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Adler Tank Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Asayo Creative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Bare’s Fence Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Beitzel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Blanc Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Blue Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Bri-Chem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Bruce Allen Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Cam-Tek Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

ContactPointe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Drill Baby Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

ECOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Energy Training Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ETC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Facteon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Fisher Welding LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

GapVax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

GexPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Godwin Pumps - Xylem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Hapco Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

HydroRecovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Integrity Technical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Iron Eagle Enterprises LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

ITL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

LEC Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Lee Reger Builds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Lyden Oil Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Mansfield Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Mustang Ariel Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Neel’s Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

New Pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

New River Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

North American Field Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Oil & Gas Safety Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Oil Center Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Pennington Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

PSB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Rig Maids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

STICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Sunnyside Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Truss Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Top Notch Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Total Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Unit Liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Veyance Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Viking Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Weavertown Environmental Group . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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ARTICLESBusiness Profile - STICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 & 17

Focus; Waste Mgmt - Liner Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 & 11

Focus; Waste Mgmt - NORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 & 15

Focus; Waste Mgmt - Options & Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 & 7

Press Release - Beitzel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Press Release - B.F. Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Press Release - McCutcheon Ent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Safety On The Job - A Clean Job Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

CALENDARSAssociation Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Job Fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Networking Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Other Industry Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Training and Workshops Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

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Elite Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

NAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

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Perhaps no issue carries greater risk and po-tential, or the need for regulatory compliance,than waste management at a gas well site.How this waste is handled, transported, dis-posed of or recycled is an integral part of theprocess.

Exactly what is meant by ‘waste’ is critical tothe larger understanding of the issue. Thereare two clear distinctions that are often con-fused by the public at large. Danny Johns,Ph.D., an Environmental Scientist at TitaniumEnvironmental Services, LLC in Longview Texas,explains there are essentially two different op-erations that produce distinctly different wastestreams. The issue can be a source of misin-formation.

“The public often lumps drilling activity, particularly horizontal drilling,into the mix with hydraulic fracturing,” says Johns. “They are differentoperations, and produce distinctly different waste streams. Duringdrilling, operators may use a variety of mud systems, including water-based muds, oil-based muds and synthetic muds. After drilling, hydraulicfracturing generates another potential waste stream which is liquid dom-inated. A large portion of the fracturing fluid is flowed back to the sur-face for collection and then recycled, or sent to disposal.”

In a literal sense, drilling mud isn’t what most people typically think of asthe clay-like substance that seems to attract kids and dogs on rainy days.In fact, drilling mud isn’t even necessarily organic in nature. It may be acombination of synthetic compounds.

As explained by the Drilling WasteManagement Information System,“drilling muds are made up of abase fluid (water, diesel or min-eral oil, or a synthetic compound),weighting agents (most frequentlybarium sulfate [barite] is used),bentonite clay to help remove cut-tings from the well and to form afilter cake on the walls of thehole, lignosulfonates and lignitesto keep the mud in a fluid stateand various additives that servespecific functions.”

http://web.ead.anl.gov dwm/techdesc /lower/index.cfm

According to Johns, a vast majority of siteshandle waste in an environmentally appropri-ate manner. However, he says the key to min-imizing the risk beyond regulation and industrybest practices is to promote early detectionand rapid responses to releases.

“Fixed tanks and flow systems should have me-ters or level alarms in place to detect leaks andchanges in conditions. Operator inspection ofcontainments, piping connections and associ-ated equipment on active sites is critical,” ex-plained Johns.

“If a release is detected, prompt, professionalresponse helps minimize impacts. Where pos-sible, companies should conduct drills withtheir response organization to ensure a timely

response that is appropriate for the local conditions. Statistics show therate of accidental releases is low, and frequently related to transfer ortransport operations. When promptly cleaned up, these releases havelimited environmental impact.”

Johns says that one of the most important regulatory considerations forwaste is exemption from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act(RCRA) pertaining to waste streams derived from oil and gas production.This exemption offers states greater flexibility in managing how wastes arehandled within their borders, but has also lead to variable regulations be-tween states and consequent occasional confusion.

