ENERFLEX SYSTEMS LTD. ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM For the ...

ENERFLEX SYSTEMS LTD. – ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM
The Company’s operations are structured along three business segments – Service, Fabrication and Leasing,
allowing Enerflex to meet customers’ needs in the following distinct ways:
Service
Enerflex is an international provider of mechanical, and electrical, instrumentation and controls services to the oil
and gas production industry through an extensive network of locations in Canada, the United States, Germany, the
Netherlands, Australia and Indonesia. These services are offered through two divisions, namely Mechanical Service
and Syntech.
Mechanical Service Enerflex is the Waukesha distributor in key markets around the world including Canada
(operating as Pamco and Jiro), parts of Europe (operating as Landré Ruhaak bv and in Germany through its
51% owned joint venture S & L Energie Projekte GmbH) and Australia/Indonesia (operating as Gas Drive
Systems and PT Gas Drive Systems Indonesia). The Mechanical Service Unit provides repair and maintenance
services, equipment optimization and maintenance programs, manufacturer warranties, exchange components
and technical services. The division operates through an extensive network of branch offices and often provides
its services at the customers well site locations using trained technicians and mechanics. Mechanical Service
maintains a Canadian $26 million inventory of genuine parts from key manufacturers.
Syntech Enerflex is the largest open-shop electrical and instrumentation provider based in western Canada,
with approximately 540 hourly tradesmen strategically located through the Western Canadian Sedimentary
basin. Through Syntech, the Company provides a wide range of expertise including electrical products and
services, focusing on construction at plant sites and ongoing maintenance of those systems, instrumentation
products and services for both maintenance and new construction projects, and control technology expertise in
design and technical services and automation.
Fabrication
Enerflex’s fabrication business segment engineers and assembles standard and custom-designed compression
packages, production and processing equipment and facilities, and power generation systems. These products are
offered through three divisions, namely:
Compression Enerflex’s Compression division designs, manufactures and installs a wide variety of new
natural gas compression packages for customers around the world. Packages are engineered and assembled
at three locations: Calgary and Stettler, Alberta, and Odessa, Texas. These packages are standard-built or
custom-designed with major components supplied by leaders and innovators within the global industry. The
Company offers compression packages from 5 horsepower to 6,000 horsepower and ranging from low
specification field compressors to high specification process compressors for onshore and offshore applications.
The Company’s Compression facilities presently provide approximately 370,000 square feet of shop floor space
and during 2004, the Company estimates, based on the theoretical plant capacity, these facilities operated at
58% utilization based on labor hours. Enerflex provides re-engineering and refurbishment of existing
compression equipment both in a Calgary facility and at customer field locations.
Production and Processing Enerflex’s Production and Processing division is a fully integrated engineering,
design and fabrication group which custom-builds oil and gas processing equipment. Complete oil and gas
processing facilities are designed through our Presson business unit, located in Nisku, Alberta, in modules
enabling transportation anywhere in the world. Enerflex, through its Mactronic business unit, located in Red
Deer, Alberta, is a recognized industry leader in the design and fabrication of flare systems and combustionrelated
equipment for onshore and offshore applications. The Company’s Production and Processing facilities
presently provide approximately 100,000 square feet of shop floor space and the Company estimates these
facilities operated at 89.1% utilization based on labor hours in 2004.
Power Enerflex’s Power division designs, manufactures and installs sub 10-megawatt power generation
packages worldwide. These custom or standardized packages are designed and assembled in the Company’s
primary compression fabrication facility located in Calgary, Alberta. The Company offers turbine-drive
generators, gas-fired reciprocating packages and diesel-fired reciprocating packages.
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