Multi Products Plungerlift Newsletter

In This Issue
Oil and Gas in Today's Economy
Multi's Marcellus Coverage
Multi Products Plungers for Horizontal Wells
Multi Products Training

PetroCasing Controller 
PetroCasing Controller
 
(click here for details) 
 
Introducing
- our new "PetroCasing" casing plunger controller. The PetroCasing has a single knob menu system and four line display for ease of use, plus a USB port for downloading log files.  Modbus is included to allow remote telemetry. View the logs as graphs via our free software at www.plungerlift.com/download/LogView.zip.
Multi Casing Plungers 
CAD Casing plunger
High pressure casing plungers have been developed with a patent pending pressure relief system, and have seen great success in the Marcellus.  At a fraction of the cost for a tubing/pumpjack system, our high pressure casing plungers are an economical and effective choice.

Multi Western Motor Valves 
         Western Motor Valve 
Our Multi Western Motor Valves have support arms that act as handles for easy installation.  They have internal components interchangeable with existing field units. Available in steel or ductile iron.


Service Locations 
          
      
Multi Products Co. Headquarters
7188 S.R. 39 East · Millersburg, OH 44654
800-777-8617 or 330-674-5981
FAX: 330-674-2125

Indiana, PA
890 Sleepy Hollow Rd.
Sales: 724-549-2953
or 724-549-5776
Service: 724-549-2953,
or 724-549-5776
Fax: 724-397-4013

Southern Regional
Richmond, KY
859-369-7514
Mobile: 330-276-0305,
or 606-454-2671
Fax:970-242-9101
 
Morgantown, WV
Service: 724-549-1729
 
Midland, TX
1308 S. Midkiff Unit 224
432-684-6061
or 432-634-7705
Fax: 432-685-3807
 
Evans, CO
3805 Carson Ave. Unit #2
970-378-0141
or 970-302-1680
Fax:970-378-0147

Grand Junction, CO 
Service: 970-985-9190

We welcome Gabe Heil
Gabewithson
Gabe is our new service techician.  He lives in Grand Juctioion, CO and has been in the oil field industry since 2006, working in numerous areas over the western Colorado oilfields. He has a two year old daughter and is shown here with his six month old son.
Years of Service
We would like to recognize the following individuals for their service to our company. Your years of service are greatly appreciated.
 
Deb Cooper          10/29/79
Ron Meehan           1/21/85
Allen Towner        12/18/89
Steve Snow            1/2/90
Linda Steiner         9/1/90
Margie Barnhart       9/4/90
Shane Medley         9/11/90
Gary Bergoon          9/7/93
Brian Shane         11/14/94
Dave Doty            9/20/99
Scott Gawler         10/8/01
Pam Booth            9/11/03
Heather Sprang        9/8/03
John Heberling      11/28/05
Sid Jeffress         11/6/06
Ted Hixon           12/15/08
Employee Birthdays
Happy Birthday!
 
Jeff Buterbaugh     11/13
Deb Cooper          11/9
Dave Doty           10/21
Marcia Gerber       10/3
Sid Jeffress        12/24
Robert McKee        12/29
Ron Meehan          10/30
Lindsey Nichols      9/7
Linda Steiner       12/20
Margie Barnhart      1/15
Ted (Dink) Hixon     2/24
Don McCartney        1/30
12/2009

Dear Friends,

Our team at Multi Products would like to wish you and your families a joyous holiday season and a healthy New Year. We sincerely appreciate the efforts of our customers, associates and suppliers this year and we look forward to an improving economy and positive momentum in 2010!
Oil and Gas in Today's Economy
 Multi Products Responds 
We have all experienced a challenging environment over the last year.  The focus of our newsletter is to discuss how we have responded at Multi Products.  As our economy trembled over the last 18 months, the impact has been significant on natural gas prices, therefore driving major changes for our industry.  In its 45 year history, Multi Products has experienced many peaks and valleys in our cyclical industry.  As in many cycles, our industry artificially benefitted on the way up with a bit more growth than was justified, and we are now seeing a dramatic correction going the other way, with the fastest rig count reduction in  history.  This challenging environment is not unique to Multi as we regularly hear about the effects on our customers and competitors, as well.  With almost a half century under our belt, we take a conservative approach and make sure that we can survive and thrive through the ups and the downs.
 
