J-W Operating Company
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J-W Energy Company is an Energy Services and Energy Development company with six primary business units that specializes in natural gas
compression, gas measurement, gas gathering, and processing, cased-hole wireline services, drilling, workover and exploration and production and oilfield equipment manufacturing. Services are offered to the oil and gas industry in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, California, Montana, North Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
In 1960, the principal owners of two water-flood units in Arkansas, who could not agree on which of them should operate the units, offered the job to Howard. Dr. Ralph Connell loaned the money to Jeffrey and Westerman to start a new company. This laid the foundation for what would develop into a company specializing in contract operations and Dr. Connell has since been affectionately been known as the dash in the J dash W.
Other opportunities came quickly. The company was contracted to drill brine wells and build a gathering system to deliver brine to a local bromine
plant and dispose of the wastewater
. In 1962, Thomas Jeffrey returned to his passion of independent consulting and Howard Westerman became the controlling owner and chief executive officer of J-W Operating Company.
Over the years Mr. Westerman's endeavors spawned numerous patents and trademarks, including the Superburn® compressor with a two-cycle stratified engine. Owning and operating pipelines and compressors opened the door to the oil and gas exploration and production business with discoveries in Northeast Colorado and Northern Louisiana. In 1983, he created Cohort Energy Company to handle the exploration and production operations. In the late 80s, he ventured into power generation from landfill gas
. In the 90s, he implemented an aggressive growth strategy and complemented his staff with professional managers whose charge was to double the size of J-W Operating Company.
In September 2010, the company was restructured. The new name of the corporation became J-W Energy Company to better reflect the company's current scope of services.
J-W Gathering Company's first major pipeline was what became known as the Caddo Gas Gathering System. The Caddo System began as a petroleum pipeline that was purchased and converted to natural gas in January 1976. J-W Gathering Company was officially founded on September 4, 1979 and originally managed by C. D. McDaniels who still works for the company today.
J-W Gathering Company is now a midstream gatherer of natural gas, redelivering gas into interstate and intrastate pipelines and local end users. The main assets are the Caddo System, Red Chute/Koran Gathering Systems, both located in North Louisiana, and the Sweetwater Creek and Denton Creek Gathering Systems in North Texas.
The majority of this early equipment was slow-speed integral compressors manufactured by Ajax. When Ariel Corporation began manufacturing high-speed separable compressors, J-W Power Company was one of the early packagers with Ariel becoming the mainstay of the current lease fleet.
J-W Power Company fabricated its first compressor package, an Ariel JGM/2 compressor driven by a Witte engine rated 18 BHP @ 1400 RPM, in May 1976 in a small shop in Longview, TX. Needing a place to test his ideas for improving gas compressor packages, Mr. Westerman constructed a larger plant on the outskirts of Longview, TX in January 1978 which is still in operation today. Since that time J-W Power Company has been an innovator in gas compressor package design, currently holding many patents and trademarks. J-W Power Company actually packaged some of the industry's first oil-flooded rotary screws in December 1978 and in October 1986 patented a two-stroke stratified engine later known as the Superburn.
J-W Power Company has expanded primarily through organic growth with a few strategic acquisitions in core areas since buying that first compressor. J-W Power Company is currently considered an industry leader in leasing, service, fabrication and sales of natural gas compression equipment. J-W Power Company is currently the largest privately-owned compression packager and is considered one of the premier manufacturer's of packaged gas compressors while providing some of the best maintenance service in the industry.
In 2000, J-W Operating Company as agent for Cohort Energy Company entered the Rig Location & Permit Report Service (RigData) rankings at 50th in the United States measured by footage drilled. The company is currently ranked 97th by RigData by footage drilled and 11th by the Oil and Gas Financial Journal by Year to Date Production of private companies.
Today, J-W Operating Company owns interest in hundreds of operated properties situated within the domestic United States, exploiting the Cotton Valley and Hosston Sands in East Texas and North Louisiana, coalbed methane
and tight gas sand prospects in the Rocky Mountains, and numerous sand plays of the Gulf Coast.
Metron initially grew primarily through acquisitions. A total of eleven companies eventually combined to form Metron Gas Measurement Company. Metron merged with another acquired measurement company, Scott Equipment Company, on July 31, 2003 forming what is known today as J-W Measurement Company. In the few years since the first acquisition, the company has grown into the largest entity in the continental United States in its sector.
In November 2001, J-W Operating Company purchased a majority interest in Gator Valve, Inc. of Lafayette, LA. Gator Valve is involved in the manufacture and refurbishment of ball, check, and other valves commonly used in the natural gas industry.
