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Volume 3, Issue 1
Editor/Coordinator
Mary C. Linden
Corporate Headquarters
Frank’s International, Inc.
11700 Old Katy Rd., Ste. 300
Houston, TX 77079
Phone: (281) 966-7300
Fax: (281) 558-0568
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Manufacturing Co., Inc.
912 Hood St.
Mineral Wells, TX 76067
Phone: (940) 325-8989
Fax: (940) 325-8999
On the cover:
Located off the coast of Angola,
West Africa, Kizomba is a unique,
deepwater-drilling development.
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everywhere I look this year. Among the positive signs are the continued price
of crude oil and the increasing operator budgets. These and other factors are
reflected in the Texas State Lease Sale, which was the best in six years, and in
the United Kingdom, where contracts and rig utilization are decidedly on
the upswing.
Our main story (page five) is about Kizomba, the largest deepwater development
in offshore West Africa. Our company is playing an important role in helping to
make this remarkable effort a great success by contributing improvements to the
state-of-the-art equipment used on ExxonMobil’s Kizomba A.
Finally, as we begin our fourth year of Frank’s International Direct, I want to
thank our advertisers for their continued support. As always, your comments
and suggestions about our magazine are always welcomed. I hope you find this
issue interesting and useful.
Regards,
Keith Mosing
Chairman & CEO
Frank’s International, Inc.
www.franksinternational.com
Inside this issue…
Keith Mosing
Chairman & CEO
Frank’s International, Inc.
Welcome to
Frank’s International
Direct
Kizomba
New Levels of Deepwater Performance
for a Unique Development Off Angola ..................................................................................................................................... 5
News from the Continents ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Frank’s International Directory ....................................................................................................................................................... 30
Subcontractor and Vendor Directory ...................................................................................................................................... 31
Frank’s Casing Crew and Rental Tools, Inc., and Frank’s International, Inc., both find their roots in the entrepreneurial
spirit and dedication of Mr. Frank Mosing. While each is a separate and independent company, the two organizations
cooperate (formally and informally) to meet the challenges of a worldwide oil industry.
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Kizomba A is the first of two dry-tree, Tension
Leg Platforms (TLP) located in Block 15
off the coast of Angola, West Africa. Construction
for Kizomba A began in 2001 and the
project went on-stream at the end of 2004. The
second TLP, Kizomba B, is scheduled for operation
in early 2006. Each platform is designed for drilling
and completing 36 wells in water depths to 5,400
feet. The wells are connected to a dry-tree system
on the TLP and are exported via offloading risers
to a floating production, storage, and off-loading
vessel, which can accommodate shuttle tankers.
Teamwork Essential to Kizomba Success
“Early project involvement and cooperation is key
to a world-class project such as Kizomba A,” says
John Beckett, Frank’s International’s Technical
Services Manager. “Since 1988 we have contributed
to more than 50 major deepwater projects
worldwide. No project is exactly alike, so along
with ExxonMobil Development Company and
the other carefully chosen Kizomba vendors,
we worked to develop new and better ways of
doing things.”
Frank’s Casing Crew and Frank’s International
provided not only management support to
ExxonMobil’s integrated team but also dedicated
technical and project management personnel
specifically for this project. Kumar Mallenahalli
and Russ Harris were the technical and project
management points of contact respectively with
regards to riser fabrication. John Beckett and
Scott Sherrod addressed technical and related
issues with respect to riser installation and com-
Kizomba
New Levels of Deepwater
Performance for a Unique
Development Off Angola
Submitted by Kumar Mallenahalli, Business Unit Manager, Deepwater Riser
Fabrication; John Beckett, FI Technical Services Manager; and Scott
Sherrod, FCC Field Technical Support, Deepwater Projects
pletion. Mallenahalli and Sherrod have TLP
experience dating back to 1992 when both worked
on the first Shell TLP (Auger) in the GOM.
“From an installation standpoint, Scott monitored
the project from inception and concept development
in Houston through supervising initial equipment
setup and actual riser and completion tubular
installations on Kizomba A,” says Beckett.
Extending the State-of-the-Art
Riser Installation
“One of the key innovations was devising a solution
for handling multiple string sizes while running
the lower completions, and also for handling
drill pipe stands during riser running without
having to swap out equipment. The result was
our Drill Pipe Load Transfer Adapter (DPLTA),”
says Beckett.
This adaptor duplicates the profile and load
capacity of the Load Trans Sleeve (LTS) and thus
eliminates the need to change out the main elevator
or landing table when switching over to drill
pipe. A simple change in the pipe retrieval point
Sweet Music for a Landmark Project
The name Kizomba comes from an Angolan music genre with
roots in the Semba, Rumba, and Quilapanga. The dance is
uniquely Angolan with slower rhythms and the influence of
the romantic Tango in its steps. Kizomba is extremely popular
in Angola and is gaining a considerable worldwide following
as well.
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▲ Frank’s Control Line Pusher Arm — Attaching canon cross coupling clamp over five
control lines
▼ Stabbing production riser conncection on Kizomba A
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keeps the production riser and completion tubular running
smoothly, efficiently, and safely.”
Subsea and Dry-Tree Completions
The Kizomba TLPs are designed for subsea and dry-tree completions.
For the subsea wells, Frank’s introduced the “Long
Stroke” Spider with shuttle table to facilitate running large
OD landing strings with 3.75-inch umbilicals during well test.
All landing strings were successfully installed and retrieved
with zero damage to the umbilicals.
For the dry-tree completions, Frank’s recommended its recently
developed and proven RS-350 Spider since the well design
utilized five control lines. The RS-350 is a flush mount rotary
spider equipped with Frank’s proprietary Control Line
Capture Guide System. The slip raising mechanism provides
larger-than-normal passage through the slip area. At Kizomba,
this extra room allowed Frank’s to run the annular string,
control lines, and oddly configured control line clamps
simultaneously without any damage.
New Side Door Elevator System
In preparing to run the new Vetco RLPC riser connectors,
Frank’s designed a Collar Load Support System (CLSS) for
running the production risers. CLSS uses a remotely operated
side door elevator capable of grasping and releasing the pipe
and tilting the unit to allow easy attachment of the pipe in
the V-door.
The unique side door design was modified to accept the
Load Transfer Sleeve. This system incorporated a landing
spear/landing table instead of a slip-type spider. This handling
system is specifically designed for “Zero Marking” on
the tube body due to the Thermal Spray Aluminum (TSA)
coating applied during manufacture of the riser joints.
