AUGUST 2013
THE SELECT
EDITION
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COMPANY.
ONE
VISION.
ONE
BRAND.
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Williston, ND!
Who’s Who in
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A MESSAGE FROM JOHN
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
TAILGATE TALKS
Safety Meetings
THE PROOF IS IN THE BLOOD
Employees receive Biometric Screenings
AESC SCHOLARSHIPS
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CONTENTS
ONE COMPANY. ONE VISION. ONE BRAND.
WHO’S WHO IN BRANDING?
TEAM BUILDING
Together. Everyone. Achieves. More.
PERSPECTIVES
WHERE WE WORK
TRASH TALK
CORPTRAV APP
REBUILDING OKLAHOMA
AUGUST 2013 02
A MESSAGE FROM JOHN
Community Service
In May of this year, our company had the opportunity
to really step up and provide relief to the community
in and around Moore, Oklahoma as a result of the
extensive tornado damage. I am extremely proud of
the actions of all of our employees who contributed
to this effort. Members of our MidCon team mobilized
immediately to deploy light plants, generators and
helping hands to the scene. They distributed bottled
Our region cook teams moved in and began cooking
around the clock for emergency personnel and
victims, preparing over 3,500 meals. Employees from
locations across Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana
collected clothes, diapers, toys and household items
for families who lost their homes. In addition, Select
pledged to match a portion of employee donations
and a corporate giving site was set up through the
Red Cross. Together, employees and Select donated
well over $20,000 to a disaster relief fund and all of
these actions are very much indicative of the kind of
folks we have at Select. My hat is off to you!
Company Update
As we approach the midway point in 2013, the year thus far has been, as Dickens wrote, A Tale of Two Cities.
the levels of revenue growth that we had enjoyed prior to the major downturn in natural gas prices in late 2011.
unplanned downturn in our revenue.
that they can trust to show up on time, do whatever it takes to get the job done and operate safely at all times.
token, when we have a job failure, the ripple effect from that failure can impact not only the particular service
line involved but can potentially harm Select across the board with that customer. We need to get our revenue
organizations to be mindful of revenue generating opportunities and to the ops folks in particular, to understand
new growth opportunities.
Another aspect of producing revenue for Select involves the breadth of customers we work for. It is human
nature to get very comfortable doing business with a small group of customers that we have gotten to know well
and being highly responsive to their needs. While that is a comfortable position, it also can be a risky position
when that customer goes through a periodic downturn in their activity – as they all do – and we may not have
good thing but let’s make sure that we are also focused on adding new customers and providing new services
to existing customers as well. The second half of the year should bring us a better activity environment to work
in so let’s all put on our sales hat and get the revenue line growing!
As always, my thanks go out to all 4,700 Select employees (and their families) for your hard work and dedication.
- John
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PEOPLE
ON
THE
MOVE
BJ Heathcoat
Service Line Director
Field Services
Jeremy Townley
Division VP of WellOne
Zach Bowman
RVP Bakken
Please join us in congratulating these fantastic
employees on their new and exciting positions!
AUGUST 2013 04
TAIL
GATE
TALKS
SAFETY MEETINGS
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At the beginning of each Select project it is important to have a starting place,
where everyone can come together and discuss what needs to be done. The
most convenient and effective way to do this is through meetings. There are
different kinds of meetings, some detailed, some less formal. It is vital we have a
plan of action in place that everyone understands. Select has a couple different
kinds of planning meetings for upcoming projects.
Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) is a method for evaluating a
job in order to identify the steps necessary to reduce the
associated risks to personnel and the environment during
operations. The JHA is a useful tool meant to develop
solutions that will eliminate, minimize or provide protection
from hazards and incidents. The JHA process, when
utilized as part of a pre-job safety meeting, is a valuable
part of our accident prevention program. In addition
to hazard recognition and incident prevention, a well
work crew.
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Tailgate meetings are about 15 minutes and are less
formal, with the common topic of safety. They tend to
reiterated what has been stated in the JHA meeting.
Meetings are held about once a week to reinforce our
company’s philosophy that job safety is important.
