Access Roads

Well Pads
Rig Platforms
Right-of-way Access
Stabilized base for
load-bearing vehicles
Supports heavy structures

Minimizes
Environmental Impact

Spill Containment System

• New Industry Best Practice

Environmental protection in

Wetlands, muskeg, bogs

Soft soils, sandy or
unstable conditions

Eliminates need for gravel

 Newpark Mats & Integrated Services LLC
53 Years of Service
• Matting (for temporary access)
• Civil Construction
• Road Building, Well Sites
• Environmental
• Remediation / Reclamation
• E&P Waste Disposal
• N.O.R.M Disposal

Manufacturer and distributor of the --

DURA-BASE® Composite Mat System

• 15 years in worldwide markets
Parent company:
Newpark Resources Inc. (NYSE: NR)
The Woodlands, Texas, USA

Other operating divisions:

 Newpark Drilling Fluids
 AVA, spa (Italy)
Provides all weather work surface
 Newpark Environmental Services

Newpark Mats is the successor to SOLOCO; Composite Mat Solutions & International Mat of Canada;
all of which were subsidiaries of Newpark Resources
The Mat & Main Components Molded in Tread Pattern
And Anti-Skid Surface
Engineered of high-performance thermoplastic

Outside dimension:

8' x 14' (2.44m x 4.27m)

Height: 4.00" (10.16 cm)

Weight: 1000 lbs. (454 kg)

Surface dimension: Overlap feature Sealed Construction,

mat interlocks on all Non Contaminating,
4-sides Cleanable
7' x 13' (2.13m x 3.96m)
DURA-BASE Small mat: 8' x 7.5' (2.44m x 2.29m) useable surface: 7' x 6.5' (2.13m x 1.98m)
2 small mats = 1 large mat Pure Compressive
load capacity:
600 psi (40 kg/cm2)

Locking Pin Tool Kit

• Newpark developed DURA-BASE in 1998 as an alternative matting product to oilfield
wood mats, after being the largest wood mat supplier in the US Gulf Coast for 38 years.

• Provides a safe, cost effective surface for year-round, all weather performance

• Single piece, sealed-construction, prevents transfer of contaminants, foreign debris

• Connection system interlocks on all 4 sides, eliminates differential movement

preventing load destabilization

• Environmentally friendly (cleanable, non-absorbent)

• Estimated service life >15 years

• Proven in worldwide rental and sales markets for 15 years

• 100% recyclable

• DURA-BASE® Saves over 1 million trees as 250K Production Milestone Achieved in 2013
Newpark commemorated the production of its 250,000th DURA-BASE mat
With DURA-BASE lasting 5 X longer than wooden mats, and weighing less than half as much, this production
milestone marked the preservation of over 1 million trees (or ~1.25 million wooden mats), along with a tremendous
savings in transportation costs and emissions.
 Easy Installation

Utilizing a forklift & 3-man crew, you can install—

• PAD: ~300 mats = 27,300ft2 (2,529 m2) /day
• ROAD: ~235 mats = 1,645 l.f. (500m long) /day
 Logistics
Major Cost Savings w/ DURA-BASE in Trucking vs Wood mats and/or Concrete blocks

USA: ~46 mats / load, ~46,000 lbs (20,885 kg) ~16 mats/load, ~46,000 lbs (20,885 kg)
= 4,186 ft2 (387.78 m2) / load = 1,792 ft2 (166.5 m2) / load

“Fewer trucks over the road, lowers transport costs, truck emissions and increasing safety”
Mat Configuration for Well Pads & Roads

Example of Pad or Road of “Longitudinal” configuration

Mats can be laid in one of two directions

Example of “Multi-layered configuration

Example of Road or Pad

laid in “Transverse”
configuration
 Example of laying DURA-BASE in a staggered formation (brick pattern)
One small mat is utilized on each end of every other row
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Drill site preparation: Cleared trees & leveled pad; DURA-BASE installed on compacted native soil
Drill Site Conditions:
South Louisiana Coastal Marsh
220 mi (350km) West of New Orleans
Environmentally Sensitive Wetlands Area
Monitored closely by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Standing water : ~2 feet (0.6 m)
Ground Conditions – Wet and Very Soft Mud
Hauled in 3ft (91 cm) of fill sand to elevate location