Control Line Pusher Arm
Frank’s Control Line Pusher Arm (CLPA) was used to maintain
control line positioning for clamp installation and to
keep control lines in proper sequence for clamping. The
pusher arm also minimized the risk of control lines being
tangled in the rig’s top drive or tubing elevators. The time
required for the control line clamp installation was significantly
reduced and safety greatly enhanced.
Hi-Tech Riser Fabrication
On the Kizomba A project, Frank’s was awarded the contract
from Vetco Gray to fabricate top tensioned production risers
for 12 strings, each up to 76 feet long, 10.75 x 0.450-inch.
A total of 540 Level 1, Level 2A, and Level 2B riser joints
were fabricated over a span of four months (including weld
qualification and fatigue testing) by working 24 hours a day.

The production risers were fabricated at Frank’s
new state of-the-art riser fabrication facility in
New Iberia, Louisiana. Kumar Mallenahalli,
Business Unit Manager, Deepwater Fabrication
at Frank’s, explains, “Our 80 acres of property
borders on the commercial canal that enters from
the Gulf of Mexico. This location is ideal for providing
savings to our customers because we have
the ability to unload pipe from a barge or workboat,
perform the necessary fabrication, and then
reload the final product without any trucking costs!”
The pipe and connector material for the production
risers were made out of AISI 4130 material,
making welding more of a challenge. Frank’s was
the only company with previous welding experience
with this type of material for production riser
applications. This was one of the reasons for
awarding the riser fabrication contract to Frank’s.
Frank’s scope of work on this project included
qualifying a welding procedure to meet stringent
CTOD requirements in the weld metal and HAZ,
fatigue testing to meet DnV Class C and Class F2
requirements for Level I and Level II joints, fabrication
of connectors to pipe as well as pipe to
pipe, video-probe inspection of root bead, automated
OD/ID grinding for Level I welds, postweld
heat treating (PWHT), and nondestructive testing
such as radiographic and
MPI inspection in addition
to AUT inspection
for Level I riser joints.
“Our riser fit-up and
welding are performed
using automated internal
alignment line-up clamps
and computerized welding
machines. In addition,
precise and realtime
control of pipe
rotational speed is maintained
during welding,”
says Mallenahalli. This
automated riser-fabrication
system significantly
reduces operator error
and assures consistency
from one weld to the
next, resulting in high
productivity. Because of
this, we’re able to meet
a very tight production
deadline while still meet-
ing all the stringent quality requirements, such as
those for Kizomba A.”
Frank’s has fabricated top tensioned production
risers since 1992, including Shell’s production risers
for all five TLPs in the GOM (Auger, Mars, Ram-
Powell, Ursa, and Brutus). In addition, Frank’s has
fabricated production riser joints for El Paso’s Prince,
Anadarko’s Marco Polo, and BP’s Holstein projects.
Mallenahalli also states, “Recently, the Deepwater
Fabrication Division at Frank’s was awarded their
single largest fabrication contract to date, i.e.
fabrication of very technically challenging Steel
Catenary Welds (SCR) for the BP Atlantis project
in the GOM. This will be the first time quad (160
feet) joints will be fabricated at Frank’s as part of
Frank’s work scope.”
Looking to the Future
Frank’s successful contributions for Kizomba A are
being employed on Kizomba B, the second and
identical TLP in the development plan for Angola’s
Block 15. The only difference between the two is
that B will have subsea production coming in on
the first day of service in early 2006, while this
capability will be added to Kizomba A later. ■
▼ Dual completion with Frank’s Control Line Pusher Arm and Frank’s RS350
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News
from the Continents
ABERDEEN
WSCA Sees Upturn in UK
Pat Sibille of Frank’s International and 2004 WSCA
Chairman reports that the Well Services sector in the
UK came through a very difficult period in 2003/
2004, with some members experiencing historically
low activity levels.
Pat is upbeat: “Increased rig contracts and high interest
levels in the recent 22nd Licensing Round are indicators
that 2005 should be a good year. Moreover,
last year the rig utilization was up 13.1% over 2003,
and further gains are anticipated this year.”
Pat concludes, “With the general consensus that the
oil price is unlikely to drop below $30/barrel in the
immediate future, there is no reason for activity levels
not to increase. This would help the UKCS get
back on track to meet the 2010 production target of
3mm boepd and recover the remaining economic
reserves within the life of the existing infrastructure.”
Also, congratulations to Eddie Sinclair, who was
recently appointed European Regional Business
Development Manager. We wish you and your team
much success. ■
BRUNEI
The Sultan of Brunei Visits
Frank’s in Kuala Belait
Submitted by Les Ellis, Frank’s International’s Operations
Manager, Far East
Last October, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah Muz’izzaddin Waddaulah of Brunei
Darussalam visited the PTAS facilities in Kuala Belait.
PTAS has been the Frank’s International agent for the
past 10 years and has grown to become one of the
largest oilfield service providers for Brunei Shell
Petroleum and Total Oil in Brunei.
Billy Cooper is the Frank’s International Country
Manager and Vincent Lim is the Assistant Manager.
At present, Frank’s has 92% Bruniean employees. ■
The Sultan and his entourage visit PTAS. The Sultan meets with Frank’s service technicians for a briefing on the company’s equipment and expertise.
Photographs by Les Ellis
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News from the Continents
HOUSTON
Frank’s International
Sells All Points
All Points Equipment Company, a wholly owned
riser inspection and repair business, was sold last
October to Century Corrosion Technologies, Inc.
According to Keith Mosing, “This move allows us
to concentrate on our core technologies.”
Mary Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of Century,
notes, “All Points complements our capabilities and
now provides us with a one-stop riser service that
includes inspection, repair, clamp sales, and coating.”
Century is a leader in providing high-quality,
efficient, and technologically innovative corrosioncontrol
systems in Texas, Louisiana, and South
America since 1969.
On another note, Ken Kinser joined Frank’s
International, Inc. as Manager of International Pipe
Sales in October 2004. With more than 25 years of
experience, Ken has worked for various oilfield
manufacturing and service companies, including
Vetco Gray, Dril-Quip, and most recently, Grant
Prideco-XL Systems, where he was instrumental in
creating a niche in deepwater drilling for the large
OD tubulars and GP Premium connections in a
“systems approach.” ■
ANTELOPE
Antelope Receives
OSHA Recognition
The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission
and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) recently recognized Antelope and
26 other small Texas employers for their outstanding
safety programs. These companies received the
Safety and Health Achievement Recognition
Program award for low incidences of work-related
injuries and illnesses and their participation in the
Commission’s Occupational Safety and Health
Consultation (OSHCON) program.
