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Issue Date: June 9, 2011
Issued at: Aberdeen, U.K.
Issued by: ThinJack Ltd

ThinJack Rallies Support For Angolan School

Specialist Aberdeenshire oil service firm ThinJack Ltd is calling on North east businesses and a local school to lend their support to an ambitious school building project in the Angolan capital, Luanda.

Anyone interested in lending their support is invited to attend ThinJack’s Westhill offices at 4.30pm on Monday, June 13th for a meeting which will give the chance to find out more and find a way of working together to help what promises to be a very rewarding project.

In 2010, Westhill-based ThinJack completed its first contract in Angola and whilst working in the country, director Guy Bromby became aware of a ground-breaking project to provide education to some of the nation’s poorest children on the outskirts of the capital city, Luanda.

Local man, former teacher, translator and oil worker Kisuka Baltazar (61) is gradually funding the improvement of the current school, with extremely modest facilities, using contributions from his own salary and a small number of donations from oil and gas companies working in Angola. Kisuka also has an ambition to build a larger school.

Currently, the school has a role of 850 registered pupils, looked after by 32 teachers and a small team of ancillary staff.  Kisuka hopes to create a new school complex including 36-40 classrooms with laboratories, a library and offices.  He hopes this will enable the school’s capacity to increase to over 1,000 pupils who will be able to choose morning, afternoon or evening sessions.

Kisuka explained: “I took over the running of this school in 2007 and have nurtured and supported it with my small salary. A donation of $10,000 (USD) from an oil company in Luanda bought aluminium doors and windows but there are still many things to do.

The school is entirely independent and the teachers are not paid by the government but by me setting very low fees of $10 USD per month paid by pupils during the school year.  This makes it difficult to pay the teachers well and in line with the huge cost of living in Luanda, whilst keeping fees low so that families can afford to send children to school.”

According to the government education policy, pupils from 15 years old have little opportunity to enrol themselves for school because they are considered too old.  In my school, however, I give these older children the opportunity to enrol and start studying at the beginning of the syllabus.”

He added: “Education can be the key to so many things and I hope that my school can play a part in giving children and young people the chance to help better themselves and the world around them.”

ThinJack’s Guy Bromby added: “Whilst in Angola, over several visits, Kisuka told me about a project he was heading up to improve educational facilities in Luanda.

At first we thought it was simply another charitable project, but when Kisuka actually detailed his plans we were amazed at his passion, dedication and commitment over many years against a backdrop of so little state support. We decided that ThinJack would help.

“Now we are hoping that other individuals and companies in the North East of Scotland will find their own way of doing something to help Kisuka’s amazing plan become reality.  We would also like to try and establish a link between a school here and the school in Angola to further enrich the educational experience in both countries.”

Guy continued: “Clearly, money is needed for the more ambitious task of building a new school. However right now, the school primarily needs stationery, furniture, computers, equipment for science laboratories and many other simple things which a school in the Aberdeen area would completely take for granted – and this equipment needs to get to Angola somehow.  Therefore, we are hoping that other individuals or organisations here in the North East of Scotland will be able to lend their time or support, be it financial, administrative, practical or logistical.

To find out more or lend support to the school project, call ThinJack on (01224) 330645.

For further information, please contact:
Alastair MacDonald or Guy Bromby: Tel.  44.1224.330645
Email: arm@thinjack.info      www.thinjack.co.uk

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Issue Date: June 12, 2009
Issued at: Aberdeen, U.K.
Issued by: ThinJack Ltd

THINJACK Opens New Offices in Australia

To meet growing levels of business in the Australian offshore oil and gas sector, ThinJack Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland has formed
ThinJack Australia.

ThinJack has teamed with Alvaloren Pty Ltd of Melbourne whose principal Kevin Saunders has many years’ experience worldwide in well servicing in the oil and gas industry.
ThinJack Australia (TJA) has established offices and workshop facilities from where the company can provide a full bolting and ThinJack flange separating service to refineries and to the on- and offshore drilling and production industry. TJA will also be serving the flange separation market in South East Asia, and providing additional field technician resources to ThinJack operations worldwide.
ThinJack is based in Aberdeen, Scotland, the Oil Capital of Europe, and since 2005 has successfully introduced ThinJackTM to the oil and gas industry in the North Sea, Australia, the U.S Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

ThinJack™ is a patented, millimetric-thin jacking and separating system, capable of exerting hundreds of tonnes of force. Safety-focussed ThinJack™ is used extensively in the oil and gas industry for rapidly separating corroded and seized flanges, bonnets on wellheads, christmas trees and flanges and concrete coatings from pipelines.

For more information contact:

ThinJack Ltd
Alastair MacDonald; Tel: 44.1224.330645
Email arm@thinjack.co.uk    www.thinjack.co.uk

ThinJack Australia
Kevin Saunders: Tel: 61.401.665.711
email: Kevin@thinjack.com.au     www.thinjack.com.au

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Issue Date: April 17, 2009
Issued at: Aberdeen, U.K.
Issued by: ThinJack Ltd

THINJACK™ exhibiting at Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) and Offshore Europe, (OE)
ThinJack Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland is exhibiting the unique ThinJack™ system and associated technologies at the oil and gas industry’s two leading Conferences and Exhibitions in 2009.