DURA-BASE® Mats installed on compacted sand

Well Pad: 110,000 ft2 (10,219 m2)
Substructure: 3,000 ft2 (278.7 m2) for 2000hp rig
Environmental Protection
Stable Interlocking Platform in Extended Soft Soil Condition
Cost Saving Solution
No Wastes, No Contaminates
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 DURA-BASE Drill Pad

Drilling rig: Ensign (Rowan 14) (3000 HP)

Well depth: 25,500 feet (7700 meters)
Max. hook load: 1,500,000 lbs
Well spud: Dec 2010
Project lasted 12 months

Location: Cameron Parish, Louisiana, USA

250 mi (400km) West of New Orleans

Scope of well site preparation

Terrain: grassy marsh – wetlands
Standing water of ~1’ to 3’ (30cm - 91cm)

Dug ring levee around location – pumped out

standing water

Well pad: 300’ x 330’ = 99,000 ft2 (9.197 m2)

Hauled-in ~ 3’ of fill sand (to elevate location)

Drove ~250 pilings x 50’ length ea (15m) for

under rig substructure and equipment

DURA-BASE mats installed on compacted sand

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 Newpark Builds Largest “Matted” Drill Pad in U.S.

Well depth: 29,000 feet (8,800 meters) - Drilling rig: Unit rig 201 (4000 HP)
Well Pad: 8.2 acres (3.3 hectares); Access Road: 1300 LF (396m) entirely matted w/ DURA-BASE
State Wildlife Refuge, Cameron Parish, Louisiana (coastal marsh) 210 mi (340km) West of New Orleans
Well spud: Jan 2012 –- project to last 18-24 months
Newpark Builds Major Roadway & Drill Pad
in Saltwater Marsh – Louisiana, USA

DURA-BASE® Mats Installed on

compacted new fill (sand / dirt)

Road length: 3 ½ miles (5.6 km)

Drill Pad: 108,900 ft2 (10,117 m2)

Well depth: 19500 ft (5940m)

Supporting 2000 HP rig

200 mi (320km) West of New Orleans

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Newpark Builds Major Roadway & Drill Pad
in Saltwater Marsh – Louisiana, USA

DURA-BASE Road

DURA-BASE® Mats Installed on

compacted new fill (sand / dirt)

Road length: 3 ½ miles (5.6 km)

Drill Pad: 108,900 ft2 (10,117 m2)

Well depth: 19500 ft (5940m)

Supporting 2000 HP rig

200 mi (320km) West of New Orleans

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 Spill Containment System
Secondary Containment
DURA-BASE mats laid on top of poly liner (on compacted sub-grade)
Berms are constructed around perimeter of matted area
The sub-grade is leveled toward the cellar or sumps to capture any run-off

Newpark’s DURA-BASE mats are the most widely used product in the
US Marcellus and Utica shale on both drilling and frac pads
in supporting a Spill Containment System
DURA-BASE Spill Containment System
Location Perimeter Containment
Pad Cross-section Perimeter Ditch, typically 12” wide & 12” deep”
Approx 4ft away from edge of matting

Perimeter Ditch Cross-section

Sumps are optional

DURA-BASE Spill Containment System

Geo-membrane liner

3-well cellar
2000 HP rig

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 DURA-BASE Spill Containment System

Secondary Containment with Berms

Geo-membrane liner under DURA-BASE mats
884 DURA-BASE = 80,440 ft2 (7452 m2) on 30 mil liner w/ berms
 DURA-BASE Drill Pad & Spill Containment System
Amazon Jungle – Peru

