Milestones
1984
ABLE COMMUNICATIONS
Formed by Ed Mallet, Jerry Welborn and Doug Loftin as a service organization
specializing in the R.F. needs of the petroleum industry, including offshore.
Able joins ENTELEC.
1985
Services are expanded
to include video, telemetry and two-way requirements of petrochemical plants.
Direct dealerships established for a number of leading manufacturers.
1986
Product lines expanded
to include full line of Marine communications, Navigation and Radar equipment.
ABLE completes the installation of a number of turnkey projects for drilling
rigs and petrochemical plants.
1987
International and
offshore products and services expanded. Installation of 24 hop, 500 mile
microwave system is completed. Service responsibilities assumed for several
large petrochemical plants.
1988
ABLE awarded MAGNAVOX
dealership. Systems integration capabilities expanded to include Mulitplexers
and Fiber Optics. Installations completed of DS-3 microwave systems. Service
department optimizes backbone network and extends it 110 miles offshore.
1989
New building completed!
Projects completed ranged from several turnkey Digital Microwave systems to
the deepest production platform in the Gulf.
1990
ABLE receives a
commendation for work performed during the Valdez recovery operation. A number
of international projects are completed. ABLE builds and delivers five
REACT systems.
1991
Emergency Response
Communications Equipment provided to major oil companies and oil well fire
fighting in Kuwait. Service responsibilities assumed for radio and emergency
communications for several chemical plant co-op networks.
1992
Several turnkey fiber
optic 100 MB Data, Telemetry, Voice and Video projects completed in Petro
Chemical Plants. Record number of MAGNOVOX Inmarsat terminals commissioned and
delivered.
1993
Continued expansion in
supporting oil companies in their international business. 64 Kbps Inmarsat and
Standard M terminals now available. Made Motorola Pinnacle Club for
outstanding sales.
1994
ABLE growth continues
with the addition of land and three buildings. Network systems team added to
provide voice, data, video, and fiber optic cable installation. Turkmenistan
over 18 moths-installed and maintained communications infrastructure for local
and international data and voice for Oil Exploration and Production client.
Made Motorola Pinnacle Club for outstanding sales. Anti-collision radar
systems installed on new deep-water tension leg production platforms in Gulf
of Mexico for safety concerns. This began a trend that has become almost
standard on platforms this size.
1995
Capabilities for
overseas projects expanded with new personnel and facilities. New security and
emergency alarm products for petrochemical plants. American Mobile Satellite
awards ABLE dealership for exciting new service for domestic and 500
mile offshore coverage. ABLE now offers Mobile Satellite Products
Standard “B” LYNXX Inmarsat terminal from California Microwave. Received award
from Mitel out standing Sales Support.
1996
Provided and installed Satellite communications for pipeline construction
projects in Mid-Western USA.
Hurricane Andrew in Florida –
responded to petroleum company needs to restore retail gas operations by
deploying emergency communications contract to assist the state agency
responsible for oil spill and clean up.
1997
Provided equipment and
installation personnel to a major U.S. oil company for their new refinery
in Mexico. Perimeter security monitoring and video equipment was installed to
assure a safe working environment.
1998
Hurricane George –
deployed portable Satellite equipment into Gulf of Mexico to assist in
re-start of platforms evacuated by storm. Several responses-domestic
train de-railments involving hazardous cargo recovery and containment deployed
emergency communications equipment to response crews during the Florida fires.
Provided onshore and offshore radio and telephone communications for several
pipeline “pulls” from Texas onshore location to Louisiana offshore location
for gas production. Provided and installed Satellite communications for
the London Bridge project in Nevada. Back-up for fiber optics. Provided
portable Satellite equipment for visually impaired mountain climber that
enabled the world to follow his progress to the peak.
1999
Deployed technical
personnel to Lagos and other areas of Nigeria for a U.S. oil company to
install and commission microwave and satellite communication systems onshore
and offshore for drilling support operations. Commissioned and deployed
satellite and two way radio systems nationwide to pipeline companies, oil
companies, and major banks for y-2k response. Installed the first series
of remote controlled intrinsically safe camera systems for coker units in a
local refinery. The system is used as a safety monitor to prevent injuries
during the coker`s operation.
2000
Work continued in
Equatorial Guinea and Trinidad providing technical and sales support.
Domestically, we continue our support to school districts, response groups,
refineries, and began a year project with a large deep sea tanker company
installing computer systems aboard the vessels and relaying the vessel the
management information to their corporate office via satellite and RF systems.
2001
Deepwater drilling and
exploration in the Gulf of Mexico produced new construction sales of
anti-collision radar and marine radio
communications. ABLE was involved in providing equipment for the first tension
leg platform utilizing a new hull design and placed into production in the
offshore Louisiana Prince Field. Made Motorola Pinnacle Club for
outstanding sales.
2002
Installed microwave and
network equipment in topside quarters for addition to Trinidad / Tobago field.
Deployed to Equatorial Guinea to install
camera systems and preventative maintenance on microwave and radio systems to
support drilling and production operations. Became Inmarsat, Iridium,
globalstar airtime provider.
Provided domestic pipeline company twenty-eight satellite
systems for their back up communications. Provided wireless network data
and voice connectivity for remote Colorado drilling operations.
2003
Awarded contracts for four
new deepwater platforms being built in Korea ,Texas, and Louisiana.
ABLE to
provide helicopter homing beacons, and radar systems for detecting potential
collision danger from vessel traffic in their vicinity. Installed eight
remote controlled camera system in Coker unit for local refinery as safety
prevention. Deployed project manager to Egypt to integrate satellite and
network system for offshore drilling . operations. Awarded
contract and installed the GMDSS station for new jack up rig at construction
yard, in Vicksburg Mississippi.
Provided 40 plus
Globalstar handheld satellite phones for a major gas pipeline company for
remote communications.
Made Motorola Pinnacle Club for
outstanding sales.