Despite the exemption, Johns says federal involvement is increasing. Oneexample is implementation of new 40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOO emissionrules, which require ‘green completions’ during field development. “Thismeans that the stream coming from the well will have to be handled in away that allows for capture of Volitile Organic Compounds and directingthem to a sales line,” explained Johns. “Fluids and any solids are capturedin a tank, and either transferred to other frac tanks or pits prior to trans-fer off-site or reuse.”

Chad McCutcheon, M.A., is a Communications Professional with MEI, acomprehensive waste management company in Apollo, PA. He says thekey is to separate the liquids from the drilling muds.

“MEI’s process of waste reduction enables the liquids to be separated fromthe drilling muds and those liquids are then processed in for reuse on wellsites. The remaining drilling mud solids are sent to the landfill. We are notaware of any reuse of the drilling muds other than them being reused on-site,” said McCutcheon.

Waste Management — Options and Risks.By Ed Becker, Senior Writer, TheMarcellusShale.com

Edited by Chris Stroyne, Editor, The MarcellusShale.com

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Drilling mud cuttings are a specific source of potential re-use. What arethese cuttings?

Drill cuttings are made up of ground rock coated with a layer of drillingfluid. Most drill cuttings are managed through disposal, although some aretreated and beneficially reused. Before the cuttings can be reused, it is nec-essary to ensure that the hydrocarbon content, moisture content, salinit,and clay content of the cuttings are suitable for the intended use of thematerial. Some cuttings, particularly when a saltwater-type mud was usedto drill the well, may need washing to remove dissolved salts prior to ben-eficial use.http://web.ead.anl.gov/dwm/techdesc/reuse/index.cfm

Drill mud cuttings offer a number of potential useful “after-life” options.They can be recycled and applied to a number of different areas such asuse in construction materials, road spreading and even in an unlikely en-vironmental way---using the cutting in restoration of wetlands.

“Water based mud and cuttings high in bentonite may also be used to sealor create pond bottoms, where allowed by regulation. Wetland use is notparticularly common, but has been studied,” explained Johns.

“In some instances, with careful selection of the mud system, it appearsthe cuttings can be used in coastal marsh restoration. However, currentwetland regulations favor creation of large mitigation banks, and it maybe difficult to gain regulatory approval for using cuttings for a particularbank. Large, commercial scale volumes would be needed, with significanttesting to prevent inappropriate material from being used in the con-struction.”

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Disposal of plastic liner waste generated during the drilling and comple-tion process is rapidly becoming a problem in the oil and gas business. Itis estimated that at least 150 million pounds of this material was in-stalled at well sites across Pennsylvania in 2012. Including West Virginiaand Ohio, the total Marcellus and Utica liner usage is likely between 200and 300 million pounds per year. All of this material will eventually betaken up and removed from the drilling site then most of it will find itsway into regional landfills. However, there is a better alternative. Re-cent advancements in cleaning and processing technology now make itpossible to recycle most types of used liners. If processed properly,these sheets of dirty plastic can be transformed into new liners, railroadties, pipe, other construction materials and even consumer products withgreat benefit to all involved.

LINER MATERIALS AND WHERE THEY ARE USED ON DRILL SITESPlastic liners of various types are used to contain liquids and/or acciden-tal spills during the drilling and completion process. There are multipleproduct types used in these applications including: single polymergeomembranes (usually polyethylene); woven coated liners; scrim rein-forced liners and composite layered products. Regardless of type, the linermaterial is either field or factory seamed into large, continuous sheets thatare laid on the ground to act as a barrier to flow of liquids. The liner isgenerally protected from abrasion and damage with adjacent layers ofnonwoven geotextile (also called “geo” or “felt”) that may be deployedseparately or as part of a composite layered product.

These materials are often the same or very similar to those used to per-manently line landfills with an important distinction. Liners used in oil andgas exploration are temporary and must be removed then disposed aftercompletion of a well. In the well pad liner application, this process is oftenrepeated three or more times during the drilling and completion processdue to operational damage. Overall, it is estimated that an average ofabout 20,000 pounds of liner material is used at each drilling site. Thismeans that over the next several decades, literally billions of pounds usedplastic will be generated in the region. Continuing the current practice ofdumping this material into landfills is not a viable option.

