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Cover Story
LEFT: Southern Spur Enterprises field supervisor Jim Donald grabs a stinger from a
truck to set it up for a tank-cleaning job on an oilfield site near Lashburn, Saskatchewan.
MIDDLE: Southern Spur Enterprises owners Connie and Gerald Grassl pose alongside a
2012 Kenworth W900B with a standard Acro dump trailer attached. The company, located
in Lashburn, Saskatchewan, uses only Acro trailers within its fleet of over 20 trucks.
RIGHT: Southern Spur Enterprises operator Travis Russell hooks up water pressure
hoses to a stinger as he prepares for a tank-cleaning job.
Spurring Success
IN THE OILSANDS
erald Grassl didnt want to leave Lashburn, Saskatchewan. He was familiar with it, he knew people and he
was familiar with the major industry in the northern Canadian region oil and gas exploration and production.
Grassl, who was working for another company driving vacuum trucks, wanted to set out on his own and saw
the opportunity for success as the market was taking off in 2004. He launched
his company, Southern Spur Enterprises, at that time.
He had a vision about starting his own company, and he went and talked
to a few prominent people who were in charge of some of the oil companies in
the area and pitched his idea to them, says Jim Donald, field supervisor for
Southern Spur. They told him that if he built the trucks they would give him
a chance, and thats how it all started.
The company started with one sludge hauler, but the fleet has since
expanded to over 20 trucks serving a 100-mile area around Lashburn and
Lloydminster. Basically once you get outside of this little area, there isnt a
whole lot of other industry, Donald says. Everyone that works here is oil
and gas oriented.
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GETTING TO WORK
The company, with 38 employees, has a primary focus on tank cleaning,
which accounts for up to 80 percent of the business.
Crude oil extracted from underground formations commonly contains
sediments such as sand that are extracted with the oil. The sand settles to the
bottom of the storage tanks and accumulates, eventually blocking the tanks
ports if they are not cleaned.
Crews attach a hydraulic stinger to the lower portion of the tank wall. Water pressure mixes the sand and turns it into slurry. Our vac trucks can then
suck that out of the tank, Donald says. Crews will do about 20 stings a day.
The companys sludge haulers serve oilfield production facilities. We go
in and clean the facility out and we haul the sludge from them to a nearby
disposal plant.
Southern Spur uses four disposal plants situated around the area, but
the Lloydminster and Unity disposal plants are the companys primary
disposal sites.
It saves us traveling time when were loaded by having nearby facilities,
Donald says. The whole trick to the game is to get to the tanks and then to
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ABOVE: Southern Spur Enterprises staff in the truck yard. Back row, from left, Charlie Pambrun, field supervisor; Renae Smith,
dispatcher; Jim Donald, field supervisor; Connie Grassl, owner; Gerald Grassl, owner; Luke Grassl, mechanic; Dick Percks,
mechanic. Front row, from left, Wilson Chambers, operator; Mike Lawrence, mechanic.
BELOW: One of Southern Spur Enterprises Peterbilt 389 longnose trucks with a standard Acro dump trailer attached at its
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The whole trick to the game is to get to the tanks and then to the disposal site in
a timely fashion so that youre not gouging the customer too bad for travel time.
Jim Donald
IDEAS FROM
THE WWETT SHOW
Southern Spur Enterprises, based in Lashburn, Saskatchewan,
was looking for ways to grow, and field supervisor Jim Donald
thought some of its equipment manufacturers might be able to spark
some ideas.
Donald attended the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment
& Transport (WWETT) Show in February for the first time to meet with
several of those manufacturers.
We wanted to touch base with our people and see what was new
on the market, Donald says. All of our products that we buy were
there. The maker of our vac trailers was there, our pump makers were
there. Everything that is on our trucks is from people we dealt with at
the show.
Southern Spur uses pumps from Hibon on its trucks, so that was
one manufacturer Donald visited; others included Acro Trailer and
Gardner Denver.
With the downturn in crude oil prices, the company was also
looking for ways to keep growing, and going to the show helped them
generate some new ideas.
We were looking at some ideas for diversification and we got
quite a few good ideas, Donald says. We were pretty impressed with
the show. I was in awe when I walked in.
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organize the job and stay on site. I work with the owner to ensure that all
health and safety regulations are met in the field on a regular basis also.
Grassl doesnt do much work in the field anymore. He can usually be
found in the office handling the day-to-day operations.
Besides the field crews and the office staff, Southern Spur also has a shop
with three full-time mechanics.