It is a way to refresh the project at hand, along with
understanding the caution needed for a safe environment
to work in. A tailgate talk provides an opportunity for a
supervisor to emphasize the importance of a particular
comments. Meetings may include recent injuries,
safety violations, upcoming work schedule, what safety
Like any tool, they can’t help unless you use them!
to help problem solving in any foreseeable future issues.
Also, by sharing information about the upcoming project,
everyone should be on the same page, working toward a
common goal. Without these JHA and Toolbox meetings
there would be a lot of miscommunication and more safety
issues. For more information please refer to your safety
handbook. If you don’t have one, contact your regional
safety manager.
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The work starts with the salesperson making the sale and
talking with the customer about safety standards within
their company. From there, the salesperson takes the
information to the kickoff meeting where they meet with
operations and safety people. At the kickoff meeting sales,
operations and safety all talk about the job at hand and
what Select needs to do in order to meet the customer’s
standards. This is an important meeting where all three
groups work together in order to get the job done right.
Afterwards, safety takes the information and feeds it
down the line.
A TAILGATE TALK PROVIDES AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A SUPERVISOR TO
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF A
PARTICULAR ISSUE OR PROCEDURE
AUGUST 2013 06
The Proof is in the Blood
Employees receive Biometric Screenings thanks to Blue Cross Blue Shield and
Health Solutions in Gainesville and Rockies.
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and Health Solutions and provided
biometric screenings to our NTX, ETX/LA,
Rockies and Gainesville employees. Biometric
screenings provided information on your current and
potential future medical issues. Employees received
reliable health information about possible future
health risks for chronic preventable diseases such
as diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. They
also were provided with guidance on preventable
measures. There were nutritional/health displays
that contained information about healthy meal
portions, and healthy snack and food choices for
employees and their families. Prizes were also given
away to employees for attending the screenings.
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“ I found today’s BMI screening a very pleasant
experience. I felt I knew my general state of
health, but after this short screening, I was
made aware of some basic things I should
look into and change about my daily diet and
exercise plan. Thank you for this service.”
- David Ralston, Rockies
AESC
Scholarships
Here at Select Energy Services we are proud to be members of several Oil and Gas Industry Associations. Many of
these memberships provide us a platform to keep up to date with industry standards, best practices and engage with
our communities—the opportunities are endless. As members of the Association of Energy Service Companies, we’re
Scholarship Program from any Select Energy Services employee or dependent of a Select Energy Services employee.
We’d like to congratulate this year’s recipients who earned a total of $14,500 in scholarship money! We encourage
everyone to take advantage of this opportunity next year!
Name
University
Major
Proud Parent
Garret Zimmerman
Nuclear Engineering
Peter Johnson
(stepfather)
Lillian Foster
Pre-Med
Michael A. Foster
Kelsey Fulton
Engineering
Lannie Fulton
Laura Masterson
Theatre Arts
Stephen Crum
Zackery Miller
Health Science
Kristin Miller
Christina Rohmner
Pre-Med
Cheryl Rohmer
Taylor Mowery
Petroleum Engineering
Jerrod Mowery
Kameron Brazier
Nursing
Stephenie Rayford
Andrew McKee
Pre-Med
Angela McKee
Ian Pierce
Computer Science
Steven D. Pierce
Jesus Aguirre
Physician
Ismael Aguierre
David Ray
Human Resources
Alma Danmier
Steven Pierce
Computer Science
Steven D. Pierce
D’Lacie Albrecht
Education
William Albrecht
AUGUST 2013 08
ONE
COMPANY.
ONE
VISION.
Branding helps identity and
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distinguish one company
BRAND. from the other.
When you think of branding
what pops into your head?
Most people, when hearing the
word brand, think of a name,
symbol, design or slogan
associated with the product
or service. Companies use
branding as a tool to market
what they have to offer and to
help them stand out from the
competition. Branding helps
identity and distinguish one
company from the other. A
brand can be one of the biggest
assets a company possesses,
even though most people
would not agree.