ADVANTAGES OF LINER RECYCLINGRecycling in any capacity has the obvious advantage of being the “green”alternative to disposal. However, in the case of recycling drill site liners,there are many more benefits. For example, liner recycling:

Is cost effective - Unlike post-consumer product recycling, liner recyclinginvolves large quantities of plastic coming from single locations. Althoughthis material is often covered in dirt, the added cost of cleaning and pro-cessing is generally offset by collection and transportation efficiencies aswell as the value of the end product. If done properly, liner recycling isless expensive to owner than disposal.

Reducing Drilling Related Waste - Plastic Wellpad &

Impoundment Liner Recycling in the Marcellus and UticaStephen N. Valero, P.E. - Consultant - Valero Environmental, LLC

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Saves landfill space - Beyond the obvious fact that recyclable materials neednot be landfilled, plastic liners present other problems when placed into land-fills. These large sheets of material are bulky and light compared to normalmunicipal waste. This makes them difficult for landfill operators to handleand effectively compact into the waste mass. Therefore, liners actually wastesignificantly more landfill space than other recyclables. Overall, this nega-tively impacts the community being served by the landfill, the landfill oper-ator and the public’s opinion of oil and gas exploration.

Reduces liability - The owner’s environmental liability ends when a properlyoperated recycling company receives the liner material. This is not the casewith disposal where the owner retains environmental liability for what is con-sidered “residual waste” in most cases. Therefore, a focused liner recyclingprogram can provide a significant reduction in long term liability exposure.

Improves public image of energy recovery - There is a lot of good and badpublicity surrounding recovery of oil and gas in the Marcellus and Utica re-gions. Reduction of drilling associated waste and thereby impact on the localcommunity is a great way to help improve the public’s image of energy re-lated operations. In addition, the recycling process creates local jobs and in-creases the tax base while reducing the cost of products made with recycledresins. Energy companies who employ liner recycling as part of their overallenvironmental program can easily quantify the benefits to their stock hold-ers, regulators and the public.

Save natural resources - Recycling millions of pounds of plastic reduces thedemand for raw materials by millions of pounds on a macro level. In addition,the amount of energy required to produce plastic products from recycled ma-terial is much lower than required to produce the same product using rawmaterials.

LIMITATIONSAs with any good thing, there are some limitations to liner recycling. Firstand foremost, liners that are contaminated with hydrocarbons or otherdrilling related wastes are generally not recyclable. Those portions of theliner that are contaminated must be cut away and properly disposed asresidual waste. However, the vast majority of liner materials never comeinto contact with anything but fresh water and/or soil. A qualified recy-cling collection company will assist the tear down contractor with segre-gating these materials by providing clearly marked disposal and recyclablecontainers and/or training.

Considering transport, cleaning and processing and end-product value, someliner materials are more challenging to recycle than others. With the right in-frastructure and processing technology, single polymer geomembranes andwoven coated materials are readily recyclable today. Most composite lay-ered liners can also be recycled, although the efficiency is less than geomem-brane and varies by product. Currently, liners with polyester scrimreinforcement and nonwoven geotextile cushion materials present thebiggest recycling challenge.

The best way to determine what can be recycled is to consult with a recy-cling company specializing in oil and gas liner collection and recycling. Theycan provide assistance and answer questions about recycling specific linermaterials. More importantly, they can help to tailor a comprehensive linerrecycling program targeted to achieve waste stream reduction goals. Ofcourse, an effective program will cover liner removal, collection, transporta-

tion and processing post-use. However, it is just as important that the pro-gram consider liner purchasing, site design and installation to achieve themaximum benefit.

CLOSING THOUGHTSIt is estimated that only two to three million of the more than 100 millionpounds of liner material used in the Marcellus and Utica region last year wererecycled. This represents a looming problem that must be addressed. How-ever, it also represents a great opportunity for those involved in oil and gasexploration and operations, landfill operators and regulators to develop arare win-win solution.

About the author: Stephen N. Valero is a registered professional engineer in OH, WV, PA and mul-tiple other states. He has over 20 years experience in developing and designingwith geosynthetics including liner materials. As a consultant to Valero Environ-mental, LLC, Mr. Valero assists companies involved in energy recovery operationswith waste stream reduction strategies including selection, design, installation,removal, collection, transportation and recycling of well pad and pond liner ma-terials. Recently, Valero Environmental has launched a website dedicated to pro-viding liner recycling guidance and information (www.recycleliners.com) and hasteamed with Wellspring Environmental (www.getwe.co) and Ultra-Poly Corpo-ration (www.ultra-poly.com) to provide liner collection and recycling capabilityin WV, Western PA and Eastern OH.


