Rental, Sale and Lease of DNV2.7-1 ccu's to the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Africa

NOV Wilson's spin-off by the NOV entity means the birth of a new company, trading as a stand alone company on the NYSE - ticker symbol DNOW - DistributionNOW - same management, same operational team with the same global coverage.

General BDM role in SSA, for a company that is seeking to enlarge customer base and turnover in the Region.Note that National Oilwell Varco acquired Wilson Supply from Smith / Schlumberger on 1st June 2012, and the new entity is to be known as NOV WILSON

Duties include budget preparation, board reports, sales trend analysis, QMS implementation,tender preparation, preparation of quotes, world-wide inventory analysis and maximisation.Quarterly trips to Angola, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique to visit existing customers, and to seek out new opportunities.Liaise with other sales team members in other locations globally to identify exhibitions and conferences best suited to COR marketing strategy, to maximise exposure at optimum cost.Identify best products for Capex spend to ensure best possible utilisation figures, whilst maintainingthe necessary spread of inventory to satisfy the diverse customer requirements.

Providing a 3rd party procurement service to the Oil and Gas Industry in West and Southern Africa, utilising my network built up over 35 years in the business, servicing existing contractual customers and securing ad-hoc work from a variety of NOC's, Majors, and service companies.Duties include budget preparation, board reports, sales trend analysis, QMS implementation,staff appraisals, tender preparation, customs compliance entwined within the day to day running of the business, with a staff complement of 6 people.Close ties with vendors to maximise profitability whilst constrained by poor margins.Quarterly trips to Angola to visit existing customers, and to seek out new opportunities, whilst also looking to expand the operation into Angola.This entailed close co-operation with legislative bodies in country, whilst ensuring transparency on the compliance with the ''Angolanisation'' process.Annual turnover during my 3 year tenure increased from 7 Million Rands pa to over 41 Million Rands pa. allied to increased profitability

Provider of 3rd party procurement services to the Oil and Gas industry, generally to Sub Saharan Africa, primarily to Angola, with particular emphasis on Cabgoc / Chevron business

Use existing network of clients and contacts to acquire more business for WFT,particularly in the following disciplines:Rentals-down-hole tubulars such as drill pipe, hwdp, collars, and innovative products likethe Hydroclean pipe range, manufactured by SMFI and marketed solely by Weatherford.B.O.P. Pressure Control Equipment-including the Well-cat range of equipment.Drilling Jars-including the Dailey range of Hydraulic and Mechanical jars, accelerators,and shock subs, plus the IPE range of productsDue to operational requirements I also filled in as Acting Country Manager for Weatherford DWS in Congo Brazzaville based in Pointe Noire. Duties included customer liaison, Weatherford Procedural implementation i.e EEP, budget preparation, monthly reporting and all necessary accounting feedback required by Head Office. Ordering of all equipment, both capital and spare parts to satisfy customer and internal requirements.

General BDM for SSA across all product lines, but specialising in rentals ie--downhole tubulars, CWD etc

In depth knowledge and control of all drilling stocks belonging to Mossgas, Soekor and Algoa Oil and Pipeline Services in conjunction with IOR's sister companies world wide stock.In depth knowledge of drilling tool rental markets in sub-Saharan Africa, which includes countries such as Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Moçambique and Namibia.Extensive travelling involved to the above named countries to continue marketing, networking and servicing existing and potential customers.

Responsible for all drilling tool rentals to Petrolia, including co-ordination of delivery, return, inspect and repair cycle currently channelled through Maersk and Smith Int.Preparation of monthly billing, and implementation of cost coding for preparation of quarterly accounts in conjunction with GBB.Local sourcing and procurement of all requirements for running of IOR in Aberdeen and also for rental enquiries for LOG world wide.Contact point for material and logistics requirements ex-N.Sea UK for operations in Capetown, Singapore, and Norway.

Responsible for all stocking levels through U.K and Europe, initiating min/max levels on previous recorded usage.Purchase of all bulk commodity chemicals, and consumables for local operations and filtration operations throughout Europe.Implementation of prescribed maintenance plan for all Tetra owned equipment.Asset control and purchase.Upkeep of computerised stock records utilising Pegasus.Create month end reports on all aspects of company business, i.e throughput tonnages, product utilisation, offshore filtration engineers and third party rentals.Co-ordination of complete filtration packages for offshore and onshore use.Ship company products worldwide.

Provided a fully integrated materials and transport service for drilling and production programme involving procurement and administration.Ensured the timely supply of materials and services to offshore locations.Awareness and control of budget constraints and all related administration initially for drilling but then encompassing production and well service operations.A large part played in the placing of contracts, through operational input for problem solving and also by evaluation through 'cost-modelling'. This applied not only to the UK market but also overseas.Sourcing, negotiating and purchasing major wellhead, casing and completion equipment.Expedited deliveries, ensuring compliance with Government Regulations and Conoco 'In-house' requirements, to optimise vessel deployment and reduce 'ad-hoc' charters.Monitored stock (new and repairable) using the SAP computerised stock system.Assisted in the setting up of the Rental Tracking System on SAP in my role as Rental Systems Administrator. It involved rigorous 'selling' of the concept to include all user groups.General routine running of rental/services function with a dedicated staff of 2 who reported directly to me.Produced management reports on a monthly basis giving critical breakdown of all cost savings, system usage, contract utilisation and end-user co-operating.

Began as a Mud Motor Mechanic and progressed to Material Controller position in 1984.Instigation and upkeep of all stock records for spares and serialised tools, culminating in a monthly report for transferral to Houston for computer input.Contact person for company Customs & Excise responsibilities, with free rein for all freight forwarding activities.Local purchasing for the Aberdeen location. The scope within this part of the job was wide and far reaching and as such provided a good, comprehensive grounding for my last position as Buyer/Co-ordinator.Provided me with a wide range of diverse procurement and problem solving skills.Several visits per year to European stock holding sites to verify agent held records was necessary for audit compliance, due to major interface with accounts department.