Wednesday 18 January 2012
SMS To Facilitate SPE European Sand Management Event Workshop
SMS, Aberdeen-based sand management specialist and steering committee member of The Sand Management Network, is to facilitate and host a pre-conference workshop for the SPE SMN 5th European Sand Management Forum. The workshop will be held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre on 20th March prior to the two-day conference, 21st & 22nd March 2012.
The workshop will give participants an educational and hands-on approach to all aspects of sand management from sand prediction, sand control and sand monitoring to sand handling. Speakers will include industry experts and members of the SMN including SMS, Integrated Innovative Engineering Systems, Weatherford, Jorin, Merpro, Oceaneering and Nexen.
Alistair Moncur, Integrated Projects Manager for SMS, comments, “We are very pleased to host the pre-conference workshop and welcome members of The Sand Management Network and SPE to our premises. The event will give participants an ideal introduction to the two-day Sand Management Conference and the chance to view our expert team at work.”
Alistair continues, “The Sand Management Network is a vital group which work 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.”
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Tuesday 25 October 2011
SMS Completes Largest Ever Export Contract in Vietnam
Aberdeen-based sand management specialist, SMS (Sand Monitoring Services Ltd), today (Tuesday, October 25th, 2011) announces the completion of a six figure contract to procure, commission and integrate two complete sand monitoring systems, for Bien Dong Petroleum - Vietnam.
Ali Moncur, Integrated Project Engineering Manager for SMS, comments, “The completion of the contract for Bien Dong Petroleum sees SMS expand further into Asia with the award and delivery of our largest ever export contract. SMS has supplied two complete platform sand monitoring systems and will commission these Q4 2011. The award of this six figure contract signifies SMS as industry leaders in the supply of sand management expertise.
“SMS has grown to offer best in class sand monitoring and management services to the oil and gas industry. Recent contract wins overseas have seen the company’s global expansion go from strength to strength.”
Ali continues, “Many major oil companies are recognising the value of sand management and have been appointing SMS to champion their sand management drive. Our philosophy reflects our ideals and goals as a company; to provide a personal service that recognises client needs combined with the highest quality sand services available in the market today. We aim to be progressive in everything we do, from our standards, to developing and nurturing our staff.”
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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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Wednesday 09 March 2011
SMS Makes Key Appointment to Expand Service Offering
Aberdeen-based sand monitoring and management services specialist, SMS (Sand Monitoring Services Ltd), today (Wednesday 9th March) announces the appointment of Sarah Baylis as Principal Consultant for the Integrated Project Engineering (IPE) department. This key appointment will expand the company’s service offerings to include fluid management, addressing the key problem of fines migration and re-injection of water. The appointment will also enable the company to widen its operations in West Africa.
Sarah, a qualified geologist with an impressive 31 years experience in organic and inorganic fluid geochemistry, has previously held roles with Petroflux, Axsia Serck Baker Ltd, BP and most recently Baker RDS Ltd. Sarah’s appointment as Principal Consultant for Integrated Projects underpins a period of significant staff growth for SMS in the past 18 months.
Ali Moncur, IPE Manager for SMS, comments, “We are very pleased to welcome Sarah to SMS at this time of expansion. Her extensive experience of fluids management dovetails perfectly with our core sand management and monitoring expertise. This is of particular benefit to SMS and our clients as we have a concerted focus on fines migration and its deleterious effect on water injectivity for production systems. She has a solid understanding of the challenges and greatly enhances our in-house technical SMS.”
Ali concludes, “Our IPE department capability now covers not just sand management, but also petroleum engineering, geology and geochemistry. SMS is soon to announce a new group Business Development Manager who will be focusing their effort on strategic growth. Our aim is to give the client exactly what they need therefore the appointment of Sarah is key element to the company’s growth plan for 2011/12."
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