Monday 01 August 2011
SMS Appoints Group Business Development Manager to Further Expand Global Presence
Aberdeen-based sand management specialist, SMS (Sand Monitoring Services Ltd), today (1st August, 2011) announces the appointment of Frazer Barclay as Group Business Development Manager at its Aberdeen headquarters. This key appointment will be instrumental in continuing to grow the SMS brand by increasing its core business, global presence and services portfolio.
Frazer, an honours graduate in Geology and Applied Geology from the University of Glasgow, brings with him more than 12 years industry experience related to sub-surface geoscience consultancy and business development. Frazer started his career with Western Geophysical as a geophysicist followed by a move into quantative interpretation with the leading reservoir characterisation company Odegaard. Odegaard was acquired by Schlumberger in 2006 and subsequent to this Frazer built a new local consulting group offering production engineering, reservoir engineering, geoscience and geomechanical engineering services. Frazer has worked in several key oil and gas locations including London, Aberdeen, Kuala Lumpur and Perth with his most recent role as Global Geomechanics Sales and Marketing Manager being located in the United Kingdom.
Andrew Kinsler, Field Services Manager for SMS, comments, “We are very pleased to welcome Frazer to SMS during a time of much expansion. His proven track record in sub-surface geoscience consultancy, business development and years of industry experience will prove vital to the SMS growth strategy for 2011/12.
Andrew concludes, “SMS has grown to offer best in class sand monitoring and management services to the oil and gas industry, and our staff are instrumental to this. By employing some of the best talent in Scotland, we are confident that we can continue to strive for improvement and we look forward to implementing Frazer’s specialist skills to do just that.”
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Friday 12 November 2010
SMS Announce Appointment to Steering Committee of Sand Management Network
Aberdeen-based sand management and sand monitoring specialists, SMS, today (Friday 11th November) announces its appointment to the Sand Management Network Steering Committee for its next phase; 2010 - 2012. The steering committee has the overall responsibility to define the strategic direction and focus of the network. The first steering committee meeting with the new group will take place in Aberdeen on Tuesday 30th November.
The new steering committee will also be formed with Maersk Oil, Statoil ASA and Halliburton as well as RGU and OTM Consulting.
Andrew Kinsler, Director of SMS, says, “Being appointed to the steering committee of the Sand Management Network is an extremely prestigious accolade for us and confirms our position as key players in the sand management and sand monitoring field. The network is an ever expanding group of upstream oil and gas related companies that have come together to tackle sand management related issues. The network's purpose is to communicate successful methods and gaps of managing sand in the North Sea to allow the continued development and operation of offshore fields.”
Andrew continues, “The mixture of operator and supplier members give different perspectives on the industry. As a Board we will be looking at the future of sand management over the next five to ten years and will be addressing key issues such as sanding prediction, sand monitoring, intelligent systems and a focus on the North Sea and Atlantic margin.”
SMS will also be exhibiting at the SPE ICoTA 16th European Well Intervention Round Table next week (17th/18th November 2010). The annual event is attended by up to 300 well intervention specialists from UK, Europe and world-wide for what many see as vital discussions on sustaining the North Sea oil and gas industry.
ICoTA is Europe’s premier forum for exchange and discussion of the latest developments in completion and intervention techniques, and coiled tubing technologies. The two-day conference features case studies, lessons learned and innovations.
Andrew Kinsler, Director of SMS, comments, “ICoTA is one of the premier events for professionals in the intervention sector to attend and for those who recognise the value of continuing education and industry networking. We will be showcasing an on-line demo backing up case study data taken over a series of well service operations, notably well testing, CT Clean Outs and frac operations from the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). Sand and solids such as proppant can be effectively detected utilising acoustic or intrusive monitoring technology, but in isolation, this data is not sufficient to manage the risks and hazards associated with erosive solids production during well service operations. What is required is an integrated approach that can analyse solids production data as well as the overall process of sand and solids management.”
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Sunday 10 October 2010
SMS achieves ISO 14001 accreditation
Aberdeen-based sand monitoring and management services specialists, Sand Management [Andrew Kinsler] Sand Monitoring Services! Services Ltd (SMS), announced today (Monday 10th October) that it has achieved ISO 14001 environmental certification, its third accreditation in five years.
The accreditation is awarded to companies that implement a successful series of core standards for designing and implementing an effective environmental management system (EMS), which controls and reduces a business’ negative impacts on the environment.
This is a significant achievement for SMS, illustrating competency, good ethical practices and quality assurance across its environmental considerations. This accreditation comes in addition to SMS’s existing ISO 9001:2008 and OHSAS 18002:2007 accreditations.
Andrew Kinsler, Field Services Manager for SMS, comments, “We are delighted to have been awarded this certification by the British Standards Institution as it demonstrates our dedicated approach to professional practice. Our concentrated commitment and focus on environmental improvement has been a year-long, company-wide effort, and I’d like to thank each staff member for their contributions towards this accreditation.
“We constantly strive to improve and develop our operations to become best in class. By achieving ISO 14001 standard, we have taken another step towards our ambition, which is to become the preferred provider of sand monitoring and sand management services to the oil and gas industry.”
SMS currently works with some of the largest oil and gas operators in the world, including Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Expro, Oceaneering, Marathon, PSN and Schlumberger.
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Wednesday 21 July 2010
SMS will be exhibiting at the SPE/ICoTA 16th European Well Intervention Round Table
From: 17 November 2010
To: 18 November 2010
Venue: Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
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