From: Ricky Smith CMRP – SMRP Chairman of the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical SIG

I wanted to cordially invite you to join our Special Interest Group for Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Industry. We will be hosting a membership meeting in conjunction with the SMRP conference in St. Louis. Please join us on October 20, 2009 at 7:00pm for this important business meeting.

This Special Interest Group will meet for the first time at the conference. The primary focus of the meeting is to define who we are, and strategize just how we intend to provide value to any Oil, Gas, or Petrochemical Maintenance and Reliability Professionals in the World. Many ideas have already been presented by the membership and we have only just started. We have an opportunity to make a large impact in the maintenance and reliability community worldwide. Our goal is to capture the day-to-day needs of our membership, and find ways to meet those requirements.

Below is a list of executive level professionals in our respective businesses who have agreed to serve as Regional Directors and Chairpersons for our Special Interest Group. We are striving to set ourselves apart worldwide. Come prepared to discuss your needs with these experienced managers.

Morgan Wolfe (Louisiana Offshore Oil Port) – Vice Chairman Richard Rockwood (ABB) – Secretary Muyiwa Fakunle (Suncor) - Regional Director for Canada Tom Dabbs (Allied Reliability)- Regional Director for the United States Frank Sutcliffe (Shell) - Regional Director for Oman and UAE Albertus Sijim (RASGAS) - Regional Director for Qatar and Bahrain Nezar Shammas (Saudi Aramco) - Regional Director for Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, and Kuwait Fortunatus Uudegbu (Exxon-Mobil) - Regional Director for Africa Alberto Landeaux (Consultant) - Regional Director for South and Central America Felix Laboy (CBM Company President) - Regional Director for the Caribbean Michael Eisenbise (BP) - Director of Benchmarking and Metrics

Frank Sutcliffe from Oman, Global Reliability Technical Lead at Shell, will be our

guest speaker to kick off the meeting. I am sure you will enjoy Frank’s understanding of maintenance and reliability. He is going to surprise us with the topic of his presentation. Morgan Wolfe, Vice Chairman will assist in facilitating the meeting.

We would like all members and non-members to bring with them two items of interest they consider are best practices in use at their home organization along with the metrics used to measure these best practices. The plan is to share this information with everyone. You do not need to use your company name or violate any corporate policy. This sharing could easily pay for your trip to the SMRP Conference by providing current day examples of reliability at work you could share with colleagues.

We also want you think about how the SIG could provide you value. We will consider your ideas at the meeting.

The Regional Directors, Chairman and myself are excited about making a contribution to the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical industry membership.

Come Join Us!

Ricky Smith CMRP rsmith@gpallied.com

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