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NORM is an acronym for naturally occurring radioactive material and inthe most basic sense differentiates radioactive material that occurs nat-urally (in background) from man-made radioactivity. All soil types androck and shale and anything that makes up the Earth’s solid material con-tain some level of NORM, primarily uranium, thorium and radium, andare therefore radioactive. In addition, some of the NORM radionuclides,mainly radium, dissolve in the groundwater in contact with soil and rock.The NORM concentration in groundwater varies also and is dependenton many factors effecting solubility.

Therefore, when water and equipment that is used in unconventionaloil and gas production activities come in contact with NORM in soil, rockand water, they become impacted with NORM. Consequently, when re-cycling or disposing of the water or equipment/piping, there is an addi-tional component of contamination to address, which is radioactivity. Acommon misconception about NORM is that it is physically not the sameas man-made radioactivity; which is not true. NORM radionuclides decayand produce alpha and beta particles as well as gamma rays, the sameway man-made radioactive material does. The difference is that the ac-tivity concentration of NORM is many times lower than most man-madesources of radiation. Lower activity concentration means lower expo-sure/risk to humans and the environment and therefore more optionsfor treating and or disposing of water or equipment impacted by NORM.

NORM associated with unconventional oil and gas production such asMarcellus Shale fracking is primarily radium-226 (Ra-226) a member ofthe natural uranium decay series. Conventional production producesboth Ra-226 and Ra-228, both of which are radioactive. The isotopes ofradium are the only natural uranium or thorium decay progeny withenough solubility to be dissolved in formation water along with othernatural salts and minerals. The formation water is mixed with producedand flowback water extracted from the well. The produced and flowbackwater are a source of technologically enhanced NORM (TENORM) onceextracted from the well. Scale, the deposition of solids within water onpipes or interior surfaces of equipment, is also a source ofNORM/TENORM impacted materials that may result in waste.

Unconventional production requires a large volume of water to be in-serted into each well dril led, e.g. a mill ion gallons per well. Whenthe water is extracted from the well, the water contains high levelsof total solids including radium. Because of the incredibly large vol-ume of water used for each unconventional production well , recy-cling as much of this water as possible is necessary. Because of therelatively high (as compared to conventional production) radium ac-tivity concentration of the water, treatment of the water results inradium concentrating in sludges, filters and other byproducts, all areNORM waste. Traditionally centralized waste water facil ity sludgeshave been disposed of in municipal landfil ls. Since nearly every solidwaste facil ity in the country, including landfil ls monitor for radioac-tivity when receiving waste, the sludge produced from cleaning flow-back water from unconventional dri l l s ites often trips theradioactivity monitor alarm. In Pennsylvania, monitoring for radioac-

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Perma-Fix technicians survey a tank impacted withNORM on a retired O&G production site



tivity at solid waste facilities is mandatory, i.e. is a regulation. There is anexemption for low levels of NORM impacted waste causing a Level 1 (low-est level equal to 10 micro-rem/hour above background) alarm at land-fills. The exemption is basically set at less than 5 pico-Curies per gram ofradium above background. Activity levels higher than this may be ex-empted on a case by case basis that includes an evaluation of risk fromplacement of the NORM into the landfill. The risk assessment is sensitiveto both the activity concentration of the NORM impacted waste and thetotal volume of NORM impacted waste in the landfill. Some of the NORMimpacted sludge meets the exemption criteria. Some of the sludge doesnot. Since there is essentially a limit on the total volume of NORM placedin a landfill, the more NORM impacted sludge produced, the more sludgewill be rejected for landfill disposal.

The radium activity concentration in water treatment sludge routinelyexceeds the Department of Transportation (DOT) threshold for labelingas radioactive material (UN2910) of 270 pico-Curies per gram (pCi/g).When disposing of the sludge the future risk from the radioactive mate-rial is generally proportional to the total activity (activity concentrationtimes the volume), so even though the activity concentration ofNORM/TENORM in the flowback and process water is low, when com-bined with the incredibly high volume results in total activity that ex-ceeds what a municipal landfill can accept. The next possible disposalfacility would be a RCRA C Landfill.