Don McDowell, QA Safety Manager, and Joey
Bezio, Safety Coordinator, reported that Antelope
has been granted a one-year exemption from programmed
OSHA inspections. ■
MEXICO
FI Mexico Growing
Frank’s International casing-running services in
Mexico has grown steadily since August 2003. FI
Mexico, headquartered at Villahermosa in the state
of Tabasco with a satellite facility at Ciudad del
Carmen in Campeche, is conveniently located to
serve Mexico’s major oil fields.
FI Mexico casing hands
The company’s current services include tubular
running, hammering, bucking, pickup/laydown, and
welding. Principal customers are PEMEX, the
Mexican-operated oil company (under contract
with Halliburton), and TAMSA Tenaris, manufacturer
of OCTG.
The labor force is made up
of 24 locally trained technicians
and field service personnel. Franco
Olcese is the Country Manager,
FI Mexico. Argenis Nieves is
Manager of Casing Operations,
and Andy Beals is Manager of S.A.
Hammer Department. ■
FI Mexico office in Villahermosa, Tabasco
Franco Olcese

VENEZUELA
Cajun Two-Step Meets
South American Merengue
Frank’s International Venezuela hosted
their annual shrimp boil at the lovely
Puerto la Cruz Golf Club last fall. More
than 350 guests enjoyed good food,
music, and dancing. Among our honored
guests were representatives from Conoco-
Phillips, ChevronTexaco, Ameriven,
Petrozuata, Repsol, ExxonMobil, CNPC,
PDVSA, Halliburton, Schlumberger,
Baker, Sincor, Total, and Statoil to only
name a few.
Some of the ladies took the opportunity
to teach our chefs, Ferdie Dupuis and
David Hebert, the Merengue (the dance
that is, not the lemon pie). In turn, the
ladies were eager to learn the Cajun Two-
Step and mastered it very well, says
Country Manager Jorge Garcia.
Houston participants included Alain
Miramon, Dick Rader, Ferdie Dupuis,
David Hebert, Joe Holmes, and Andres
Sandoval. A big thank you to Larry
Cortez, Segundo Vasquez, Jesus Cabello,
Dario Ramirez, Richard Contreras, and
all of the Venezuelan staff for making this
event such a success. ■
Frank’s chefs Ferdie Dupuis and David Hebert with Country
Manager Jorge Garcia
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Poker Trivia
Draw Poker: Players bet (ante).
Each receives five cards, face
down. Players may exchange (draw)
with dealer any number of cards.
Highest ranking hand wins.
Texas Hold ‘Em: Players are each
dealt two cards face down. First
round of betting. Three community
cards dealt in center of table (flop)
for all to play off of. Second round
of betting. Fourth community card
(4th Street) dealt face up in flop.
Third round of betting. Fifth community
card (river) dealt in flop.
Final round of betting. The best
five-card hand wins.
Five-Card Stud: Players are dealt
one card face up, one card down.
Player is dealt final three cards
face up. The best five-card
hand wins.
Seven-Card Stud: Players receive
two cards face down, one
face up. Players may call, raise,
fold. Then three cards are dealt to
players face up. Last card is dealt,
face down. The best five-card
hand wins.
Three-Card Monte: Dealer has
three cards, one of which is a Queen.
Dealer shows them to the player
(sucker) and takes bets that the
player can pick out the Queen. Dealer
places cards face down and shuffles
them, using various tricks, often
involving an accomplice, to ensure
the player does not win.
“Passing the Buck”: Referred to a
buckhorn-handled knife that was
used to designate whose turn it
was to be the dealer.
“Dead Man’s Hand”: Aces & Eights
is the hand that James Butler “Wild
Bill” Hickock had when he was shot
in the back of the head while playing
in Deadwood, Dakota Territory.
Upping the Ante
America’s True Pastime Has Deep Roots
by Michael E. Lawton
“Play as well as you can, and play a good hand. But
eventually, you’ll get run over by someone with total
and complete luck,” said actor James Woods after losing
on Celebrity Poker Showdown.
You can be the most skilled and experienced
poker player in the world, but
it all still comes down to Lady Luck.
Yet people keep coming back, over and over,
for centuries, with the hopes of winning big.
That’s the real American Dream — the
pursuit of happiness and a royal flush.
There is no specific birthplace or date for
poker. Game historians agree that it is simply
a hybrid of several, vastly different games
from across the globe. India had Ganjifa.
Italy had Primero. England had Brag.
Germany had Pochspiel, which involved
bluffing and passing.
The earliest recorded history of it dates
back to A.D. 900, when Emperor Mu-Tsung
was said to have played domino cards with
his wife.
Persia’s Nas was very influential in the 17th
century. It was a five-player game with a
25-card deck. Persian sailors taught it to
French settlers in New Orleans. The French
had their own game called Poque, which was
the first known game to use a deck of cards
with traditional suits: spades, hearts, clubs,
and diamonds.
Card sharks in New Orleans were hustling
Three-Card Monte. Always looking for new
outlets for quick cash, they copied the popular
European games, added a few twists, and took
it up the Mississippi River. It quickly became
the No. 1 cheating game on riverboats. And
just like that, poker was born.
As the game traveled out West, it changed to
fit the card sharks’ own purposes, and aspects
were added along the way. In 1833, the flush

was created, and 52 cards replaced the 20card
deck. The year 1875 saw the induction
of the wild card, Joker, and ante.
Poker flourished during the Civil War. Generals
Grant, Custer, and McClellan were all
avid fans. The years 1861-65 saw the introduction
of many important variables of the
game. Open cards (cards dealt face up for the
entire table to see) were created, the straight
was invented, and Five- and Seven-Card Stud
were the main games of the day.
Gambling Laws
Along with growing popularity came legislation.
In 1909, two Missouri assemblymen
introduced a bill that controlled and licensed
players in order to “prevent millions of dollars
lost annually by incompetent and foolish persons
who do not know the value of a poker
hand.” Stud poker was deemed illegal.
But that didn’t stop anyone. Draw Poker
was hatched. This game allowed the player
to return any unwanted cards back to the
dealer for new ones. Two
years later, California
Attorney General Harold
Webb ruled that “(draw)
poker was a game of
skill and beyond antigambling
laws.”
Popularity Soars
Since then, it has been
one of the fastest growing,
but least recognized,
sports in the world. How
could something with
such limited resources
be so popular to so
many? Poker has evolved
from the alleys, to parlor
rooms, to riverboats, to
casinos, to Indian reservations,
to the World
Wide Web. And now,
poker has reached a
new plateau.
In 1949, Benny Binion,
of Binion’s Horseshoe
Casino in Las Vegas,
set up a high-stakes
poker tournament
between Nicholas “Nick
the Greek” Dandolos
and Johnny Moss.
