Well Test Technologies, located in Bakersfield, California. specializes in the design, fabrication, installation, and operation of advanced well test technology. Expertise includes well test hardware and control systems, turnkey well testing systems, and process control technology. Coupled with our partner companies, WTT provides turnkey well testing solutions.
WTT staff incorporate stringent safety standards into every design and each on-location install. Safe construction practices and safe operation on-site are intrinsic with every project undertaken.
Contact us for further information on how Well Test Technologies can reduce the expense and increase the quality of your well test data. WTT is one of several affiliated companies which include PLCs Plus International, Inc, Electrical Systems Incorporated, Field Vision, Inc. , and Advanced Combustion Controls.
Principals and partners with WTT bring a solid background of experience.
Steve Means - Vice President
Over 33 years experience with Getty Oil, Texaco and Chevron Inc. encompasses significant knowledge as an automation technician, PLC programmer, systems analyst and system designer.
Steve uses Demming Philosophy, Total Quality Management (TQM), Lean Sigma and Design of Experiments to implement improvements in well test systems.
Lean Sigma training was received in March 2000 from the Air Academy Associate.
He trained in Design of Experiments in March 2003 under Sally Ulman of Variance Reduction International Inc.
Steve designed major experiments for Chevron Texaco and worked on many Lean Sigma teams to improve well testing in the Kern River Oil Field. He’s best known for designs of well test systems, portable well test systems (test trailers), and design of the Continuous Production Monitoring Systems, which replace antiquated lease measurement systems. Steve redesigned the operation of well test systems such as pressure vessels and Accuflow well test systems and has presented findings to the Multiphase Metering Round Table, which supports Texas A&M efforts in multiphase technologies.
Steve was published in the October 30, 2000, edition of the Oil & Gas Journal in an article entitled “New technology improves portable well testing units.” This paper was presented at the Pacific Oil Coast Show in November 2000 and at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Conference in 2001. He also presented the Continuous Production Monitoring System to the Chevron Texaco Technology Conference in March 2002.
He most recently presented “Multiphase Techniques used to improve 2-Phase vessels or Conventional thinking gets conventional test results” to the Multiphase Round Table 2007 Conference in Galveston, Texas, and “Advances in Well Test Automation” to the SPE 2007 National Conference in Anaheim, CA.
Steve’s latest design is the “Precision Plus,” a cutting-edge system that is the corner stone of Well Test Technologies.
Michael Crossman - Operations Manager, FieldVision
Michael Crossman started in the automating industry in 1985 with CJS Systems working in their control panel fabrication shop. In 1988 Michael started working as an instrumentation technician for CJS working on everything from pneumatic transmitters to advanced digital control systems. In 1990 Michael joined Wolder Engineering which was later purchased by Jacobs Engineering. While there he learned SCADA system design and PLC programming working on various projects including waste water treatment and oil processing. In 1996 Michael went to work for Arco Western Energy. There Michael designed and wrote programs for their Automated Well Testers (AWT), steam generators, heater treaters and other processes.
After the sale of Arco’s property to Aera Energy Michael went to work for ProSoft Technology. ProSoft is the leading supplier of third party communications interfaces for Rockwell Automation(Allen-Bradley) and Schneider Electric(Modicon). At ProSoft Michael supported all of ProSoft’s products. Providing support for Modbus, DF1, DNP 3 and other protocols as well as ProSoft AGA gas flow product. In 2000 he joined PLCs Plus International as a Senior then Lead Systems Analyst Michael created compete control systems solutions for a wide variety of different processes. In 2006 Michael became the Operations Manager for PLCs Plus. In June of 2009 Michael became the Operations Manager of FieldVision Incorporated an affiliated company of PLCs Plus. FieldVision creates products that gives clients the ability to "see" what is happening in their processes so that they and your control systems can make informed decisions. FieldVision’s first product is the Net Oil Solution an inelegant Net Oil Computer designed for use on everything from complete AWTs to individual well monitoring.