Saxon Energy Services Australia Safely Gets to the Bottom of What Works Best for Their Clients

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Saxon Energy Services Australia

Saxon Energy Services Australia Safely Gets to the Bottom of What Works Best for Their Clients

Written by: Andrew Rossillo // Produced by: Wayne Masciotro >>>

Saxon Energy Services Australia maintains safety as a key commitment to their employees and clients.

Saxon Energy Services, an oilfield services company, is a global drilling contractor, providing drilling rigs and

related services for major clients around the world. Saxon began in 2005 with nine rigs (two drilling and seven workover) in a single market; Ecuador. Since then, Saxon has transformed into a truly international drilling company with a fleet of 98 rigs (81 drilling and 17 workover) and expanded to over 3,800 employees within twelve additional countries by way of acquisition and organic growth. Saxon is a privately owned company held jointly by Schlumberger Limited, the world’s largest oilfield services

provider, First Reserve Corporation, the largest oilfield private equity organisations, and by certain management employees.

Flexing their international muscle, the Company’s might has increased exponentially with Saxon Energy Services Australia, delivering first-rate value, technology, and innovation to their Australian customer base. “Saxon separates itself from the competition by meeting the needs of our clients through our superior technology,” says Saxon Energy Services Australia’s New Region Director Stephane Moynet.

“Our rigs are designed based on client requirements. We plan

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Saxon Energy Services AustraliaWhat Works Best for Their Clients

with our clients ahead of time to determine how the project will develop so that we can design and build rigs that are very specific to their projects.” Among the immense benefits accomplished through this approach include Saxon’s achieving its key values in that they are able to deliver their programs in a very cost effective manner all the way through the well construction process by optimising the design of the rig to the client’s specific

operation. “That’s exactly what we did in Australia, bringing 16 new rigs designed to fit the requirement of our two main clients here,” says Moynet.

A key element of the Company’s approach is getting closely involved with their clients from the very beginning. Saxon sits down with their clients very early in the process to look at the specific types of operations that will be undertaken throughout their

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clients’ projects, including field development and the exact details of the wells they will be drilling. This allows the company to optimise the design of the rigs right alongside their clients, going above and beyond to meet and exceed their needs.

Safety OptimisationA major element involved in Saxon’s commitment to their clients, as well as to their own employees, includes

we design and upgrade our rigs in a way to be increasingly safer for all those involved throughout the project

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the optimisation of the crews required for their clients’ specific operations. “We help our customers optimise the amount of people they need to run an operation and complete a project. We look at what can be done to improve the safety of the rig in the design phase, including reducing human-machine exposure where possible, based on the client requirements,” explains Moynet.

Not only in Saxon’s Australia operations, but throughout its global operations, the Company’s first value is safety. The Company makes performance improvements a priority through measures such as their strong commitment to Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (QHSE) through the highest standards.

“That’s our number one priority in our operation; every day. We do that in many ways – we design and upgrade our rigs in a way to be increasingly safer for all those involved throughout the project. We have all the QHSE programs in place, always assessing risk and constantly reducing the risk and exposure of our people. We train people the right way so they understand everything it takes to do the job properly and as safely as possible. It’s a fundamental aspect

We help our customers optimise the amount of people they need to run an operation and complete a project

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of our business and whatever we do, in any aspect of the job, we always have a safety component. Whether it’s supply chain or HR, on the rig or within our operation, it all starts with the safety of our people,” explains Moynet.

Raising the Bar for Australia’s Oil IndustryThe degree of integrity and drive that Moynet exemplifies provides a very strong indicator of the immense character and self-empowered disposition of Saxon.

Before joining Saxon, Moynet spent 15 years leading contracting and project management works with Schlumberger Limited. Schlumberger, a leading oil services company, is obviously a very solid and reputable company. And with 120,000 employees, they are also one of the biggest companies. “I wanted to move to a smaller and more entrepreneurial company, where I could have a bigger impact on the business and help drive the company forward,” says Moynet.

“There are a lot of interesting

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challenges, especially in Australia. Saxon Energy Services Australia is a recent operation, we started in late 2010, so there are a lot of things that have to be done here. It has been a very interesting and challenging development, and we have a lot of possibilities – we are very interested in taking on that challenge. I’m sure if we achieve our goals of developing our crews’ competency level it will have an effect on the entire oil industry here in Australia – we’re trying to take the lead on this one.”

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Company name: Saxon Energy Services Australia

Industry: Energy

Founded: 2005

Headquarters: Calgary, Canada for Saxon Energy Services, Brisbane for Saxon Energy Services Australia Pty Ltd

Key people/tItles: Stephane Moynet, Region Director

produCts: drilling services

revenue: 100 million+

employees: 600

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