Its actually a huge savings having our own mechanics, Donald says.
We run them 10 hours a day, and they would work longer if need be. We
have them go five days a week and one guy is on call over the weekend.
TIME TO DIVERSIFY
With the current state of crude oil prices in flux, Donald doesnt see
much more the company can do in the industry and sees its growth coming
from other industries.
At this time were probably not going to be doing a lot of changing
and diversifying unless we find something to diversify into other than the
oilfields, Donald says. The downturn in the price of oil has put the crunch
on a lot of companies here.
Southern Spur hasnt had to cut
any jobs since oil prices dropped,
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Hibon Inc.
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Money Machines
Fox Oilfield Services in Alberta bought a
custom-designed 2015 Kenworth C500
truck that can be used as a winch truck or
a bed truck. (Contributed photos by Fox
Oilfield Services)
ess is more for oilfield contractors who bring large vehicles to congested
drilling pads on a daily basis. In a nutshell, that explains why Fox
Oilfield Services in Alberta, Canada, bought a custom-designed Texas
bed truck that does double duty on drilling sites throughout western Canada
and brings substantial savings to customers in the process.
Fox Oilfield took delivery of the
extra-brawny
2015 Kenworth C500
It oftentimes eliminates
in February. Since then, the truck,
the need for a bed truck
which can work as either a winch truck
or a bed truck, has been impressing
on a drilling site.
the companys customers with its
Christopher James
versatility. Designed and outfitted by
Marcep Manufacturing Ltd., the truck
can carry up to 34,000 pounds of cargo on highways and can bed or spot
load up to 50,000 pounds on drilling sites, says Christopher James, vice
president of Fox Oilfield, based in Nisku, which is south of Edmonton in
central Alberta.
It oftentimes eliminates the need for a bed truck on a drilling site,
James says.
A key feature is the trucks 50,000-pound spot loading capacity, which
is roughly double the payload capacity of a typical Texas bed truck, which
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usually maxes out around 25,000 pounds. That provides our customers
with substantial cost savings, because with a single truck we can transport
materials to the site, then also use that same truck to put the cargo in place,
says Chris Cassin, president of Fox Oilfield. Out here, a lot of equipment is
out working in remote areas that might take 14 hours to reach one way. So if
they dont have to send out a (full-size) bed truck (along with a winch truck),
the cost savings is substantial.
How substantial? It can easily amount to thousands of dollars per day or
per trip. Thats very appealing for our customers, Cassin says.
The Kenworth features a 50-ton winch made by Braden (a brand owned
by Paccar) and a 550 hp, high-torque Cummins diesel engine that generates
2,050 ft-lbs of torque, which gives the truck extra power even when its
working in lousy soil conditions. Other features include an 18-speed EatonFuller manual transmission with a four-speed auxiliary transmission made
by Spicer (owned by Dana Holding); the auxiliary unit effectively gives the
truck a 72-speed transmission. Thats a big benefit for a vehicle thats often
lugging extremely heavy loads in very muddy conditions, James notes.
Without exaggeration, you might be working in 2 or 3 feet of mud,
especially during the springtime melt, he says.
Differential locking on all three rear axles, plus tire chains when needed,
provides extra traction, says Edwin Krezanoski, a bed truck operator and
dispatcher for Fox Oilfield. A driver can lock either one, two or all three
axles, depending on the conditions, he adds.
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When Fox Oilfield originally started talking with Marcep officials about
designing a more powerful Texas bed truck, James says the goal was 40,000
pounds of spotting capacity. To achieve and then exceed that goal required
some creative engineering that moved as much weight as possible to the
front of the truck to effectively create a counterweight that accommodates
the extra lifting capacity. Think of it as a teeter-totter, where we have to
offset on the front end what the truck is lifting at the rear, he says.
The moment of truth came when a customer asked if the truck could
lift one of its 50,000-pound pressure tanks. We gingerly attempted it and
the truck handled it like a champ, James says. Being able to lift that extra
10,000 pounds is a big deal. That means it can handle any of the drilling
packages that one of our biggest customers uses on site.
If the truck could only handle 40,000 pounds, that customer would
need an extra piece of equipment from us to get the job done, he continues.
Now they dont have to incur the extra cost of a bed truck as a support unit
on location.
That 10,000 pounds may not sound like a lot, but financially, it saves
customers big time, Krezanoski notes. This truck has by far exceeded our
expectations.