Just as Select Energy Services
serves as one source to our
customer’s full spectrum
of needs, we have brand
standards that serve as your
single source to all things
Select Energy Services. From
logo to photography usage
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to voice and tone and color
palettes, it is your go-to guide
representation of Select Energy
Services in everything we do
– both internally and outwardfacing. And as with anything,
when in doubt, reach out. There
will always be someone to help
you make informed decisions
when applying the Select
Energy Services brand across
the multiple mediums we work
in every day.
In helping Select build a
cohesive brand in a smooth
manor we have sent out
representatives to complete
a branding audit. All yards
visited with detailed notes of
what needs to be added to
make Select stand out to
our customers. Select will be
adding new signs, pictures and
logos throughout each region.
We wanted to ensure that a
customer could step foot in
in Texas and know that Select
was present.
So now you may ask why is it
so important to make branding
a priority for Select. Select
Energy Services is growing
day by day. Since inception
DBA’s that have their separate
brand. It is our responsibility to
recognize that although Select
is a melting pot of employees,
banner. We want to increase our
brand awareness in the market
place and want our customers
to know exactly what we do.
Something like this does not
happen overnight but with the
support of every employee we
can make the Select brand grow.
Who’s Who
in Branding?
To help us maintain the Select Energy Services brand, we’ve established
key people in each region known as Brand Ambassadors. These people
promotional items, vendor approvals, billboards, etc, etc. Don’t have a Brand
Ambassador in your region? Contact the Corporate Marketing department.
selectenergyservices.com and let us know why you are perfect for the job!
Brooke Jones
Corporate
Marketing Specialist
E-mail Brooke!
Rhonda Moneypenny
Corporate
Executive Assistant
E-mail Rhonda!
Cristi Oates
North Texas
Operations Assistant
E-mail Cristi!
Lily Sanchez
Permian
HR Clerk
E-mail Lily!
Austyn Pilgrim
South Texas
Sales & Marketing Specialist
E-mail Austyn!
Gabriella Sciruba
Northeast
Sales & Marketing Assistant
E-mail Gabriella!
Approved Marketing Vendors
Another way we can ensure our brand maintains
integrity is by making sure our vendors are well
informed of Select Energy Services’ branding
policies and that they have the most up to date
information. This saves us both time and money.
To ease this process, we’ve set up Approved
Vendors to handle all promotional items, and
branded apparel as well as professionally
printed forms, documents and business cards.
Meet our vendors below
Ad-On: Promotional Products
Our store is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to
all employees to purchase anything from can coolers
available in different styles and colors, to hunting and golf
accessories like knives, gun socks, tees and golf balls to
key chains, pens, notepads, coffee mugs, iPad cases and
the list goes on and on—all with the Select Energy logo!
You name it and we most likely have it in stock or ready to
order. We have new items in stock all the time, so be sure
to check it out today.
www.ad-onproducts.com/SelectEnergy/
Cactus Cap Company: Apparel Items
Check out Select Energy Services’ approved apparel
East Texas / North Louisiana
Executive Administrative Assistant
E-mail Mindy!
a set of catalogs to browse through. Order anything
Gayle Meier
Rockies
Staff Accountant
E-mail Gayle!
You can always be assured you will have the corporate
approved logo on your apparel. No setup fee or fee to
digitize our logo.
blankets to golf towels and aprons with the Select Energy
Services logo.
www.cactuscapco.net
MidCon Region
Bakken Region
Datavary: Print Items
It’s your one stop to order Select Energy Services
branded, corporate approved, Banners, Business Cards,
Disposal Tickets, All D.O.T. Forms, Envelopes, Employee
Handbooks, Field Tickets, Hot Work Permits, Job Hazard
Forms, Safety Handbooks, Stationary, Time Sheets, and
much more. Please contact Rhonda Moneypenny to
receive log-in credentials.
www.datavary.com
AUGUST 2013 10
TEAM
B U I LDING
T.E.A.M. –Together. Everyone.
