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May 2011

Vol. 16, No. 18 Week of May 01, 2011

Arctic Directory: Alpha Seismic Compressors: Air source solutions for offshore seismic applications

Providing offshore seismic compressor rentals for Alaska, Arctic, GOM, North Sea, W. Africa

Q. What do you most want people to know about your company?

A. Alpha Seismic Compressors LLC specializes in long term rentals, sales and service of high pressure, high volume customized air compressors. We build compressors for marine seismic data acquisition, geophysical contractors, marine seismic vessel owners, private and national oil companies, industrial, safety and breathing air, testing laboratories, academic and research institutions, government and municipal entities, and other markets requiring robust, continuous duty reliability in harsh and demanding environments. We provide high pressure air source solutions.

Q. Where is your company located?

A. Our corporate headquarters is located in Portland, Ore. Our compressor fleet operations are located in Houston, Texas. We contract with Lloyd’s of London Agents and Sub-Agents worldwide to represent our interests as needed.

Q. What year was the company founded and by whom?

A. Alpha Seismic Compressors LLC was founded in 2010. Owners Steven Reese, Kenneth Guenther and Frederick Pfaffle decided there was favorable synergy in combining our high pressure compressor knowledge, assets and management experience into one company to offer high pressure air source solutions internationally.

Q. What is the company’s primary business sector?

A. Demanding markets requiring robust, high pressure air source solutions. These business sectors include marine seismic data acquisition, geophysical contractors, marine seismic vessel owners, safety and breathing air, testing laboratories, academic and research institutions, government and municipal entities, private and national oil companies and service providers, and other specialized industrial and commercial applications.

Q. Are there important projects the company is currently a part of or has done recently?

A. We recently completed a successful, long term rental in the Gulf of Mexico equipping a vessel for continuous marine seismic data acquisition over a nine month period. Currently we are negotiating and preparing for seismic projects in Alaska, the East Siberian Sea, the Arctic Ocean region, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, West Africa and other locations. We have also recently provided compressors for testing facilities, industrial, and breathing air and safety applications. Our compressors are being used for marine seismic data acquisition projects, to test jet engine valves, service breathing air and safety applications, and other specialized industrial and commercial applications.

Q. How many employees does your company have?

A. Through affiliated corporate arrangements based on ongoing projects we have a staff of approximately 20 available to us.

Q. Describe the equipment your company might use and are there any new purchases planned?

A. We are currently have and are building specialized compressors using Hamworthy, Greenfield, CompAir, Bauer, John Deere and other equipment. We are also looking at additional buildouts utilizing Sullair, Hurricane and Caterpillar equipment. We try to have short lead times to accommodate special needs and are always looking for robust and reliable equipment. When we complete our buildout in March we will have state of the art compressors capable of being delivered virtually anywhere in the world by land, air or sea.

Q. Is your company expanding any of its operations or locations?

A. Alpha Seismic Compressors LLC has its corporate headquarters in Portland, Ore., and fleet operations in Houston, Texas, where we offer international shipments to virtually any location the U.S. government allows. We are currently planning for a presence in Alaska by early spring. We have international representation on an as needed basis with Lloyd’s of London Agents and Sub-Agents. We have the ability to do remote installation and repairs internationally.

Q. Is the company changing any of its services?

A. We are in an expansion mode and always looking for new markets to offer our equipment for long term rental and sale.

Q. What is your company’s main strength or its edge over the competition?

A. Alpha Seismic Compressors LLC has commercially desirable, state of the art equipment. We pride ourselves as an aggressive growing company. We have deep field experience and a committed management team.

Q. What new markets, clients or projects did your company attract in the last year?

A. We are significantly involved in providing high pressure air compressors offering air source solutions to a wide range of markets. Within the past year we have done business or negotiated with several publicly traded and private entities. These include geophysical contractors, marine seismic vessel owners, safety and breathing air providers, testing laboratories and other markets requiring robust and reliable high pressure compressors.

Q. What is the most challenging job the company has undertaken?

A. We consider each and every one of jobs as a serious challenge. We strive to give special attention to tailoring and customizing available equipment to meet each of our customer’s demands.

Q. What are the biggest obstacles to completing work the company undertakes?

A. Meeting timetables to accommodate each and every one of our client’s requirements.

Q. What do you see as your company’s biggest challenge in the next five years?

A. Keeping up with demand.

Q. Does your company have an anniversary or other landmark event coming up?

A. In March we intend to celebrate completion of a substantial state of the art upgrade to our fleet.

Q. What is the average length of time employee’s work for the company?

A. We are a relatively new entity but each member of our team has many years of corporate and/or solid field experience.

Q. What is your company’s safety record? What steps does the company take to ensure a safe work environment?

A. We are very sensitive to providing safe and reliable state of the art equipment to our customers. Our equipment is frequently used in harsh and demanding environments where robust, safe and continuous duty reliability is a must. We know problems can happen. One of our principles is to respond as quickly as possible to solve problems before they have a chance to become bigger problems. Our field experience includes seismic vessel installations, breathing air applications, biological agent testing laboratories, commercial jet engine maintenance, among others. We don’t want equipment going out in the field that isn’t safe and reliable.

Q. Has your company received any awards or recognition?

A. We are proud, supporting members of the International Association of Geophysical Contractors.

Q. Has your company been involved in any community projects or charities events?

A. In October we were very pleased to be one of the sponsors of the IAGC Sporting Clay Tournament held annually in Houston, Texas.

Q. Does your company have a website?

A. www.AlphaSeismicCompressors.com.

We are very proud to advertise in Petroleum News, the IAGC, RigZone, Tradequip, OffShore Magazine and WorldOil to name a few.






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