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Co-founder and CEO Morgan Zhang explains the philosophy and priorities that make TSC Group the preferred choice for onshore and offshore oil rigging needs

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A lot of people ask us what TSC stands for,” says Morgan Zhang, TSC Group CEO. “It means: Total

Solutions Company.” It’s an apt description: as a

leading solutions provider for onshore and offshore rigs, TSC Group is one of few companies that offer such a wide range of services and products which we

call integrated solutions, from offshore and onshore rig equipment packages to in-house product design to what the company terms “MRO” (maintenance, repair, and operation) supplies and services. With headquarters in Houston and a global footprint in over nine countries from Singapore to Shipley and Moscow to Dubai, TSC provides equipment and

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services to an extensive client list, including the world’s major national oil companies, international oil companies, drilling contractors, offshore engineering general contractors and shipyards.

But the name is about more than providing equipment and services. It’s also a signifier of the company’s commitment to its clients – dedicated to finding

not the easiest solution, but the fullest and most complete solution possible to fit their needs.

Keeping Safety a Priority“Safety is always our number one priority,” says Zhang. “At every meeting at our facilities, the number one thing we do is to instill a “safety first” mindset, not just in operations but in all aspects of

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our products and businesses. To this day, our philosophy has resulted in near zero time lost through workplace injuries. That is always our number one priority and we take that very seriously.” The company believes that this basic responsibility is fully complementary to accountability to customers, staff, shareholders and all other stakeholders. TSC is committed to going beyond minimum standards to ensure safety, not only to employees but also to customers and other stakeholders.

Wide Range of Solution Offerings“TSC today is culminated from an integration of several unique entities over the years; from a company like Ansell Jones Ltd which has history dating back from 1845, specializing in mooring and lifting equipment for the offshore and nuclear industry to the most recent called Alliance Offshore which offers integrated solutions. Within this history we have a successful track record in

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delivering a wide range of drilling packages, customized solutions for rig mechanization, electrical controls, solids controls, jacking systems and deck cranes. We have a good rapport with a wide range of customers for both land drilling and offshore operations.

“Some of them want automations and mechanizations for safety reasons, while some want to increase their capacity or high specification equipment on new rigs” says Zhang. “We designed, built and delivered six drilling packages now operating on jack-up rigs and a wide range of equipment on board fixed and floating platforms. In 2011, we completed delivery of two sets of special purpose cranes now operating on the SFC and SFB Statoil production platforms in the North Sea, as well as many others purpose built equipment for rigs. We did some upgrades in Brazil, including one of the previous Petrobras semisubmersible rigs, P13, now called Olinda Star owned by QGOG. We have also completed several upgrades for equipment on Transocean drillships, including the Deepwater Pathfinder, Deepwater Frontier and Deepwater Millenium. We also upgraded a lot of older

land rigs in China. Also, some of the older rigs call for more handling capacity for heavier BOP stacks because of new requirements after the Macondo accident, so in addition to new equipment and packages, we have done a variety of upgrades.”

Expansion in Emerging Markets“In the oil and gas industry there’s a tremendous challenge that is the mature onshore field,” says Zhang, explaining that finding a lucrative area to drill today often requires stepping far outside your comfort zone. “You have to go to a harsh environments, deeper oceans or unconventional onshore locations – These can be very costly and you cannot just rely on old technology to provide new and innovative solutions.”

In this environment, TSC is exploring the relatively untapped potential of new or still emerging oil and gas markets. “Our focus on the basics of delivering high quality state-of-the-art products while carving out a niche in new or emerging markets,” says Zhang. “Because we’ve been in Houston for many years we have access to new technology, which can be

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applied to new fields such as the Middle East, Central and South America and even here in North America. Of course, Russia’s also an emerging market that is graduating into a major market. We feel that there’s a lot of opportunity there – same thing for China and also for West Africa.”

Guiding the Business with Firsthand Experience

“Our company philosophy is to address a customer’s particular need and provide a tailor-made integrated solution instead of just selling equipment,” says Zhang. “That’s really what TSC is about, and also we focus our resources to address that. Each customer will have different problems, so we listen to the customer. With our product offering and service, we can come up with a solution. We feel it’s a winning strategy and core competency.”

The building and execution of this philosophy is built into TSC Group’s DNA – while some businesses may be run by executives with only business training but no real world understanding –TSC understands the drilling and rig industry from years of firsthand experience.

“This company was founded by my partner Bing Hua Jiang and

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myself – he is chairman, I work as CEO,” explains Zhang. “His background is drilling. Bing started 40 years ago as a roughneck, moved up to rig manager, and then got his MBA at the University of Dallas and we founded the business in 1995. I also started many years ago in 1982 as a drilling engineer, working in China for five years and then in Alaska for three years before moving to Houston. Since then we’ve been associated with all

things related to drilling for offshore and onshore rigs.”

With an understanding of how the oil and gas world works and a desire to improve it, this real world experience translates to real world value for clients. “By putting ourselves in the customer’s shoes, we can do things safer and more efficiently, and grow faster so that our customers can grow faster,” says Zhang. “Our core value is to be customer driven, solution

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Company name: TSC Group

Industry: Oil, Gas, Onshore & Offshore Drilling

Founded: 1998

Headquarters: Hong Kong

Key people/tItles: Morgan Zhang, CEO; Paul Lim, CFO

produCts: Products and Services to onshore and offshore drilling industry

revenue: $201.9 million

employees: 1,263

WebsIte: www.t-s-c.com

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driven, service driven and finally to be results driven – and everything is viewed around that. We find out what the issue is and how we can address their needs. That’s our customer philosophy. I have over twenty years in this industry – there is no reason for a customer to not be getting what they’re looking for. Really, that’s what TSC stands for: a total solutions company.”