Achieves. More. It is a popular
acrostic that seems to actually
make sense. Team Building is
com as the ability to identify and
motivate individual employees
to form a team that stays together,
works together and achieves
together.
The MidCon accounting team got muddy in a 5K
for the “Heroes Kids” charity.
Here at Select we have a melting
departments, and locations
that work together as a team
under Select.
The concept of teambuilding
within a company has 5 main
ideas. First, have “idea” people
and people who can make ideas
work. Second, communicate goals
that are realistic, measurable,
and achievable. Third, estimate
universal roles. Fourth is to
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identify questions and issues that
have fun! Several regions have
already begun to participate in
teambuilding exercises. A few
regions have hosted pot lucks
where everyone can come and
enjoy each other’s company while
having a big feast at the hands of
Select employees. Another is to
have get-togethers that
help the community,
like volunteer work
with charities. Some
regions even have
volunteer competitions
between yards to see
who can collect the
most donations or even
who can get the most
volunteer hours. Here
you are not only getting
to know each other but also helping
people in need in your area. There
are also sports teams that regions
can create, within Select or even
against other companies that
really uses fun and competiveness
to bring people closer together.
Finally, there are things like the
Relay for Life, Avon walk for
breast cancer, Mud Run, and Color
Run that are great activities for
teambuilding. It is important to
get to know fellow employees and
work as a team so we are able to
“achieve more”!!!!
Employees in the Rockies region compete in the
annual Clash of the Can Coporate Challenge.
In conclusion, teambuilding is
great for companies to participate
in. It improves communication
and motivation along with creating
a more cohesive and productive
environment. We would like to
encourage more teambuilding
events within the company and be
sure to get a picture to email to the
newsletter group so we can put it
on the Select Facebook page!
Gainesville employees and their families gather
every year to raise money and awareness
for cancer research in the annual Relay for Life.
Perspectives
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re a big company – with LOTS of people! We’re
always looking for new ways to connect the employees of Select, whether it be
through our website, Facebook or The Select Edition. In this new column, we’ll
ask a handful of employees the same question and see the different answers here.
Have a great idea for a question? Curious? We’d love to hear from you! E-mail us!
[email protected]
What’s a team building activity you’d like to see your region participate in?
Bobby Goins
E.Texas/N.Louisiana, Office Manager
“I would like to take part in a paintball team
building exercise experience. It enhances
group dynamics, improves morale, enhances
camaraderie, plus great exercise.”
Michelle Thomas
E.Texas/N.Louisiana, HR Generalist
“In this team building activity, participants work to build
the tallest free-standing tower they can with the supplies
given. The tallest tower helps illustrate the importance of
collaboration and communication and often ends with and
‘aha!’ moment when teams realize they are not collaborating
as well as they could be. You will need some low-cost supplies
such as: paper cups, plates, popsicle sticks or coffee sturrers
and tape. There is some set up required before you begin.”
Jami Blagrave
Permian, Senior Staff Accountant
“Quarterly staff meetings with a training lesson from another
department could help improve a sense of unity throughout the
office and expand knowledge throughout all departments.”
Christine Sustaita
South Texas, Administrative Assistant
“A fun idea for team building would be if Select
employees get together once in a great while and had
ice cream and just socialized with one another.”
Jessica Knabe
Corporat, Accounts Payable Processor
“Either doing volunteer work or different types of
charity would assist with team building while being a
positive impact on the communities that welcome us.”
Nicholas Tyler Brown
E.Texas / N.Louisiana, IT Team Lead
“A region wide fishing tournament, where you partner up with
other employees and fish as a team. At the end of the day
everything caught could be cleaned cooked and served to all
employees at a dinner where we get more time to get to know
each other outside of work”
Savannah Suzanne Dial
E.Texas / N.Louisiana, Support/Processor
“Job Swap- take a few hours to swap jobs with a co-worker to
get a better understanding of exactly what each of us do for the
company. Create a list of a few daily tasks for each other to do.”
Elva Stillwell
MidCon,
Accounting Support
“A fun team building activity would be the color run,
it would promote unity as well as healthy living.”
