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Nicholson agrees. “The clients are absolutely amazed when they see what we can do. What it does for the clients, instead of having to dig up 100 miles of pipeline and they don’t know exactly where that leak is—we actually pinpoint exactly where the leak is coming from. Our trained dogs can detect vapor on a molecular level that far exceeds any mechanical bio-detection device.” Word seems to be spreading about the effectiveness of using animals to detect leaks. In addition to the inquiries he gets from across North America, Nicholson says he has begun to get inquiries from overseas. For now, he says the operation will have to remain on the continent because, even though it’s environmentally-friendly, the chemical odorant isn’t permitted to be transported by air. So, any time they get a call for a job, they load up their fleet of vehicles and hit the road. And Nicholson says that’s the cue for his team of furry employees to get ready for another day on the job. “When they know it’s time to go to work, they’re nuts,” he laughs. “We have a two- run indoor kennel facility, and the worst thing you could do to them is pull up the van and not let them go in, because they think they’re getting to go to work!” GET TO KNOW OUR EXPERTS PARIS NICHOLSON Chairman and CEO of K9 Pipeline Oil Detection, K9 Pipeline Training Academy and K9 On Patrol Security, Paris Nicholson has been working intimately with dogs for the past three decades. He spent time as head trainer with the United States Virgin Islands Police Department K9 Unit before starting his own security guard agency. Nicholson is also certified with the Detroit Police Department in the areas of narcotic and explosive detection, as well as with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. His focus is now in the area of leak detection on oil patches, which he says is no different than his time in policing. The bottom line, he says, is picking the right dogs. “We pick them for their drive. We’re all ex-law enforcement—the guys who work in the company—so, we know how the animals need to be. And when our clients see it, they absolutely can’t believe it.” BILL ALLEN For a decade and a half, Bill Allen has been working with dogs and taking advantage of their extraordinary sense of smell. It was 15 years ago when Allen moved from Alberta, Canada to the province of Saskatchewan and realized his search and rescue dog no longer had much work to do. He had heard about dogs that detected underground line leaks, so he and his pup took their work in another direction. Allen now employs three dogs (Kaaxan, Rider and Ruff), who are all masters at leak detection. Although he’s highly successful at his work, Allen is humble about being called a specialist. “It’s specialty in the sense that not many people do it. I’m just using the dogs and their noses to do exactly what they’re designed for, which is to find things.” 58 The Official Publication of the North Dakota Association of Oil & Gas Producing Counties
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