People flocked from
miles around to see
“Is this a game of chance?
Not the way I play it.”
W.C. Fields, My Little Chickadee
the two combatants go at it for the fivemonth
marathon.
Poker Conquers TV
In 2003, the Travel Channel aired the World
Poker Tour. A minicamera was placed in the
table so the viewers at home could see which
cards each player was holding. A host then
explained strategy and odds. Thus, a brandnew
resurgence in poker began.
NBC, ESPN, and Bravo have all jumped on the
bandwagon, utilizing their own minicams and
bringing Texas Hold ‘Em into our vocabulary.
Doug Dalton, Director of the Poker Room at
the Bellagio and host of the World Poker Tour,
said “Revenues are up 30 to 35 percent. We
know it’s because of television — because
a customer will sit at a game and ask ‘When
can I bet all of my money, like on television?’
People are coming to the Bellagio just to
play poker.”
NBC aired the World Poker Classic opposite
the Super Bowl pre-game show. ESPN has
the World Series of Poker, in which Chris
Moneymaker beat 838 players in 2003 to win
$2.5 million. He won an online tournament
with a $40 buy-in fee for the chance to play
in the Big One.
Bravo received 1.6 million viewers for its first
episode of Celebrity Poker. And more than
100,000 people play online poker each day.
Poker has gone from being big business for
con artists and card sharks to bigger business
for major corporations and television companies.
And it is all based on luck, hope, and a
dream of one day hitting it big. ■
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Standing for over 1,500 years
before its final demise, the
Lighthouse of Alexandria in
Egypt was the ancient world’s guiding
light to a prospering harbor and
lifestyle. What started as a safety
concern transformed to influence civilizations
across the globe, making it
one of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World.
Of the 17 cities designed by Alexander
the Great, Alexandria, Egypt, was the
only one to endure the ages. Following
Alexander’s death, his commander,
Ptolemy I Soter, took reign, and the
city flourished. He soon connected
Alexandria with the island of Pharos,
now a promontory within the city,
which created a double harbor — one
side for the Nile River and the other
for the Mediterranean Sea.
With the increased traffic and dangerous
sailing conditions, Ptolemy realized the
need for a mechanism that could guide
ships safely to the harbor as well as
embody the spirit of Egypt’s capital.
Thus, Ptolemy initiated the building of
the very first lighthouse around 290 B.C.
When the lighthouse was completed
some 20 years later, Ptolemy had
passed away, and his son, Ptolemy II
Philadelphus, was the new ruler of
Egypt. Ptolemy II and the structure’s
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria
architect, Sostratus, disputed over
which of their names should be carved
on the lighthouse. Despite the fact that
Ptolemy II had the final say, Sostratus
was unfaltered — and ingenious. He
carved his name on the lighthouse,
dedicating it to the Savior Gods on
behalf of those who sail the seas and
then covered it with plaster. He then
carved Ptolemy II’s name, letting the
ruler believe he had prevailed. With
each progressing year, fragments of
the plaster weathered away, eventually
revealing Sostratus’s name and message
for the masses to see.
The fabled mirror atop the lighthouse
could reflect light as far as 35 miles
offshore, using fire at night and the sun
by day. Legend has it that the mirror
was used to detect enemy ships and set
them ablaze, incinerating them before
they could reach the harbor. The height
of the lighthouse alone was enough to
produce admiration from all. It was an
estimated 385 feet tall (the equivalent
of a contemporary 40-story building),
making it the tallest building of its time.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria made a
significant impact on the world as we
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and is one of the few inventions not
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Linguistically, it affected the French,
ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE
ANCIENT WORLD By Haley C. Settle
The modern-day site (above) where the original
Lighthouse of Alexandria (inset) once stood
Italian, and Spanish — “pharos” is the
word of choice for lighthouse in each
language. Roman coins also depicted
the Lighthouse of Alexandria, just as
prominent monuments and people are
depicted on currency today.
Of the six Wonders no longer in existence,
the Lighthouse of Alexandria
was the last to be destroyed. It is
believed by historians that the lighthouse
fell victim to a series of earthquakes
occurring in A.D. 956, 1303,
and 1323. The structure was finally
brought to ruin in A.D. 1480 when the
Egyptian Mamelouk Sultan built a fort
from the lighthouse’s crumbled stone
and marble. The fort’s construction
reveals parts of the lighthouse that can
still be seen today. Much of the
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slabs that were once part of the
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The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor at the very portal of the
New World, greeting millions of the oppressed and venturesome who have
crossed the ocean in hopeful search of greater freedom and opportunity.
To them, and much of the world,
the statue has come to symbolize
those ideals of human liberty
upon which our nation and government
were founded.
She began as a token of friendship between
France and the United States.
She was, and remains, one of the most
impressive, colossal statues on the face
of the Earth.
Like so many of the Americans she
inspires, The Lady came to us from
humble beginnings. The idea for a statue
to commemorate the bonds that join the
two nations – who fought on the same
side during our Revolutionary War –
was said to have been brought up during
a dinner at the home of Edouard de
Laboulaye, a French historian and professor,
in 1865. The United States was
not even a century old, yet we had just
endured the Civil War and the assassination
of a President together as a nation.

Along with many Americans, many French felt that an
important symbol of freedom was lost. After all, Abraham
Lincoln had been fundamental in freeing the slaves.
So the people of France collected money to buy a gift
for Lincoln’s widow. Each contributor was limited to a
two-cent donation. Together, they purchased a gold medal
inscribed: “Tell Mrs. Lincoln that in this little box is the
heart of France.” Then, in French, the inscription read:
“Dedicated by French democracy to Lincoln, twice-elected
President of the United States – honest Lincoln who abolished
slavery, re-established the union, and saved the
Republic, without veiling the Statue of Liberty.”
The Dream Is Born
That passion for freedom
shared by America and
France deeply impressed
one of de Laboulaye’s
guests at that summer dinner
party – a young sculptor
from Alsace named Frederic
Auguste Bartholdi. The talk
that night amongst the
guests, all prominent in arts
and letters like himself,
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi would soon have special
resonance for young Bartholdi.
The conversation turned to topics global in scope, as
it often did at de Laboulaye’s soirees, and particularly to
the notion of international gratitude. Some of the guests
said there was no such thing. Nations, they argued, fend for
themselves, and even the closest of countries will separate
as soon as one’s self interest conflicts with the other’s.
But de Laboulaye disagreed, calling the bond between
France and the United States special and unbreakable.
