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Jayme Sperring Named Director-Global Sales and Marketing

Houston, TEXAS (April 16, 2012) – SCIENTIFIC DRILLING INTERNATIONAL today announced that Jayme Sperring has been named Director, Global Sales and Marketing.  Sperring will manage Scientific Drilling’s global directional drilling and production logging sales team and marketing department from Corporate Headquarters in Houston, TX.

Scientific Drilling’s Chief Executive Officer, Bill Wade said, “We are very pleased to have added Jayme’s capabilities to further our service to the wellbore placement industry. His recent experience managing a dynamic global sales team will be a valuable addition to our team.”

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Resistivity and Gamma Ray Guidance - Oilfield Technology article

This article published in the March 2012 issue of Oilfield Technology magazine details the advantages of geosteering horizontal wells using resistivity and azimuthal gamma ray technology.

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MWD Ranging - Oilfield Technology Article

This article explores the significance of MagTraC MWD Ranging, the process of using sensor data from a measurement while drilling (MWD) system to calculate the relative position between two wellbores.

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Joseph P. McCoy Joins Board of Directors

Joe McCoy was appointed to the Board of Directors in August.  McCoy received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from The College of Holy Cross and his Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University before joining ARCO. 

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Corporate Training Department Promotion

Jason Dwyer has been promoted to Director – Corporate Training after six months in the role of Training Manager.  With the recent growth and restructure of the organization, greater resources have been devoted to expansion of the training department. 

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Rob Johnson to Head SDI HSE Department

Rob Johnson, CHMM, CSP, CPEA joins Scientific Drilling as Director of Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE).  Johnson has over 20 years experience in the field of HSE, working in the capacity of Corporate Safety Director and Risk Management for organizations like Camco International, Inc., GSE Lining Technologies, Inc. and Certified Companies.

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Newly Created Position of Director of Engineering Project Management Office

John Barlow has been appointed to the position of Director of Engineering Project Management Office at the Houston Technology Center.  This new position at Scientific Drilling (SDI) will help the organization meet our growth plan over the next few years by increasing the focus on product line and project management. 

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Appointment of MWD Ranging Product Line Manager

William (Chip) Abrant has joined Scientific Drilling as Product Line Manager – MagTraC and will be located at the Houston Technology Center facility in Houston Texas.  Abrant is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines and is a veteran of the industry with prior executive management experience in both the Operator and the Service sector of our industry.

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Corporate Headquarters Relocates to New Facility

With recent restructuring of the organization and the growth in personnel over the years, Scientific Drilling has outgrown the corporate headquarters facility in Houston.  The new location will house the executive team, finance & accounting, human resources, quality management, sales & marketing, safety and training departments.

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Andre Tokarz appointed District Manager – Canadian Operations

Tokarz is a veteran in the oil & gas industry and takes over the role as District Manager following six years in the capacity of Canadian Business Development Manager.

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