Marilyn Brown
E.Texas / N.Louisiana,
Administrative Assistant
“I’ve been involved in team building events on
pervious jobs but it was usually a day of activities
and games with co-workers designed to get
to know each other and establish trust among
the group. Since that was office personnel
only, I think it would be a good idea to set up
suggestion boxes in a designated area at each
location and allow employees such as truck
drivers, field workers, etc. to submit ideas of
group activities that they might have in mind for
team building.”
Truman Yeary
MidCon, Senior Staff Accountant
“Recently the accounting department ran in a 5k mud run, I
would like for our next team building activity to be a color run.”
Miranda Bowers
MidCon, Accounting Manager
“Charity events such as the color run or the mud run
would allow you to work together as a team plus do
something nice for other people”
Bobby Watson
E.Texas / N.Louisiana, IT Manager
“Company-wide participation in a local charity would
be a selfless team building activity which would
benefit not only our company but our communities.”
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Where We Work.
Where is Select?
Founded in 1887 Williston, North Dakota, had 295
was an
estimated population of 18,532. The town of Williston
was named in honor of Daniel Willis James, a board
Right around 1951 oil was discovered on a discrete
farm owned by Clarence Iverson. Other than the oil,
another attraction is its scenic rolling hills. Williston
also has a rail station, Amtrak, which will commute
travelers to Portland, Seattle or Chicago. About a
year ago Jefferson bus line began servicing Williston
as well. A few small tidbits about the town include:
most General Motors Corvettes sold in the upper
Midwest are sold in Williston. The town has a manmade lake known as Lake Sakakawea that is a
popular destination for anglers across the nation.
It has one of the most diverse populations of wild
life anywhere in American. Lake Sakakawea is also
a great place for those who love being outdoors.
Another interesting fact is that Williston is home to
the Miss ND organization.
While visiting the town there are a few different
choices when dining out. There are the usual fast
food places to choose from. Applebee’s is a good
choice and Buffalo Wild Wings, which just opened
up and is already the top revenue generating BWW
in the nation! There is also Gramma Sharon’s Family
Restaurant where there are big meals, and better
desserts like pies! Finally, if you are looking for
something a bit more formal Eagle Ridge Restaurant
has a great 3 course meal with views overlooking a
golf course.
Not too far down the road is the famous Links Golf
Course, among America’s top 100 courses. We also
have a brand new Williston Area Recreational Center
due to open in March 2014 ~ it is going to be similar
rooms, and so much more.
Festivals are a must in Williston and they have four
year round. First up is the Band Day Festival in May,
one that Select participated in, as you can see in
the photos. Next is the Fort Union Rendezvous in
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June. In August, Williston is home of the Chokecherry
Then during the colder months there is the OctoberMoon of the Changing Colors Pow-Wow and the
September – Fort Union Living History Weekend.
Williston is known as being a historical site, with
several historical attractions. There is the Fort
Union Trading Post National Historic Site that is
set during the fur-trade era. The fort is owned and
maintained by the National Park Service. There is
also Fort Buford Sate Park that is the center for a
pioneer military fort along with a very memorable
military graveyard. If you are looking for something
adventurous, try out Cut Bluff Overlook, its two miles
east of Williston and is a site for commemorating
Lewis and Clark’s campsite near the bluff on the
south banks of the Missouri River. Are you in the
mood for a picnic in a setting where buffalo roam
free? There are two parks to choose from, the Lewis
and Clark State Park and the Theodore Roosevelt
National Park. With so much history and so many
attractions, you won’t run out of things to do!
Jump to July 2011, Select is in the Bakken! We have
as Tank Trucks, Well Testing, and Water Transfer.
Then around May 14 of this year, Zach Bowman
was promoted as the new Bakken VP. We know this
momentum in this region.
WITH MITCHELL SHAUF
Architexture: Plannin’, designin’, and constructin’. The Select building is a good
Controllive: Being controlling over someone or a situation.
Done-r: More done.
Emailable: Having a working email address.
Smothercating: Smothering and suffocating at the same time. This tie is
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