Likewise, equipment and piping with radium scale plated on internal sur-faces may cause Level 1 alarms at landfills. Recycle facilities, where steelequipment and piping are often sent to after use, also monitor for ra-dioactivity. Recycle facilities generally reject any material that alarms atthe lowest setting (statistically different than background). Again, the re-sult is a waste stream impacted with NORM. Piping and equipment can bedecontaminated by removing the radium scale with common techniquessuch as pressurized water power washing. The water and resulting solidsfrom the decontamination effort must be contained and properly dis-posed of as NORM impacted waste, subjected to the same restrictions asthe other NORM impacted wastes.

Finally, some of the cuttings produced during the drilling of the uncon-ventional well may be NORM impacted. Specifically, the vertical cut-tings produced while drilling within the Marcellus Shale layer areelevated with uranium decay series radionuclides. This NORM impactedwaste stream is different than from the waste water sludge and equip-ment scale, in that it contains all of the uranium series radionuclide,including uranium 234, 235 and 238 (U-234, U-235 and U-238) as wellas Ra-226. A risk assessment in support of disposal of these cuttingsonsite or in a landfill would include all of these radionuclides.

Deep well injection may be an option for disposal of elevated cuttingsand high activity water from unconventional production activities. How-ever there are no wells permitted for deep well injection in Pennsylva-nia and Ohio has a moratorium in place on all deep well injectioncurrently.

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Think of the term “wrap” and one of two im-ages comes to mind. Typically, the first as-sociation is a rolled up tortilla stuffed withmeat. The second image may not be as obvi-ous; it could actually be a vinyl image of thatparticular sandwich on the side of the vanthat delivers those sandwiches. This type ofwrap is a colorful, eye-catching piece of artthat can appear on everything from cars,floors, walls or trailers with the intent of pro-moting a company.

Wraps are a great way to create a movingbillboard for your company while drawingthousands of impressions daily. If you want your brand to berecognized and have your client’s top of mind awareness,then you have to stay in front of them every day.

At STICK our motto is, “We STICK Anything”. Over the lastfive years we have been challenged to combine creativityand advanced printing technologies to create and applywraps for a wide range of customers in numerous industries.We’ve wrapped hundreds of vehicles with company logos.We have designed and applied huge wraps that appear onthe walls and floors of businesses who want to ensure theirbranding can’t be missed.

Although we service a diverse group of industries and busi-nesses, we have steadily developed a robust market for ourwrapping services in the shale gas/industrial industry. Wehave done decals for entire trucking fleets such as FairmontSupply and Elite Oilfield. Moreover, our wraps appear on ve-hicles for Consol Energy, Black Diamond Equipment Rental,Anderson Excavating and Oakland Oil.

In addition to our wraps and decals, STICK has expanded itsservices to the oil and gas industry to include jobsite andsafety signage, hardhat STICKers, tradeshow displays, DOT andasset numbers and more. Our evolution as a company hasbeen on a steady arc upward, and the oil and gas industryhas been a large contributor.


STICK was created in 2008 by Damian Ferek, owner of sistercompany, Asayo Creative. He was designing wraps for clientsand farming out the installation to other wrap companies inthe area. Recognizing an opportunity to create a one-stopshop for his clients, Damian purchased equipment and startedSTICK LLC.

We started out working from our original location in the base-ment of an office building, to a residential garage in CheatLake, and finally to our current location in an industrial garagefacility in the outskirts of Morgantown and new storefront inMartins Ferry, Ohio.

Our growth into Ohio is to better serve our growing clienteleand increased demand from the oil and gas industry. The newoffice is one of a few planned locations over the next twoyears. Today we employ 7 people and we wrap over 100 ve-hicles per year.

How best to explain a wrap? Consider a wrap a tattoo for yourvehicle with endless creative ideas, but can be removed or up-dated down the road.

If you have the idea, we can create it using the highly creativeteam of professionals in our partner company, Asayo Creative.As a marketing and design company, Asayo provides theirknowledge of brand recognition and continuity while pre-senting the client with the most creative and jaw-dropping de-signs in the area. With the combination of STICK and Asayo,we offer our clients specialization at all phases in the vehiclewrap process.

