Nizwa Workshop Expansion& Development:

Special Technical Services L.L.C (STS) is proud to announce the expansion of our facilities at Nizwa workshop in order to meet the requirement of upcoming projects in Oman. We have successfully commissioned our new rolling machine (capacity 195 mm thk x 3 mtr wide / 239 mm thk x 2 mtr wide).

The fabrication bay is extended to now offer over 15,000 Sq. Mtrs of covered space which includes the following.

• 5000 Sq Mtrs Bay - 1, with lifting capacity of 100 Tons.
• 2500 Sq. Mtrs Bay -2, with lifting capacity of 50 Tons.
• 2500 Sq. Mtrs Bay -3, with lifting capacity of 50 Tons.
• Maintenance workshop over an area of 1160 Sq. Mtrs.
• Machine shop over an area of 1030 Sq. Mtrs.
• Admin office and stores over an area of 2710 Sq. Mtrs.

We had recently acquired vessel cladding capabilities in our workshop. The vessel strip cladding facility is capable of cladding vessels of dia 1.2 mtr and above with SS/other exotic materials.

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On Wednesday 20th March 2013, following an external audit conducted by AIB-Vincotte, BSTS were officially certified under ISO 9001: 2008.

Our Operations Manager .Mr. Paul Guinane says,

"This achievement is the result of the excellent and diligent efforts of all our Bahrain staff, led by Mr. Udaykumar, BSTS QA Manager and his team and with the expert guidance of our corporate head of QA, Mr. Reji.

Special Technical Services LLC (STS), participated at the 2013 International EOR & Heavy Oil Conference, held at Oman , Al Bustan Palace, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman between 4th March 2013 – 06th March 2013

The Presentation by the Group Business Development Manager L. Ramachandran on the construction issues faced by the local companies in Oman was well received.

Special Technical Services L.L.C (STS), is pleased to announce the award of the On Plot Amin Water Injection Development by Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO) on an EPC basis.

Amin Field Development involves design and construction of a standalone station at Amin field to cater for the water injection facilities for a peak water injection rate of 80,000 Sm3/ day and injection pressure of 60-90 bar(g) at wellhead.

This project holds significant strategic importance for PDO and figures in the top 70 projects for Shell currently under development.

The inset photographs show KO Meeting in progress at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

The fourth round of 'The 2012 Angler of the Year PDO Recreation Club' competition was held last Thursday, 26th April 2012. This competition was generously sponsored by STS Oman represented by its Business and HR directors Mr Ramachandran and Ibrahim.

A total of 12 eager fishermen in 6 fishing boats joined the event, hoping for the daily prizes and the end of year Fisherman of the year title.. After a cancellation of a fishing competition early in the month for various reasons including unexpected storm and rain, the competition was held in extra ordinary spring weather conditions. Wave height of less than 0.4 meters and wind speeds of 5 knots were observed. The competition was started at 0630 in the morning, a rush last minute to launch the boats and availability of the winch man early in the morning resulted in minor launching delays. From there onwards, the competition was as fierce as it would ever be!

Majority of the anglers expected less fish activities in the sea. When the weather buoy was visited, a sign of Al Dorado seems to spring back to life. Few although small in size were managed to be caught at the buoy. Various reefs were attempted from 85 meters up to 147 meters close to the Fahal Island with no sign of any fish. The day started to look grim! It was almost 11 o'clock in the day with less than 1.5 hours of fishing competition time to go, a reef as deep as 175 meters some 25 km away from the shore was tested. This reef, proved to spring to life with Andaq of various sizes. Within few minutes, fish of up to 4 kg were reeled to the angler's boats. Adrenalin was once again running through the veins, with time pressure, game and bottom fish in various species to be caught had driven the anglers to become speechless! These depths are no joke to reel in big fish. It takes stamina, patience, and endurance to do so. Said Al Harthy and his new partner Mohammed Humaid proved to be the champions of the bottom fish in for the event. They came back with a great bottom catch of 24 kg.The Closest to this weight was of Dr Hakeem's and his partner Suleiman Al Harthy catch weighing 12.99 kg. However in the game class, the partners came back with 10.2 kg. This was enough to take the trophy of the overall winners to both fishing classes.

