The oil and gas services industry has a few very large players. It also has many specialty contractors and service providers who can get the job done, but don’t always have a big profile to go with the size of the job. Sometimes the only barrier to entry is having the right specialty tool.

This client had it all: a great rolodex of talented tradespeople, a fantastic relationship with the bigco, and innovative turnkey project history that had people offering them increasingly complex work every year. Dream scenario, or what?

The challenge – in the market environment specialty tools were hard to find, expensive to buy, and more expensive and unpredictable to outsource. None of these makes for a smooth project completion.