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BEITZEL INTRODUCES THEMUDSTER TO REDUCE

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTWith increased focus on safety and environmental stewardship since thestart of the Marcellus boom, drilling and exploration companies havesearched for safer and more environmentally responsible methods of man-aging wastes and solids. One area of particular concern is using an excavatorto handle drill cuttings for treatment or disposal. This process is inherentlydangerous, creating multiple pinch points and expanding the back yard foot-print by requiring extensive red zones. This process also exposes the drillersto increased environmental risk as dripping and spills are possible. Addi-tionally, in some applications, processing equipment is not able to run atpeak efficiency as the equipment is fed a bucketful of material at a timerather than a steady and consistent flow of material. As these risks and draw-backs have become more unacceptable, many companies have sought an ex-cavator-less backyard for the disposal of cuttings.

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The Mudster system operates with the push of a few buttons and is com-prised of three primary features. A mud tank, while customizable, is typicallylarge enough to hold up to 140 barrels of material. This tank collects cut-tings from the rig shaker allowing the rig to continue drilling even if the back-yard processing equipment is shut down for maintenance. This storage tankfunctions as a flow control buffer feeding fluids recovery equipment at anoptimal rate. The second feature of the system is an infinitely variable pos-itive displacement pump. By metering the feed rate, Beitzel Corporation isable to feed processing equipment at an optimal rate improving processingtime and efficiency. The pump is capable of pushing cuttings over 200 feethorizontally and over 30 feet vertically. Cuttings processing equipment cannow be placed at a convenient location on the pad. The third key compo-nent of the system is an elevated platform that is designed to house pro-cessing equipment up to 15 feet above the surface of the pad for directdischarge into haul off equipment. The stand is designed to accommodateroll-off boxes, dump trucks, or semi-trailers. By collecting, pumping, and dis-charging cuttings directly into the haul off equipment, the excavator is nolonger needed to process or dispose of cuttings.

In addition to eliminating the excavator, operators can also eliminate theextra storage boxes that increase the footprint and cost of the operation. Byeliminating the excavator and extra storage, the Mudster is cost competi-tive with current backyard setups while increasing safety, reducing environ-mental risk, reducing the risk of rig shut down, and providing a more flexibleand convenient rig setup. When paired with the correct solids control equip-ment, the Mudster provides cuttings disposal without an excavator or addi-tional solidification costs.

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Waste Reduction: A Greener AlternativeFor Treating Drilling Muds

Since 1947, McCutcheon Enterprises, Inc. (MEI) has been deliveringcomplete waste management solutions to a diversified list of clients inthe energy, industrial and municipal sectors. In order to keep pace withthe ever changing regulations in the waste industry, MEI has remainedsteadfastly dedicated to providing our clients with solutions that live upto MEI’s motto: “protecting our environment for tomorrow’s genera-tions.” One such effort has been the expansion of our cutting-edge mu-nicipal and residual waste treatment facility located at our headquartersin Apollo, PA.

MEI’s waste treatment facility provides a variety of waste treatment so-lutions for our clients in the energy sector. For instance, our reuse areafocuses on the processing of production waters for reuse on drilling sites.Our solidification area can handle all types of drilling muds, cuttings, etc.In fact, it is this area where we are making our waste treatment solutionsgreener.

Currently, when processing drilling muds/cuttings, or other solid wastes,the wastes are dumped into one of our solidification pits, mixed with asolidifying agent and hauled off to the landfill for disposal. This processcreates more volume to our waste with the addition of the solidifyingagent. More waste equals more expense for us and for our clients, as wellas more waste buried in a landfill.

In our quest to be the beacon of what it means to be protecting our en-vironment for tomorrow’s generations, we knew there was a greener wayto process this waste stream. That is why we are expanding our facilityand, beginning in April 2013, will be using the process of waste reductionto treat these waste streams.

What is waste reduction and how does it make the process greener? It isquite simple really-by separating the liquids from the solids and, in turn,sending a lesser volume of waste to landfills for disposal. The truck will of-

fload the waste into our facility where it will pass through a process thatseparates the liquids from the solids and produces a smaller volume ofsolid waste to be disposed of at the landfill.