Picture of the overall class winners Dr Hakeem and Suleiman Al Harthy

Picture of the bottom class winners Said and Mohammed Humaid

In the day, no surprises were expected in the game fish category. Dr Hakeem and his partner Suleiman Al Harthy proved differently. They came back with a handsome catch of 10.2 kg of game fish majority being Eldorado (Mahi Mahi)

Pictures of the Game Class winners

Faisal Riyami and Salim Al Khatri

Biggest Fish winner Mohammed Humaid

In term of prizes, the winners of the 4th round were as follows:

• 1st Overall Dr Hakeem Hassan 18 points
• 2nd Overall Suleiman Al Harthy 16 points
• 1st Bottom Said Al Harthy with 10 points
• 1st Game Feisal Riyami with 8 points
• 2nd Bottom Mohammed Humaid 9 points
• 2nd Game Salim Al Khatri 7 points

With this fourth competition, Dr Hakeem is leading the competition with 48 points; however, just behind Dr Hakeem are Captain Suleiman Al hajri, Suleiman Al Harthy Faisal Riyami and Salim Al Khatri with 43, 40, 38 and 38 points each respectively. A very tight 2012 race.. Another 5 competitions to go! We wish the best to all the Fishermen and Fisherwomen!

Happy anglers participants, sponsor, supporters

Anglers, sponsors and friends

Venue: International Exhibition Centre.

Date: 16th April 2012 – 18th April 2012

Special Technical Services LLC (STS), participated at the 8th Oil & Gas Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition & Conference held at Oman International Exhibition Centre, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman between 16th April to 18th April 2012.

OGWA 2012 OGWA 2012 Exhibition and Conference is a gathering of local and international oil and gas companies from the GCC, technology and service providers, equipment suppliers, and other companies directly serving the industry's requirements. It is a forum for discussing the latest developments and directions of the industry, as well as a platform for trade and business opportunities among the oil and gas companies and international oil and gas firms.

Inset Photographs show the attendance from clients and ministry officials at the stall including H.E. Khalifa Bin Mubarak Al-Hinai, Ministry Advisor, MOG.

Venue: Bahrain International exhibition and convention Centre.

Date: 19th March 2012 – 21st March 2012

Bahrain Special Technical Services (BSTS), actively participated at the first international conference and exhibition on Best Practice in Pipeline & Integrity Management, which was concluded on 21st March 2012. Our stall (No. 45) at the exhibition was very well received.

STS is locally established in Bahrain and currently operates a in the Oil & Gas service sector. Currently, BSTS employs over 1200 personnel in Bahrain.

The theme of the exhibition stall was to showcase STS initiatives to partner with UPS for HDPE lining and DuVal for Sure-lock Interference Joint Technology. It is our endeavour to keep pace with the latest developments in technology and value added delivery processes within the Oil & Gas industry.

Special Technical Services L.L.C. (STS) is an Omani owned company and its Training Division is fully committed to an active Omanisation program in line with the policies of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman.

Technical Training Division’s objective is to develop young Omani National School leavers to gain the necessary technical qualifications required to start or enhance their career paths working in Oman’s Oil and Gas industry.

The Training Division and its Technical Training Institute (TTI) is approved by  City and Guilds of London UK, both STS supervisory staff and TTI assessors / instructors monitor the on-job planned experience, the extensive range and variety of activities within the company provides almost limitless opportunities for training on the job.

The Technical Training Institute were awarded at the end of 2011 a training contract from Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to train in six skills areas to recognised international standards. Instrumentation, Electrical, Mechanical, Pipe Fitter Fabricator, Welder and Scaffolding. The standards to be implemented are: Engineering maintenance 0663 NVQ levels 2&3, ASMI 3G, CITB Level 2.

Special Technical Services L.L.C (STS), is pleased to announce the award of the Turnaround & Inspection Project – MAF (2012) by Orpic.

Earlier, ORPC Sohar Refinery's first major TA during 2010 was successfully completed by STS with almost 1 million safe man hours. Over the years, STS has carried out successful operation & maintenance, major repairs/overhauls, reviews/studies and extended effective and efficient total maintenance solutions to the Oil & Gas industry, in particular to refinery and petrochemicals.

Arabian International Special Technical Services L.L.C (AISTS), is proud to announce its formal registration with major ADNOC companies.

1. Takreer (Registration No. 907234)
2. Gasco (Registration No. 908605)
3. ADGAS (Registration No. 1393)
4. Borouge (Registration No. 135239)

AISTS is registered locally with Emdad as sponsors. We specialise in construction and maintenance services to the Oil & Gas industry supported by our large operations in Oman and group offices in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi. The "STS" group aims to provide value added differentiated services to our client, in the Oil & Gas industry across the MENA region.