EDMONTON OILFIELD TECHNICAL SOCIETY

2018 Highlights


2018 Highlights

Annual General Meeting: We thank Shane Lindsay (2008 to 2017), who had resigned from the board of directors, for his time and effort on the board.

We had eight (8) individuals let their names stand for a three year term on the OTS Board:

  • Myron Myroon....... My-Dawn Financial............................. Member for 27 years
  • Robert Boyne ....... Innovative Mechanical Solutions Ltd.. Member for 15 years
  • Craig Ferguson..... PV Fluid Products Ltd.d.ca................. Member for 14 years
  • Derrick Zimmer... . Command Drilling Products Ltd ......... Member for 16 years
  • Darrell Spencer..... MRC Global ....................................... Member for 10 years
  • Dan St. Germain... National Oilwell Varco........................ Member for 10 years
  • Colin Spencer....... DistributionNOW................................. Member for 5 years
  • Kyle McNamara ... Encore Metals Inc............................... Member for 2 years

Since there were no nominations from the Floor and since the Board was looking at filling eight (8) positions, all the nominated were elected to the board.

A Texas Hold-em Poker tournament was held immediately after the AGM.  A couple of the big winners were:

  • Glenn Morris ....... Alberta Oil Tool
  • Gil Benoit ............ go-led.ca

35th Annual Crib Tournament: 58 teams participated in the March 22nd tournament.  Rod McBeth and Jasmin McBeth were the big winners - To find out whom the other winners were go to 2018 Crib Tournament.  Each event winner received a custom Crib Board provided by Source Automation and Encore Metals Inc.

8th Annual Memorial Golf Tournament: John (Jack) Banks was honored and  Wally Kuchar, Murray Rayner, Don Criss, Harold Gartner, Sandy MacDonald, Dymtro Petruk and Daniel Zimmer were remembered by the 77 individuals that registered in the May 19th tournament held at the Jagare Ridge Golf Course.  The supper, after the tournament at the OTS Park, was prepared by Smokehouse BBQ.

.Annual Family Picnic: Due to the great weather, over 150 people showed up for the picnic.  The kids enjoyed the bouncy castles, a balloon artist, face painting and a petting zoo. We were very fortunate to have the following companies sponsor the picnic

  • Accurate Supply Ltd.
  • Akita Drilling Ltd.
  • BFL CANADA Insurance Services Inc.
  • D.C. Signs
  • Essentra Pipe Protection Technologies
  • Hilong Petropipe Co. Ltd.
  • Hi-Tech Seals Inc.
  • Hi-Way 13 Transport Ltd.
  • MHK Insurance Inc.
  • Motion Canada
  • Schur Trucking
  • The Canadian Brewhouse
  • Urban Metropolis

48th Annual Golf Tournament: The tournament was moved to the The Derrick Golf and Winter Club , which was in great shape for our tournament on August 23rd.  Please check out the Golf Tournament Results and Sponsors for more information on Sponsors and winners.

Annual Multi-Company Christmas Party: Employees of the companies listed below enjoyed a scrumptious meal catered by Elizabethan Catering Services Ltd., followed entertainment by Hypnotist and Mentalist Corrie J.  We also have a Photo Booth for some candid pictures to take home as a memento of the evening.

  • Boyne Downhole
  • Command Drilling Products Ltd
  • CRC Wellhead Supply Co. Ltd.
  • De-Tech Inspect Ltd
  • Encore Metals Inc.
  • Master Flo Valve Inc.
  • Mullen Oilfield Services LP
  • National Oilwell Varco
  • Rockbusters Downhole Tools Ltd
  • Shaw's Enterprises Ltd.
  • Topnotch Energy Services
  • Waukesha-Pearce Canada Inc.



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