Weatherford recibe certificaciones de gestin ambiental ISO 14001 y de seguridad & salud ocupacional OHSAS 18001:2007

En el mes de mayo del 2012, la compaa de servicios petroleros Weatherford South America L.L.C, como parte de su crecimiento y mejora continua, ha obtenido la certificacin de los sistemas de gestin ambiental ISO 14001:2004 y de Seguridad & Salud Ocupacional OHSAS 18001:2007. Estas nuevas certificaciones sumadas a las logradas desde el ao 2000, y vigentes en la actualidad del sistema de gestin de calidad ISO 9001:2008, y las especificaciones API Q1, 5CT, 6A Y 7 1, respaldan la confiabilidad de los servicios prestados por Weatherford como una compaa integral que brinda calidad en sus operaciones, preservando la salud y la seguridad de su personal, clientes y contratistas, y protegiendo al ambiente; bajo el marco de la tica, la responsabilidad social y sus propios valores.

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Weatherford (NYSE/Euronext Paris/SIX:WFT) is one of the largest global providers of products and services that span the drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention cycles of oil and natural gas wells. Weatherford is a new breed of service companyone that can provide the industry with extended products and services, more efficient operations, more powerful research and development capabilities and greater geographic diversity. Todays Weatherford is the result of internal growth and innovation, as well as the consolidation of 250+ strategic acquisitions over the past 13 years. From a strategic standpoint, Weatherford has two key objectivesefficiency and productivity. Weatherford strives for efficiency, both in terms of delivering results for its clients as well as leveraging its worldwide infrastructure. The ultimate goal in both cases is to help reduce costs and increase well productivity. As well, Weatherford has created a more streamlined organizational structure to continue a push towards greater individual productivity levels through more intensive recruiting, training and retention.

One of the largest oilfield services companies, Weatherford operates in more than 100 countries and employs more than 50,000 people worldwide. With a product and service portfolio that spans the life cycle of a well drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention and a robust research and development effort, we are well positioned to meet the ever-evolving needs of the oil and gas industry. Turn to Weatherford for attentive service and Tactical Technology designed to maximize the value of your oil and gas assets. The change will do you goodSM

We have created a portfolio of drilling services and products that make well construction safer, reduce nonproductive time and enhance reservoir deliverability.

Directional Drilling Services Improving drilling efficiency and performance with superiordirectional drilling, measurement-while-drilling (MWD), logging-while-drilling (LWD) and rotary-steerable (RSS) systems engineered for reliable and repeatable performance in all well types, under any conditions. Secure Drilling Services Secure DrillingSM services offering an alternative to conventional drilling methods when drilling hazards, formation damage and speed are of particular concern. Our Secure Drilling services incorporate several drilling techniques including air drilling,managed pressure drilling and underbalanced drillingand associated technologies to optimize drilling performance, minimize formation damage and mitigate hazards. Drilling with Casing Drilling-with-casing (DWC) and drilling-with-liner systems that permit the simultaneous drilling, casing and evaluation of oil and natural gas wells. The technologies eliminate downhole complexity, reducing expensive rig modifications and the number of trips downhole. Drilling Fluids and Drilling Waste Management Weatherford provides a comprehensive range of drilling fluid systems, drilling additives and drilling waste managementequipment and services to the oil gas industry. Our focus is to fully integrate drilling fluids and drilling waste management into the well construction process.

Well Construction OverDrive casing running and drilling system that does what conventional tools cannot: rotate and push down the casing while running to help prevent differential sticking and achieve highspeed string rotation with the top drive when drilling with casing. It also removes people from hazardous rig floor operations to reduce risk exposure. Cementing tools such as the patented MudMaster II filter shoe, designed for use in critical environments and highinclination wells especially sensitive to surge pressure and well debris. MetalSkin expandable tubular technology that reduces installation risks while driving down well construction costs and mitigating drilling hazards. Drilling Tools LoTADsystem, a complete mechanical friction-reduction system designed for extended-reach wells. Reduces torque, drag, casing wear, tool-joint wear and differential sticking while also improving directional control, ROP and hole cleaning.

Our extensive portfolio of conveyance systems, coupled with industry-qualified measurements, are being applied to open-hole and cased-hole wireline, slickline, LWD, well testing and geoscience services.

Our open-hole wireline services include the Compactsuite of logging toolsreliable, smaller and slimmer systems that allow efficient acquisition of high-quality data from both conventional and highly deviated well paths. The Weatherford LWD logging-while-drilling systemprovides the most accurate petrophysical measurements in the industry, including state-of-the-art azimuthal density imaging. Additional tools and sensors include the industry's only spectral gamma ray measurement sensor, a multi-frequency resistivity sensor, a thermal neutron porosity sensor and the industrys most robust and reliable LWD sonic sensor. Our cased-hole wireline services help analyze and monitor well performance and determine appropriate intervention and remediation activities, as well as thru-casing evaluation.