What happens to the liquid waste from drilling muds/cuttings? It will besent to the reuse area of our facility. So not only does the environmentwin once, with less waste being sent to the landfill, but twice by treatingthe water for reuse. “Waste reduction is a win, win, win scenario for MEI,our clients, and the environment,” said Tim Dobrosky, Facility Managerat MEI. “The environment wins twice with less waste to the landfill andthe liquids processed for reuse,” Dobrosky continued. “Our clients wintwice by using a treatment process that doubly protects the environment,and in bringing the waste to our facility from sites within a 100 plus mileradius, are saving money when compared to backyard on-site services,”Dobrosky concluded.

“MEI is excited to launch this new form of treatment for all of our clients,”said Calvin McCutcheon, president of MEI. “Clients from all industries willknow they are protecting the environment by utilizing this new waste re-duction process,” McCutcheon continued. “At MEI, that’s what we’re allabout-protecting our environment for tomorrow’s generations by pro-viding our award-winning complete waste management solutions,” Mc-Cutcheon concluded.

Purchasing this equipment is an investment in our future and in our en-vironment. Tomorrow’s generations will benefit from treatment solutionslike this which reduce the amount of waste in landfills and protect a vitalnatural resource by enabling our clients to reuse it. Our facility is capableof treating up to 6,000 barrels per day of production waters and liquidwastes. The expansion of our treatment facility will triple our solidifica-tion mix pit capacity allowing us to process a higher volume of waste in ashorter amount of time.

Hard to handle and exempted waste streams are no problem for MEI’streatment facility. We specialize in working with clients to treat wastestreams that others cannot. Our capabilities for waste treatment are vast,and the experience of our staff is second to none. Non-hazardous, hard tohandle and/or exempted waste streams are another of our niches. MEI’semployees and facilities are capable of handling any waste managementneed. Just call us, our philosophy is simple, when you need us, we’ll bethere with our award-winning complete waste management solutions.Our position as an industry leader is reinforced by MEI being named the2012 Drilling & Well Services Company of the Year in the NortheasternUnited States by the Oil & Gas Awards. We are honored to be recognizedand will continue to provide our award-winning complete waste manage-ment solutions whenever you need us.

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The overall theme of this month’s issue of ONG Marketplace is wastemanagement, and with this in mind, my safety topic of the month isthe importance of a clean job site. With construction running fullspeed in the Marcellus and Utica plays, keeping a clean job site cansometimes be an afterthought. The following article will outline a fewof the reasons why keeping your site clean should be considered justas important as any other safety issue while working in the field.

Good housekeeping is one of the surest ways to identify a safe work-place. You can tell how a contractor feels about safety just by taking alook around their job site. A good contractor should be cleaning theirsite on a regular basis, storing materials and tools in an organized fash-ion, keeping workplaces free from tripping hazards, and ensuring thatliquids are stored properly at all times.

When you see something lying around where it could trip an individualor fall on them, put it in a safe place. Don’t wait for someone else todo it. If it’s something that he or she will be looking for, you can put itsafely where they can see it. Some jobs have walkways, aisles, stairs,and ladders by which you get from one place to another. It’s particu-larly important that these lines of travel be kept safe and clear of looseobjects. Workers often carry loads on these routes. They can’t alwayspick their steps or look around to be sure that nothing is going to tripthem or fall on them.

It’s not hard to keep a job clean if all useless materials, boxes, scraplumber and other trash are picked up and removed regularly. Itemsleft lying around can be damaged, be the cause of damage, or evencause serious injury to workers. Remember, if clutter and unneces-sary materials and trash are allowed to accumulate for even a fewdays, the job becomes a messy and unsafe place to work.

Supervisors can keep their sites clean by simply making the clearingof unnecessary clutter, tools or trash a daily function of everyone’sjob. Morning tailgate meetings are the best time to remind all work-

ers of the importance of keeping the site clean, and can also help tocreate good habits among workers. Other good habits for keeping aclean and safe jobsite include, but are not limited to, developing aroutine cleaning schedule, reporting unsafe conditions, clearly mark-ing physical hazards or obstructions, and cleaning as you go.

