Tiger is developing an “Operations Board” office dubbed as the admin “Fire House” that will be used to track all assets in our fleet. The Operations Board will tell you where Tiger’s equipment is located, what needs to be serviced (oil change, cert update, etc.), what is down and needs immediate action (call outs), what is on your dispatch board, what assets you have in yard by location and serial numbers, where your service trucks are, mechanics moving around in real time, what speed they are traveling, and more. Employees will have access to the system from their computer or mobile device enabling them to manage the app from anywhere, anytime in real time on one page. Personnel can check inventory in minutes to provide quotes much more quickly and efficiently. No more, “……let me check and I’ll call you right back.” That used to be a hand-off to our competitors but now we will be able to check on availability in minutes. Obviously the benefits are endless but the take away is that we will be able to significantly grow our business with the same amount of people we currently have through real time data and efficiencies. BTW, we can already do all these functions, they are in different apps, programs, screens, etc. and everyone is doing it a different way. This puts it all together on one source and it is in real time. More to come…just giving everyone the 10K foot view. It is in the works but it will take some time.

In September, Paul Carter joined the Tiger Offshore team to enlarge our Canadian footprint where he will oversee the Canada facility and business development for the region to focused on generating new sales and clients.

By the end of 2016, Tiger finalized an acquisition of the remaining shares, held by our previous agent in the Middle East, and Tiger Offshore Middle East will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company in Beaumont. Our operations have settled into a new location and our new agent for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in place. We have been invited to bid on some nice size projects that will be coming out soon. Mr. Enyer Mata has been a driving force in the re-acquisition of new business in the region and the prospects for growth next year are very good.

Congratulations to William Drost, formally the General Manager for Tiger Brazil, for his new role as Tiger Offshore’s General Manager effective January 1, 2017. 10+ years ago William started with Tiger by doing a Brazilian cold start. He has been responsible for the investment of capital and equipment then getting a return on the assets as well as all legal matters the importation/exportation of equipment and sourcing globally and negotiating contracts with multinationals clientele. William has been living in Brazil and now moved to Houston, fluent in Portuguese, and has an in-depth understanding/know-how in managing, executing, and delivering results in Brazil’s challenging business environment. We are looking forward to a great future with William at the helm. William also helped Tiger get started in Africa and the Middle East. William will take the lead at Tiger Offshore to free Colby up in overseeing the entire Tiger Rentals company.

The Tiger Offshore Rentals’ Port Fourchon, Louisiana facility was severely impacted with flooding, roof damages, destroyed housing and offices, as well as equipment turned over and scattered across the yards. The affected areas suffered loss of electricity, plumbing, water, fuel and the basic essentials needed to run a business for several weeks. Despite these challenges, our teams were able to mobilize quickly and get operations up and running within days. Tiger Industrial provided generators, light towers and a 12’ x 40’ blast resistant building used for a temporary office. Fuel was brought in to help our Tiger family/team with transportation requirements. Tiger Offshore brought in temporary buildings with plumbing and air conditioning for housing team members and third-party contractors. Our employees’ homes and families were harshly impacted by the storm as well, but despite their own personal trials, they showed up to make it happen. In less than a week, the Port opened for business, and we were one of the first service companies up and running with PMI cleaning vessels and Tiger Offshore delivering equipment to customers. We still have a lot of work to do, but the team is working hard to come back better and stronger than before Hurricane Ida moved inland.

Tiger Rentals East Mediterranean moved equipment to Agadir, Morocco to service oil and gas drilling rigs in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Tiger’s Africa & Mediterranean team opened a facility in Puerto de las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain to service drilling rigs in the coastal region.

Tiger recently secured a cargo carrying equipment contract for a large player in the Israel market. Due to the success of this project, Tiger’s Mediterranean operations moved to a new 8,000m2 facility that is strategically positioned next to the Port of Limassol, Cyprus. In addition to supporting Offshore Drilling in Cyprus, this base allows us to rapidly service our customers in Israel, Egypt, and the greater Mediterranean region. Our new location is equipped with all of the infrastructure needed to clean, inspect, and repair our extensive rental fleet in the region safely and efficiently which is headed up by Karl Graffte, Intl. Operations Manager.

Tiger Offshore Rentals saw a significant increase of rentals throughout the Africa, Europe & Mediterranean regions. Most importantly, in the West Africa region we are currently experiencing great success in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Namibia is quickly solidifying its place as one of the world’s hottest oil provinces. The Giant Venus, Graff and Jonker discoveries by Total and Shell respectively, have combined resources in excess of 15.6 billion barrels of oil. Venus on its own is the largest global oil discovery since 2015. With further appraisals and potential discoveries, the Orange Basin fields could easily be the largest global discovery seen in the last 50 years. According to Rystad Energy, these early estimates and further appraisals show these discoveries will far outrival the Buzios field in Brazil. Recently GALP Energia added to the Orange Basin success with two significant high quality light oil discoveries. Further, entrance of Majors and Super-Majors, such as ENI and Woodside, into the region is a key indicator of the hype in Namibia. Chevron has planned a two well campaign in Q4 2024. ExxonMobil has two exploration licenses in the north bordering Angola where we are going to see some drilling activity as well. The Tiger Offshore yard, sitting in a prime location only a short distance from the Port of Walvis Bay’s entrance, has positioned us for success. Our team has received a huge influx of equipment for this fast-growing region. The operations team has been working tirelessly to keep up with the high demand for equipment. Namibia has been fortunate, as equipment lands on the Tiger Offshore yard, it gets quickly put on-rent to our clients. Walvis Bay is a small vibrant oil and gas community where we have good relationships with various clients across the value and services chain. These associations have positioned Tiger as the key equipment and service provider in Namibia. The Team’s focus on our preventative and corrective maintenance, make it happen attitude and our best-in-class equipment is the foundation for our success! We expect to see exciting times ahead for Tiger in Namibia as well as other locations in the Africa-Mediterranean region in 2024!