Seaboard International
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Seaboard International is a privately held manufacturer of highly engineered oil and gas pressure control equipment providing services for worldwide onshore and offshore oil & gas exploration, drilling and production operations. Seaboard began development of wellhead and electric feed-thru connector product lines in 1974 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Principal products consist of surface wellheads, production trees, multibowl hanger systems, wellhead connectors, and electric feed-through equipment. The equipment is manufactured in a variety of sizes and to various specifications with working pressure ratings up to 20,000 psi. The company also provides installation, reconditioning services, and rental equipment in connection with the installation and retrieval of its products.
Seaboard primarily markets directly to end users through a worldwide network of sales and service facilities, agents, and representatives. Seaboard's customers include major oil and gas exploration and production companies, independents, foreign national oil and gas companies, engineering and construction firms, drilling contractors, and rental equipment companies.
Seaboard believes that it has achieved significant market share and brand name recognition with respect to its established products due to the technological capabilities, reliability, cost effectiveness, and operational timesaving features of these products.
Well known for the detailed care it takes in supporting and servicing its clients, Seaboard has built a solid reputation for developing quality products. Excellence cannot be measured only by the quality of its products, but by the caliber of the ongoing support offered to its customers. Due to the technical nature of many of the products, Seaboard maintains a fully funtional team of engineers, supported by a technical and quality assurance staff. Seaboard is proud to have received the recognition and accreditation from Quality Cwertification Bureau in passing consecutive dual audits in 1996, 1997, and 1999 for the ISO-9001 quality management system and renewal of our API 6A license.
Seaboard provides field installation services, post-sale reconditioning of equipment, and rental tools for installation and retrieval of its products. Field installation services are provided through trained technicians who assist in the onsite installation of products and are available on a 24-hour call out from the Company's facilities located throughout the United States. Seaboard's Middle East regional service center is located in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., providing technical and field support to that area and North Africa.
The company's history began more than sixty years ago with the founding of The Shaffer Company of California. In 1974, Seaboard-ARVAL Company was established to acquire assets from Shaffer and undertake further development of the wellehad and electric feed-thru connector business from new headquarters in Houston, Texas.
Seaboard was acquired by Hunt Valve Company in 1999. Hunt Valve, established in 1919, manufactures a broad range of fluid power and fluid handling products for such diverse industries as oil and gas, nuclear, primary metals, and the U.S. Navy.
In 1999 in celebration of Seaboard's 25th Anniversary, the company adopted a new name and logo to showcase its energetic vitality and leadership. The company has also completed construction of its new corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas. Seaboard International is determined to service the international market with the same flexibility and dedication that customers have come to expect and appreciate.
In 2007 Seaboard purchase Wellhead Inc. Wellhead Inc is a progressive manufacturing company having served the oil industry, through the design and manufacture of quality completion products, for over 50 years. The Company’s product lines include API 6A Wellhead & X-mas Tree Equipment, API 16A Drill Through Equipment, API 11IW Independent Wellhead Equipment and Quick Lock Wellhead System tubing rotators, coil tubing heads, and packers. Wellhead Inc’s manufacturing facility is located in Bakersfield, California.
The Seaboard Service Promise
From API certified products that work at 30,000 psi to Asset Management programs, Seaboard's Service Promise is always the same. Seaboard will do everything possible to provide the best service experience when buying operating, repairing, maintaing, or managing a wellhead or valve. Guaranteed.Corporate Profile
Seaboard International is a manufacturer of highly engineered oil and gas pressure control equipment for drilling and production in onshore and offsore applications. Intended for use in standard to severe service applications, the surface wellhead equipment, and gate valves Seaboard designs and manufactures is used by major integrated, large independent, and foreign national oil and gas companies in areas throughout the world.Principal products consist of surface wellheads, production trees, multibowl hanger systems, wellhead connectors, and electric feed-through equipment. The equipment is manufactured in a variety of sizes and to various specifications with working pressure ratings up to 20,000 psi. The company also provides installation, reconditioning services, and rental equipment in connection with the installation and retrieval of its products.
Seaboard primarily markets directly to end users through a worldwide network of sales and service facilities, agents, and representatives. Seaboard's customers include major oil and gas exploration and production companies, independents, foreign national oil and gas companies, engineering and construction firms, drilling contractors, and rental equipment companies.
Seaboard believes that it has achieved significant market share and brand name recognition with respect to its established products due to the technological capabilities, reliability, cost effectiveness, and operational timesaving features of these products.
Well known for the detailed care it takes in supporting and servicing its clients, Seaboard has built a solid reputation for developing quality products. Excellence cannot be measured only by the quality of its products, but by the caliber of the ongoing support offered to its customers. Due to the technical nature of many of the products, Seaboard maintains a fully funtional team of engineers, supported by a technical and quality assurance staff. Seaboard is proud to have received the recognition and accreditation from Quality Cwertification Bureau in passing consecutive dual audits in 1996, 1997, and 1999 for the ISO-9001 quality management system and renewal of our API 6A license.