Indeed, he said, his land should even consider some sort
of monument to commemorate American independence –
a monument constructed by the two nations together.
Those words would swirl in the young sculptor’s head as
he fought in the French army during the Franco-Prussian
War. When the war ended and his homeland remained in
enemy hands, he considered emigrating to America and
adopting it as his new home. In doubt about his future
and about the ties of two nations, he sought counsel from
de Laboulaye once again – and again left the meeting
imbued with the belief that ties between countries can
be strong. He suggested that Bartholdi travel to America
to see for himself and examine the possibility of some
sort of joint project to demonstrate the friendship between
the two lands.
“Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman...”
— Emma Lazarus
An Inspired Location
Like Francis Scott Key so many years earlier, the site of an
American harbor inspired what would become an artist’s
greatest triumph. As his ship entered New York Harbor, he
knew what the monument should be and where it should
forever stand as an emblem of the special friendship the
two countries shared.
His vision would not be lost to the poet Emma Lazarus. In
1883, she wrote these immortal words:
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, with conquering
limbs astride from land to land; here at our sea-washed,
sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch, whose
flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of
Exiles. From her beacon-hand glows worldwide welcome;
her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor that twin
cities frame. “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries
she with silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, your
huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse
of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost
to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Finding Funds
Her words captured for the ages the symbols of freedom that
Bartholdi’s sculpture sought to portray. At the statue’s feet lie
the broken shackles of tyranny. The Lady’s tablet, as every
schoolchild knows, is inscribed “July 4, 1776.” And her
torch, held proudly aloft in her right hand, serves as a beacon
for all who seek freedom on our shores.
Interestingly, the statue may never have come to be had it not
been for the efforts of the famous newspaper editor Joseph
Pulitzer. When he took over the New York World in 1883, he
made it his mission to raise the funds for a suitable base for
the statue. He struggled for years to raise both the public’s
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consciousness about the statue and the funds needed to
give The Lady a place to stay. Philadelphia, Boston,
San Francisco, Cleveland, and Minneapolis all made offers
to pay for the entire cost of building a pedestal and erecting
the statue. Would she mean as much to America standing
in Baltimore Harbor? Would there be a Golden Gate Bridge
if there had already been a statue in San Francisco? And
would a symbol of international friendship and freedom
ring as true to the hearts of us all if it were placed at the
headwaters of the Mississippi River?
Pulitzer didn’t like the answers to those questions, and he
continued his newspaper’s fund-raising drive with renewed
zeal. Indeed, he criticized the rich and poor alike in its pages,
chiding them for failing to realize the importance of the statue
and to do their part to bring her to America and give her a
permanent home. Calling it the “greatest display of international
friendship ever proposed,” he called on schoolchildren
to contribute their pennies as well. He arranged fund-raising
theatrical performances, sporting events, and balls. As word
began to spread, donations for her pedestal came from as far
away as California, Colorado, Florida, and Louisiana.
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She began as a token
of friendship between
France and the United
States. She was, and
remains, one of the most
impressive, colossal
statues on the face
of the earth.
All the while, young Bartholdi continued to design and
develop his masterwork. He knew The Lady must be constructed
of material light enough to travel across the oceans,
but strong enough to withstand both the salty sea air of the
harbor and the bitter Northeast winters. He settled on copper
as the exterior metal, supported by an infrastructure of iron
and steel. That framework, as essential as any element of the
statute in maintaining its strength and beauty, was designed
and executed by none other than Gustave Eiffel, the French
engineer who gained fame some years later by designing a
relatively well-known tower in Paris that bears his name.
Four iron posts extend the entire height of the statue, forming
a pylon that bears its weight. From that backbone extends
a web of beams that support the exterior copper plates.
Construction Begins
The first draft of the statue was a model standing just four
feet tall. Bartholdi perfected and perfected and perfected that
version, until he was satisfied enough to construct a larger
version, this one standing almost 10 feet tall. The next draft
was a statue almost 40 feet tall. That version was divided into
sections that were reproduced four times their size, resulting
in the finished statue. Enlarging each section required about
9,000 measurements and more than 300 sheets of hand-hammered
copper to form The Lady’s exterior shape.
In a December 1882 letter, he wrote: “Work advances. The
statue commences to reach above the houses, and by next
spring we shall see it overlook the entire city.” In June of
1884, Levi P. Morton, the American Minister to France, held
a banquet to celebrate the completion of the statue. Alas,
Eduoard de Laboulaye could not be there. Although he’d
been instrumental in inspiring Bartholdi’s work, he had died
the previous year. In his place as President of the Franco-
American Union, the official body formed to shepherd the
statue’s construction and delivery to America, was Count
Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal.
The Final Touches
On June 11, 1884, Morton hosted a banquet in honor of the
Franco-American Union and in celebration of the completion
of the statue. De Lesseps made these remarks at the banquet:
“This is the result of the devoted enthusiasm, the intelligence,
and the noblest sentiments which can inspire man.
It is great in its conception, great in its execution, great in
its proportions; let us hope that it will add, by its moral value,
to the memories and sympathies that it is intended to perpetuate.
We now transfer to you this great statue and trust that it may forever
stand the pledge of friendship between France and the great
republic of the United States.” In response, his American counterpart
said: “May [it] stand until the end of time as an emblem of
imperishable sympathy and affection between the Republics of
France and the United States.” ■

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The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports by
At the 48,500-seat Churchill Downs
racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky,
twin spires atop the grandstand
beckon visitors to The Kentucky
Derby, the premier race of the Triple
Crown run on the first Saturday in
May. The Triple Crown, won by only
11 horses since 1919, is completed by
the Preakness in mid-May and the
Belmont in early June. The Kentucky
Derby, attracting crowds of more than
100,000 spectators and watched by
millions on television, has evolved
into an American tradition, filled with
history, hats, and (of course) horses.
Times Gone By
The derby’s legacy started 128 years
ago. To achieve the same attention
afforded to England’s Epsom Derby,
Meriwether Louis Clark Jr., builder of
Churchill Downs, visited England to
study its tracks and races. On May
17, 1875, the first horses broke from
their starting gates and galloped into
history. Nevertheless, by 1902
Colonel Matt J. Winn, a promoter,
Mali R. Schantz-Feld
More than just a race, The Kentucky Derby combines a time-honored
tradition of equine excellence and just horsing around.
needed to travel to New York to persuade
owners to enter their threeyear-old
horses in the Derby to keep
the track from bankruptcy. Fortunately,
his work paid off, and by
1920, the Derby had become the
best-known race in North America.