Something that has been made clear throughout this series of articlesis that all work will quickly come to a halt when an accident occurs ona job site. Employees who do not feel safe often tend to be overlycautious when performing their work tasks, which can noticeablyslow production. A clean and safe jobsite is conductive to maximiz-ing productivity from all employees. It is important for all supervi-sors to remember that keeping a clean and safe job site is much lessexpensive than lost productivity, accidents and even fines that canbe associated with poor housekeeping.

As a worker, if you see a mess, take care of it. Pick up anything yousee lying around that could create a hazard. If you find someone’stools or other equipment lying around, move them out of the way.Remember, if you must move something that does not belong toyou, put it somewhere safe, but visible if possible. Try to keep stor-age areas and walkways free of holes, ruts, and obstructions. Im-mediately clean up spills (if substance is hazardous, notifysupervisor immediately), and coil up extension cords, lines, andhoses when not in use.

I have placed a great deal of emphasis on the fact that a clean jobsite will help to keep everyone working on site safe, but it is also im-portant to remember the environmental impact of a messy jobsite.Failure to properly manage the waste associated with chemicals,fuels, and even the dirt associated with construction could have asignificant impact on the surrounding environment. Remember,damaging the environment where you work means damaging the en-vironment where others live and play.

Housekeeping is everyone’s job - every trade, every worker, andevery supervisor. Good housekeeping does more than prevent in-juries - it can save you time, and it can keep your tools from beinglost, damaged, or destroyed. Spending just 5 minutes picking up de-bris could prevent an injury that keeps a co-employee, or yourself,off work for weeks or even months.

By Chris Chadwick, Safety Products Coordinator at SunnySide Supply,Inc. www.SunnySideSupply.com

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LAFAYETTE, La. (January 28, 2013) — Newpark Mats and Integrated Serv-ices, a unit of Newpark Resources (NYSE: NR) and the leading provider ofground protection solutions, commemorated the production of its250,000th DURA-BASE® Advanced-Composite Mat as it rolled off the com-pany’s world class assembly line in Lafayette, La. With DURA-BASE matslasting five times longer than wooden mats, and weighing less than half asmuch, this production milestone also marked the preservation of over 1million trees (or approximately 1.25 million wooden mats), along with atremendous savings in transportation costs and emissions.

“Worldwide demand for DURA-BASE Advanced-Composite Mat Systemscontinues to increase across a variety of industries,” said Jeff Juergens,President of Newpark Mats and Integrated Services. “With each of the250,000 mats we’ve produced to date, Newpark’s precision engineer-ing process and proprietary design ensure that they all possess the ex-treme ruggedness and advanced performance required for the mostdemanding jobs.”

DURA-BASE mats are produced from a tough non-slip advanced-compos-ite formulation that withstands bearing loads in excess of 600 pounds persquare inch. They weigh over 50 percent less than wooden mats, whichsaves considerable time and transportation cost.

Newpark’s precision mats provide superior ground stabilization that mini-mizes the need for aggregate or gravel and enhances worker safety, whilepreventing soil disturbance and road dust. They are specially designed asa single piece, with no individual parts requiring bolts or fasteners to holdthem in place. This one-piece system prevents spills from being absorbedinto the mats and greatly aids in preventing spills from contaminatingground soil. The mats’ ease of transport and installation helps oil and gasoperations deploy faster, saving time and money.

From the frozen tundra of the Arctic, to the blistering heat of the Sa-hara, DURA-BASE mats’ unmatched strength and reliability make themideal for maintaining productivity regardless of weather or terrain.Their versatility also makes them perfect for temporary roadways, inaddition to worksite padding. This has led to widespread adoption ofthe advanced-composite mat systems in not only the oil and gas indus-try, but also in the utilities, pipeline, mining, construction, heavy haul,military, and entertainment sectors.

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The booklet provides general information explaining certified water test-ing, chain-of-custody, and drinking water regulations and standards. Itprovides information related to the health (primary standards) or aes-thetic (secondary standards) concerns for each parameter and providesinformation on water quality parameters that do not specifically have adrinking water limit.

“This reference is a guide to understanding water quality that works byproviding guidance on selecting water quality testing parameters for base-line testing from a citizen's perspective and by serving as a tool to helpinterpret water quality data,” Oram added.

In some cases, the document provides guidance on what actions a home-owner may want to consider in light of test results.

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