OTC is the world’s largest oil and gas technology event, and is being held at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas, USA, from 4-7 May 2009 [www.otcnet.org/2009].

ThinJack™ will feature on Booth 2923 and is supported by ThinJack Ltd’s exclusive US Gulf distributor Francis Torque Service Inc. Examples of ThinJack™, ThinShim™ and the latest model of the ThinFlate™ energizing system will be exhibited. Demonstrations will be given to show how ThinJack™ can powerfully and quickly separate seized or stuck flanges.

OFFSHORE EUROPE is the largest oil and gas conference and technology exhibition in Europe and is being held at the Exhibition Centre in Aberdeen from 8 -11 September 2009. [www.offshore-europe.co.uk]

ThinJack Ltd will be on Stand C22, and will be exhibiting a range of ThinJack™, ThinShim™ and the latest ThinFlate™ energizing system. Examples of ThinJacks actually used on recent projects will be shown to illustrate how effective ThinJack™ is in rapidly separating corroded flanges.
ThinJack is based in Aberdeen, Scotland, the Oil Capital of Europe, and since 2005 has successfully introduced ThinJackTM to the oil and gas industry in the North Sea, Australia the U.S Gulf of Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

ThinJack™ is a patented, millimetric-thin jacking and separating system, capable of exerting hundreds of tonnes of force.

For more information contact:

ThinJack Ltd
Alastair MacDonald; Tel: 44.1224.330645
Email arm@thinjack.co.uk    www.thinjack.co.uk

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Issue Date: March 21, 2009
Issued at: Aberdeen, U.K.
Issued by: ThinJack Ltd and AIMS International Company Ltd

ThinJack appoints ThinJack™ Regional Distributor for Saudi Arabia.

ThinJack Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland has appointed AIMS International Company Ltd (AIMS) based in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia as exclusive distributor for Saudi Arabia for the ThinJack™ range of flange separation products and services. The combination of ThinJack and AIMS delivers a highly effective range of cost-effective flange separation and maintenance services to the oil and gas industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

ThinJack™ is a patented steel envelope which is hydraulically inflated to deliver hundreds of tonnes of force which can be used to separate flanges which have become stuck due to rust or internal friction. With a highly successful track record worldwide, ThinJack™ has become a key tool in the oil and gas industry for splitting apart stuck flanges and removing bonnets from christmas trees especially where conventional flange spreaders or pulling devices are not able to function. ThinJack™ plays a major role in accelerating refurbishment and maintenance of production facilities to meet the
increasing global demand for oil and gas.

ThinJack is based in Aberdeen, Scotland, the Oil Capital of Europe, and since 2005 has successfully introduced ThinJackTM to the oil and gas industry in the North Sea, Australia the U.S Gulf of Mexico and now Saudi Arabia. Aims International Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with bases in Kuwait, Malaysia, Egypt.

AIMS is a solutions provider to the oil and gas industry delivering a range of oil field services including: Drilling and Production Chemicals; Geological Services; Inspection; Audit; Commissioning and project Services; Industrial Equipment; Drilling Tools/PDC Drill Bits; Well Equipment; Anti-corrosion systems; Safety Training; Risk Management; Consultancy/Security Guard Training; Transportation/heavy Lift Equipment and Communication/ IT.

For more information contact:

AIMS International Company Ltd:     Shadia Abdullah: Tel: 966-3-8670001
Email: shadia@aimsinternational.org     www.aimsinternational.org
ThinJack Ltd:  Alastair MacDonald; Tel: 01224-330645
Email arm@thinjack.co.uk    www.thinjack.co.uk

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Issue Date: July 25, 2008
Issued at: Luling, LA, U.S.A
Issued by: ThinJack Ltd

ThinJack appoints ThinJack™ Regional Distributor for the U.S.

ThinJack of Aberdeen, Scotland has appointed Francis Torque Service Inc (FTS) of Luling, LA as exclusive distributor for the U.S Gulf of Mexico Region for the ThinJack™ range of flange separation products and services. The combination of ThinJack and FTS delivers a highly effective range of cost-effective flange separation and maintenance services to the industry.

ThinJack™ is a patented steel envelope which is hydraulically inflated to deliver hundreds of tonnes of force which can be used to separate flanges which have become stuck due to rust or internal friction. With a highly successful track record ThinJack™ has become a key tool in the oil and gas industry for splitting apart stuck flanges and removing bonnets from christmas trees especially where conventional flange spreaders or pulling devices are not able to function. ThinJack™ plays a major role in accelerating refurbishment and maintenance of production facilities to meet the increasing global demand for oil and gas.

ThinJack is based in Aberdeen, Scotland, the Oil Capital of Europe, and since 2005 has successfully introduced ThinJack™ to the oil and gas industry in the North Sea, Australia and now the U.S Gulf of Mexico. FTS is headquartered in Luling LA, with bases in Lafayette and Houston. FTS manufactures a range of unique torque wrenches and is a major provider of bolting, torquing and associated services to the oil and gas industry on and offshore in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Region.

For more information contact:
Francis Torque Service, Inc:    Dodd Smith: Tel: 985-785-3085  
Email: dodd@francistorque.com    www.francistorque.com
ThinJack Ltd:  Alastair MacDonald; Tel: 01224-330645
Email arm@thinjack.co.uk    www.thinjack.co.uk