Modern spectators at the track can
monitor their horse’s progress with
program numbers, public address systems,
or closed-circuit televisions. In
early racing days, silks of a rainbow
of colors were necessary to distinguish
between the jockeys.
The tradition of wearing silks has
developed even more creativity today.
Whereas single colors once stood for
one’s status, such as red representing
a particular duke, while blue represented
a certain earl, now a combination
of colors and designs represents
each jockey and horse. The jockey’s
room at Churchill Downs is adorned
with hundreds of silks hung on pegs
in the order of each jockey’s races
for the day.
Stephen Foster brought music to the
ears of Kentucky Derby participants
with “My Old Kentucky Home.” The
song, reportedly played for the first
time at the derby in 1921, later
became a traditional accompaniment
to the post parade. Most years, since
1936, the song has been performed
by the University of Louisville
Marching Band. To honor the composer,
the Derby initiated the Stephen
Foster Handicap in 1982.
The Winner’s Circle
The 1-1/8 mile race is now a Grade II
event garnering a purse of $750,000,
the richest stakes at the Downs outside
of the Derby. As the winning
horse is escorted to the coveted winner’s
circle, the jockey, owner, trainer,
and breeder team share the rewards of
their efforts. The horse is covered
with a blanket sewn with 500 of the
darkest red roses and greens. Perhaps
it was because of this aromatic accolade
that the late Bill Corum, a New
York sports columnist and later Presi-
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dent of Churchill Downs, dubbed the
race the “Run for the Roses.”
The original Kentucky Derby trophy
was designed by George Lewis Graff
for Lemon & Son Jewelers of
Louisville. The 22-inch tall, 14 karat
gold cup, weighing in at 56 ounces
excluding the marble base, is topped
by an 18-karat gold horse and rider,
and two 18-karat horseshoe-shaped
handles. Over the years, its value has
grown to more than $60,000. For the
125th anniversary of the Derby, a new
trophy was created with the horseshoes
facing upwards, to yield to the
old superstition that luck will not be
able to run out of it. The new trophy
was also bedecked with diamonds
inside the horseshoe and a bed of
roses made of rubies.
The trophy is not the only collectible
at the Derby. Every year Churchill
Downs selects an artist to paint an
interpretation of the Derby. A print
series of the painting is sold throughout
the event and reproduced on
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t-shirts and other souvenirs of
the event.
The Traditions
To top it all off, the array of hats at the
Kentucky Derby has become a mindful
tradition. From the expensive to the
eccentric, hat designs brim with creative
ideas. Some believe that their hat
will bring their horse luck, and some
just have a penchant for running rampant
with a glue gun. Hats have sported
lace, flowers, plastic horses, and even
replicas of Churchill Downs itself.
After the race, Derby aficionados can
visit the Kentucky Derby Museum,
to view the film “The Greatest Race”
which places the viewer right in the
path of Derby action. Interactive
activities offer a jockey’s eye view
of a race. Visitors can also take a
guided walking tour of Churchill
Downs and the museum’s paddock
area. The Kentucky Derby offers
action for everyone, whether on the
infield having fun, nursing a mint
julep, or actually watching the race. ■
On the first Saturday in May, there is no other place on earth like Churchill Downs in
Louisville, Kentucky. For here on this famous mile oval, America’s best three-year-old
thoroughbreds convene to run the world’s best-known horse race — the Kentucky Derby.
THE MINT JULEP
Official Drink of the
Kentucky Derby
During such exhilarating activities, the spectators
are known to work up quite a thirst. For
more than a century, the mint julep has been
the traditional beverage of the Kentucky
Derby. More than 80,000 mint juleps are
served over a two-day period at the Kentucky
Oaks and the Kentucky Derby, necessitating
8,000 quarts of julep mix, 150 bushels of
mint, and 60 tons of shaved ice. The drink
has become such a classic that the turf stakes
race run on Derby Day, the Woodford Reserve
Turf Classic, is sponsored by Woodford
Reserve Bourbon, the ingredient used for
mixing an authentic mint julep.
The julep began centuries ago as an Arabic
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the drink’s popularity trickled to the
Mediterranean, mint replaced the rose
petals, and the mint julep quickly spread
across Europe. Americans added American
whiskey to the mix, and over the years, sipping
a mint julep out of a silver cup became
a tradition for Derby-lovers everywhere.
Recipe for a Mint Julep
2 cups of sugar
2 cups of water
Sprigs of fresh mint
Crushed ice
Kentucky Bourbon
Silver julep cups
Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and
water together for five minutes. Cool and
place in a covered container with six or eight
sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate
overnight. Make one julep at a time by filling
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tablespoon of mint syrup and two ounces of
Kentucky Bourbon. Stir rapidly with a spoon
to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with a
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high above civilization. The peace,
tranquility, and scenery you experience
riding in a hot-air balloon is
beyond words.
It is not surprising that hot-air ballooning
has retained its popularity for more
than 200 years.
Maiden Voyage
On a hot and balmy day in 1783, a
sheep, a duck, and a rooster became the
first passengers in a hot air balloon
launched by the Montgolfier brothers,
Joseph and Etienne.
The brothers, wealthy paper-makers
from Annonay, France, sent their farm
friends on an eight-minute ride in a
paper-lined balloon 6,000 feet in the
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Today, hot-air ballooning has become a
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view exotic locales around the world.
The Rest Is History
Through the years, hot-air balloons
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for military observation by the armies
of both nations. In World War I, armed
forces made extensive use of balloons
to observe enemy lines. And during
World War II, the British army used the
barrage balloon, a large fabric balloon
tethered to a steel cable, to protect
London from low-level air attacks.
Early hot-air balloon sales were made
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in military and research applications,
but in the 1960s, several companies
began purchasing the balloons for
recreation and sport. On October 10,
1960, the first man-carrying free flight
took place in Bruning, Nebraska, in the
Raven Industries prototype of a modern
hot-air balloon. Now constructed of a
polyurethane-coated nylon and powered
by propane, the balloon has evolved significantly
over the years.
Early hot-air balloon sales
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Balloons consist of a large, flexible
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that is lighter than air. The bag, known
as the envelope, is made of varnished
silk, rubber, or other suitable materials.
Piloted balloons carry passengers in a
suspended gondola, or basket, while
unpiloted balloons are typically used
for research purposes.
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Tourist destinations from Napa, California,
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more than 3,500 hot-air balloons and
4,000 licensed pilots in the United States.
The price tag for a hot-air balloon rivals
that of a car or boat. Sport-sized balloons
range in price from $18,000 to $25,000.
