valves gas turbine, steam turbine and generator their existing lease for 150,000 square For Gas Gathering and Distribution design, repair and manufacturing services. feet in CityWestPlace Building 4. Applications

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