Weatherford's newly integrated geoscience competenciesprovide analysis and interpretation backed by world-class laboratory facilities to maximize oil and gas assets for the life of the well, from well planning through drilling, evaluation, completion, production enhancement and abandonment. EarthView, our versatile portfolio of high-quality wellbore imaging services, delivers high-value, near-wellbore informationno matter how remote, challenging or risky the well. State-of-the-art wellbore imaging technology, combined with the industry's broadest range of conveyance options, gives EarthView the flexibility to provide you high-quality well data in even the most demanding applications. Our integrated laboratory services include wellsite sampling, core management services, geomechanical analysis and the evaluation of unconventional reservoirs.

We provide everything from a comprehensive line of products for conventional completion in benign reservoir applications to engineered and integrated completion systems for complex and challenging environments.

Expandable completion systems that address traditional completion design challenges related to commingled production, segregated production, maximization of rates and drawdown control. Our most recently developed system combines our ESSexpandable sand screen system, EZI compliantexpanded solid tubular, and unexpanded blank pipe to enable zonal isolation. You get the benefits of high-productivity openhole completions with cased hole zonal isolation functionality. Premium, pre-pack and wire wrap conventional sand screens, including the FloReg line of inflow control devices that balance horizontal wellbore production, ultimately maximizing reservoir drainage. Our cased-hole completion technologies have been extended over recent years to address more arduous premium applications. Our Optimax series of surfacecontrolled subsurface safety valves are the most reliable in the industry. Linked to this is the ongoing development of downhole flow controls that help avoid formation damage and improve completion installation efficiency.

Weatherford adopted the proven reliability of hydrauliccontrol technology for intelligent well completions that reduce operating costs and increase reservoir recovery. These systems integrate HellCat2 intelligent completion packers and ROSS remotely operated sliding sleeves with in-well permanent monitoring systems. Our new Intelligent Screens system combines two highly effective and successful Weatherford technologies well screens and optical sensingto enable safe, easy, permanent monitoring across perforated intervals and open-hole sections in sand-control completions.

We help maximize reservoir recovery and optimize field production through artificial lift, well optimization services and products, and intelligent completion systems that remotely monitor and control well, facility or field production.

Our industry-leading experience and technology ensure that your reservoir benefits from the optimal lift solution. Our advances in technology and application continue in all forms of artificial lift:progressing cavity pumping, gas, electric submersible pumping,reciprocating rod, hydraulic and plunger. To manage effectively the complex, high-volume data required forproduction optimization, we offer the industrys most powerful software systems and tools. The LOWIS life-of-well information systema web-based, enterprise-wide well management software suitereduces lifting costs, optimizes workflows and manages the risks associated with the evolution of new technologies. We can further enhance production with a comprehensive range of flow measurement technologies, including our industry-leading water-cut meters, multiphase meters and custom metering solutions. Our latest technology, the Red Eye MP water-cut meter, measures water cut in all phases of gas flows at the wellhead.

Our portfolio is enhanced by the most comprehensive suite of customizable wellhead products and services. Offerings include our new TransformerTM wellhead system, which simplifies rig operations, improving safety and saving rig time. Advanced equipment and chemical technologies are creating a new benchmark in fracturing services. Our FracMapservicea microseismic, hydraulic-fracture, monitoring techniqueuses state-of-the-art downhole acoustic tools. Backed by a world-class team of seismologists, FracMap service provides a revolutionary 3D view of reservoir mechanics and drainage, which enhances well productivity, improves reservoir management and decreases bypassed pay. Deepwater pipeline precommissioning services that require fewer resources pose less risk and take less time. Coupled with a remotely operated vehicle, the new, advanced Denizen remote subsea flooding and testing unit slashes vessel and crew expenditures, reduces mobilization cost and complexity, improves operating safety, minimizes temperature stabilization durations, and reduces overall pipeline commissioning costs.

Our intervention services help remediate wells that have mechanical or formation problems. We help prolong the life of these wells by providing systems to extend production or access and to retrieve remaining or stranded oil and natural gas reserves.

MetalSkin solid expandable cased-hole liner systems answer mature-field challenges by permanently repairing corroded or parted casing. The threaded expandable tubular joints can be connected to create a system of any length. The system is a permanent solution that bridges the gap between cement squeezing and scab liners while conserving hole size. The versatile, field-proven QuickCut casing exit systemconsistently delivers faster, more reliable exits while minimizing costly well possession time. The QuickCut system combines a single-trip, full-gauge milling system with a single-angle concave that incorporates multiple anchor options. The benefits of this system are reduced rig-floor time, one-trip efficiency and increased ROPs. Weatherford's StarBurst multilateral systems provide cost-efficient re-entry alternatives to drilling a new well, reducing drilling costs and delivering more reservoir exposure and recovery for the money. These practical, simplified multilateral systems create a Level 3 or 4 junction with full-liner access to the lateral bore.

The PowerStroke milling system was developed as an innovative, cost-saving solution for straightening or aligning shifted casing sections in a single run. It is particularly advantageous when subsidence shifts casing strings, and casing is collapsed and buckled. Advanced suspension, milling and cutting technology in ourabandonment and decommissioning services minimize rig time and recycle the wellhead when combined with versatile and highly reliable expertise. Weatherfords CLEARMAX wellbore cleaning services engineer a clear path to optimize your completion and

maximize production.

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