Since their inception, hot-air balloons
have offered intrigue to adventurers
seeking record-breaking launches and
long-distance records. The helium-filled
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first successful transatlantic balloon
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5,000 km (3,000 mi) and an endurance
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In March 1999, Swiss psychiatrist
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their trip lasted 19 days, 21 hours. The
balloon was launched from Switzerland
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And in July 2002, American investment
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balloon. His journey in the Spirit of
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Despite competition from jets, helicopters,
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Hot-Air Balloon Q&A
Q: Who steers the hot-air balloon?
A: Balloons float with the wind. The pilot can control the balloon’s altitude to
catch a wind going in the desired direction, but the balloon cannot fly upwind
or crosswind. Pilots construct a flight plan before take-off to pinpoint the
direction the balloon will be traveling and to ensure that there are appropriate
landing sites.
Q: How do you return to your starting point after the balloon
has landed?
A: A chase crew follows the balloon on the ground in a car or truck. The crew is
in contact with the pilot, so they can plan to be close to the site where the
balloon lands.
Q: How long does it take to inflate and deflate the balloons?
A: A crew can typically inflate and launch a balloon in approximately 15 minutes
and deflate and pack up the balloon in the same amount of time after a flight
is completed.
Q: How big are hot-air balloons?
A: The typical sport balloons range in size from 65,000 to 105,000 cubic feet in
volume and stand about 70 feet tall.
Q: When is the best time to fly a balloon?
A: Most balloon rides depart early in the morning, right after sunrise, and late in
the day, right before sunset. This is when the wind is the calmest.
Q: How high do balloons fly?
A: Most balloons fly between 500 and 1,000 feet above the ground.
The world record for altitude in a hot-air balloon is 64,997 feet.

Tong Gears and more…
Helical, Spur Gears Splines Internals Pinions 3” to 60” OD
Herringbones Worms Shafts 12 to 1DP AGMA 8 to 10
A job shop manufacturer of industrial gearing, in-house machining,
short & long runs. If you need gears and have a drawing, try us.
“BuckingMasters”
GearTec, Inc.
4245 Hamann Pkwy. Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A. 44094-5623
Voice (440) 953-3900 Fax (440) 953-3906
E-mail jimw@geartec-ohio.com www.geartecinc.com
Portable Make-Up/Break-Out Services for Oil Field Tubulars and Accessories
C & H PIPE SERVICES, INC.
Manufacturing and Supply, Inc.
Specialty Equipment & Parts
Servicing Heavy Trucks
& Trailers
TM
PO Box 477 • 16641 Wood Dr.
Channelview, TX 77530
(281) 457-1411
(800) 882-3928
Fax (281) 457-3245
chpipe@aol.com
Hydradyne Hydraulics LLC
An ISO9001: 2000 Certified Firm
T R U C K
Technology Center
SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS – DESIGN – FABRICATION
AUTHORIZED SERVICE AND REPAIR
Denison Hydraulics – Commercial Intertech – Braden/Gearmatic – Hagglunds
VISA MASTERCARD AMERICAN EXPRESS DISCOVER Accepted
www.hydra-dyne.com
337-232-4129
Fax 337-235-2551
336 Industrial Parkway
Lafayette, LA 70508
Parker Hydraulic Motors - Gresen - Chelsea PTO - Parker Values - Parker Arlon Filters
• ASA Hydraulics
• Anchor Flange
• Braden/Gearmatic
• Brevini
• Commercial Pumps
• Denison Hydraulics
• Calzoni Motors
• D.P. Mfg.
• Gear Products
• Heco Gear
• Hydraulic Hose
• KYB
• Lake
• Monarch
• Noshok
• OilAir
SINCE 1951
Proudly working
with Frank’s for
over 40 years.
New Iberia Store
P.O. Box 9832
New Iberia, LA 70562-9832
337-365-6617
800-256-1464
• Parker Cyl.
• Poclain Hyd.
• Snaptite Inc.
• Zinga Industries
OILFIELD
D I E M F G .
706 W. Broussard Rd.
Lafayette, Louisiana 70506
337-981-6663
All Hose &
Specialty Inc.
Hose Styles
& Assemblies
Mulconroy
Assemblies
We Specialize in Mulconroy Assemblies
(Size 2" thru 6" in House) Our Assemblies
can be tested & Certified to Meet Coast
Guard Certification.
Assorted Fittings
Available in
Different Metals
and Schedules
We are now the authorized Spirstar
Distributor for the state of Louisiana,
capable of building hose assemblies
in house with pressure ratings from
10,000 to 50,000 psi.
5425 U.S. Hwy. 90E.
Broussard, LA 70518
337-837-4673 • 337-837-4677 fax
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United States
Corporate Headquarters:
Frank’s International, Inc.
Houston, TX
Phone: 281-966-7300
Frank’s International, Inc.
Lafayette, LA
Phone: 337-233-0303
Antelope Oil Tool &
Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Mineral Wells, TX
Phone: 940-325-8989
Algeria — Hassi Messaoud
Frank’s International West Africa
(BVI) Ltd. – Algeria Branch
Phone: (see Dubai)
Angola — Luanda
Frank’s International West Africa
(BVI) Ltd. – Angola Branch
Phone: (see Nigeria-Lagos)
Azerbaijan — Baku
Frank’s International Middle East
(BVI) Ltd. – Azerbaijan Branch
Phone: (see Dubai)
Brazil — Macae
Frank’s International Brasil Ltda.
Phone: 55-22-27-63-4250
Brunei — Negara Brunei Darussalam
Frank’s Oilfield Services Ltd.
Phone: 673-3-333835
Cameroon — Douala
Frank’s International West Africa
(BVI) Ltd. – Cameroon Branch
Phone: (see Nigeria-Lagos)
Canada
Regional Headquarters:
FI Oilfield Services Canada Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta
Phone: 780-463-3333
Calgary, Alberta
Phone: 403-261-1995
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Phone: 902-481-8880
Fort Nelson, British Columbia
Phone: 250-233-8867
Frank’s Casing Crew
& Rental Tools, Inc.
Directory
Frank’s Casing Crew & Rental
Tools, Inc.
Corporate Headquarters:
Lafayette, LA ....................................337-233-0303
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Phone: 780-539-9313
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Phone: 709-745-3330
Red Deer, Alberta
Phone: 403-342-6936
China — Shenzhen, Guangdong
Frank’s Oilfield Services Ltd.
Phone: 86-7552-685-1271
Congo — Pointe Noire
Frank’s International West Africa
(BVI) Ltd. – Congo Branch
Phone: (see Nigeria-Lagos)
Ecuador — Quito
Frank’s International Equador C.A.
Phone: 593-2226-0740
Egypt — Cairo
Frank’s International Middle East
(BVI) Ltd.