The Kenworth truck hauls and spots a variety of skid-mounted drilling
site components, ranging from large pressure tanks, boiler units and
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Petroleum Association of Wyoming helps explain
rules and regulations facing the oil and gas industry
By Greg Bates
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We make comments on
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legislation or EISs or regional
management plans ... Theres
always an issue out there that
were working on it seems like.
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Tech Perspective
THE RIGHT
TRACKING
CHOICE
Follow these key points to make the best decision for your
business when selecting a GPS tracking system
By Ryan Driscoll
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contractors across North America.
Send details or a link to your event website several months in advance of the event to
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Spotlight
REINSTATEMENT
MADE SIMPLE
Robotic Trydent 80 pipe cutter easily
opens laterals in small-diameter piping
By Craig Mandli
GOMC
Troy Miller, left, a senior engineer with TRY TEK and the designer of the Trydent 80 smallpipe cutting system, explains the operation of the unit to two attendees at the 2015 Water
& Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show in Indianapolis. The
portable, robotic unit performs reinstatement of interior or exterior relined pipes from 3 to
6 inches in diameter. (Photo by Craig Mandli)
While the portability and efficiency of the unit makes it a fit for all small
pipe systems, the option to reinstate lateral connections from a single access
point inside a building sets it apart, according to Miller.
The idea of relining a vertical stack in a building has actually kept
contractors from bidding on jobs because of the difficulty reinstating it after,
says Miller. Thats the type of problem this unit was made for.
TRY TEK decided to debut the Trydent 80 at the WWETT Show because
it, Miller says, gives us the most bang for our buck.
This is the show we were really aiming for rolling this out, and the
timing fell nicely into place, says Miller. Not only do we talk to a lot of
plumbers at this show, but also municipalities, general contractors and utility
service companies in the oil and mining sector. All those have a place for the
Trydent 80. No one else has what this offers in one package. 717/428-1477;
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LUCAS, MOLL INTO
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Dresser-Rand, global supplier
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the oil, gas, petrochemical, power
and process industries, inducted
George M. Lucas
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George M. Lucas and Randall W.
Moll into the Dresser-Rand Engineering Fellowship Program.
KONECRANES PERSONNEL
EARN SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS
John Philip Edwards, Konecranes safety specialist, completed
requirements for a Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) certification
as a safety trained supervisor (STS). Robert W. Trachsler and Charles D. Royko,
health, safety and environmental managers, completed requirements for a
BCSP certification as occupational health and safety technologists (OHST).
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the seventh edition of the CEMA book, Belt Conveyors for Bulk Materials, in the
section on belt cleaning.
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KEEPING YOUR
STAFF FOCUSED
Workplace distractions can sidetrack employees from doing
their jobs, but managers can minimize the diversions
By Marty Martin
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The real challenge is that most employees arent experiencing just one
or two distractions. Theyre facing work interruptions
on a daily basis.
before going that route, take a good look at
the job and environment to see if its making the employee distracted.
What are the job duties, both the ones
explicitly stated in the job description and
the ones that person just always seems to
do? Whats the working environment like?
What visual or auditory distraction triggers
are present? How is the office set up? Is
the lighting, the chair and the desk layout
conducive to good work habits? What other
factors impact the employees efficiency,
effectiveness and performance?
If the work environment and the
job are poorly designed, the talented
individuals you bring in will continue
to struggle, perhaps not because of their
habits but due to the bad design. Therefore,
before you reprimand, analyze. What you
find may surprise you.
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The transport of water and wastewater to and from job
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conditions. Several bulk transport and vacuum system options
can be found below, along with pipeline maintenance and
water trucks.
Bulk Transport
1. Benlee Super Mini
At 25 feet 11 inches, the Super Mini roll-off
trailer from Benlee is as short as a straight truck
when attached to a tractor, but has a tighter turning
radius and can be maneuvered into tighter spots.
It weighs 12,400 pounds and can carry up to 50
percent more payload weight by law than a roll-off
truck. It can carry 20-, 30-, 40- and 50-yard-tall
boxes and frees up the tractor to be attached to
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drainage and machined fittings. This SDR-designed
system is available in 1- by 1 1/2-, 2- by 3- and 4by 6-inch sizes, and operates up to 150 psi at 68
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The QuickCamp shelter and pipe-handling
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Handle-Tech Hose Handles, distributed
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torque and release it single-handedly through
a natural movement. Through mud, cold, rain
or sleet, the handles design allows workers to
safely and efficiently manipulate hoses and pipes
in any climate. They are ideal for drilling, mud
suction hose, tanker hose, pneumatic truck
hose, aircraft refueling hose, frac pipe, drill pipe,
welding poly pipe and other rigid pipes. Sizes
range from 1 1/2 to 6 inches, with an 8-inch
version coming soon. Handles are manufactured
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8. Marengo Fabricated
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Tank-Intel smart remote tank monitoring
from Marengo Fabricated Steel is a hardware/
software-based system that works on any tank.