J-W Measurement Company is currently engaged in the business of chart integration, gas lab analysis, field measurement service, testing and inspection, gas meter skid/metal building fabrication and sales of natural gas measurement equipment and supplies. The company operates from over 30 offices and has three fabrication facilities located throughout the gas-producing states. The primary customers of J-W Measurement Company are gas producers, gas gatherers and the major intrastate and interstate gas pipelines. J-W Measurement Company operates as an independent gas measurement service provider, providing reliable, unbiased third party services for all customers. J-W Measurement Company's current geographical strongholds are in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and to a lesser extent in surrounding states.
In 2006, J-W Wireline Company was officially formed combining the former operations of Brandex Wireline Company; ADI Wireline in Fort Morgan, CO; Mosley Wireline Services in Haughton, LA, and Marshall, TX, and Heritage Wireline Services in Tyler, TX, into a single business entity. J-W Wireline Company continues to add trucks and locations both through acquisitions and organically through its sister company, J-W Custom Manufacturing Company.
Today, J-W Wireline Company provides perforating, cement bond log
s, production logging, tubing conveyed perforating, temperature logs, free point, and pipe cut-off, slickline and bridge plug and packer services from its many strategic locations.
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
compression, gas measurement, gas gathering, and processing, cased-hole wireline services, drilling, workover and exploration and production and oilfield equipment manufacturing. Services are offered to the oil and gas industry in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, California, Montana, North Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Company History
J-W Operating Company was founded on November 10, 1960 by Thomas Jeffrey and Howard G. Westerman.In 1960, the principal owners of two water-flood units in Arkansas, who could not agree on which of them should operate the units, offered the job to Howard. Dr. Ralph Connell loaned the money to Jeffrey and Westerman to start a new company. This laid the foundation for what would develop into a company specializing in contract operations and Dr. Connell has since been affectionately been known as the dash in the J dash W.
Other opportunities came quickly. The company was contracted to drill brine wells and build a gathering system to deliver brine to a local bromine
Bromine
Bromine ") is a chemical element with the symbol Br, an atomic number of 35, and an atomic mass of 79.904. It is in the halogen element group. The element was isolated independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig and Antoine Jerome Balard, in 1825–1826...
plant and dispose of the wastewater
Wastewater
Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. It comprises liquid waste discharged by domestic residences, commercial properties, industry, and/or agriculture and can encompass a wide range of potential contaminants and concentrations...
. In 1962, Thomas Jeffrey returned to his passion of independent consulting and Howard Westerman became the controlling owner and chief executive officer of J-W Operating Company.
Over the years Mr. Westerman's endeavors spawned numerous patents and trademarks, including the Superburn® compressor with a two-cycle stratified engine. Owning and operating pipelines and compressors opened the door to the oil and gas exploration and production business with discoveries in Northeast Colorado and Northern Louisiana. In 1983, he created Cohort Energy Company to handle the exploration and production operations. In the late 80s, he ventured into power generation from landfill gas
Landfill gas
Landfill gas is a complex mix of different gases created by the action of microorganisms within a landfill.-Production:Landfill gas production results from chemical reactions and microbes acting upon the waste as the putrescible materials begins to break down in the landfill...
. In the 90s, he implemented an aggressive growth strategy and complemented his staff with professional managers whose charge was to double the size of J-W Operating Company.
In September 2010, the company was restructured. The new name of the corporation became J-W Energy Company to better reflect the company's current scope of services.
J-W Gathering Company - Gathering & Processing
J-W Operating Company entered the gas pipeline business by constructing what became known as the Douglas Gathering System in February 1969. Several other small pipelines followed in Arkansas, West Texas, and East Texas.J-W Gathering Company's first major pipeline was what became known as the Caddo Gas Gathering System. The Caddo System began as a petroleum pipeline that was purchased and converted to natural gas in January 1976. J-W Gathering Company was officially founded on September 4, 1979 and originally managed by C. D. McDaniels who still works for the company today.
J-W Gathering Company is now a midstream gatherer of natural gas, redelivering gas into interstate and intrastate pipelines and local end users. The main assets are the Caddo System, Red Chute/Koran Gathering Systems, both located in North Louisiana, and the Sweetwater Creek and Denton Creek Gathering Systems in North Texas.
J-W Power Company - Gas Compression Sales Service & Leasing
Howard Westerman's involvement with gas pipelines and fascination of mechanical equipment led to his interest in gas compressors. J-W Power Company was officially formed August 19, 1988, but was leasing compressor packages purchased from third parties as far back as October 1966 under the parent company's name of J-W Operating Company.The majority of this early equipment was slow-speed integral compressors manufactured by Ajax. When Ariel Corporation began manufacturing high-speed separable compressors, J-W Power Company was one of the early packagers with Ariel becoming the mainstay of the current lease fleet.