Seaboard provides field installation services, post-sale reconditioning of equipment, and rental tools for installation and retrieval of its products. Field installation services are provided through trained technicians who assist in the onsite installation of products and are available on a 24-hour call out from the Company's facilities located throughout the United States. Seaboard's Middle East regional service center is located in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., providing technical and field support to that area and North Africa.
The company's history began more than sixty years ago with the founding of The Shaffer Company of California. In 1974, Seaboard-ARVAL Company was established to acquire assets from Shaffer and undertake further development of the wellehad and electric feed-thru connector business from new headquarters in Houston, Texas.
Seaboard was acquired by Hunt Valve Company in 1999. Hunt Valve, established in 1919, manufactures a broad range of fluid power and fluid handling products for such diverse industries as oil and gas, nuclear, primary metals, and the U.S. Navy.
In 1999 in celebration of Seaboard's 25th Anniversary, the company adopted a new name and logo to showcase its energetic vitality and leadership. The company has also completed construction of its new corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas. Seaboard International is determined to service the international market with the same flexibility and dedication that customers have come to expect and appreciate.
In 2007 Seaboard purchase Wellhead Inc. Wellhead Inc is a progressive manufacturing company having served the oil industry, through the design and manufacture of quality completion products, for over 50 years. The Company’s product lines include API 6A Wellhead & X-mas Tree Equipment, API 16A Drill Through Equipment, API 11IW Independent Wellhead Equipment and Quick Lock Wellhead System tubing rotators, coil tubing heads, and packers. Wellhead Inc’s manufacturing facility is located in Bakersfield, California.
Organization
Seaboard International is presently organized into the following divisions:- Seaboard International designs and manufactures API wellhead equipment and gate valves for worldwide onshore and offshore oil & gas exploration, drilling and production operations.
- Corporate, Administrative, and Engineering headquarters are located in Houston, Texas, managing twelve regional sales, service, and manufacturing centers.
Locations
- Houston, TexasHouston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Bakersfield, CaliforniaBakersfield, CaliforniaBakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....
- Cairo, Egypt
- Conway, ArkansasConway, ArkansasConway is the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 58,908 at the 2010 census, making Conway the seventh most populous city in Arkansas. It is a principal city of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area which had...
- Corpus Christi, TexasCorpus Christi, TexasCorpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...
- Denver, ColoradoDenver, ColoradoThe City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
- Fairmont, West VirginiaFairmont, West VirginiaFairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Nicknamed "The Friendly City". The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census...
- Ft. Worth, Texas
- Grand Junction, ColoradoGrand Junction, ColoradoThe City of Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado. It is a city with a council–manager government form that is the county seat and the most populous city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction is situated west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. As...
- Kilgore, TexasKilgore, TexasKilgore is a city in Gregg and Rusk Counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the home of Kilgore College, and was also the childhood home of famous classical pianist Van Cliburn...
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Odessa, TexasOdessa, TexasOdessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...
- Oklahoma City, OklahomaOklahoma City, OklahomaOklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...
- Pampa, TexasPampa, TexasPampa is a city in Gray County, Texas, United States. The population was 17,887 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Gray County.Pampa is the principal city of the Pampa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Gray and Roberts counties....
- Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
- Rock Springs, WyomingRock Springs, WyomingRock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 18,708 at the 2000 census. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 37,975....
- San Antonio, TexasSan Antonio, TexasSan Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
- Scott, LouisianaScott, LouisianaScott is the second largest municipality in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population rose to over 8,000 according to the 2010 census results.Scott is a suburb of Lafayette and is part of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area....
- Shanghai, China
- Sonora, TexasSonora, TexasSonora is the county seat of Sutton County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,924 at the 2000 census.Former State Senator and Lieutenant Governor Bill Ratliff of Mount Pleasant was reared in Sonora and graduated from high school there.-Geography and climate:Sonora is located at ...
- Ulster, Pennsylvania
- Vernal, UtahVernal, UtahVernal, Uintah County's largest city, is located in eastern Utah near the Colorado State Line, and 175 miles east of Salt Lake City. It is bordered on the north by the Uinta Mountains, one of the few mountains ranges in the world which lie in an east-west rather than the usual north to south...
- Williston, North DakotaWilliston, North Dakota-Demographics:Preliminary data from a 2010 housing study indicates that population has grown by nearly 22 percent over the past decade; the actual increase might be much higher. Williston is in western North Dakota's booming oil patch, and adequate, affordable housing has become a concern. The...
See also
- WellheadWellheadA wellhead is a general term used to describe the component at the surface of an oil or gas well that provides the structural and pressure-containing interface for the drilling and production equipment....
- Wireline
- Oil industry
- Christmas tree (oil well)Christmas tree (oil well)In petroleum and natural gas extraction, a Christmas tree, or "tree", is an assembly of valves, spools, and fittings used for an oil well, gas well, water injection well, water disposal well, gas injection well, condensate well and other types of wells...
- American Petroleum InstituteAmerican Petroleum InstituteThe American Petroleum Institute, commonly referred to as API, is the largest U.S trade association for the oil and natural gas industry...
- List of oilfield service companies