Over the past five years, Multi has consistently invested in its business, with new territory coverage and additional engineering resources for product development.  We expanded outside of our Appalachian roots to service the Rocky Mountains, Midcontinent, San Juan Basin, and Barnett Shale regions.  The current developments in the North American natural gas market have been very tricky for many of us.  As our customers in the Rockies have experienced extreme low pricing for gas, they have released rigs and slowed down production.  Here in the eastern market, the Marcellus Shale opportunity has been driving the re-allocation of resources from many western markets and supported an exciting new energy in our region.  We have enjoyed our participation with our E&P partners in developing solutions for enhanced production in Marcellus wells.  We are still very early in the development and have focused our engineering staff on new products to help develop the exciting shale opportunities throughout the US.  

 

Multi's Marcellus Coverage

 

    Multi's Marcellus Coverage                

 
Multi Products and Marcellus 
Our manufacturing headquarters location has been ideal for participation since the early days of Marcellus development.  Our sales and service team here in the Appalachian Basin is truly special, with a combined 100+ years of experience spread amongst a team of 8.  We are excited to announce the following team line-up for our Eastern sales, service, and support:
 
Lindsey Nichols - Joined our team as VP Sales & Marketing earlier this year.  Lindsey has over 20 years of energy industry experience, most recently heading up the production operations of Vinland Energy.  Lindsey will operate from our new Southern Appalachian Regional Office in Kentucky.
 
Bud Doty - Bud has over 30 years of experience in the plungerlift industry and continues to actively help our customers enhance production. Bud is available to create plungerlift training course for our customers in all regions.
 
John Heberling - John has been promoted to lead our Marcellus sales and service team from our Indiana, PA shop.  John's service team includes Mike Walker and Jeff Buterbaugh in Indiana, PA and Dink Hixon in our West Virginia location.
 
Service and Engineering Support - from our HQ in Millersburg, Ohio, we have three additional field support technicians.  We also have our Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Departments, which are led by Robert McKee (ME), Dave Bordwell (EE), and Bill Price (SE).
 
Multi's western team is positioned in key markets to help our customers maximize efficiency in this low pricing environment.
 
Sid Jeffress - was recently promoted to lead our sales and service team in the Rockies from our Evans, CO shop.  Sid's team includes Shaun Richardson in Evans and recently hired Gabe Heil in our Grand Junction office.
 
Jeff Miller - from Jeff's Midland location, he covers the Permian Basin for sales and service and also supports our casing plunger program nationwide.
 
Although our industry has seen a slowdown, Multi has actually improved its market coverage and internal technical capabilities.  Our team has been built with a long term perspective.  We know that our customers still need our support and service now more than ever. 
 

Multi Products Plungers for Horizontal Wells
 Standing Valve and Brush QT Plunger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Casing Brush QT Plunger (shown with Standing Valve)
 
 
The success of the Marcellus Horizontal wells has brought with it a unique need for a plunger that will operate in a high volume environment and will extend into the curvature of the well. Multi's engineering staff in collaboration with some of our customer's engineers has met the challenge with the successful development of our QT (Quick Travel) high flow plunger line. The QT Plunger is designed to allow the well to continuously produce, reducing or eliminating the need for shut in time in some cases. The unique design of the Multi QT plunger opens and closes a bypass valve, letting the plunger fall against flow making more runs per day with faster fall times. This design along with the use of a nylon brush as a seal reduces friction and allows the plunger to reach further into the curvature of the horizontal section making the product much more efficient. We offer this unique design in multiple sizes for both tubing and casing only applications.
 
 

Multi Products Training
Training Available: Contact: Bud Doty  

Full and Partial Technical Plunger Lift Classroom Training is available for the following disciplines.

Subject                                           Duration
Plunger Lift field training**      Partial in 1 day;
                                         Full training in 4 days.
Intermittent Gas Lift              1 Day only.
Casing Plunger Lift**             Full training only : 2 days.
 
** Field or Engineering courses are both available.


Products flyer
Multi Products is dedicated to providing equipment and expertise to optimize your gas well production.  Visit our web site at www.plungerlift.com or contact us at 800 777-8617.
 
Sincerely,

Jeff Berlin, CEO
Multi Products