J-W Power Company fabricated its first compressor package, an Ariel JGM/2 compressor driven by a Witte engine rated 18 BHP @ 1400 RPM, in May 1976 in a small shop in Longview, TX. Needing a place to test his ideas for improving gas compressor packages, Mr. Westerman constructed a larger plant on the outskirts of Longview, TX in January 1978 which is still in operation today. Since that time J-W Power Company has been an innovator in gas compressor package design, currently holding many patents and trademarks. J-W Power Company actually packaged some of the industry's first oil-flooded rotary screws in December 1978 and in October 1986 patented a two-stroke stratified engine later known as the Superburn.
J-W Power Company has expanded primarily through organic growth with a few strategic acquisitions in core areas since buying that first compressor. J-W Power Company is currently considered an industry leader in leasing, service, fabrication and sales of natural gas compression equipment. J-W Power Company is currently the largest privately-owned compression packager and is considered one of the premier manufacturer's of packaged gas compressors while providing some of the best maintenance service in the industry.
J-W Operating Company - Exploration and Production
In January 1983, J-W Operating Company formed Cohort Energy Company as its exploration and production company and began staffing a full complement of professional geologists, engineers and land men. After a few years, the company began drilling small prospects and acquired ownership interest in the Caspiana Field. A field development plan was initiated which had good success. This action also provided valuable in-house geological and operational expertise in the Cotton Valley and Hosston plays of North Louisiana and resulted in the exploitation and development of Elm Grove field.In 2000, J-W Operating Company as agent for Cohort Energy Company entered the Rig Location & Permit Report Service (RigData) rankings at 50th in the United States measured by footage drilled. The company is currently ranked 97th by RigData by footage drilled and 11th by the Oil and Gas Financial Journal by Year to Date Production of private companies.
Today, J-W Operating Company owns interest in hundreds of operated properties situated within the domestic United States, exploiting the Cotton Valley and Hosston Sands in East Texas and North Louisiana, coalbed methane
Coalbed methane
Coalbed methane or Coal Bed Methane, coalbed gas or coal mine methane is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds. In recent decades it has become an important source of energy in United States, Canada, and other countries...
and tight gas sand prospects in the Rocky Mountains, and numerous sand plays of the Gulf Coast.
J-W Measurement Company - Natural Gas Measurement
J-W Measurement Company can trace its origins back to Moore Measurement Company which was J-W Operating Company's cornerstone acquisition into the gas measurement business. Moore Measurement was officially formed by Ray Moore of Shreveport, LA on March 12, 1987. The name was officially changed to Metron Gas Measurement on September 4, 1998 after the close of the acquisition.Metron initially grew primarily through acquisitions. A total of eleven companies eventually combined to form Metron Gas Measurement Company. Metron merged with another acquired measurement company, Scott Equipment Company, on July 31, 2003 forming what is known today as J-W Measurement Company. In the few years since the first acquisition, the company has grown into the largest entity in the continental United States in its sector.
In November 2001, J-W Operating Company purchased a majority interest in Gator Valve, Inc. of Lafayette, LA. Gator Valve is involved in the manufacture and refurbishment of ball, check, and other valves commonly used in the natural gas industry.
J-W Measurement Company is currently engaged in the business of chart integration, gas lab analysis, field measurement service, testing and inspection, gas meter skid/metal building fabrication and sales of natural gas measurement equipment and supplies. The company operates from over 30 offices and has three fabrication facilities located throughout the gas-producing states. The primary customers of J-W Measurement Company are gas producers, gas gatherers and the major intrastate and interstate gas pipelines. J-W Measurement Company operates as an independent gas measurement service provider, providing reliable, unbiased third party services for all customers. J-W Measurement Company's current geographical strongholds are in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and to a lesser extent in surrounding states.
J-W Wireline Company - Cased Hole Wireline Services
J-W Wireline Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of J-W Energy Company that has its history deeply rooted in Excell Services, Inc. Excell Services, Inc. was originally founded as Excell Drilling Company in August 1977. Excell Drilling Company entered the cased-hole wireline market on August 14, 1998 when it acquired BranDex Wireline Company. BranDex, located in Sterling, CO, had been providing quality wireline services for over eighteen years when acquired. Excell Services, Inc. was sold in a management buyout in December 2010.In 2006, J-W Wireline Company was officially formed combining the former operations of Brandex Wireline Company; ADI Wireline in Fort Morgan, CO; Mosley Wireline Services in Haughton, LA, and Marshall, TX, and Heritage Wireline Services in Tyler, TX, into a single business entity. J-W Wireline Company continues to add trucks and locations both through acquisitions and organically through its sister company, J-W Custom Manufacturing Company.
Today, J-W Wireline Company provides perforating, cement bond log
Cement bond log
A cement bond log documents an evaluation of the integrity of cement work performed on an oil well. In the process of drilling and completing a well, cement is injected through the wellbore and rises up the annulus between the steel casing and the formation....
s, production logging, tubing conveyed perforating, temperature logs, free point, and pipe cut-off, slickline and bridge plug and packer services from its many strategic locations.