Phone: 202-519-3246
England — Great Yarmouth
Frank’s International Ltd.
Phone: 44-1-493-443044
France — Lescar
Frank’s France S.A.
Phone: 33-559-323810
Gabon — Port Gentil
Frank’s International West Africa
(BVI) Ltd. – Gabon Branch
Phone/Fax: (see Nigeria-Lagos)
Germany — Mühlen
Frank’s International GmbH
Phone: 49-549-296400
Holland — Den Helder
Frank’s International B.V.
Phone: 31-223-670000
Indonesia — Jakarta
P.T. Selaut Insani
Phone: 62-21-7224437
India —
Frank’s International Middle East
(BVI) Ltd. – India Branch
Phone: (see Dubai)
Italy — Ravenna
Frank’s International SRL
Phone: 39-0544-453520
Houma, LA ........................................985-876-2392
New Orleans, LA ...........................504-525-3421
Alvin, TX .............................................281-331-1501
Bryan, TX .............................................979-778-8700
Corpus Christi, TX .......................361-289-1955
Houston, TX ......................................281-966-7300
Kilgore, TX..........................................903-984-0261
Ellisville, MS.......................................601-649-9555
Japan — Tokyo
Frank’s Oilfield Services (HK) Ltd.
Phone: (see Singapore)
Kazakhstan — Atyrau
Frank’s International Ltd.
Phone: 7-3122-586158
Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia — Al-Khobar
Frank’s Rawabi S.A. Ltd.
Phone: 966-3-882-8450
Mexico — Villahermosa
FI MEXICO de R.L. de C.V.
Phone: 52-993-339-0287
Nigeria
— Port Harcourt
Frank’s International Oilfield Services
(Nigeria) Ltd.
Phone: 234-84-231-482
— Lagos
Frank’s International West Africa
(BVI) Ltd.
Phone: 234-01-461-9416
Norway — Stavanger
Frank’s International A.S.
Phone: 47-51-819550
Scotland — Aberdeen
Frank’s International Ltd.
Phone: 44-1-224-248-200
Singapore — Loyang Crescent
Frank’s Logistic Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Phone: 65-6542-8948
South Africa — Mossel Bay
Frank’s International Ltd.
Phone: 27-044-606-6135
Trinidad W.I. — San Fernando
Frank’s International Trinidad Ltd.
Phone/Fax: 868-652-8411
United Arab Emirates — Dubai
Frank’s International Middle East
(BVI) Ltd.
Phone: 971-4-321-1775
Venezuela — Anaco, Anzoategui
Frank’s International Venezuela C.A.
Phone: 58-282-4251395
Frank’s Tong Service, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK .....................405-672-8064
Elk City, OK .......................................580-225-0027
McAlester, OK ..................................918-423-0688
Frank’s Westates Service, Inc.
Vernal, UT ............................................435-789-1698
Evanston, WY ...................................307-789-1801
Caspar, WY .........................................307-234-1796

Subcontractor and Vendor Directory
Frank’s International thanks the following companies for helping to make this publication possible.
Banking
Amegy Bank of Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 25
Bearings & Power Transmissions
Bearing Service & Supply, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 27
Diesel Engine Sales & Repairs
Pro-Diesel Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 8
Drilling Equipment & Tools
Specialty Rental Tools, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 21
VAM PTS Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 22
Elastomer & Rubber Products
H & H Rubber Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 8
Engines, Compressors & Hydraulics
Hydradyne Hydraulics, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 29
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 11
Sullair of Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 25
Fasteners & Industrial Supplies
Industrial Screw & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 21
Fluid-End Expendables, Centrifugal Pumps & Equipment
National Oilwell Mission Products
P.O. Box 4638 • Houston, TX 77210
(713) 462-4110 • (281) 517-0340 Fax • www.natoil.com
Successful Oil & Energy logistics
is a question of creativity.
Complex tasks demand precisely-tailored solutions. With its international know-how and
operational experience of over a century, Kuehne + Nagel has more than mastered this
challenge. As one of the world's largest global players in transport and logistics,
Kuehne + Nagel develops individualized solutions for complex logistics operations. Our experts
have demonstrated their creativity and skills in the field of "supply chain management,"
providing consulting, planning, organization and implementation services for a broad range
of products. With its global network of dedicated Oil & Energy offices, Kuehne + Nagel
is your competent partner for intelligent logistics solutions in every oilfield.
OIL & ENERGY SERVICE CENTERS
Houston, USA
Aberdeen, UK
Calgary, Canada
Macae, Brazil
Luanda, Angola
Singapore, Singapore
Baku, Azerbaijan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dubai, UAE
Sakhalin Island, Russia
Kuehne + Nagel Inc. • 15700 International Plaza Dr. • Houston, TX 77032 • USA
Tel. 281-449-8888 • 800-932-2744 • Fax 281-449-1603 • www.kuehne-nagel.com
THE GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORK
Freight Forwarding & Logistics
Aquaocean Transport, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 11
Kuehne + Nagel, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 31
Fuels, Solvents & Lubricants
Acadiana Diesel Fuel Injection Service
2615 Jefferson Island Rd. • New Iberia, LA 70560
(337) 365-2887 • (337) 365-9823 Fax
Macro Oil Company, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 8
Oil Center Research International, L.L.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 27
Gear Manufacturers
GearTec, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 29
High-Pressure Hoses
Copper State Rubber, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 27
Hydraulic & Pneumatic Component Distributors
Industrial & Marine Equipment Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 15
Industrial Supplies & Tools
All Hose & Specialty, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 29
PBC Industrial Supplies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see inside front cover
Insurance
Dwight Andrus Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 4
Laser Cutting Services
Begneaud Manufacturing, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 15
Machine Shops
Gulf South Machine, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 25
Oilfield Die Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 29
Phoenix Machine Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 27
Piling Equipment
Pileco, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 25
Pipe-Handling Equipment
Blohm+Voss Repair GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see back cover
Portable Oilfield Services
C & H Pipe Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 29
Steel Service Centers
O’Neil Steel, Inc.
1044 O Neil Dr. • Breaux Bridge, LA 70517
(800) 321-3516 • (800) 621-7409 Fax
Stress Relieving
Analytic Stress Relieving, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 8
Trading Companies
MC Tubular Products, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 27
Truck & Trailer Service & Equipment
Dutch Gosnell Manufacturing and Supply, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 29
Uniforms
Gachassin, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 27
Welding Equipment & Supplies
Airgas Gulf States, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see page 15
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Frank’s International, Inc.
11700 Old Katy Rd., Ste. 300
Houston, TX 77079