Dual-level sensors deliver two liquid tank
levels to a smartphone, PC or tablet. Changes
in the chemical and physical properties of the
measured substance do not affect the sensor. The
customizable system can withstand temperature
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TEAM needed a bag that would seal off a 16-inch line while withstanding caustic conditions
and very high pressures. They purchased two custom-designed bags (one for backup) from
Petersen Products designed using ballistic nylon made impermeable and corrosion-resistant
with EPDM. TEAM then built a test vessel that modeled the 16-inch header on their premises
and used pumps to raise internal pressures to 150 psi. In addition to bag integrity, they also
wanted to measure and analyze forces on the bags launch tube. The launch tube is what we
bolt onto the bag for actual insertion and inflation, says Scott Lominac, a TEAM hot tapping services coordinator. It pushes the bag in a measured distance,
we inflate with liquid and/or gas and it stays in place for the entire repair. And then its used to withdraw the bag. During testing, the bags and launch tube
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The bag reached design pressures and achieved a 100 percent seal that held during repair work. Line repairs were completed without substantially affecting
refinery operations. Well certainly work at 150 psi again, says Lominac. And well be establishing new ranges we expect to use inflatable plugs at even higher
pressures. 800/926-1926; www.pipeplug.com. GOMC
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Product Spotlight
Constant-tension winches with
adjustable boom add flexibility
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By Ed Wodalski
Grundowinch hydrostatic constant-tension
winches, available in 5-, 10- and 20-ton models from
TT Technologies, are designed for variable conditions
in below-grade work, such as pipe bursting, cable
pulling, sliplining, pipe pulling and swagelining.
Also available is the variable speed 3-ton model for
pipe splitting.
Its another tool for upsizing lines or collapsed
lines that need to be repaired, says Kevin Nagle,
national accounts manager, TT Technologies. It gives
the contractor the option of coming in with a new pipe
and not just putting a patch on a problem. You can get
another 100 years of life out of a new pipe.
All winch models feature protective cable storage
and a two-cylinder, 35 hp diesel engine, as well as
hydraulic and adjustable booms designed for pulling
liners and pipe-splitting equipment.
A remote control lowers the boom into the
manhole, Nagle says. Its for ease of use and
contractors who deal in high production. The
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GOMC Calendar
AUG. 5-7
Tri-State Oil and Gas Convention, Woodward Conference Center,
Woodward, Oklahoma; www.tsogc.com.
AUG. 19-20
NAPE (North American Prospect Expo) South,
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston;
napeexpo.com/shows/about-the-show/houston.
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The Pipeline & Energy Expo, Cox Business Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma;
www.pipelineenergyexpo.com.
SEPT. 15-16
Oil Sands Trade Show, Suncor Community Leisure Center,
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada; oilsandstradeshow.com.
SEPT. 15-17
Pipeline Week, The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel &
Convention Center, The Woodlands, Texas;
www.pipelineweek.com..
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Coal Association of Canada Conference,
Westin Bayshore Vancouver Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;
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The Bluefield Coal Show, Brushfork Armory-Civic Center, Bluefield,
West Virginia; www.bluefieldchamber.com/bluefield-coal-show.
SEPT. 22-23
North American Pipeline Congress, The Westin Chicago River North,
Chicago; pipelinecongress.com.
OCT. 8
Oklahoma Oil & Gas Expo, Cox Pavilion, Oklahoma State Fairgrounds,
Oklahoma City; www.okoilexpo.com.
OCT. 14-15
OKC Oilfield Expo, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City;
www.okcoilfieldexpo.com.
OCT. 25-27
DUG Eagle Ford, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio;
www.dugeagleford.com.
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Eastern Oil and Gas Conference and Trade Show, Monroeville
Convention Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania;
www.pioga.org/event/2015-eastern-oil-and-gas-conference-and-trade-show.
OCT. 27-29
LAGCOE (Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition) 2015, Cajundome,
Lafayette, Louisiana; www.lagcoe.com.
NOV. 2-4
WJTA-IMCA Conference & Expo, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center,
New Orleans; www.wjtaimcaexpo.com.
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Clean Gulf, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans;
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