Site Conditions:
 Natural Jungle Forest in the Amazon
 Environmentally Sensitive and Protected Area
 Ground Conditions – Wet and Very Soft Mud
 Extreme Rainy Seasons
 Remote Access

DURA-BASE® Mats provided:

 2,000 Mats for Drill Pad
 Supporting 2000 hp rig
 Environmental Protection Platform
 Spill Management System
 Stable Interlocking Platform in
Extended Soft Soil Condition
 Cost Saving Solution
 Lightweight for Air Lifting
 Long Life Product

Customer has been using our product for 11 years (initial purchase in 2002)
Subsequent purchases in 2008, 2010 and 2012 for other projects in Amazon
DURA-BASE Drill Pad & Spill Containment System
Amazon Jungle – Peru

Pollution ditch

Containment ditch

12-well cellar
2000 HP rig

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DURA-BASE Drill Pad & Spill Containment System
Amazon Jungle – Peru

Containment sump

Secondary containment
12-well cellar
2000 HP rig

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Access through Flooded Road

DURA-BASE on top new fill (sand)

Tabasco, Mexico
 Drill Pad in Hungary—
Total Matted Area:
6,980m2 (75,348 ft2)
= 828 mats
Supporting 1500hp rig
2nd layer under substructure
Mats on compacted
native soil

Rig sub sits directly ontop DURA-BASE

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Alaska

Access Road over frozen tundra

Yup'ik Eskimo village, Newtok

Canadian Muskeg

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Drill Pads & Roads - Indonesia

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 Heavy-Lift and Pipeline Construction

Single-layer DURA-BASE on compacted sand – Sakhalin Island New 48” Pipeline Installation – INDIA

700 ton submarine

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Transmission Line Construction in Tidal Marsh
South of New Orleans, Louisiana

Standing water: ~2ft (60cm), hauled in fill material (wood chips)

DURA-BASE installed on new fill material (wood chips)
Geotechnical drilling – Western Australia
Offshore Platform – decked with DURA-BASE
Military

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DURA-BASE® vs. Traditional Oak Hardwood Mats
Estimated life span DURA-BASE (~15 yrs) and Wood Mats (~3 yrs)

Wood mats

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Concrete blocks (plates)

Concrete blocks are expensive to transport

time consuming to install
many being broken upon installation and removal
If the sub-soil is extremely soft, the blocks sink providing no support
 Optional Accessories

Ramp
Lip Insert Pin Hole Plugs

Sector Mat (10 degrees) attached to Mat for curved roads

Lift Assembly w/ Spreader
Bar
DURA-BASE Select Customers (1998-2013)
North America
Latin America Europe/Africa Asia / Pacific
BP Alaska (BP) Bechtel
ECOPETROL Aspect Energy/HHE
Alyeska Pipeline Service Chevron Australia
ENAP Balfour Beatty (BBY)
Apache Canada (APA) Chevron Indonesia
Helmerich & Payne (HP) Ensign Drilling
Anadarko Canada (APC) ConocoPhillips
Occidental (OXY) ExxonMobil Deutschland
Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Helmerich & Payne (H&P)
Pacific Rubiales/META Helmerich & Payne (HP)
Chevron (CVX) High Arctic Energy
PEMEX Marathon Oil
EnCana (ECA) InterOil E&P
Pluspetrol Energy National Grid (NGG)
Entergy (ETR) Leighton / John Holland
Petrobras (PBR) Shell Nigeria
ExxonMobil (XOM) Oil Search Energy (OSH)
Repsol Energy TACROM Drilling
Helmerich & Payne (HP) Origin Energy
Talisman Energy (TLM)
Husky Energy Canada (HSE) Pertamina
Imperial Oil (Exxon) Canada PT Sulawesi Mining
Marathon Oil (MRO) Reliance Pipeline (RIL)
Shell E&P SANTOS
Talisman Energy Talisman Energy
Williams United Group (UGL) - NZ
Whiting Petroleum VICO Indonesia
Xcel Energy (XEL) Weatherford Drilling (WFT)

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